![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Art” is often listed with stories but sometimes can be gathered based on a particular topic.Stories may come from local reporters, AP, NYT, or OHNO.Often used in conjunction with database software such as DTI or News Edit Pro. Works seamlessly with other Adobe products, such as Photoshop, InCopy, Illustrator, Acrobat and DreamWeaver. Evolved from Adobe PageMaker which was used by newspapers for basic layout purposes. Hence this post.By Justin Beckett Production Team Leader Dayton Daily NewsĢ What is InDesign? Graphic design software used by newspapers, magazines, book companies, advertising agencies and online developers. The end product has turned out to be closer than I thought it would be to what I'd like to see in the book, so rather than just use it as a template, I wondered if it could be transferred to InDesign directly, now that I know where the images will all fall, and then refined in InDesign. Powerpoint seemed like a terrible tool for that purpose, but it turns out it's perfect as a light table that also allows me to play with layouts - a kind of detailed storyboard program. I never would have considered Powerpoint had I not run across someone on a KDP forum who apparently used it to create books. So I looked around for some kind of light table program that would also allow me to experiment with image order and approximate layouts, and to winnow 320 images down to about 140. I started designing the book in InDesign, but because the book was in a very fluid state, I found it really tedious to rearrange pages and shift layouts on the fly in InDesign. ![]() I can also understand why you see this workflow as bizarre. This is what I'll probably do, now that I see there's only one potential option for doing an actual file conversion, and I have no way to determine how adequate that would be. I knew, before I posted, that I can place the PDFs and use them as a template, but not the actual steps. ![]()
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