InDesign CS4 & Photoshop CS4 Teaching Notes Implement complex procedures to produce a specified digital outcome AS 91635 Level 3, Credits 4 Implement complex procedures to produce a specified digital media outcome involves: selecting software based on the features of the program(s) that enables the student to effectively demonstrate skills in creating, editing and integrating media types applying a set of complex tools and techniques to present content in a media type applying data integrity and testing procedures to ensure the outcome meets the specifications following legal, ethical and/or moral requirements appropriate to the outcome. Skilfully implement complex procedures to produce a specified digital media outcome involves: showing accuracy in the application of complex tools, techniques and procedures showing independence with regard to decision making in the selection of software and application of complex tools, techniques and testing procedures. Efficiently implement complex procedures to produce a specified digital media outcome involves: applying complex tools and techniques, and producing the outcome in a manner that economises the use of resources (eg optimised tool selection, batch processing images, use of master pages, use of libraries, timely production).
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Table of Contents ADOBE InDesign EPub ............................................................................................................................. 4 Setting up work space ......................................................................................................................... 4 Setting up master pages ..................................................................................................................... 4 Add text to the document................................................................................................................... 6 Placeholder text .................................................................................................................................. 6 To overflow text between pages ........................................................................................................ 7 Setting up columns ............................................................................................................................. 7 Automatic hyphenation ...................................................................................................................... 8 To apply paragraph styles ................................................................................................................... 8 Applying Character Styles ................................................................................................................... 9 To make a dropped cap style .......................................................................................................... 9 Cover Page .......................................................................................................................................... 9 Setting up a Table of Contents .......................................................................................................... 10 Threading Text .................................................................................................................................. 11 Page 3 Heading ................................................................................................................................. 12 Setting Up XML ................................................................................................................................. 12 Map tags to style............................................................................................................................... 13 Insert QR Code .................................................................................................................................. 15 Insert Hyperlink ................................................................................................................................. 15 Interactive Elements ......................................................................................................................... 16 Author and Naming Book.................................................................................................................. 17 Aiding visually impaired users........................................................................................................... 17 Exporting EPub .................................................................................................................................. 18 File Export ......................................................................................................................................... 19 Publishing your EBook ...................................................................................................................... 19 E Pub ............................................................................................................................................. 19 I-pad .............................................................................................................................................. 19 Extensive integration ........................................................................................................................ 20 To export vectors CS6 ....................................................................................................................... 21 Managing illustrations ...................................................................................................................... 22 One or Two Extras ................................................................................................................................. 23 Add a clipping path to the image .................................................................................................. 23 Apply a text wrap around the image ............................................................................................ 23 Adobe InDesign
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Export to PDF and HTML ................................................................................................................... 24 Photoshop ............................................................................................................................................. 26 Automation Scripts ........................................................................................................................... 27 File Automate Batch...................................................................................................................... 27 File Scripts Image Processor.......................................................................................................... 27
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ADOBE InDesign EPub Setting up work space File New Document 4 pages Bring panels down from window tab
Drop down and select EPub, your default start-up will always look like this and hold the panels you need to use.
If necessary use pages to add 3 more pages.
Setting up master pages Open up pages In the Master area right click and click on New Master
Prefix L (left) and Number of pages 1 Adobe InDesign
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With the left master highlighted apply master elements (even numbered pages)
For page numbers create a small text box in the position of your choice. Click into the text box. Type, Insert Special Character, Markers, Current Page Number. L will appear in the text box.
Repeat the process to create the R Master (odd number pages).
To convert your page numbers into interactive buttons select the text box on the master page go to Object Interactive Convert to Button
Select the process you would like to follow.
To apply the master to actual pages in your document working in the pages pane left click and hold on the L Master and drag and drop it onto your even number pages (2 & 4).
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Repeat the process with the R Master for page 3. These elements do not need to be added to the Cover Page unless you choose to.
