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From InDesign to Digital Publishing
Adobe DPS, iPad apps, ePub, iBooks Author, Kindle, nook. If the mere thought of trying to learn all of the digital publishing tools out there makes your head swim, this seminar is for you. Geared toward InDesign users, this day-long seminar will discuss the various avenues you can take to bring your publication into the digital world. We'll cover what processes you need to master in InDesign to transition your workflow and content to the digital space. So, whether you're thinking of selling the next hit novel, creating interactive informational books, or distributing your monthly magazine to tablets, you don't want to miss this seminar!
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Advanced Registration ended 8/13/12. Registration price will increase to $149 after that date.
Workshop attendees will receive
• 30-day trial to the Lynda.com Online Training Library™ ($25 value)* • Online access to a video recording of the entire seminar
*New subscribers only
Who should attend
>> Art Directors
>> Graphic Designers
>> Publishers
About the Instructor
- Erica Gamet is an InDesign and pre-press trainer with over 20 years’ experience in the pre-press trenches. She regularly contributes to InDesign Magazine and Design Tools Monthly, is the author of The InDesigners Workbook series, and tech edited How To Do Everything with Adobe InDesign CS4 from McGraw-Hill Osborne. Erica is co-owner of Digital Dimensions with her husband, Jeff, and she is the co-chair of the Denver chapter of the Adobe InDesign User Group.
Seattle
9/13/12Seminar Outline
Registration opens at 8:30am, Class begins at 9:00am
WHAT ARE ALL THESE DIGITAL PUBLISHING OPTIONS? (9:00–9:30)
Digital Publishing is a term being tossed about a lot these days, but what does it really mean? This short session will cover some of the digital publishing options available, look at the immediate future of digital publishing, and examine what works best in specific situations.
WORKING WITH TEXT AND STYLES IN INDESIGN (9:30–10:30)
There are a few core tasks you'll need to be familiar with in InDesign before jumping into digital publishing. Getting a handle on working with text is one of the most important. This session will cover working with imported text, creating and exporting text styles, and font considerations.
BREAK (10:30-10:45)
WORKING WITH IMAGES, LONG DOCUMENTS, AND NAVIGATION IN INDESIGN (10:45–12:00)
This session will cover formatting graphics and images for best results. We'll also explore InDesign's book feature for long documents and we'll discuss creating and utilizing hyperlinks and cross-references. Finally, we'll discuss how a Table of Contents provides the ultimate in navigation within the finished digital publication.
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN (12:00–1:15)
INDESIGN TO EPUB (1:15–2:30)
ePub is a standard for digital books that has been adopted by many of the heavy-hitters in the eBook reader market, like Apple and Barnes & Noble. It also provides an intermediate step on the way to creating an eBook for the Kindle. We'll look at the workflow involved to repurpose existing print files and how best to prepare InDesign files for export to ePub. The session will also address the need to delve a bit into the resulting CSS and HTML files and the tweaks needed to craft a better ePub file.
BREAK (2:30-2:45)
MAGAZINE CREATION IN INDESIGN WITH ADOBE DPS (2:45–3:45)
In this session, we'll discuss how InDesign works with the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite—and others like it—to create subscription-based digital publications for mobile devices. We'll take a look at the new features introduced with InDesign CS6 that make the creation process much easier. Whether you have a monthly magazine or a twice-yearly catalog, InDesign to Adobe DPS might be the solution you're looking for.
INDESIGN TO iBOOKS AUTHOR (3:45–4:30)
Apple jumped even further into the digital publishing pool in early 2012 with the introduction of iBooks Author. This free tool lets you create rich interactive, multi-gesture books for the iPad. Touted as a way to make textbooks, the uses for this tool extend to manuals, instructional text, children's books, and more. We'll discuss how InDesign fits in this Apple-centric workflow and how to repurspose existing InDesign content into this format. Lastly, the session will cover other interactive formats, such as interactive PDFs.
Q&A SESSION (4:30-4:45)
*Session times subject to change
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