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See all articlesCreating a Dynamic Autofit Effect for Image Grids With the Gap Tool
If you’re like many InDesign users, you might not use the Gap tool very much. But here’s one very fun, creative way to make use of it: creating dynamic Auto-fit effects for photo grids. You can make creative collages with interesting and unexpected looks very quickly this way. Placing your photos in a grid Load multiple […]
Extracting Assets From iBooks Author Files
Here’s a quick tip to remember in case you ever need to access assets from an iBooks Author project to place into InDesign (or another program). Like EPUBs, iBooks Author files (.IBA files), are really compressed ZIP archives, that you can open like a folder. You only need to uncompress them first to get at the contents. […]
Combining Animated GIFs with InDesign Animations
One of the best things about fixed-layout EPUB as a digital publishing format is the broad support it has for interactivity. Features like buttons, multi-state objects, and native InDesign animations all work in a fixed-layout EPUB. Animated GIFs also work in fixed-layout EPUBs, and are great for creating effects that you cannot make with InDesign’s animation […]