Add text to the document Go to pages 2 and 3
Leave page 2 blank for our XML. Use the type tool create a text box on page 3
Placeholder text With the text box selected got to type, drop down and navigate to fill with place holder text
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To overflow text between pages Reduce the size of your text box on page 3, this leaves an over flow of text. Go to bottom right of the text box and click on red cross this will begin the overflow text process. Navigate to page 4. Left click to place your text. Any edits, formatting or changes you make on page 3 will move the text around on page 4.
Setting up columns Hover the selection tool near the blue text frame edge, right click, go down to text frame options and change your columns to 3.
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Automatic hyphenation
Manage through paragraph style options, hyphenation.
To apply paragraph styles Type a heading at the top of your placeholder text. Highlight this heading.
Go to the right and drop out paragraph styles.
Click on create new style.
Double click on the new style.
Give the style a relevant file name eg Heading 1, Heading 2 etc using naming conventions.
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As you change your paragraph styling the style settings are built and displayed.
Applying Character Styles To make a dropped cap style
Go to character style New style Name it Initial Cap Go to basic character formatting and make choices. Ok Then go to paragraph style Make a new paragraph style Choose drop cap and nested from list on the left Make choices about lines to drop and characters
Cover Page Create your cover page in Photoshop saving it into an appropriately named folder. Create a copy and save this copy as a .jpg you are going to use this image.
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Use the rectangle frame tool to create a frame to cover page 1. As this is epub you do not need to allow for a non printing margin.
Right click in the frame go down to Frame Fitting Options
Centre the reference point Fitting on Empty Frame Fit Content Proportionally so that the image is not distorted.
File Place, navigate to your .jpg image and place in the frame.
Setting up a Table of Contents
Layout, Table of contents Make sure that you have used heading conventions in your paragraph styles so you can quickly and easily bring these into your TOC.
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Once finished place your Table of Contents on page 4.
Threading Text View Show Text Threads – shows that your text flows as the eye naturally moves from left to right and top to bottom
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Page 3 Heading
Experiment with a range of design strategies to layout your article heading.
Setting Up XML In word or notepad type your XML and save as .xml eg TOPIC Heading goes here This is where you put the wee story that will go under the photo. TOPIC Heading goes here This is where you put the wee story that will go under the photo. TOPIC Heading goes here This is where you put the wee story that will go under the photo. TOPIC Heading goes here This is where you put the wee story that will go under the photo.
InDesign CS4 File, Import XML
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Create your layout: can you see that your section head is the frame across the top of the page, title is the frame across the image, the rectangle frame is for the image and the notes go underneath the image. Make sure you right click on the rectangle frame and fitting, frame fitting options, centre the reference point and fit content to frame. Highlight and group the two rectangles and the rectangle frame, copy and paste so 4 fit on the page. Drag and drop your elements onto your layout.
Now you are going to apply your existing character styles from your document to these tags. This ensures consistency in your design.
Map tags to style
I went back and added some different paragraph styles so that my notes and hierarchy of headings were more professional.
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Not pretty enough but applied! If your notes look bad you have to change them in your XML document. Spot the weird gap needs fixing. Also my headings need working up eg alignment, emphasis and hierarchy of heading level 1 and 2 aren’t perfect.
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Insert QR Code Just for fun we created a free QR code of our name, saved the image and placed it on page 4 so our teacher could scan our code and know whose work it was. http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
Now we didn’t save the image so must go back and do that and then we can open our link panel and check that our files are all linked through our file management. I tried to turn the QR image into a button but perhaps a hyperlink to their website would be more useful. It didn’t work.
Insert Hyperlink Write something like contact me, highlight it, go to Type, Hyperlinks and Cross References, select where you are linking to URL or Email. Work up the Character Style and Appearances and OK.
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Interactive Elements In master page L at the bottom of the page I want to add forward home and back buttons. add a polygon to the bottom of your page.
Double clicking on the polygon tool pops up to change the number of sides to 3.
