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Written in a simple, concise style, this book is for any InDesign user who wants to push the envelope on delivery without having to learn new applications. -Katherine Houghton, Adobe Certified Instructor, Amediamark
Prior to reading this book generating visually rich interactive documents was a painful and multi-application process, now with CS5 and this excellent primer, creating these documents is as easy as opening up InDesign. -Saul Rosenbaum, Visual Chutzpah
enabled me to break through into web design more easily than imagined....provided career-transforming training and techniques by allowing a greater understanding and ability to create and implement effective web-based designs.-Lisa Adamaitis, president, Vaal Design
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From creating interactive PDFs to full-blown Flash applications, the expanded capabilities of InDesign now enable design projects that go beyond print, into the world of Web and interactive. Designing for Interactivity with InDesign is the first book of its kind, expressly devoted to the interactive capabilities of InDesign CS5 and their use in creating documents destined for output to interactive PDF, Flash SWF, Flash Professional, or Flash Catalyst.
Both a reference book, with sections broken out by topic, and a training guide, with real-world exercises and/or projects provided for each chapter, the book includes support files available for download on an associated Web site. It goes beyond simply teaching the function of InDesign to familiarize readers with conventions of Web and interactive design, audio and video compression and conversion, and the fundamentals of animation. Power-user tips are peppered throughout, and an entire section is devoted to productivity tools and techniques. There are also chapters on how to use Acrobat, Flash Professional, and Flash Catalyst to extend the InDesign-generated files, making this a soup-to-nuts guide on the InDesign-to-interactive workflow.
* Full-color illustrations, step-by-step instruction, and real-world exercises deliver hands-on training
* Includes essential design principles for interactive media as well as practical InDesign techniques for execution
* Tutorial media is provided on the companion Web site
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Format:Paperback
About a year ago, Adobe found itself caught off guard.
No one had expected the explosion of tablet computer to take off the way they did. Amazon had created the Kindle two years before and with moderate success, it was believed at that time, it would be many, many years before a portable reading device would be a mainstay for the computer literate society. That was before the iPad.
Adobe released a series of videos on how to create eBooks and eZines (e-Magazines) and posted them on their "AdobeDigital" column on YouTube. There, they discussed how to use CS3 and CS4 to create interactive contents for multiple readers. The final episodes in the series they decided to remove from their site. By coincidence, they published new videos on the subject, however this time they were heralding the use of Adobe InDesign CS5!
INTERACTIVE INDESIGN CS5 is a beautiful and might I say, indispensable book on how to take full advantage of a total re-creation of the InDesign in CS5. InDesign, now, is able to fully integrate with the entire Design, video and/or Web graphic suites. This means creating projects in InDesign with both Flash and Dreamweaver capabilities and having the ability to export these files to these programs. (This book was published just before Adobe released CS5.5, so you won't find any mention of any updates that Adobe made to InDesign, Flash or Dreamweaver.)
What I like most about this book is that it's part textbook and part "classroom-in-a-book" format. Author Mira Rubin goes over the fundamentals of InDesign, which is print layout but also goes into great detail how the new InDesign is now a tool that can work in multi-media formats such as the video, web and tablet/eBook readers.
The tone of this book is very, very enthusiastic about the possibilities of working in InDesign.
There's also a companion website that one can download the chapter files for each chapter (except Ch. 2) and work alongside the author in her demonstrations.
Book breakdown:
This book is almost 400 pages. The first 125 pages is a review of how InDesign traditionally works.
Ch. 1- Intro/ Showcase (about 10 pages of how the author uses this program in her daily work.)
Ch. 2/3- Designing For Interactivity
Ch. 4/5/6/7- Buttons (explanation of, uses and demonstration of creating buttons)
The remaining two-thirds of this book is about the applicability of the new features of ID.
Ch. 8- Introduction to Animation in ID-CS5 (Using the basic animation tools in ID)
Ch. 9- Beyond the Basics (learning shortcuts and transition styles)
Ch. 10/11/12- Multiple Objects, Banner Ads, Page Transitions
Ch. 13- Working with Adobe Media Encoder
Ch. 14- Adding Media
Ch. 15/16- Bookmarks, Hyperlinks & Cross-references
Ch. 17/18/19- Working with Text, Multi-page Document Layout, Shapes and Color
Ch. 20/21- Output, Preparing For Output (An overview of Output and demonstration)
If you're interested in publishing in any and all forms, THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU!
For the novice, this book will teach you the fundamentals of page layout for books, magazines and miscellaneous marketing items. But, in addition, for the experienced InDesign user there's a wealth of new information present.
