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Alan Gilbertson
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Alan Gilbertson is a freelance creative director, designer and writer living on the Florida Sun Coast near Tampa Bay. His first love is book design, closely followed by creative workflow efficiency, with which he is mildly obsessed.

He is an Adobe Community Expert who co-chairs the LA InDesign User Group (the only InDesign user group outside of Europe) and writes for CreativePro.com and CreativePro Magazine. You can find him on the Adobe Community forums for InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Bridge, and Substance 3D Stager; Behance, LinkedIn and (rarely) X (@gngcreative).

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How do I learn to be creative?
May 21, 2011
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Difference between kerning vs letter spacing?
Jun 23, 2011
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What kind of black should I use when designing for CMYK print?
Jul 22, 2011
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How to make an adjustment layer to affect only one layer or one group of layers in Photoshop?
Jun 30, 2011
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What is so good about Helvetica?
Dec 16, 2014
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How to open or save as ico in Photoshop CS6
Sep 10, 2012
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How to make a font with Adobe Illustrator?
Aug 11, 2011
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How to make 4 pages spread
Jun 11, 2011
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What resolution should a large format artwork for print be?
May 17, 2011
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How can I convince a stubborn client that white space is absolutely necessary?
Jul 28, 2011
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What do we do with HTML/CSS questions that are code-based but simple and focused on layout or implementing a design?
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Do we still feel like 3D questions are out of scope here?
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Should this SE site include Technical Questions (IE Photoshop, etc)
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Should we rename the site to 'Graphic Design & Art', 'Art & Design' or similar?
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Why is there a strange white spot on all of photos from my Zenit-B SLR?