Object transform allows you to flip and turn your triangle to face left
Select your triangle, right click, interactive, convert to button
Add the action go to previous page
Copy and paste the button and change the action to go to next page.
If you want a home button place a square in the middle, convert to button and change the action to home or exit.
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Author and Naming Book File File Info
Check out these tabs lots of interesting info here.
Aiding visually impaired users
Enter meta data in Adobe Bridge text for visually impaired users.
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Back in InDesign relink each image to update text to speech. XML overrides this process so it will just be your cover and your QR Code. This is for moral and ethical considerations as seeing impaired people can’t see the image will have the name of the image read to them when using a the reader.
Exporting EPub File, Export for Digital Editions
Needs a prompt at Export to include TOC
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File Export allows for hyperlinks
Publishing your EBook E Pub Down load Adobe e pub reader Click on Adobe digital home edition Download now
I-pad Load itunes onto the computer – search Google for this Connect ipad and computer together Draw and drop books on the computer to books to the ipad
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Extensive integration Export to Flash (SWF) Create dynamic content without having to work in the authoring environment of Adobe Flash. Export SWF files directly from within InDesign, complete with page transitions, interactive buttons, rollovers, and hyperlinks. Automatically launch the Adobe Flash Player and preview a SWF file simply by exporting your InDesign layout. Export to Flash (XFL) Export your InDesign document in the new XFL file format for opening in Adobe Flash® CS4 Professional. Use the Flash authoring environment to add video, audio, animation, and complex interactivity. InDesign text exported as XFL remains fully editable when the XFL file is opened in Adobe Flash CS4 Professional. InDesign automatically converts high-resolution print assets (CMYK) to low-resolution web assets (RGB) upon export as an XFL file. An image placed multiple times in your InDesign document is saved as a single image asset with shared locations when exported as an XFL file. Interactive PDF enhancements Author interactive PDF documents by adding SWF files, Quicktime movies, and sound clips to your page layouts. Create interactive buttons, apply page transitions, and embed hyperlinks, crossreferences, and bookmarks to create an immersive reading experience. http://layersmagazine.com/creating-ibooks-epubs.html http://robcubbon.com/create-epub-ebook-indesign/ http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/digitalpublishing/ pdfs/indesigntokindle_wp_ue1.pdf
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-epub/creating-an-ebook-with-indesign-part-2/
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To export vectors CS6 Select the object first Object export object Make sure it’s epub and HTML Check resolution to 150 Format is jpeg Click on custom layout – choose centre etc Insert pagebreak – tick this
To export file to ePub extra tips File export / rastorise in the general – rasterise first page. Go to images
Meta data Select image Object Export Options Alt Text This is for moral and ethical considerations as seeing impaired people can’t see the image will have the name of the image read to them when using a the reader.
Bridge Select image / Links go to menu links / Reveal in Bridge / Meta data / Scroll down on the right side Go into iptc CORE / Click on the pencil / type the name of the image or description / tick / Do you want to apply these to your image / apply
In Indesign page Click on Links Panel / Click on refresh – down bottom of the first group / Object export Options / Alt Text and it should show
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Managing illustrations If you don’t want a white background behind your illustration you need to bring illustrations from Adobe Illustrator. Create that document and save to web and devices. Make sure Transparency has a tick and save as .png not .giff To insert an image with a transparent background into the text put your cursor where you want the image to go. At this point create a paragraph style called eg centred image. Drag your image from Adobe Bridge into this space. Use ctrl, shift to resize your image. To check it’s locked in place select image, right click, lock position.
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One or Two Extras Add a clipping path to the image You’re probably a bit worried at this point that the image you just placed is covering your text. We’re about to sort that out by adding a clipping path to the montage image. A clipping path is a really easy way to wrap text around an image. Click on the montage image with the Selection tool. Go to Object > Clipping Path > Options. The Clipping Path dialogue box will pop up. In the Type drop down list, select ‘Detect Edges’ and with the preview box ticked, play with the sliders so you can see how the outline of the image changes as you change the settings.
