THE RONSOFTS JOURNAL

Design & photography

Practical ideas for everyday work and ambitious projects. Clear steps, useful checks and official publisher references.

Photoshop Smart Objects: keep reusable artwork easier to revise

Use Photoshop Smart Objects with a clear source-file plan, and check what remains editable before handing a document to another person.

Design & photography

Understand what a Lightroom Classic catalog backup preserves, and build a separate plan for original photographs and a verified recovery.

Design & photography

Investigate missing photos in Lightroom Classic by checking drives and file locations before creating duplicate imports or changing the catalog.

Design & photography

Use InDesign preflight with the correct production requirements, then inspect the exported PDF for layout and content issues.

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Prepare an InDesign package with checked links, appropriate font handling and a short note that identifies the files the recipient should use.

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Plan a Lightroom Classic and Photoshop round trip so the source photo, editable result and final export remain easy to identify.

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Understand when to use vector shapes or bitmap images in CorelDRAW, and check the final output at its intended size.

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Prepare a CorelDRAW handover by checking font availability, embedding permissions and the appearance of the file on the receiving computer.

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Plan readable technical illustration callouts with consistent labels, clear leader lines and a check against the source component list.

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Organise related Illustrator assets with named artboards, deliberate dimensions and a simple export check for every required deliverable.