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JRN 302: Introduction to Graphics and Visual Communication - Intro. to InDesign

Tuesday/Thursday Class. JRN 302: Introduction to Graphics and Visual Communication - Intro. to InDesign. Thursday, 1/23/14. Class Objectives. Lecture Intro to InDesign and InDesign Tutorial Homework assignments InDesign Tutorial due end of class on Thursday, 2/6/14.

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JRN 302: Introduction to Graphics and Visual Communication - Intro. to InDesign

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  1. Tuesday/Thursday Class JRN 302: Introduction to Graphics and Visual Communication- Intro. to InDesign Thursday, 1/23/14

  2. Class Objectives • Lecture • Intro to InDesign and InDesign Tutorial • Homework assignments • InDesign Tutorial due end of class on Thursday, 2/6/14

  3. InDesign, a page layout software • Our lab has InDesign CS6 • Newest is InDesign CC (Creative Cloud) • Newer than CS6 is CS7 • Remember issue about backwards compatibility! • Tutorials (on your own) • InDesign CS6/ Adobe video tutorials • http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-indesign-cs6/ • Book Design, static tutorial that shows tools • http://www.designfreebies.org/design-tutorials/indesign-tutorials/basic-indesign-tutorial-in-creating-your-first-book-layout-part-1/

  4. InDesign • Also owned by Adobe • Other leader is Quark XPress • Used to support PageMaker (dead now) • Creates printed materials • So you’ll use Photoshop to create your raster images and… • …InDesign to create the printed designs • And link to/point to/place graphics

  5. InDesign • You will mainly be working with a one page Document when you <File <New • A Document is what you might expect; a single- or multi-page document. • A Book is made up of those InDesign Documents. So in your case, you'd need to start a New Document. • Great for multi-chapter books where each chapter is a section of the book. • Once you build or import any graphic or set of graphics into InDesign, you can simply drag that item into a Library for later use

  6. InDesign • Bleed Guide • With a commercial printer, you can print to the edge • So you design a bit more than that and at the printer’s, they cut off this “bleed” • Our lab printers do not print bleeds or too the edge of the paper • Slug- notes area, will not be printed with our lab computers • Margins are just suggestions • End of paper is black line and drop shadow

  7. InDesign… commonly open things • Layers- really don’t use these because things are easy to select • Link – this is what I use to make sure you’re providing me with the correct files • Pages – for multi-paged documents, you’ll have this open • Rulers (under <View <Show rulers) – are necessary if you want to pull guides

  8. InDesign and PS Graphics • You have to <File <Place your graphic • InDesign creates a reference link to the file and keeps the actual graphic or image outside of the document • So don’t change the location of your image after it’s placed or you’ll have to update it • Placing files (on your own) • http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-indesign-cs6/working-with-graphics/

  9. InDesign and PS Graphics • Do not <Copy all (in Photoshop) and then <Paste (in InDesign) • Because your resolution may change • The image no longer is an original graphic image; it is an InDesign file. • If you drag or paste images and graphics into ID, it will embed them directly in the file resulting in a very large document file size • Points will be deducted when your project is graded if links in <Window <Links are not correct

  10. When in InDesign and looking at your raster images • They may APPEAR pixelated (crappy) on your monitor • ID sets this display image at a low resolution to make navigating around the document happen more smoothly. • You can change the display settings for all images you place by going to > View > Display Performance > High Quality Display.

  11. InDesign and Text • We will place graphic files within ID • All text should be created within ID using the Text tool • Text tool, draw box, type text • Double click to get inside the box • ESC to get out (or move tool) • This is done with frames • http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-indesign-cs6/working-with-frames/ (12 minutes)

  12. InDesign Tutorial • Due Thursday 2/6/14 by end of class • Go to Class webpage http://ccfacourses.cmich.edu/jrn/302/kubik/JRN302_homework.html • Download all the files for the InDesign tutorial • Or copy files off of server • Open up the Start.indd file in Indesign • Click 1x on the Pages icon in the dock at the right to view the Pages panel. • Notice there are multiple pages to this file. • Go to <View <Grids and Guides <Show Guides

  13. InDesign Tutorial • The Tutorial Directions are badly scanned in (sorry) and are for CS4 • But they’ll work for CS6 as well • When it says “lesson_02 folder”, just look for the file called “Article.doc” • When you save and drop your file, save it as your lastname.

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