Indesign Workshop Week 2

Recap of photoshop specifications: 300dpi, actual size, CMYK or greyscale, .tif or .psd.

Image preparation technique - 1

Rectangle frame tool.

Arrange desired layout on page.

Options bar -> check dimensions and make a note of them (W=133mm H=169mm).

Import photo into Photoshop.

Image -> Image size.

If the resolution is 300, tick the resample box. Resample means the resolution doesn't change which is what we want if it is already 300. 

Put dimensions in (largest dimension if you want it to fill the frame).

Save image. 

Go back to InDesign. File -> Place -> Select Image. 

Check image information on links palette: actual ppi and effective pip should be 300. 

Image Preparation Technique - 2

Image has been scanned at 300dpi.

File -> Place -> Drop onto page.

Resize frame (not image) to desired size.

(Select image frame) Object -> Fitting -> Fill frame proportionally.

The resolution has been lowered because the image has been enlarged.

Links palette -> Link info -> Scale: 172.7% (How much we have enlarged this in InDesign).

Select image -> Right click -> Edit with -> Photoshop.

Image -> Image size.

Change units to percent and type in scale percentage (172.7%).

Save image (not Save As). 

Image in InDesign automatically updates because of link. 

Check links palette - scale should be 100%, actual size. 

If you want to enlarge any image by a lot, make sure to scan it in at a much higher resolution so this can cancel out the lowering in resolution during enlargement.  

Three Book Formats

Saddle stitch book

8 pages in this example (facing pages).

Custom paper size.

3mm bleed. 

Readers spreads - wee see it on screen in the same way we will see it printed. 

It is best to have the size less than A4 for one page so the double page can be printed on an A3 sheet including the bleed. 

With this format of book, the number of pages must be a multiple of four because each sheet of paper has four pages on it. 

When printing the book, we work with printers spreads where the pages are rearranged in order to make the book. 

L          R

8          1

2          7

6          3

4          5

When working out the order of printers spreads, go down the table in a zig zag with the first half of the pages and fill in the gaps going back up the table with the second half of the pages. Pairs of page numbers should add up to to the total number of pages plus one. 

File -> Print booklet.
Booklet type -> 2up addle stitch.
Print settings: make sure 'Print blank pages' is ticked.
Setup: Printer -> Black and white or colour.
Paper size selection and orientation of spread.
Page position -> Centred (this is so the pages line up when printed double sided).
Marks and bleed: Make sure 'crop marks' are ticked and 'use document bleed settings are ticked'.

Printer: Dont tick two sided, go to the two sided drop down menu and select short edge binding in this case (short or long edge options).

Preview then print. 

If there are a lot of pages or a thick stock which would be difficult to fold together, you would print multiple smaller booklets and then bind them together in a more complex way. This is where you would only print a selection of the pages. 

Concertina Book

If an individual page is A5 and we want 16 of them.

148.5 x 16 = 2376mm

Make a single page with these dimensions. 

Either divide into 16 columns or create guides. 

Layout -> Create guides -> 16 columns. Gutter should be 0 to get a single line. 

Document with guides

File -> Document setup -> Slug: 20mm for printer marks and fold marks. 
Extend the guides so they will be visible after printing. 

Extended guides

File -> Print -> Marks and bleed -> Include slug area. 

Hotdog book

Create the page to the desired dimensions. 

Layout -> Create guides -> 4 columns and 2 rows. Gutter = 0.

Add slug area and extend guides. 

Everything on the top needs to be upside down so you need to design each page facing this way, select its contents and rotate using the options bar at the top. 

Select the centre square in the grid of nine squares because this means the point of rotation is not at the centre and then select 180degree rotation to  turn it upside down.