Usually, when we upgrade we think of the reasons why and it usually is the appeal of a new version of Photoshop, Flash or Illustrator but Dreamweaver and InDesign are usually just afterthoughts. It seems ironic, but even if you don't upgrade the entire Adobe suite, this book makes a very strong argument to at least consider upgrading the InDesign application.
No one had expected the explosion of tablet computer to take off the way they did. Amazon had created the Kindle two years before and with moderate success, it was believed at that time, it would be many, many years before a portable reading device would be a mainstay for the computer literate society. That was before the iPad.
Adobe released a series of videos on how to create eBooks and eZines (e-Magazines) and posted them on their "AdobeDigital" column on YouTube. There, they discussed how to use CS3 and CS4 to create interactive contents for multiple readers. The final episodes in the series they decided to remove from their site. By coincidence, they published new videos on the subject, however this time they were heralding the use of Adobe InDesign CS5!
INTERACTIVE INDESIGN CS5 is a beautiful and might I say, indispensable book on how to take full advantage of a total re-creation of the InDesign in CS5. InDesign, now, is able to fully integrate with the entire Design, video and/or Web graphic suites. This means creating projects in InDesign with both Flash and Dreamweaver capabilities and having the ability to export these files to these programs. (This book was published just before Adobe released CS5.5, so you won't find any mention of any updates that Adobe made to InDesign, Flash or Dreamweaver.)
What I like most about this book is that it's part textbook and part "classroom-in-a-book" format. Author Mira Rubin goes over the fundamentals of InDesign, which is print layout but also goes into great detail how the new InDesign is now a tool that can work in multi-media formats such as the video, web and tablet/eBook readers.
The tone of this book is very, very enthusiastic about the possibilities of working in InDesign.
There's also a companion website that one can download the chapter files for each chapter (except Ch. 2) and work alongside the author in her demonstrations.
Book breakdown:
This book is almost 400 pages. The first 125 pages is a review of how InDesign traditionally works.
Ch. 1- Intro/ Showcase (about 10 pages of how the author uses this program in her daily work.)
Ch. 2/3- Designing For Interactivity
Ch. 4/5/6/7- Buttons (explanation of, uses and demonstration of creating buttons)
The remaining two-thirds of this book is about the applicability of the new features of ID.
Ch. 8- Introduction to Animation in ID-CS5 (Using the basic animation tools in ID)
Ch. 9- Beyond the Basics (learning shortcuts and transition styles)
Ch. 10/11/12- Multiple Objects, Banner Ads, Page Transitions
Ch. 13- Working with Adobe Media Encoder
Ch. 14- Adding Media
Ch. 15/16- Bookmarks, Hyperlinks & Cross-references
Ch. 17/18/19- Working with Text, Multi-page Document Layout, Shapes and Color
Ch. 20/21- Output, Preparing For Output (An overview of Output and demonstration)
If you're interested in publishing in any and all forms, THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU!
For the novice, this book will teach you the fundamentals of page layout for books, magazines and miscellaneous marketing items. But, in addition, for the experienced InDesign user there's a wealth of new information present.
Usually, when we upgrade we think of the reasons why and it usually is the appeal of a new version of Photoshop, Flash or Illustrator but Dreamweaver and InDesign are usually just afterthoughts. It seems ironic, but even if you don't upgrade the entire Adobe suite, this book makes a very strong argument to at least consider upgrading the InDesign application.
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It 's hard to find out the utilities just by yourself.
This book is à well thought through tutorial, creative to teach all details and utilize the interactivity of InDesign.
This book is à well thought through tutorial, creative to teach all details and utilize the interactivity of InDesign.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Solid Resource for Interactive Design, Elsevier Web Resources Problematic
19 Feb 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
So far (after a week) I have worked through the introduction and first four chapters. Generally I am happy with my purchase (will revisit this review later on to add final thoughts), though my purpose is less to create web documents from print resources, than it is to create long-form color PDFs and ePub documents (with buttons, media, linking, etc).
What I like most about this book is that it seems to strike the right balance between giving proper amounts of background for the relevant InDesign CS5 features, and showing step-by-step workflows for creating certain types of content. And I do mean step-by-step! Many examples in the book span 15-20 steps to achieve an objective, so she's very thorough in that respect, not assuming you know what the little intermediate steps are. If you're already an InDesign expert this might be a little much for you, but for those of us who use InDesign only occasionally (I'm much more a Photoshop and Premiere person), it's a good thing.
