When you’re working as a DPS freelancer or an agency you often find yourself struggling to get a decent briefing out of your client. Sure, they know how to handle and organize their print projects by giving you info on deadlines, paper size, folding, spot colours and other important things. But the details of a digital publication are often still too obscure to some people, which can lead to missing information to get the job done (in time). In those cases, it is up to you to help your clients setup a decent briefing to get (and keep) a DPS project on the rails. My article on CreativePro.com gives you 9 tips on technical and practical requirements and will help you collect all the information you need from your client.
I’m speaking at PePcon in Chicago
It gives me great pleasure to announce that I’ll be speaking at PePcon 2014 in Chicago this year. For those who are unfamiliar with the conference, PePcon (“The Print + ePublishing Conference”), is one of the biggest (if not the biggest) conferences that focus on InDesign, print and digital publishing. It is hosted by David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepción, 2 renowned InDesign specialists. This is the second time that I’m able to speak at the conference (first time was in Austin, TX in 2013), after having attended the conference for the very first time in 2012 in San Francisco, CA.
Adobe DPS workflow infographic
I recently created an infographic to help clarify the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite workflow to clients at City Desktop Training where I work as a trainer. It gives an overview of the production workflow from InDesign to a published iPad application.
You can also download a PDF version here.
If you’re interested in learning more about creating interactive documents or applications using InDesign and DPS you can always book a training session through them.
Reduce the total ink in CMYK images using Photoshop
CreativePro just published a step-by-step tutorial I wrote that describes how to reduce the total amount of ink in your CMYK images. Having too much total ink in your CMYK document is a pretty common problem. Sure, there is a total ink limit option embedded in your CMYK ICC profile but that doesn’t stop you from boosting the colours a bit more in Photoshop after a conversion to CMYK.
You can read the full article here on the CreativePro website.
2nd Adobe DPS video tutorial: looping video
Come and check out my second video tutorial on Adobe DPS. In this video I’ll show you how to loop a video clip using the DPS tools in Adobe InDesign.
1st DPS video tutorial online
I finished my first online video tutorial using Adobe InDesign and Adobe Digital Publishing Suite. It explains the subtle differences between previewing a folio on an iPad using the Folio Overlays panel vs the Folio Builder panel. Come and see it, and leave a comment if you like.
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