InDesign Interactivity
When working with images for a portfolio, you will invariably need to create a portfolio of your work. Chances are you will look at InDesign to make this work. Did you know that InDesign can also create an Interactive Portfolio? RC Concepcion goes over how to use InDesign CS5 and its newest features of interactivity to create an interactive portfolio.
Release Date: 2010-08-25
Lessons
Work with Preferences and Setting Up a Document
<p>In this lesson RC goes over how to setup some basic layout properties in InDesign CS5 as well as how to make your work easier using presets.</p>
Duration: 5 mins 2 seconds
Creating a Master Page and Character Styles
<p>Part of speeding up your layouts in InDesign is working with Master Pages and Styles. RC will go over how to setup Master Pages for his layout in addition to setting up character styles</p>
Duration: 5 mins 19 seconds
Placing Text and Images
<p>Go over some techniques on how to place images inside of am InDesign CS5 layout.</p>
Duration: 7 mins 35 seconds
Placing Multiple Images and Using Static Caption
<p>Learn some cool tricks for placing multiple images and InDesign Cs5&amp;amp;acirc;s new use of Live and Static Captions.</p>
Duration: 9 mins 51 seconds
Exporting the Document as a SWF File
<p>RC goes over how to create Character Style and Export the InDesign CS5 document to SWF.</p>
Duration: 9 mins 49 seconds
Creating Hyperlinks
<p>RC goes over how to add hyperlinks to your interactive document as well as how to create Duplicate Character Styles.</p>
Duration: 5 mins 14 seconds
Adding Video in a Document
<p>RC goes over how to add video into an InDesign interactive document as well as how to add ply controllers and poster frames.</p>
Duration: 5 mins 3 seconds
Adding a Button
<p>Take your interactive design in InDesign and give it even more functionality by including buttons in your document.</p>
Duration: 7 mins 46 seconds
Rolling Your Own Button
<p>Sometimes adding the standard buttons wont do. In this case, RC goes over how to create buttons from simple text layers.</p>
Duration: 5 mins 37 seconds
Creating and Linking to Destinations
<p>Destinations allow you to place markers at key points in your document. Combined with buttons, this gives you great control inside of an InDesign CS5 document.</p>
Duration: 12 mins 30 seconds
Animating Your Elements
<p>Once all of your elements are in place you can add another level of interactivity by animating these elements into appearance. RC goes over how to add and remove animations as well as how to change their order using the timing panel.</p>
Duration: 9 mins 25 seconds
Uploading to a Website
<p>Once the SWF file is created in InDesign, RC goes over some basics on how to upload the information to a website.</p>
Duration: 5 mins 5 seconds