Chapter 11&12

When placing image into InDesign you have a few options to choose from. The first is to use the rectangle frame tool and the second is it use the regular rectangle tool. Both ways vsn create shapes that are acccept graphics.

With drag and drop there are many options you have to choose from besides the regular file>place. The first method the book talks about allows you to drag diretly from a folder. This is done by placing your dragged file and InDeisgn right now to each other so you can directl place the contents into InDesign, this is very similar to file>place. Another method is to drag and drop using Adobe Bridge, Bridge allows you to nevigate to the slected folder then you can select multiple files and drag them stright into the InDesign page. The worst way to drag and drop is by taking an  open image in Photoshop and dragging it directly into InDesign.

The Links panel in InDesign lets you see what images the program can't find and what images are modified. If InDesign contains graphics that have been changed around, moved or renamed the program is not able to see them, this is indicated by a  red stop sign symbol appearing next to the link or links that cannot be found. Any graphic that has been modified and resaved with the same name, a yellow triangle will appear. When you trying to open a file in InDesign that has missing or modified links, an alert will appear. This alert gives you the option of updating those links.

Tranforming graphics has many options when scaling frames containing graphics. The first is to select the fram with the selection tool, then you can use the scale tool or the free transform tool to scale the frame and its contents. Another option is to enter percentage values in the x/y scale fields in the control panel. I feel the easiest way to scale is by pressing command+shift then drag the corner of the frame.

Creating drop shadows is simply adding a shadow behind the image,this are used to add emphasis on something. When adding drop shadows it is best to produce your own swatches so you know you are getting the

When you use a drop shadow in a design, you are adding a shadow being an image, font or other part of your layout. Drop shadows add emphasis on something in the design and help the viewers attention switch to whatever element has the drop shadow.

Swatches seem very boring and it can feel like you don't have many options to pick from but in reality that is anything but the truth. You should view the color panel as an informal mixing bowl for creating whatever color you desire. You are only able to specify CMYK, RGB, or lab colors with the color panel. Within the color panel you are able to create tints of spot colors. The number of color options are unlimited you just have to take time to find the perfect one.

An Ink Managers primary job is to fix spot-color errors by remapping extraneous colors to the correct links. The Ink Manager can be launched in several ways, the spearations preview panel menu is one way offered and the swatches panhel menu is another.

PDF made in InDesign are done by File> Export, and choose Adobe PDF as the export form. PDF can be viewed on most computers.

With  various feature settings, you decide what kind of PDF you are creating. You can choose from the smallest file size, standard size, high quality print, press quality, and many more. High quality print isthe most used. The standard, small size, and press quality give a hint about what kind of PDF file you are intended to create

 A PDF  that complies with PDF/X-1a stands for exchange, this is what is typically requested form of PDF used for printing. The standards it must meet are: CMYK images or spot color, embedded fonts, trimed edged of pages define and have a the bleed limits defined.

Export vs Distiller. Exporting is much easier and faster then the distiller function. The main function of Distiller's is to convert PostScript to PDF.

 When editing PDF files there are three main options given; touch up text tool, touch uo object tool and touch up reading order tool

McCue, Claudia. Print Production with Adobe Create Suite Applications. 2009. Chapters 11 & 12, ebook version