CREATING EPUB DOCUMENTS WITH SCRIPTS V
As part of our project to automate the creation of an EPub using Adobe InDesign CS6, the document skeleton is created using a script. This requires a document preset and a stylesheet. In this blog, we create the document preset for the project. With two exceptions, all of the properties for the document preset are […]
NEW FROM ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD
STILL WONDERING ABOUT CREATIVE CLOUD? If you are not a member of Adobe Creative Cloud, you are missing out. Adobe has just released a number of application previews and updates for members. This includes the following: Preview 1 of Adobe Edge Reflow – allows users to create responsive web apps with an intuitive interface. With Edge Reflow […]
CREATING EPUB DOCUMENTS WITH SCRIPTS IV
This is the fourth in our series to demonstrate how a simple ePub document can be created using scripts. To create the skeleton for our document, a script named ePubDocFromPreset was used. This script depended on a stylesheet and a document preset having been created prior to running the script. When the script is run, the user […]
CREATING EPUBDOCUMENTS WITH SCRIPTS III
Our last blog introduced you to a script that creates the framework for your ePub document. Here, we start another script that will populate the document and style the text. Each page for our sample document will have a similar structure consisting of three paragraphs: headline – paragraph style “Headline1” body text – paragraph style […]
CREATING EPUB DOCUMENTS WITH SCRIPTS II
In our previous blog we introduced you to a little script “EPubDocFromPreset.” The script (written in both AppleScript and ExtendScript) is available for download from the EPub page at yourscriptdoctor.com. The bulk of the script is a user dialog for acquiring the information for the project from the user. The first field in the dialog […]
CREATING EPUB DOCUMENTS WITH SCRIPTS I
While everyone else is making resolutions to get in shape this time of year, perhaps we could make a few resolutions to get our work habits in shape. Do you seem to always be in the proverbial situation of being up to your ankles in alligators, so you don’t have time to drain the swamp? […]
KINDLE FIXED LAYOUT FOR IPAD
If you are design-oriented, you want to have total control over how your layout looks when it is viewed on an electronic device. For this you use a fixed layout format. With fixed layout, your images display in the background and your text sits “on top” using absolute positioning. One reason for using Amazon’s Kindle […]
CREATE NOW SNEAK PEAK
CREAT NOW LIVE DECEMBER 11, 2012 If you haven’t circled your calendar for tomorrow (December 11), do it now while it is on your mind. This is one event you won’t want to miss. Keynote Address Jeffrey Veen, Vice President, Products, Adobe Meet the Pro Session 10:45 a.m. PST Adobe Evangelist Jason Levine meets Justin […]
PUBLISHING TO MULTIPLE DEVICES
If you are feeling buried by all of this new technology, you are not alone. So many new devices; so many approaches to the design/develop for mobile devices dilemma. Designers want to be designers, not coders. The sad reality, however, seems to be if there is a one-application-fits-all solution out there (which I have not […]
THE PROBLEM WITH FIXED FORMAT
If you want to publish to multiple electronic devices, the ePub format is the most trouble-free way to go. After all, if the book validates, it can be viewed “everywhere.” The problem is, ePub is a dynamic format, and does not do well for design-specific books. If you want to create a book that displays […]