Placing images in Indesign
abingdon51 (13 points) | Mon, 2010-03-08 13:13Hello everyone I'm a graphic designer returning to work after a 3 year break, in the past I primarily worked in Quark. I'm now retraining myself in Indesign. One question, when placing images in Indesign, does the picture box have to have a background of white as in the good old days in Quark?.
Also could anyone recommend a good book or site for all my beginner questions in Indesign?
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Only tiff files needed a white background in Quark. My printer recommends the same thing for InDesign (for whatever that's worth). I'm not the an authority on ID - I still use Quark because it's a better program.
Thank you
Picture boxes in InDesign do not have to have a background color at all. You can leave it transparent, if you so choose. If the image you're pulling in, however, has a white background, then that's going to translate into the InDesign document.
Here's a few sites with InDesign tutorials:
30 Tutorials That Will Teach You InDesign
Adobe TV
InDesign Articles, Tips, Tricks
InDesign Magazine
InDesign Secrets
Instant InDesign
About.com on desktop publishing
The InDesigner
Vectortuts on InDesign
(PS - which program is better is entirely up to the user)
Thanks KellyR, really appreciate your help
To KellyR
I just joined (what a process they ask for :-\ ) so I tell you "thanks!" for sharing the web sites. Have to teach someone ID and REALLY appreciate the links! This should save me A LOT of time.
generally I use PSD format files for placing in InDesign for images where I've done a lot of tweaking. But if my image is fine the way it is, I just leave it as a .jpg image and place in ID.
The books recommended are-
Adobe In Design Classroom in a Book
In Design for Macintosh and Windows : Visual Quick Start Guide.
Adobe In Design f/x and Design
Short Order Adobe In Design 1.5
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Dont forget, that with ID you can drag and drop images
Saves hours that one.....
I live http://indesignsecrets.org Goes straight to the meat for all the experts! (which you kind of are as the programs are highly related).
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