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How to create a book inInDesignPhotoshop

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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

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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.)

2. Image Size. set the DPI at 300.

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

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Setting up a book making template inInDesign CS3

1. File>New>Document

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.

3. Double click the master page.

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.

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The formula for the spine is: # of pages divided by 2 multiplied by X, if X is the paper type.

Paper types:

80 lb text = 0.004100 lb text = 0.005

80 lb cover* = 0.007100 lb cover = 0.0095Watercolor = 0.0095

*80 lb. cover is our standard paper stockNote: For more information on our paper types, please visit www.aandibooks.com.

master pages

3/16 from center,

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.

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

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Saving & Exporting in InDesign CS3

1. File>Export. 2. Select “Adobe PDF” from the Format drop-down. Then Click “Save”.

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

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).

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”.

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, you’re done.

Please email books@aandi.com for Instructions on how to submit your files and place your order.

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

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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...

9. Drag and drop your image into the template.

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.

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.

The Right Templatewill be ALL OF YOUR ODD PAGES...1.3.5.7.9. etc..

The Left Templatewill be ALL OF YOUR EVEN PAGES...2.4.6.8.10. etc..

REMEMBER

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

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).

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

15. Select color profile sRGB.

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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 haven’t 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.

SUBMITTING PHOTOSHOP FILES