One of the most important aspects is the page setup.
1. Establish what the final printed, trimmed size of the outcome.
2. Set up the page size
3. Columns sets out the guides on the document. The gutter is the space between each column
4. Margins can be 0 or default
5. Bleed is to control the borders so don't end up with white edge. - Standard bleed= 3mm
6. Slug defines an area outside the page and bleeds to enable printer marks to be printed.
7. Set number of pages
8. Facing pages are for books so for example if for an A3 poster uncheck.
9. Facing pages have inside and outside margins
To change anything on a document - File, document setup.
The Black line is the cut document size.
Pallets
Use the pages menu to see the whole document menu.
Use selection tool on rulers to drag the guides to add vertical and horizontal guides if needed.
Options with the document
Add text
Image
Layout
set up grid
margins, columns, guides
Add colour
Line
Shapes
Everything is contained within a frame
One option to add text
Type
Fill with placeholder text (this gives guides/clues to decide type size, placemnet)
Can view Character A or paragraph using the tool bar.
Can also use the type menu to Edit:
Type, Character creates a floating pallet
Selection tool allows you to work with frames eg resize or reposition
If there is too much text in the box click and drag. (the red + sign indicates there is too much text in the box)
Can also get the text to flow from one text box/ column to another use the small square box on a blank frame.
Can view the page without margin guides
"W" preview mode
"W" Jump back
To get the text to go diagonally
Can rotate the frame use 'select'
Can skew the frame
Can create shapes using the pen tool
Can contain text in virtually any shape.
Images
Are contained in frames
Prepare images in Illustrator and Photoshop.
The image sneed to be ready to print resolution 300dpi
File format - Tiff, PSD
Don't use JPEG files
Color mode is CMYK or greyscale
Actual size for the document
eg A + 6mm bleed
Don't ry to put smaller images in and enlarge
Illustrator can be any size as they don't work with resolution.
To save files
Create a new folder
Place any images in the new folder which will be going into your Indesign document.
To insert images
1 Create an empty frame
Rectangle tool frame
File
Place
or
2. Don't create a frame
File
place
Click once, Indesign creates a frame
Can use the frame to crop images down.
If click on image using the hand tool can reposition the image within the frame.
If the actual image are not in the file, Indesign will pick the low resolution format.
The view menu allows you to change the display preferences switch to high quality display.
To work with colour
Same as Illustrator -fill and stroke
Use Swatches Pallet as it is the control at the top which allows the colour to be changes.
Can arrange items in object Objects Menu - arrange to send back
Swatches pallet
Can achieve consistency saving swatches
Week 2
The interaction between frames on the page
Frames can overlap
Frames can be elipses, pen tool shapes
To place an image within a column of text
Options
1 Change the shape of the two columns
2. text wrap
Define how an overlaying frames effects the frame underneath
Apply text wrap to the frame on top (not the text frame)
Select the frame
Options
1. On options tool bar default setting is no text wrap
2. Wrap any text around the boundary box (window menu, text wrap pallet)
3. Wrap around the object shape. To wrap text around a transparency choose contour.
4. Contour options - Alpha channel, Transparency
Transparent PSD files from photoshop work as transparent files in Indesign
Can still use offset to move text as well.
Task
Accurate replication of double page spread
Create CMYK colours
Use place holder text
use headlines
Use similar san s serif typeface.
When inserting images to maintain trasparent backgrounds remember to save as a tiff and tick save transparency. Then create frame and place the tiff in the document.
I needed to finish this at home where I have CS4. On the face of it it would not let me open the CS5 Indesign nor would Indesign cs5 allow me to save it as CS4. I managed to find this which explained how to open up current Indesign docs in earlier versions of Indesign:
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