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INDESIGN

IMAGES

LAYOUTSTYPE &

A SKILLSHARE CLASS with ANNE S. DITMEYER (@pretavoyager)

CLASS NOTES

http://skl.sh/12mRWfd

ANNEStarkDITMEYER SK ILLSHARE LEARN INDESIGN: LAYOUTS , TYPE & IMAGE wi th @PRETAVOYAGER • h t tp : / /sk l . sh /12mRWfd

PHOTOSHOP

KEY USES

OUTPUT

FILE TYPE

MULTIPLE PAGES

LIMITATIONS

images, contact sheet,retouching,

layered images,some websites

pixel (small blocks)

.psd (active/layer file), .tif (layers), .jpg,

.gif (animate, no background)

NO

legacy files, some features don’t exist in older versions if file

created in newer version

publications, marketing materials,

text + image,multiple pages

pixel + vector

.indd (active file),

.idml (save down)export as .pdf,

Package final files/fonts

YES

can open CS6 in older version, but not vice

versa; challenge when collaborating/sharing files (try export .idml)

illustration, vector graphics, logo design,

some websites

vector (any size)

.ai (active file),.pdf (layered or flat).eps (vector graphic)

AS ARTBOARDS

legacy files, some features don’t exist in

older versions

INDESIGN ILLUSTRATOR

BRIDGE is an image browser that works between all three programs.



— DIRECT SELCTION (brown frame, move images) (A)

— GAP TOOL (measure spacing) (U)

— LINE TOOL (hold shift for straight line) ( | )

— PENCIL / SMOOTH / ERASE TOOL (N)

— RECTANGLE / ELIPSE / POLYGON (shift for geometric) (M)

— ROTATE TOOL (R)

— GRADIENT FEATHER (shift + G)

— EYEDROPPER (sample color) OR MEASURE TOOL (I or K)

— ZOOM TOOL (Z)

— STROKE (X)

— COLOR / GRADIENT / NO COLOR

— PREVIEW MODE (W)

BLACK TRIANGLE DENOTES HIDDEN OPTIONS

NORMAL / PASTEBOARD VIEW (W) —

FILL COLOR (click on opposite box for color select) (X) —

HAND TOOL (moves pasteboard) (H) —

NOTE TOOL —

GRADIENT TOOL (G) —

SCISSORS TOOL (S) —

FRAME TOOL (File: Place IMAGE = comand +D) (F) —

PEN TOOL (P) —

TYPE / TYPE ON PATH TOOL (T, shift+T) —

SELECTION TOOL (blue frame) (V,escape) —



— TYPE MODE

FONT FAMILY

STYLE (i.e. bold, italic)(not all fonts come with full range)

FONT SIZE

LEADING (line spacing)

KERNING (between 2 letters)

TRACKING(space between letters)

VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL SCALE(DO NOT DISTORT TYPE!!!!!)

BASELINE SHIFT SKEW (DON’T FAKE!)

ALL CA

PS

SMAL

L CA

PS

SUBSC

RIPT

STRIK

E-

THROUGH

SUPE

RSCRIP

T

UNDERLI

NE

— PARAGRAPH MODE

ALIGNMENT LEFT INDENT

1st LINE LEFT INDENT

LAST LINE RIGHT INDENT

RIGHT INDENT SPACE BEFORE

DROP CAP(number of lines)

DROP CAP(1 or more characters)

SPACE AFTER PARAGRAPH STYLES

HYPHENATE (on/off)

BULLET

LIS

T

NUMBERED

LIST

DO NOT

ALIG

N TO

BASEL

INE

GRID

ALIG

N TO

BASEL

INE

GRIDGUTT

ER

(spac

e betw

een

colum

ms)

# OF

COLU

MNS



CHOOSE # OF PAGES (facing = magazine spreads)

PAGE SIZE (Letter = US size, A4 = European std)

NUMBER OF COLUMN(S) & GUTTER (space between)

MARGINS (chain locks / unlocks equal margins)

If you’re already working in a file and realized you need to make basic changes, go to FILE -> DOCUMENT SET up and you will return to this dialoge box. Click MORE OPTIONS if you don’t see everything you’re looking for.

ORIENTATION (click vertical or horizontal/landscape)CUSTOM PAGE SIZE (type in units)


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