INDESIGN WORKSHOP

For the Indesign brief, we had to create a double page document for the publication.

Animal: Wallaby

DOCUMENT SET UP

Working in editorial we halved the document so it would be proportional and fit the brief.

Width - 190mm

Height - 237mm

Bleed - 3mm

FACING PAGES: NUMBER OF PAGES 2.

When first creating the document we realised that the first page is always the e.g front cover and wouldn't work as a double spread. So we had to add a extra page to the document so when it was time to print we will just select pages 2-3.

In the pages pallet you can also re-order the positioning of your pages. Using the plus button on the pallet page enables the document to have a double page spread.

PRINT OPTIONS

Range: 2-3 to avoid the front cover page being printed

 

Paper Size: A3 to fit all the content on.

Include crop marks if you are not working with bleeds as it indicates where the edge of the page is.

An alternative way to work with double page spreads is, to go the menu, located at the top of the 'Pages' pannel and select 'Allow document pages to shuffle'  then we can then move the pages so that they appear as a double page spread.

this option also allows you to make more complex layouts to experiment with.

CREATING GUIDES

We also looked at guides that are created by dragging down from the rulers, this can be done to a single or double page. Depending on where your mouse is to create gudies if you take it away from the pages it will work across

A easier and accurate way of doing this is to use the create guidelines in the menu option

Using the layout options we selected the create guides option so we could create which number or rows and columns we wanted. It was advised to work with odd numbers when doing this.

IMAGES + CONTENT

When importing images into InDesign, it is important to use the correct sized image and avoid using JPEG. images.

We opened a internet JPEG. image in Photoshop, resize it, and save it as a TIFF. file for high res. 

Using the menu options we went onto the image size option.

Un-tick resample image and change the resolution to 300 so that it is suitable for printed media.

To import into the InDesign file we used the place option.

We can also resize the image in InDesign, but doing this can lower the quality of this image.

To check the scale of the enlargement we looked at the tool bar at the top of the document.This also allows you to adjust the image to a specific percentage. 

Moreover, when in Photoshop rescaling the image, certain quality can be lost. To overcome this there are options within the 'Image Size' menu. 

Moreover, we can look at more information regarding the image by selecting the image and clicking 'Link'.

We next looked at how frames can be manipulated to hold text and images in different ways.

Create outlines so that the text doesn't need the font information

Moreover, we can fit an image or text that has been converted into multiple boxes. First, create the boxes and go to Object - Paths - Make Compound Path.

Then select the boxes, go to File - Place and the image or text will appear within the arrangement. 

This can also be done with text.