Thursday, 17 January 2013

OUGD405 - InDesign Workshop

Session 1 - 10.1.13

New Document
View on side menu
Facing Pages Layout
Changing margins
Adding guides
Text frame
Fill with placeholder text so easy to format
Placeholder text
Character palette 
Placing text into a frame
Text placed in a frame
Click & drag remainder text to another frame
Changing frame size
Adding an image - Place
  • Never change the size of Photoshop files
  • Can change the size of Illustrator files

Session 2 17.1.13
Links
  • Links - links to the original image - looks low quality on screen - makes the computer work faster as original image would make the files huge - when printed it finds the exact document & prints at the image quality.
  • Keep images in exactly the same place/folder while working on InDesign project - images will not show up otherwise.
original size

scaled down size
image link window
edit original - preview is default
picture info - change default to PS

alt & double click - opens original to edit

opened in PS - editing scale
change colour mode to CMYK
scale now correct
importing transparent image
shows transparency over image
fitting frame to image inside
Press 'w' - preview view
text wrapping tool
no text wrap
with text wrap
original transparent
with text wrap
alpha channel
text wrap with alpha channel

Frame tools
Text wrapping with frames
Pen tool
can change content
Moving text into the frame
colour swatches
frame with colour
colour changes text frame
direct select to colour certain parts of text
New colour swatches

colour menu
chosen colour swatch in frame

How to get Pantone



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