Monday 14th March
- Mike Flowers
- InDesign Recap
- Advanced Publication processes for publications with more text based content than what we have been shown before in previous InDesign workshops from Level 4
-Newspapers
-Book Publication
-Concertina layout and binding
Saddle Stich - Pamflet Bind
File>New document
Page size
(Size is up to me-for a self directed brief)
Don't adjust/set up the document size with the intention of re-scaling the document later on or "scale to fit" when printing.
Always use "Actual Size"
-Using commercial print technical specifications when setting up this document specs/size etc
-Don't scale to fit when working with text…(scale to fit when printing publication) - will change size of visual content and reduce the quality.
Columns
Divides the page up into columns - such as editorial layout for articles
Guides / "column grids" then appear on the InDesign layout to help us arrange the article / text content and layout
Gutter
Sets the space in-between the column areas - the space that frames the columns of text
Guide on layout in InDesign dont restrict the areas we can work in within our frame - can have text running across the whole document and column guides if desired.
Bleed and Slug
Bleed is the most important of these
Anything that is printed - any content that I want to run right up to the edge of the booklet page - needs to have a bleed so that the content will be printed slightly larger than the document size. This means that when we trim the pages after printing - ready for assembly…we can cut to the trim marks and eliminate those white edges highlighted when trimming.
Standard Bleed: 3mm
On the doc the bleed is signified by the red frame/guide line around the edge of the document frame in InDesign
Would then add crop/trim marks at the print-setup stage to help us after printing
Slug
A specific area that sits outside of our page layout. usually a lot larger than our bleed guide
shows up as light blue frame in InDesign
This is an area that will actually print -
slug area is mostly used for printers marks, document score/fold marks, binding marks, registration marks, trim marks etc
If we need these marks, InDesign has this as a check box during the print-setup anyway
Page amount
Total number of pages needs to be a multiple of 4 12, 16, 20, 24 etc
An even number
Facing Pages
All about making a pamphlet/saddle stitch bind/book format
When this option is ticked in InDesign document layout, the pages will appear on screen in exactly the arrange,meant they will have when bound after printing
Double page spread on screen is called "Readers Spread"
Consider how I am going to print my publication: Using university facilities
If working with slugs/bleeds…this eats into the space around the page/document layout when printing. So if the doc pages are set to A4 size, the double page spread will need to be printed on the same sheet of paper and the content itself would reach the size of A3 (without the beheld and crop marks included)….so you won't be able to print 2 A4's next to each other on one sheet of A3…it won't fit. Therefore if wanting to print an A4 size publication…each page would need to printed on their own piece of paper at a larger size than A3 to accommodate for the "readers" double page spread plus the extra bleed/crop marks around the edge.
Size is important so need to take care when considering this!
A way to solve any confusion…could choose not to work with bleed at all.
A laser printer will never print right to the edge of page
Can use margins/guides instead of bleed to help with document and content set up for printing
The max size of document set up that can print on an A3 including full bleed and crop marks:
w: 200mm
h: 280mm
File>Document Setup: Can change and edit our document set up here in this menu
Cant change margins/columns here
If we need to make a change to our margins and columns
We need to work with the pages palette
Pages Palette
Select a page and changes will be made to my selection
Can select a variety, individual, or all here
When working with a pamphlet / saddle stitch bind - we are working with : Inside/Outside Margins (inside which meet at the binding edge, outside which is the edge of the printed page)
Can be useful to have a slightly larger inside margin depending on the weight of the stock, amount of pages being bound etc. The fold and bind can eat into the page composition during assembly - so a wider inside margin where two pages meet at the bind can be useful)
Creating Guides
Layout>create guides
similar to columns but allows for page layout to be split up into rows/grid
-fit the guides within
Margins: for use without bleed
Page: for use with full bleed
Only adds this per page (despite having all pages selected in the pages menu)
Will need to set these guides up for every page I want the rows/grid to apply too
Each guideline is editable/moveable
-Can select all/individual
To lock guides: View>Grids & Guides > Lock Guides
Use these guides and stages to work consistently across all poages within my publication document and layout. Is best practice for successful printing, binding, assembly and end result.
Master Pages
"A document template"
At the top of my pages palette, there are 3 pages of my document.
There is a "readers spread" called A-Master - this is the default master page
On the other pages outlined in this pages menu, the letter "A" appears in the corners. This means that the layout of these pages will follow whatever is set up on the "A-Master" page/icon. Double click the "A-Master" page and this will open it on the screen. You know you are viewing the "A-Master" page as there will only be the option to view this double page "readers" spread.
Can change margins and columns across our whole document to help with consistency.
Anything added to this master page - will be added to all pages running throughout the document
Text/image/content/header/footer/page number/ etc - anything that I want to be consistent and running through whole document
To force the a-master setting to apply to whole document (if InDesign hasn't automatically applied it)
Select all relevant pages in the pages palette > click the pages palette drop down and select "Apply Master to Pages"
Can use master pages to apply grids - select both a masters, then set up the new grid guides and this will then apply to all pages (instead of me having to set the grids up individually on every single page)
Anything on the master page is locked - un-editable when arranging other content on individual pages throughout the document
CMD + Shift + Click unlocks master page items - will enable you to override the original master page item and edit/move content etc
Adding Page Numbers
On a normal page: draw a text box and type in the correct number
For consistency - this can be done on the master page
If done on a master page, the page number shows up as "A"… but the numbers are now visible on each individual page running throughout the InDesign document
To get the numbers to appear on all pages (both in a double page spread for instance), go onto the master page, selected the "black select curser" and then hold alt and select the "A" box and drag this onto the opposite page.
This has now copied the page numbering formula onto the other pages throughout the document.
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