My Opinion on Digital Whiteboards
MIRO is a collaborative online whiteboard platform designed for remote and distributed teams. MURAL is a visual workspace that helps you design together. Transitioning facilitation from the physical to the digital realms introduces unique challenges. It probably doesn’t matter much to the audience or clients if the content is handwritten or typed. However, for a…
Read MoreProtect your palette
Your color palette, that is! Depending on the software or app that you use, you may not be able to save your actual color palette somewhere as a backup. If that’s the case, here’s what I recommend: Using a file with a light-colored grid on a bottom layer, choose a brush with full flow and…
Read MoreSafety Tips
Okay, so these tips won’t keep you from getting paper cuts, although you’ve already improved your odds if you’re working digitally! But there are some bugaboos that can get you in the digital realm. Here are my safety tips for avoiding some common ones: Hopefully these tips will help keep your work (and your sanity!)…
Read MoreThe Big 3: Brushes, Colors, and Layers
After you’ve got everything set up and ready to work, you will be continually interacting with your brushes, your color palette, and the layers. So it’s really a good idea to customize each of them the way they work best for you, and then to get really comfortable changing between your options.
Read MoreResolution (aka dpi)…
Resolution is a term to indicate the dpi, or dots per inch. Depending on the final product output, the more dots per inch, the better the quality of the final product.
Read MoreLayers -vs- Flat
It’s almost always a given that you will want to work in layers, since they allow you to keep your content areas separate for easier editing, if needed. However, when it’s time to share your work with your client, you’ll need to send it as a flat file, so they can view it with standard…
Read MoreCanvas size -vs- Image size
When working in graphics programs, it’s helpful to understand the difference between canvas size and image size. The canvas is the actual “physical” area of the program upon which you create. The image is the actual creation you are creating within the canvas.
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