1) Lay out your pages in Indesign! You must have your images, text, and page elements placed in! We are covering the basics of using indesign in this project.
2) Have your Photoshop Project 90% Complete! This means that all of the pieces for your project must be created and in photoshop! You will have time to refine your project and print in class!
2A) For those of you that want to print on the large 4400 printer, come to class with the paper you want to use to print!
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EXTRA NOTES:
Below is an outline for Indesign. This serves as a reminder for what we learned in class today.
A. Make a new document in Adobe Indesign. (ID)
- Set your Size to Letter (8.5 x 11), and your orientation to portrait.
- Set your page number and margins as necessary.
- Remember the minimum margin for printing is 1/4 inch, or 1.5 picas.
- When Indesign is open, you can always create new pages to add!
B. Lay out all of your pages in Indesign. Make it as close as you can to your final iteration.
To do so, you will:
- Open up illustrator.
- Copy your grid, and image files from illustrator (Command C)
- Paste your image files into your Indesign document. (Command V, in Indesign)
- Remember you can make multiple MASTER PAGES for your projects!
- TO EDIT PHOTOS:
- The SELECTION TOOL will edit the frame of the photo.
- The DIRECT SELECTION TOOL will edit the photo itself.
- REMEMBER TO CLICK THE "INSIDE CIRCLE" OF THE PHOTO to edit the image itself.
- TO SCALE PHOTOS:
- Click the photo once, hold OPTION and SHIFT, and scale the image at the CORNERS.
- Option 2: Right Click the image, and select TRANSFORM -----> SCALE.
- Remember to bring in your TEXT and PHOTOS on a DIFFERENT LAYER than your GRID!
- You can PREVIEW the final design by hitting (SHIFT + W)
C. After that you will need to lay out text:
- Select the text tool from the tool bar.
- Drag out a text box like the ones we make in illustrator.
- Remember that you can modify the outside edges of the text box, and manipulate specific anchor points in Indesign with the DIRECT SELECTION TOOL.
We will work on these in class, but you must have all of your images laid out in an Indesign file. Feel free to play with the designs and layouts. Remember that you are mostly copying your layouts made in illustrator, bringing them into indesign.
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LINKS AND RESOURCES:
Here are some links that offer examples and tutorials for indesign. Feel free to thumb through them if you are having trouble remembering what we covered in class. I recommend the video first
Indesign basics: (These may help the most.)
http://wiki.digital-foundations.net/index.php?title=Chapter_13_CS4
http://wiki.digital-foundations.net/index.php?title=Chapter_14_CS6
A PDF Introduction to Indesign (34pages):
http://www.docs.is.ed.ac.uk/skills/documents/3648/3648.pdf
Video: 10 things beginners want to know about indesign CS6:
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/creative-suite-podcast-designers/how-to-get-started-with-adobe-indesign-cs6-10-things-beginners-want-to-know-how-to-do/
This is our first day covering Indesign. Do your best when laying out your images, and remember that the majority of your work will be copying and pasting your images, should you have finalized a design you are happy with. Having all of your work laid out over the weekend will make it easier for you to print next week! Remember that spelling does not have to be finalized, and you can still be moving page elements around, but I want you to have your elements for your book already laid out!
As always, EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS! =D
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