Tag Archives: CS5.5

But you learn by doing: is your hardware/software good enough?

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You learn by doing, and there is a lot to learn: typography, page layout, printing limitations, ebook limitations, and much more. BUT! You can do it simply, line upon line, precept upon precept, as you grow into the publisher you need to be. How long will it take? That depends on how seriously you take your work and assignments. I used to teach this stuff in two intense semesters to people starting from scratch who were not … Continue reading →

Relative to page, essential for ePUB images

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I’ve been having trouble with images in my ePUBs for well over a year. I was testing again today, and for the book I was working on, changing from fixed size to relative to page made a huge difference on the iPad. I had been using Adobe Digital Editions to make my judgements and fixed size at 300 dpi works a lot better there. But for the iPad, relative to page solved my problems (as long as … Continue reading →

So: you need to provide ministry resources?

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Now there is some real help. InDesign has been the best page layout tool for print for over a decade now. I was blessed to be in on the beta team for version one in 1999. I can remember how excited I was that there was finally a software tool I could use fluently that fit the way I think. Now InDesign 7.5 for the Design Premium suite CS5.5 is here I don’t know when it will … Continue reading →