A clipping path is created around the entire image and the path is following the edges in the images it can find by detecting pixels or areas of colour.
Further study: anchor points are added all the way along the path so that you can manually pull any of the anchor points out or in using the Direct Selection Tool from your toolbar to show or hide more of the image if you want to. Apply a text wrap around the image With your clipping path in place, you’ll need to apply a Text Wrap to wrap your text around the clipping path so that it’s no longer hidden. Go to the Text Wrap panel and select the Wrap Around Object Shape Option. Now that the object has a clipping path, the object shape is the clipping path rather than the rectangular white background from the original image and the text will wrap nicely around the image. Adjust the tolerance settings until the texts sits in an appealing way.
The bottom of the cover page is a bit sparse, so got to the Toolbar and click on the Rectangle Tool. Draw a rectangle and change the rectangle fill colour to My Topic green using the colour swatch.
Click on Object > Arrange > Send to Back to move the rectangle behind the other elements on the page.
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This isn’t a graphic design masterpiece, but it gives you a good idea of the design options available to you.
Export to PDF and HTML InDesign contains a lot of PDF export functions. You can browse through them from the File > Adobe PDF Presets menu. Preset
Function
Define…
Allows you to create a custom PDF export setting
[High Quality Print]
A good general setting to use when printing to your home/office printer.
[PDF/X…] The PDF/X settings conform to an ISO standard for graphic design, each setting has slightly different parameters in regard to image resolution and other issues, depending on the recommended output. [Press Quality] This is a standard go-to option for files that you want to send to a professional printer. This setting will include bleed, crop and trim marks and other instructions for the printer as well as preserving optimum quality for press output. [Smallest File Size] This setting downgrades images to a low-resolution setting and makes other file compressions to reduce the size of the final document. You can choose to retain hyperlinks, bookmarks and other non-printing objects in the Export dialogue box.
For other export options as well as for a specific interactive PDF option, choose File > Export.
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There are a lot of format options available from the ‘Format’ list in the Export dialogue box. Format
Function
Adobe PDF (Interactive) Tailor-made for interactive PDFs, especially for forms and layouts with a lot of buttons and forms fields etc. Adobe PDF (print)
Another standard print PDF setting
EPS
Creates an Encapsulated Postscript File (an image of print standard, essentially)
EPUB
eBook conversion standard
Flash CS6 Professional (FLA)
Creates a file that can be edited in Flash CS6
Flash Player (SWF)
Created a file that can be viewed (but not edited) by a Flash player
HTML Encodes your layout as HTML and creates an associated CSS (cascading style sheets) from the InDesign Paragraph and Character styles. InDesignMarkup (IDML) of InDesign
Saves your layout in a format that can be opened by older versions
JPEG/PNG
Exports the layout as a JPEG/PNG image suited to web
XML
Exports your layout as XML
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Photoshop Colour Histograms and adjustments: Enhancing colours and lights http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/techniques/a-basic-guide-to-photoshop-cs4-adjustment-layers/
Non Destructive Editing: layers, history http://www.ronbigelow.com/articles/nondestructive-1/nondestructive.html
Pen tools and paths: vector tools, path selections http://www.melissaevans.com/tutorials/how-to-use-photoshops-pen-tool
Filter Effects: filters http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/a-basic-guide-to-photoshop-filters-tutorial/
Adjusting Pixel Selection http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab6476f0a.html
Graphic Optimisations: photo retouching http://www.nigelbuckner.com/downloads/handouts/web/Optimising%20graphics.pdf
Colour Management and printing: RGB on screen/CMYK on paper, Edit, convert to profile, RGB/CMYK http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps11_colour/ps11_1.htm
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Automation Scripts
File Automate Batch
I chose sepia toning and all the images I selected changed to a sepia background simultaneously – automated.
File Scripts Image Processor
Allows me to batch process saving all my images as .jpgs in one run saving time and being efficient.
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