There are plenty of tips here for the use of and creating buttons, as well as for creating (of all things) animations, and links to other parts of your document. In fact there are close to 100 pages on animation, which I feel is a bit much, but on the other hand knowing how complicated Flash CS5 can be for new users, many designers probably prefer to create simple animations in InDesign now that they can. For my purposes, There was a decent amount of info on interactive PDF (mostly related to buttons), but nothing on ePub or on creating long-form interactive documents from scratch (TOC, live content reflow, etc). There is a decent section on bookmarks and cross-references, which is relevant to both types of workflow... .
Many of the examples seem to be very basic web site formats (not the web 2.0 variety you often seen online with svelt graphics, etc), but many of the same techniques presumably apply whether you're going to the web or PDF. [UPDATE on download resources: Mira has provided some extra links to important resources on her site that were slow or problematic to download from Elsevier's site on the first couple attempts with Firefox, and this has resolved my initial issues. Great to see an author so responsive to reviews! Thank you. :) ]
What I like most about this book is that it seems to strike the right balance between giving proper amounts of background for the relevant InDesign CS5 features, and showing step-by-step workflows for creating certain types of content. And I do mean step-by-step! Many examples in the book span 15-20 steps to achieve an objective, so she's very thorough in that respect, not assuming you know what the little intermediate steps are. If you're already an InDesign expert this might be a little much for you, but for those of us who use InDesign only occasionally (I'm much more a Photoshop and Premiere person), it's a good thing.
There are plenty of tips here for the use of and creating buttons, as well as for creating (of all things) animations, and links to other parts of your document. In fact there are close to 100 pages on animation, which I feel is a bit much, but on the other hand knowing how complicated Flash CS5 can be for new users, many designers probably prefer to create simple animations in InDesign now that they can. For my purposes, There was a decent amount of info on interactive PDF (mostly related to buttons), but nothing on ePub or on creating long-form interactive documents from scratch (TOC, live content reflow, etc). There is a decent section on bookmarks and cross-references, which is relevant to both types of workflow... .
Many of the examples seem to be very basic web site formats (not the web 2.0 variety you often seen online with svelt graphics, etc), but many of the same techniques presumably apply whether you're going to the web or PDF. [UPDATE on download resources: Mira has provided some extra links to important resources on her site that were slow or problematic to download from Elsevier's site on the first couple attempts with Firefox, and this has resolved my initial issues. Great to see an author so responsive to reviews! Thank you. :) ]
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Taking InDesign to the Next Level
9 Jun 2011
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If you've been using InDesign for awhile and want to take it to the next level, then this is the book for you. Mira Rubin will show you how to take InDesign to the web and she'll do it with pretty easy to follow and very thorough step by step instructions.
And even if you have been using InDesign for your website, there are plenty of tips here for all kinds of things, like creating, links, buttons, animations and a whole host of other content that will make a website sparkle that I'm betting you've never even thought of doing with InDesign.
And even if you have been using InDesign for your website, there are plenty of tips here for all kinds of things, like creating, links, buttons, animations and a whole host of other content that will make a website sparkle that I'm betting you've never even thought of doing with InDesign.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
great for delivering real web content without having to learn new applications and new web techniques.
26 Feb 2011
Format:Paperback
I am using this book to help me rebuild portions of my older websites so that I can use some the best website features out there and improve the look and feel and usefulness for my customers.
I appreciate Mira's writing style - I feel comfortable and sure that I can understand and apply what I read. She has included necessary information and answers my questions in a way that is straightforward, easy, and keeps me out of trouble. Key information such as identifying the tools (with pictures), what they actually do, and step by step instructions has helped me to better understand the software in a way that, in the past, would have taken me months to learn. I really like the detailed section on animation which I have not been able to accomplish previously and the organization of the book. Very thorough and detailed.
The book feels friendly. Creating a beautiful and interactive website is a painful but necessary process for me. I can use this book to help me complete real web content including animation without having to learn new web applications.
I'm inspired! Mira provided me with the way to update and accent my websites in the way I really want.
I appreciate Mira's writing style - I feel comfortable and sure that I can understand and apply what I read. She has included necessary information and answers my questions in a way that is straightforward, easy, and keeps me out of trouble. Key information such as identifying the tools (with pictures), what they actually do, and step by step instructions has helped me to better understand the software in a way that, in the past, would have taken me months to learn. I really like the detailed section on animation which I have not been able to accomplish previously and the organization of the book. Very thorough and detailed.
The book feels friendly. Creating a beautiful and interactive website is a painful but necessary process for me. I can use this book to help me complete real web content including animation without having to learn new web applications.
I'm inspired! Mira provided me with the way to update and accent my websites in the way I really want.
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