Automated Editorial Design with Adobe InDesign
Files «book» (.indb)
A course by Javier Alcaraz , Editorial and Typeface Designer
About the video: Files «book» (.indb)
Overview
“I will advise you on what kind of projects the use of "book" files is ideal and we will see the options of automatic paging, synchronization of styles and work with tables of contents. In addition, with the use of a free script, we will create a book from individual files.”
In this video lesson Javier Alcaraz addresses the topic: Files «book» (.indb), which is part of the Domestika online course: Automated Editorial Design with Adobe InDesign. Learn advanced techniques for creating professional literary layouts.
Partial transcription of the video
“When we work an extensive document in pages It is also a heavy document. That makes your computer work slower and slower. and, in addition, you run the risk that, if you have any failures and the file is corrupted, you will lose everything you worked on. The recommendation then is to separate This great book in different smaller files. Each one can be, for example, a chapter. If you work in a magazine, each one can be a section. Then, you use the InDesign Book tool to group these files and link them. In addition to this, the archives books have other functions I'm going to teach you in this...”
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Course summary for: Automated Editorial Design with Adobe InDesign
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Design, Digital Design, Editorial Design, Information Design
Javier Alcaraz
A course by Javier Alcaraz
Javier Alcaraz is a graphic designer specializing in Typographic Design and Art Direction for Editorial Design. He began his design career for Argentina newspapers and worked on developing publications and institutional communication in Ecuador. In 2004, he left Argentina for Mexico, where he worked for important publishing houses like Grupo Media and Expansión.
In 2011, he founded elcerezo, a studio that works on editorial design, branding, and typeface design for clients in Latin America and Europe, including Google, the Mexican Ministry of Culture, TetraPack, and Forbes. He currently resides in Spain.
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