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Matt Mayerchak
ParticipantBob,
This probably won't solve your problem, because it sounds like you have files that are being prepared for output by people who are not reliable at preflighting. Such a shame, because there are so many easy ways to preflight inside Indesign. So, I'm just thinking about ways you could try to “idiot proof” the files so that perhaps someone would notice that they have low-res images before making the final PDFs.
I fight these battles all the time with trying to protect designers from their own refusal to learn anything about production. They want Indesign to just “know” what they want, & they refuse to work smart. For instance, they don't add bleeds while designing because it's too cumbersome to switch to preview mode to see the document trim; so they wait until the end and then realize there isn't enough image to bleed with.
What if you made a new layer in Indesign with a live-caption tag showing the effective resolution of the image (or even FPO)? These would have to be turned off for the curators' proofs, so the problem still persists that if it can be turned off, it can be ignored. At least if it's a live caption layer, it will update when they replace the image. But then they need to know what a high-enough resolution is . . . so ultimately, I think the real solution here is for them to train their production people, or hire someone who knows what they're doing.
ParticipantJeff,
You're fighting the good fight. They may be asking for too many mutally-exclusive things. If everything you do is in even multiples of the 15 pt leading, it will only align when there are even #s in a given column. So, for a given column, you need to prioritize. If the bottom alignment is #1 priority, start with base aligned text columns and allow the tops to be uneven. If tops and bottoms, are BOTH critical, as they usually are, then you have to allow for what happens when you have uneven #s of extra space breaks. 16 pages isn't so bad; you can do manual adjustments on the occasional columns. But somewhere along the line you're going to have extra space or un-aligned text. It's usually better to end a column a half line short than to run a half line longer than the other 2 out of 3 on a page.
Perhaps you can design around the problem by adding some kind of ornamentation at the top or bottom or in-between lists and text, to take up the odd amounts of space visually. Or, put the bulleted lists inside a callout box and have the box align, etc.
You can get away with a non-aligned paragraph better if it's in a box or if you do something else to distract the eye from the fact that the baselines don't align.
January 29, 2013 at 2:15 pm in reply to: Best format for exporting Indesign portfolio pages to MUSE #64027ParticipantFor now, I'm exporting the page as a 150 dpi jpeg (just to make sure I have extra resolution to start with), and the opening that in Photoshop and doing Save for web, and making a new .jpg with appox 70% quality at about 600 pixels wide. So, it's all being rasterized. I wish there was a better way.
If anyone knows of a better workflow, please advise! Thanks.
August 23, 2012 at 7:35 am in reply to: Options for working with remote editors — anything new/better in CS5 #62970ParticipantI would also second the Dropbox method. I've been using it for about a year now, with remote editors on a magazine.
Just be sure that you don't rename the Indesign file, and that you always keep the Incopy files in the same place.
You have to work on the files live in the Dropbox folder, so don't let anyone remove them or it will mess you up.
If you follow those rules, it works great!
ParticipantWell, nobody has replied but I do have an update – in case anyone else is looking for a similar solution.
The closest thing I've found to what my client wants is https://www.uniflip.com. It's an online flip-book site, so it would have to be accessed via the web browser.
I also checked out AerBooks.com – they have a similar solution but it doesn't do the page turns, yet. They did mention that would be available as a customized option for extra $.
In both cases, you can embed the book as an iFrame plugin into your own website so the reader doesn't have to leave your site. It's an HTML5 solution so it won't work on older browsers.
August 23, 2012 at 12:35 am in reply to: Options for working with remote editors — anything new/better in CS5 #52980ParticipantI would also second the Dropbox method. I've been using it for about a year now, with remote editors on a magazine.
Just be sure that you don't rename the Indesign file, and that you always keep the Incopy files in the same place.
You have to work on the files live in the Dropbox folder, so don't let anyone remove them or it will mess you up.
If you follow those rules, it works great!
ParticipantI would greatly appreciate such a comparison. Seems like it would have to be a wiki or Google Doc that was continually updated. Anyone know how to start one?
ParticipantWell, I for one would be really interested to see what you're working on. Learning Javascript is high on my priority list . . . but even when I do I know I will continue to be deeply indebted to people such as yourself who do it for the challenge of it.
I agree that it's fun to solve problems and find ways to get the computer to do things for us. That's the whole point, isn't it? My rule of thumb is that anytime I do the same thing 3 times in a row I think, “there must be a way to have the computer do it for me.”
Thanks for all your great [free] scripting.
ParticipantThanks, Jongware. I did not realize I was posting a link to a pirated version. I look forward to perusing your reference files.
ParticipantKasyan – thanks a million! I will test that out immediately.
ParticipantNice in theory, but the reason for wanting this is that the pages move between sections. This is for a client in an in-house design firm where they have several versions of this document with different combinations of pages based on who will be using it. So the usual solutions for creating a book etc. are too cumbersome.
Basically, a button that says “ignore this page when counting page numbers” is really what I want . . . I guess I need to add it to the Adobe feature request.
ParticipantThat would be OK for the dividers, but not for the other pages. The following pages still need a section start.
I'm trying to avoid having to use a new section start after every divider, because there is a lot of page re-ordering going on. And the only reason for a new section start is to reset the numbering.
October 27, 2011 at 7:50 am in reply to: Text Overrides showing as red strikethrough in CS5.5 #60928ParticipantSOLVED.
FYI here's what happened. I believe that while in CS5, I inadvertently ran the script to Show Text Overrides, without realizing it. Then, I switched to using CS5.5 for the job. Since I had not run the script in CS5.5, the menu item for Show/Hide Text Overrides was not showing in the Type Menu. I had to run the script again in 5.5 in order to have the menu item show up, and that allowed me to turn them off.
Thanks to Jason Miranda for helping me figure it out on the Boston IDUG user group facebook page (and David, here).
October 27, 2011 at 7:14 am in reply to: Text Overrides showing as red strikethrough in CS5.5 #60926ParticipantI had already checked the composition highlighting, along with every preferenced dialog I could find. I do have the ShowTextOverrides script but did not run it . . . at least not intentionally. Anybody know how to disable this?
October 26, 2011 at 6:07 pm in reply to: Text Overrides showing as red strikethrough in CS5.5 #60919Participantp.s. I exported the IDML again and opened it in InDesign CS5.0 and the red strikethroughs are still there in CS 5.0 as well.
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