Mike Rankin

Fort Atkinson, Massachusetts, Woodinville

Editor-in-Chief at Creative Pro

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How to Edit Photos in a PDF Using Photoshop

1 week ago | creativepro.com | Mike Rankin

Learn how to modify a photo in a PDF with a little help from Photoshop. Once the Photoshop file is modified and saved, it’s automatically updated in the PDF. In this Acrobat how-to video, Mike Rankin shows how to make modifications to a photo in a PDF, with a little help from Photoshop. He demos choosing to make edits in Photoshop, via the edit option within Acrobat. Once the edits are made, Mike saves the file and it’s replaced and ready to go within the PDF.
When is it too late to seed?

1 week ago | hayandforage.com | Mike Rankin

Everyone has their opinions on how to best seed cool-season grasses and legumes for successful establishment. Variables include factors such as planting rate, type of drill or seeder, weed control method, companion crop (or not), and seeding time. It’s this last factor we will focus on here. In many regions, late-summer and fall seedings are the norm and preferred time for forage establishment. If you’re in that camp, this article won’t be of much interest.
Take care of the baby

Jan 21, 2025 | hayandforage.com | Mike Rankin

Proper care and nutrition for the human infant or bovine calf is often pontificated upon as a critical step toward the optimum development of the young adult or cow. In other words, the future is only as bright as the health and performance of a population’s young. It’s difficult to argue with that mantra. After years of research, this same line of thinking can easily be transferred to the alfalfa field.
A feed and forage outlook for the year ahead

Nov 11, 2024 | hoards.com | Mike Rankin

A feed and forage outlook for the year aheadPresented by Mike Rankin, Hay & Forage Grower and Mike Hutjens, University of IllinoisSponsored by QLFVIDEOThe ramifications of a challenging crop year included delayed corn planting and lower forage quality for both alfalfa and corn silage. Crop acreage shifted, reflecting anticipated market prices. Higher milk prices will affect many decisions farmers need to make going into 2025.
Editor’s Picks for The Design + AI Summit 2024

Nov 4, 2024 | creativepro.com | Mike Rankin

Home / Events / Editor’s Picks for The Design + AI Summit 2024 In the 30 years I’ve been working in graphic design and production, nothing has been so earth-shaking as the coming of Generative AI.
How to Save InDesign Files as Layered Photoshop Files

Oct 24, 2024 | creativepro.com | Mike Rankin

is now part of CreativePro.com! While it’s much more common for Photoshop files to be placed into InDesign layouts, occasionally you may need to do the opposite, and open InDesign layouts as layered Photoshop files.
How to Make Scrolling the Default for Page Display in Adobe Acrobat

Oct 24, 2024 | creativepro.com | Mike Rankin

Home / PDF / How to Make Scrolling the Default for Page Display in Adobe Acrobat When you’re viewing a multi-page PDF in Adobe Acrobat, by default the view will snap from one page to the next instead of scrolling smoothly. That’s not a problem when you’re viewing the entire page, but if you’re zoomed in at all it’s very hard to navigate through the document. If you don’t go incredibly slow and careful, you’ll jump to the next/previous page and skip over content.
13 Free Halloween Fonts

Oct 21, 2024 | creativepro.com | Mike Rankin

Editor in Chief of CreativePro. Instructor at LinkedIn Learning with courses on InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, GIMP, Inkscape, and Affinity Publisher. Co-author of The Photoshop Visual Quickstart Guide with Nigel French. @2024 CreativePro Network. All Rights Reserved. Design by: Lotus Child | Site by: Larry Jacob Internet Marketing Close dialog Session expiredPlease log in again. The login page will open in a new tab. After logging in you can close it and return to this page.
Scripts to Resize Pages to Content in InDesign

Oct 8, 2024 | creativepro.com | Mike Rankin

Home / Layout / Scripts to Resize Pages to Content in InDesign is now part of CreativePro.com! Did you ever need to match the size of a page in InDesign to a text frame (or other content) on that page? There are a couple scripts that can speed up the process for you. One is by Michel Allio. It’s called Resize Page on Text Frame and it does exactly that, for all pages in a document. You don’t have to select anything before running the script.
Editor’s Picks for The Design + Marketing Summit 2024

Sep 6, 2024 | creativepro.com | Mike Rankin

CreativePro’s third annual Design + Marketing Summit takes place online November 18-19. There’s no better opportunity to learn essential design and production techniques for social media, email, print, and more to boost your marketing success. I can’t wait to check it out from start to finish, but here are four highlights that I’m especially excited about.