Adobe InDesign Induction

Page size choice = TRIMMED, FINAL page size
Bleed = Extends off the page. standard 3mm
Gutter = space between columns
Facing pages = only if you are making a book/magazine etc

Red line is bleed margin.

APPLYING COLOUR

All content contained within a frame. Similarly with colour.
Create frame - click on swatch colour. make sure it is selected on fill not stroke. (similar to illustrator.)
You can do the same with the stroke and also altar its size.
Same with text.

Adding a new colour swatch - Menu on swatch bar.
Select 'new colour swatch.'
A tint of this colour can then be added to the swatches palette.
Go to colour palette set tint and then save to palette.
Add pantone to colour swatches by selecting add new swatch in the menu in corner of the swatch bar.

When a spot colour/duotone image is placed into Indesign document the spot colours are transferred with it.

A new spot colour can be applied directly to the image on indesign instead of re-visiting photoshop. Click centre of image and go to swatches bar. The colour boxes in top left corner can be changed changing the image.

IMAGES IN INDESIGN

Photoshop to InDesign. Do this in photoshop.

1. CMYK/GREYSCALE

2. Actual size

3. 300 dpi

4. Save in correct format. (tif, psd)

Illustrator > InDesign

1. CMYK

2. Format (ai/ save copy and paste.)

(more flexible)

Rather than saving images and document separately create a folder for everything.

add image. Select 'window' Go to 'output' and select separations.

here you are able to see where CMYK are used.

When you have completed image delete unused colours from swatches palette. 'select all unused'. Cleans up document and deletes separations that are not needed.

PRINTING SEPARATIONS

centre image. select crop marks, registration marks and page information.

Select output on menue and on part which says colour go down to 'separations.'

Overprinting and knocking out colours.

One is layered over another. Knocks the other out.

Black always overprints. (ontop)

Window>output>attributes. Select 'overprint fill'. This means that the colours merge to create a new colour but only uses 2 colours. Separations preview has got to be selected for this to work.

To stop spot colour knocking out image possibly when using a spot varnish make sure you select overprint fill in attributes menu.

Trapping.

Look for the lightest colour. Take darkest - Apply stroke which is the same as background or lighter colour.

in attributes select 'overprint stroke'.