thanks to a subscriber request I'm going
to start a series 1 upload per week on
Adobe InDesign basics each week will be
going to take a deeper and more detailed
look into the heavy weight publishing
tool Adobe InDesign today we're going to
be looking at how to set up a poster
design for print in InDesign next week's
episode of InDesign basics will be a
tutorial around InDesign essential tools
so be sure to check out that when I
upload
what
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weekend and you ready for a dose of
InDesign basics like I said in the intro
this was requested by a few subscribers
I think it's a great suggestion to delve
into Adobe InDesign can be very daunting
as well as neglected we're considering
the three major Adobe graphic design
programs illustrator Photoshop and
InDesign
however we should think of all three as
useful tools each with it in place
mechanic will have various tools in his
or her toolbox for different purposes
and trust me InDesign has numerous
purposes it is mainly used for laying
out large documents for print such as
brochures and magazines but it can be
used to export one-page designs such as
posters for print as you're going to see
in today's tutorial on InDesign basics
so the first episode of InDesign basics
is how to set up a poster design for
print anything on the style of your
poster is probably best to design the
background in Photoshop simply because
it's the best program for photo
manipulation and digital painting I
remember I said at the start of this
tutorial that each Adobe program has its
place and value the key thing to
remember is that you must add all of
your text and typography and logos in
InDesign and not Photoshop this is
because we want to make sure that when
you print your design the tanks and logo
is print out crisp and clear designing
everything in Photoshop and then
exporting its InDesign Henle too blurry
outcomes so my advice is to design the
background repost the in Photoshop
exported InDesign and then add your text
and logos content after you can lay out
your text in Photoshop to see how it's
going to look for your overall design
and then put it in the InDesign app
there
let's say we were working on a three
poster go ahead and create a new
document in Photoshop to make sure to
use 300 PPI as well as a CMYK mode
you need to bleed to the final project
design so the print is going to line
crop and cut the poster correctly you
can run with the 3 millimeter bleed but
on something as large as a 3 you can use
5 millimeter take command R or ctrl R on
a PC to bring up your rulers in
Photoshop and then drag the guides down
then you go to image canvas size and add
10 millimeters for your height and width
this would ensure the 5 millimeter bleed
around the entire design everything
outside of these guides will be cut away
and discarded let the background bleed
over it hence the name please keep all
important content inside so like I said
only create the background of Photoshop
clicking on the artwork side of things
you can add the text content purely to
see how it's going to look make sure to
hide the layers when you save it
that's a new design and then see with a
JPEG and Photoshop and use the maximum
quality possible
now a word InDesign before we start open
up the unit and infamous preference
window here you want to make sure that
everything is in millimeters the code
isn't changing to millimeters and then
closing design every start again go up
to file a new document for both the
design we need just one page and if a
print to select the print option here we
can choose the orientation ie landscape
or poetry and here is the paper size for
this coaster we're going to use a three
you can forget the column section as it
is mainly used for a magazine editorial
design if you recall back to photoshop
we use five millimeter bleed around the
entire poster design type in five here
and then click this icon to add it
around the entire canvas we can preview
a document page if you want to and then
once you're happy click OK once
generated you have something like this
appear you'll notice the red line around
the outside of the canvas this is our
five millimeter bleed grab the rectangle
frame tool by clicking F we're going
over to it manually to make a box that
covers the entire document up to the
bleeds like so
and headed to file in place and locates
your poster background
it should dinner exactly in place if it
seems a bit blurry in your screen that's
probably because InDesign has a default
setting for the V mode is not high
quality but we can change that here one
important feature of InDesign you must
keep in mind how it links images are to
imported into it if you see this link
icon here that means everything's okay
this is telling you that InDesign knows
where this image came from a new
computer and where it's saved from
Photoshop if you move the file around to
a different location on your computer
delete it you will see this icon appear
in the best to save all of your work
efficiently in folders and keep it
organized so you didn't lose files if
you do have this icon up here click T
and then relocate the files that you
have InDesign likes to know where all
the images are at times it can cause
errors when printing and saving if
InDesign doesn't know where the files
are
first let's import our logo go to file
and in place and locate the file
in InDesign there are two selection
tools that perform different tasks the
white arrow tool will resize and move
the image itself around in this case the
logo it move the actual logo with the
wire a tool to any part of the graphic
is visible it's or how it's going to
print black arrow tool remove the box or
the frame that is in
Caruso is both the frame and the image
at the same time however with the free
transform tool here
a small area here is where your bleed
will be cut out and for anyway after
printing adding text simply create a box
like so and in type of way
InDesign offers a wide range of
customization of typography we require
to laying it out a publishing
once you're happy we need to select your
text and then create outlines like so
this would ensure there are no printing
errors because you are not certain that
the printing company has your font on
their computer you can also send them
the font file with the design either way
it's going to work over the file and
export slow the PDF print option here I
must add however you should talk to your
printing company about the file type as
each company has their own preference
I don't select the newest version of
Acrobat make sure that the compression
output at high quality and usable
printing marks then at the end if there
are any warnings that be flagged in the
summary section and there you have it a
print ready poster design using Adobe
InDesign this was the first episode of
InDesign basics
next week looking at the essential tools
of InDesign if you found this helpful
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