Unknown Territory

Erik Uncategorized Leave a Comment

I am what you call a take on anything type of person. I will grab any project, even if I only slightly know some of it and run with it. I’ll learn whatever I need to in order to get the project done, I think many people are like that nowadays. In fact, I think a vast majority are, simple reason, things are always in flux and we need to adapt and learn new things constantly, it’s what I love about what I do. My next few posts will be about some of these projects I took on and got involved in, highlight some of my clients and just talk about what I worked on, challenenges, etc. First up is …

Widgets & Enhancements

Erik Digital Content, eBooks, iBooks Author, InDesign Leave a Comment

There are a variety of tools out there that I use when working with clients. Everything from Inkling, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, lot of Adobe products, but also scripts, apps & online tools. One I have been playing with more and more, some for clients others as a showcase of possibilities is iBooks Author. iBooks Author is like any other software, has all kinds of bells and whistles, but for me and many others I know, it’s not just about the built in options, but how we can add to it, edit, tweak or make it better and in much respect our own. One thing I like a lot about iBA is that you can add .wdgt to the eBook you …

Image sizing

Erik eBooks, Images 2 Comments

So for fun and mostly for a project currently being worked on, I have had to work with images in a variety of orientations and quality.  What’s interesting is finding out what works well, what guidelines request and what you want to work, but just doesn’t.