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In InDesign CS4: Interactive Documents and Presentations, Adobe product manager and designer Michael Ninness shows print designers how to use InDesign by itself and in conjunction with Acrobat and Flash Professional to lay out and design a wide range of digital documents. Michael provides a tour of digital publishing trends, showing real-world examples of what can be achieved through InDesign. He creates a slide presentation with transitions and live hyperlinks, and then builds an interactive portfolio that can be used with prospective clients. Exercise files accompany the course.

Course InDesign CS4: Interactive Documents and Presentations Author Michael Ninness SKU ISBN Release Date 2009-08-11 Duration 4.57 hrs / 79 tutorials Work files Yes Price $ 49.95 Retail price $ 99.95 Language Tags InDesign CS4 Required software Adobe InDesign CS4 + Extra Content

Introduction Introduction 01:34 Using the exercise files 01:07 1. Trends in Digital Publishing From print to web 03:00 From web to print 03:31 Print plus digital: Newspapers 05:06 Print plus digital: Magazines 03:42 Digital print replicas 06:31 User-generated content 02:54 Self-publishing: Print 05:04 Self-publishing: Digital 03:41 Digital catalogs 01:40 Digital magazines: iGIZMO and iMOTOR 05:22 Digital magazines: VIVmag 06:33 Digital magazines: FLYP 03:40 Digital portfolios: Studio Q 01:38 2. Setting Up InDesign for Designing Digital Documents Customizing the workspace 04:15 Working in pixels 01:51 Other helpful preference changes to make 01:45 Creating an RGB color palette 03:52 3. Creating a Slide Presentation What we're going to build 01:43 Choosing a document size 01:21 Adding layers to stay organized 02:46 Creating a title slide master page 02:57 Adding placeholder text 02:44 Creating auto page numbers 03:51 Adding placeholder slide navigation buttons 03:39 Creating a content slide master page 05:39 Creating paragraph styles 06:02 Overriding master page items 02:56 Duplicating and moving pages 01:44 Redefining a paragraph style 03:03 Creating navigation buttons 05:22 Customizing the buttons for the first and last slide 02:29 Applying page transitions 02:23 Adding hyperlinks 02:39 Testing hyperlinks before exporting 01:34 Exporting to PDF 04:27 4. Advanced PDF Presentations Setting initial view options with Acrobat Professional 03:20 Adding a button to enter Full Screen mode 06:52 Adding a tool tip to a button in Acrobat Professional 02:21 Creating bookmarks in InDesign 07:46

Making a button to go to a specific page in a PDF 08:16 Creating "remote rollovers" with Show/Hide Button 06:47 5. Creative Effects for Presentations Adding a drop shadow 02:07 Creating a reflection effect for placed images 05:23 Creating the sense of a timeline with page transitions 05:59 6. Creating an Interactive Mood Board What we're going to build 03:43 Using Proportional Place to scale images while placing them 02:26 Placing multiple files as a grid of images 03:33 Adding the URL hyperlink 01:26 Assigning actions to the navigation buttons 02:04 Using groups to create different button state appearances 05:44 Creating a button that hides itself when clicked 04:48 Toggling the visibility of multiple objects with one button 04:00 Creating buttons to hide and show strokes 06:24 Creating buttons to hide and show color values 03:27 Adding the Interactive Page Curl option for Flash (SWF) Export 03:43 7. Creating a Digital Portfolio What we're going to build 01:17 Starting a document with a double page spread 06:41 Creating the illusion of a book with a cover 05:38 Adding the spiral-bound image to the edges 04:27 Adding the illusion of a gap between the open pages 04:08 Creating a clipped button to close the book 06:39 Applying a subtle drop shadow Object Style 04:19 8. Creating a Digital Magazine with InDesign and Flash Exporting a SWF prototype for a Flash developer 03:51 Handing off the InDesign layout by exporting to XFL 02:52 Opening the XFL file in Flash CS4 Professional 03:23 Adding a stop action to the first frame 02:37 Animating the masthead with a Motion Preset 03:24 Testing the animation and preventing it from looping 01:59 Creating an invisible button to go to another page 04:19 Creating a button to return to the first page 02:52 Creating the remaining buttons 04:29 Adding a video to the digital magazine 03:46 Exploring the final "developer" version of the digital magazine 01:47 9. InDesign to Flash Production Tips The Combine Textfields extension 05:39 Avoid ligatures if you want to edit text later in Flash 04:00 Using JPEG pass-through for better image quality 04:58 Conclusion Goodbye 00:37