A Collection of Cheat Sheets for Print Designers

By Angie Bowen | Published: June 29, 2009

thumbA collection of cheat sheets geared specifically for print designers including pages for InDesign, color theory, Illustrator and more!

Imagine for a moment that when you wake up tomorrow you realize that you are late for your Print Design class, and as you arrive, flustered from your rushed jaunt to just make it before the class gets underway, only to discover that you are having a pop quiz! Okay, so we know that is not entirely the likeliest of scenarios, and that while most of you will not be facing down a print design pop quiz any time in the near future, we still felt a relevance to compiling a list of helpful cheat sheets for all designers hanging their hats in the print arena. So we did.

Below is an assemblage packed with useful information to aid in all your print design projects. We hope that they come in handy for you whether you are staring through unsure eyes at a pop quiz or not.

Cheat Sheets

ideas
I.D.E.A.S Graphic Cheat Sheet

color
Color Codes Matching Chart HTML (Convert CMYK, RGB Hex)

color2
CMYK Color Chart

folds
Standard Page Folds

conversion
Conversion Chart

cards
Keyboard Shortcut Cards – Includes Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator CS, Macromedia Freehand, Cinema 4D and 3D Studio Max

quark
QuarkXPress Cheat Sheets – Available for QuarkXPress 7 & 8 for Windows and Mac

typefaces
Mixing Typefaces Cheat Sheet

photoshop
27 Adobe Photoshop Cheat Sheets and Quick Reference Cards for Adobe Photoshop CS4, CS3, CS2 and Below

illustrator1
Illustrator CS4 and CS3 useful downloads

illustrator3
Illustrator Pen Tool Cheat Sheet

illustrator2
Illustrator Shortcuts – Available for CS3 & CS4 for both Windows and Mac

indesign1
InDesign Cheat Sheet – the most important tools we will use with InDesign

indesign2
InDesign CS4 and CS3 useful downloads

You’re Up!

Come on, we know there are other cheaters out there. What are some of your favorite cheat sheets for print design that we may have missed! Fire back in the comments and let us know!

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2 Comments

  1. Erika Martinez
    Posted November 2, 2009 at 10:11 pm | Permalink

    This is great! I did always love a good cheat sheet; this is heaven. ;) Thanks, Rob!

    Reply
    • Rob Bowen
      Posted November 15, 2009 at 1:29 am | Permalink

      :) Glad that you like it, Erika!

      Reply

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  1. By Angie Bowen on June 30, 2009 at 1:00 am

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  2. By ibrahim ahmad on July 1, 2009 at 6:54 am

    Shortcuts list for Adobe photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign. http://snipr.com/l8q8h

  3. By Jean-Baptiste Jung on July 2, 2009 at 9:09 am

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  6. By AJ on December 3, 2009 at 9:35 pm

    A Collection of Cheat Sheets for Print Designers | Dead Wings Designs http://tinyurl.com/l3bdeg RT @angbowen | love the pen tool and folds!

  7. By Elena on December 15, 2009 at 7:19 am

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