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Marc Dunker
Member- Steve and Lukas have very valid points.
- To add to Steve’s, create GREP/Text queries to modify large bodies of copy that you can’t do in a GREP style. Create alternate layouts if modifying a flyer to a poster or vice versa.
- Use automatic page numbers, named sections with section markers, etc. if you’re creating catalogs, brochures, magazines, books, etc.
- If you’re working on collateral for brands, use CC Libraries or have a brand folder with reusable brand assets. The more you’re linking to a singular file, the less you have to change when an update is needed.
- Something I very recently started doing is using a script to export to PDF. I have two standard presets, and both started as the generic Press Quality preset that I modified for my workflow. One is for standard Press Quality and the other is Press Quality with marks and bleed. Rather than having to export twice for everything, I’m running a single script to do both at the same time.
January 23, 2025 at 9:32 am in reply to: InDesign 2025 Constrain Proportions Won’t Stay Locked #14410913MemberI received a response from the InDesign team on the uservoice yesterday. InDesign 20.1 Build 20.1.0.71 has the fix for this issue.
MemberThank you for all the replies! I have restarted several times.
I’ve never noticed this until InDesign 2025, so I did create a uservoice to report the bug.
To me it defeats the purpose of editing the original from InDesign. If they’re not going to update, it’s easier to close the document, make edits, then open the document rely on the pop up to update modified links. The issue is you don’t always know what needs update until you’re in your layout.
MemberI created a sample document with both a PSD and an AI link and updated and saved both of them, closed the files, and the links didn’t update in a fresh .indd file for either file type.
MemberAnything’s appreciated. In my workflow, I save and close the file before going back to InDesign. The PSDs I’m editing aren’t very large that I can tell. 20-35MB.
November 4, 2024 at 6:12 am in reply to: InDesign 2025 Constrain Proportions Won’t Stay Locked #14408248MemberThe user voice now has comments from some Mac users, so it’s looking like it may be a cross platform issue and perhaps interference from other software…
June 14, 2024 at 8:30 am in reply to: Missing Drop Shadow in Links to other InDesign Files #14404148MemberI just created two test files (File A and B) using a green square and white text on file B. I chose to turn the square into a text frame (rather than another text frame over the shape) and put a drop shadow on the text.
I then placed into file A and added a drop shadow. Sure enough, the exported PDF does not have a drop shadow on the text.
I could share those files if desired. Is there a preferred linking method for this forum?
June 14, 2024 at 8:12 am in reply to: Missing Drop Shadow in Links to other InDesign Files #14404146MemberNo problem David. I’ll clarify.
File A (main file) links to file B (placed file). File B has text shadows/glows. File A has an drop shadow around the file B product. Most of the text effects of file B are inside the product, in other words, the frame file B is placed into has a drop shadow.
If I remove the drop shadow in file A, the shadows/glows in file B appear in inDesign as well as the exported PDF.
I did try adding shadow honors other effects, but it still gets rid of the drop shadow when exported from file A. Interestingly, file B has some white text with both a drop shadow and a white glow. The glow was present on the export but the shadow disappeared as mentioned.
As of right now, the options I can think of are:
1. Be okay that the shadows/glows aren’t present if a drop shadow is applied to file A.
2. Remove the drop shadow from file A.
3. Duplicate everything in file B on a new layer and add the exterior product shadow to file B (have a layer with a shadow and without a shadow for instances a product shadow isn’t needed). File B is used for all marketing collateral as well as assets for the website.
4. Create a Photoshop Path for everything in file B.June 14, 2024 at 7:21 am in reply to: How to save a single Indesign page from a multipage ID document #14404142MemberI agree with Mike on the Move Pages feature.
Open the file, then create a new blank document, select the page(s) you want to move from the pages panel by right-clicking > move pages.
In the move pages dialogue, you can choose to keep or delete the page from the original document.
Then just save the new document.
Note: For me, move pages can be very finicky. It sometimes just doesn’t work… at least on a Windows machine. I have to restart the computer or InDesign sometimes.
MemberThanks David and Mike. I tried the object level, but the issue with that is it also changes the opacity of the shadow unless I’m missing something.
The object level also wouldn’t work if I wanted a stroke with 100% opacity but the fill to be transparent with perhaps a different blend mode and shadow.
I don’t know if it’s a random phenomenon or as designed, but if I create a shadow on an object with the spread at least 6pt, check knockout group on an object, and lastly set the fill to a transparency/blend mode the shadow will not change opacity—which is the desired outcome.
MemberThanks! It’s interesting to me that I have to check “Knockout Group” to get it to work. When I use that, it’s usually with a grouped object and the top layer is set to 0% opacity.
MemberThanks David. I did try restarting, but that doesn’t solve the issue.
I also recovered another document. I think it may have something to do with CC Libraries…
I also found a bug report for 19.4 with this issue.
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