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A prepress blog that aims to provide anyone preparing artwork for print with useful information to m Colecandoo!

is the blog of Colin Flashman, a prepress operator since 1997. The site aims to provide anyone preparing artwork for print with useful information to make their artwork flow seamlessly in prepress sections of any commercial printer. The tips on the site are an accumulation of experiences and trials during my time as a prepress operator, and the blog originally began in the year 2000 as my own rant

on an old employer’s website concerning what frustrated me the most about the artwork which was being processed. Apart from Colecandoo!, Colin also contributes to the printing community in the following ways:

* Contributing writer for InDesign Magazine and indesignsecrets.com;
* Previously spoken at PEPCON 2016 about Data Merge, and has had cameo speaking roles at other CPN events such as the InDesignConference 2016, and the CreativeWOW session of CreativeProWeek 2017.
* Previously spoken at several Adobe Users’ Group of South Australia sessions;
* An Adobe Community Professional (ACP) of the Adobe Forum

30/07/2025

What's it like after vibe-coding with Omata Mate for InDesign after a month? Some lessons learned...

https://colecandoo.com/2025/07/31/what-is-my-omata-mate-like-after-a-month/

06/07/2025

Omata MATE - it's the plugin you never knew you needed for InDesign.

https://colecandoo.com/2025/07/06/oh-mate-omata-mate/

15/04/2025

How I found out Enfocus Pitstop had a varnish tool by accident; how I struggled to use it; and how a separate Colecandoo solution came to the rescue

https://colecandoo.com/2025/04/15/enfocus-pitstops-varnish-tool-needs-a-polish/

01/04/2025

Five ways that your clients can foul up PDF round tripping that you should be aware of

https://colecandoo.com/2025/04/01/how-to-ruin-pdf-round-tripping/

19/03/2025

What to do when a client supplies artwork that contains PDF comments as actual artistic elements.

13/03/2025

Digital loupe upgrade to a microscope lens - worth a look.

21/01/2025

Block shadows are back in fashion... for now. Illustrator can do these with some effort, but a less effort method (or two) does exist.

30/12/2024

Converting type to outlines in a PDF - why I thought adding a checkbox like this to InDesign's PDF export would be helpful.

Converting type to outlines in a PDF – why I thought adding a checkbox like this to InDesign’s PDF export would be helpful.

14/11/2024

About to try InDesign's MathML for the first time? Just know that it isn't a Microsoft Word Equation converter, but it will do what you want.

About to try InDesign’s MathML for the first time? Just know that it isn’t a Microsoft Word Equation converter, but it will do what you want.

03/11/2024

One year after my first parody piece about "new features" in InDesign, let's see what actually made it to 2025, what's in the works, and what didn't make the cut.

One year after my first parody piece about “new features” in InDesign, let’s see what actually made it to 2025, what’s in the works, and what didn’t make the cut.

29/10/2024

Go down the rabbit-hole of trying to "fancify" InDesign's QR Codes using Adobe Illustrator's Action Panel.

Go down the rabbit-hole of trying to “fancify” InDesign’s QR Codes using Adobe Illustrator’s Action Panel.

22/10/2024

Seen warnings about missing images (even though there aren't any) when using Data Merge to Single Records free or pro since upgrading to InDesign 2025? Get the patched free version or get in touch to receive the patched pro version.

Seen warnings about missing images (even though there aren’t any) when using Data Merge to Single Records free or pro since upgrading to InDesign 2025? Get the patched free version or get in …

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