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Book Indesign

This document provides instructions for setting up templates and exporting files for bookmaking in InDesign and Photoshop. For InDesign, it describes how to create master pages with proper margins and guides, set the bleed size, and export PDF files with crop marks. For Photoshop, it explains how to make right-page and left-page templates at the correct size with guides for gutters and bleeds, import images filling the pages, save high-quality JPGs numbered by page, and submit the files for printing.

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Book Indesign

This document provides instructions for setting up templates and exporting files for bookmaking in InDesign and Photoshop. For InDesign, it describes how to create master pages with proper margins and guides, set the bleed size, and export PDF files with crop marks. For Photoshop, it explains how to make right-page and left-page templates at the correct size with guides for gutters and bleeds, import images filling the pages, save high-quality JPGs numbered by page, and submit the files for printing.

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How to create a book in

InDesign Photoshop

Index

Page 4- Before you begin... Page 6- Setting up a book making template in InDesign Page 8- Formula for the spine Page 10- Saving & Exporting in InDesign Page 12- Quick Tips for setting up a book making template in Photoshop

Before you begin...


Whether you choose to use InDesign, Photoshop or our Book Creator software, you must FIRST set up your files using Photoshop or any photo editing software. 1. Crop and Resize. Size your image to 1/4 (.25) larger than the page of your book. (If you want an 8x8 book, size ALL of your images to a maximum of 8 1/4 inches for the width and height.)

3. Save as jpeg w/out compression and select color profile sRGB.

2. Image Size. set the DPI at 300.

Setting up a book making template in InDesign CS3


1. File>New>Document

3. Double click the master page.

2. In the New Document dialogue box - Select the number of pages for your book. - Select the EXACT width, height and orientation for your book. - Set the margins to .25 on top, bottom, inside and outside.

In the master page template draw two guidelines for the gutter. If your book is 40 pages or less, draw the guides 3/16 from the center. Please see the spine formula on the next page if your book is more than 40 pages.

# of pages divided by 2 multiplied by X, if X is the paper type. Paper types: 80 lb text = 0.004 100 lb text = 0.005 80 lb cover* = 0.007 100 lb cover = 0.0095 Watercolor = 0.0095 *80 lb. cover is our standard paper stock Note: For more information on our paper types, please visit www.aandibooks.com.

The formula for the spine is:

4. Now place a guide 1/8 OUTSIDE your document on all four sides.

5. Next, select the Rectangle Frame Tool. Now draw a box right on top of the guides you just made.

master pages

3/16 from center,

* This box is very important because this box tells InDesign how far you want your image to go off the page. This is your BLEED.

Note: Please save your cover as a separate file from the rest of the book pages.

Saving & Exporting in InDesign CS3

5. In the Marks and Bleed section select Crop Marks. In the Bleed and Slug section put .125 in. for the top, bottom, inside and outside bleed settings. Then click Export.

1. File>Export.

2. Select Adobe PDF from the Format dropdown. Then Click Save.

3. Select High Quality Print from the Adobe PDF Preset dropdown. Make sure the ALL radio button is selected. The spreads check box IS NOT CHECKED.
(Everything else in this general section can be left as default).

4. In the compression page, make sure Bicubic Downsampling is set to Do Not Downsample.

6. Now you can find your PDF and double click on it to check it. You should see the crop marks in the artwork an 1/8 of an inch. If so, youre done.

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Please email [email protected] for Instructions on how to submit your files and place your order. 11

Quick Tips for setting up a book making template in Photoshop CS3


We will build 2 templates. One for the right side pages, which will be ALL of your odd numbered pages, and one for the left side page, which will be ALL of the even numbered pages. 1. File> New Document 2. In the New Document dialogue box, name your template indicating right page or left page. We are first creating a right page template so we used _rt for right. 3. Enter the page size of your book, then add .25 inches. My book will be 8x8 so I sized the document at 8.25x8.25. 4. Set the Resolution for 300 pixels/inch. 5. Set the Color Mode to RGB Color / 8 bit.

6. Draw 4 guides from each edge of your document at 1/4 (0.25). This indicates the bleed.

7. Draw another guide 5/16 (0.3125) from the left edge. This indicates the gutter of the book. (Remember we will be doing the opposite on the left page template.)

Note: Any important image or text information should be placed in the Safety Zone of all gutters (at least 1/4 within these guides) or it may be cut off.

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Now we can bring in our image...


8. File>Open

10. If you want a full bleed for your image go to Edit>Free Transform. Then hold the shift key and drag the corner handles to fill the page.

9. Drag and drop your image into the template.

12. If you prefer a border around your image make sure that the space between the photo and the Inside Guides is equal.

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12. Now Repeat steps 1-12 to create a left page template. When you are done you should have two templates like the ones below.

14. In the Image Options panel select MAXIMUM for Quality.

15. Select color profile sRGB.

The Left Template will be ALL OF YOUR EVEN PAGES... 2. 4. 6. 8. 10. etc..

REMEMBER

The Right Template will be ALL OF YOUR ODD PAGES... 1. 3. 5. 7. 9. etc..

13. Save as JPG and name the file with the page number (i.e. page eight should be named page08.jpg or something comparably clear).

When submitting your files to A&I please number your files to match the page numbers EXACTLY.
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SUBMITTING PHOTOSHOP FILES


There are two ways you can submit your files for printing at A&I when designing in Photoshop. One option is to use Book Creator to assemble your book and upload to A&I. To do this, you must download and install the Book Creator software if you havent already done so. For step-by-step instructions on importing the files and laying out the pages, please see our Tutorials section. Another option is to submit your JPG files with the cover and have A&I assemble the book for you. There is an $85/hour fee that applies and most books can be assembled in one hour or less. For uploading instructions and order placement, please contact us.

A&I Books

323-856-5280 x183 AandIbooks.com

[email protected]

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