Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul-- If you hunt around, there are some guidelines on using InDesign--I think PNGs are okay and recommended over JPEG. Try this link. Have not tried it myself, but... <http://blog.blurb.com/index.php/2007/05/03/how-to-import-your-custom-design-into-booksmart/ > http://tinyurl.com/5c7aee Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/ On Nov 4, 2008, at 10:44 AM, PHC wrote: > I've decided to do down the InDesign route. Seems that, once you've > got the document designed, you have to save each page as a JPEG > (alarm bells ringing here already!) and drop them into the Blurb > software. > > Been busy today coming to terms with InDesign. It's pretty similar > to Quark, but I haven't used Quark for 10 years. Can be frustrating > as I know what I want to do, and pretty much how to do it, but it > takes me hours of shifting through menus and dialogue boxes to find > the right box to tick to do it. > > My experience is, if you're thinking of upgrading to a 24", do it. > I've got the fully loaded 24" iMac, max RAM and the faster 3.06gig > processor. It is simply stunning to work on. The screen is crystal > clear and it runs PhotoShop perfectly, skipping through 50Mb scans > simply instantaneously. I don't think I've seen the spinning pizza > once since I've been using it. > > Cheers, P. > > ******* > Paul Hardy Carter > +44 (0)20 3239 9573 > www.paulhardycarter.com > www.lightstalkers.org/phc > Skype: paulhardycarter > ******* > > > > On 4 Nov 2008, at 11:17, Daniel Ridings wrote: > >> This might sound like a lot of unnecessary work, but believe me, it >> isn't. Blurb's templates can be very frustrating, particularly when >> it >> comes to text formatting and type faces (even texts in headers etc). >> >> It might be easier if you are doing the whole thing yourself, and not >> cutting and pasting input from other people, but if you decide to >> change typefaces in the middle of the job, it can get messy. >> >> Get the details down first, before you start stringing the pages >> together. There isn't much in the way of global editing (like >> changing >> typefaces in page numbers or headers on a page). >> >> It fun. >> >> Liked to hear about the 24" computer. Been looking in that >> direction myself. >> Daniel > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information