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Graphics add depth and style to your documents. You can use InDesign’s powerful controls to place, position, and enhance graphics using most common file formats, as well as integrate images from Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
What you’ll learn in this lesson:
- • Adding graphics to your layout
- • Managing links to imported files
- • Updating and relinking modified or missing graphics
- • Using graphics with clipping paths and alpha channels
Graphics add depth and style to your documents. You can use InDesign’s powerful controls to place, position, and enhance graphics using most common file formats, as well as integrate images from Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
Starting up
Before starting, make sure that your tools and panels are consistent by resetting your preferences. See “Resetting the InDesign workspace and preferences” in the Starting up section of this book.
You will work with several files from the id05lessons folder in this lesson. Make sure that you have copied the id05lessons folder onto your hard drivefrom the Digital Classroom Books website. You can download the files fromhttp://www.DigitalClassroomBooks.com/epub/indesigncs6. See “Downloading lesson files” in the Starting up section of this book. This lesson may be easier to follow if the id05lessons folder is on your desktop.
The project
In this lesson, you will work on a fictional travel magazine called SoJournal, adding graphics to the layout using different techniques. You will learn how to resize graphics, precisely change positioning, set display quality, and wrap text around graphics. You will also learn how to manage graphics that have been updated, replaced, or are missing.
Understanding how InDesign handles graphics
When you place a graphic into an InDesign layout, the graphic file remains a separate file. Imported images or illustrations are not embedded into the InDesign document, so both the separate graphic files and the InDesign document are necessary for printing, archiving, or sharing your document with collaborators who might need to otherwise manipulate the original files. InDesign keeps track of graphic files used in your InDesign documents using the Links panel, as image files are considered to be linked. This is different from text files that are imported from programs like Microsoft Word or Excel. Text files are placed into the InDesign layout, and the original file is no longer needed to manipulate the text. For every rule there are exceptions, and graphic files can be embedded within an InDesign layout—although this is generally not advisable because it increases the size of the InDesign document and limits the ability to share a graphic for use in other media, such as on the Web or as part of an interactive campaign.
You’ll start this lesson by opening a document where images have been imported, but InDesign can no longer locate the image files. You will help InDesign locate the missing files.
Locating missing images
If an image is renamed or moved from its original location after you import it into an InDesign file, InDesign loses the link to the image. Likewise, if you copy an InDesign document to a different computer, and don’t transfer the images, InDesign will alert you that linked files are missing.
You’ll use the Links panel and a new feature in InDesign CS6 called the Link badge to reconnect the InDesign layout with a missing image. In the Links panel, and in the Link badge indicator located in the upper-left corner of a graphics frame, missing links display a Red Warning icon (
) next to their names, and links that have been modified or edited since they were originally placed in the layout, display a Yellow Warning Icon (
), indicating that the original image was modified. In this exercise, you will fix a link that was broken because the associated files were moved, and also fix a link to a graphic in the layout that was modified or changed.
) next to their names, and links that have been modified or edited since they were originally placed in the layout, display a Yellow Warning Icon (), indicating that the original image was modified. In this exercise, you will fix a link that was broken because the associated files were moved, and also fix a link to a graphic in the layout that was modified or changed.
1. Choose File > Open. In the Open dialog box, navigate to the id05lessons folder and select id0501.indd. Click Open. As the file opens, InDesign displays a message informing you that the document contains links to missing or modified files.
2. Click the Don’t Update Links button to open the document without updating the links.
When opening a file with missing or modified links, you can choose Update Links to help reconnect the linked image files with the InDesign layout.
Depending on which workspace you have active, the Links panel will display in the middle of your screen or on the right side of the screen in the panel dock. Notice the citytravel.psd file displays a Red Warning icon—indicating that the link is missing—while the id0507.psd file displays the Yellow Warning symbol—indicating that the link has been modified or changed since it was placed into the layout. In the next part of the lesson, you will work with the Links panel to discover how to update image files that are missing or modified.
 When using the Update Links option, any other broken links located in the folder are also updated when you update the first linked item. For example, if an entire folder containing images is relocated, you can update the link to all the missing items using the Update Links option, eliminating the need to update multiple broken links individually. You can also use the Relink to folder command from the Links panel menu. |
3. Choose File > Save As. In the Save As dialog box, navigate to the id05lessons folder and type id0501_work.indd in the File name text field. Click Save and keep the file open.
Working with the Links panel and the Link badge
When you import an image into your layout, InDesign doesn’t copy the complete image into your document file. Instead, it saves a reference, or a link, to the location of the original graphic file so it can access the image when necessary. This process lets you import many files into your layout without significantly increasing the file size of the document. For example, you can create a catalog with hundreds of images, but the InDesign document remains a small file with many linked images.
Because graphic files are generally linked, and not embedded within the InDesign file, you need to know how to manage linked graphic files. The Links panel and the Link badge let you manage these links, find files in the document, find missing files, and update graphics in the document when changes are made to the image file. In this exercise, you will fix two links to previously imported images that have been moved and are missing or modified.
1. If the Links panel isn’t open, choose Window > Links to display it or click the Links button (
) in the panel docking area on the right side of the workspace.
) in the panel docking area on the right side of the workspace.
2. Click once on citytravel.psd, and then click the Go To Link button (
) at the bottom of the Links panel.
) at the bottom of the Links panel.
InDesign navigates to the selected image that accompanies the City Travel article. Note that in addition to the Missing Link icon (
) appearing in the Links panel, there’s a Link badge in the upper-left corner of the graphic frame that indicates that the link is missing.
) appearing in the Links panel, there’s a Link badge in the upper-left corner of the graphic frame that indicates that the link is missing.
The Go To Link button displays a selected link within the layout.
3. With the citytravel.psd link still selected in the Links panel, click the Relink button (
) at the bottom of the Links panel. In the Locate dialog box that appears, navigate to the links folder in the id05lessons folder and select the citytravel.psd file. Click Open.
) at the bottom of the Links panel. In the Locate dialog box that appears, navigate to the links folder in the id05lessons folder and select the citytravel.psd file. Click Open.
Notice that the warning symbol indicating that the link was missing is now gone because you’ve reconnected the link to InDesign.
4. Select the id0507.psd link in the Links panel and click the Go To Link button (
) at the bottom of the Links panel. InDesign navigates to the location of the modified image in the document.
) at the bottom of the Links panel. InDesign navigates to the location of the modified image in the document.
One of the new features in InDesign CS6 is the addition of a Link badge that appears in the upper-left corner of a linked frame. Notice that the link that you just navigated to contains the Modified Link icon (
) in the upper-left corner of the frame.
) in the upper-left corner of the frame.
The Link badge is a real-time display of the link status of an image within a frame.
5. If you hover your cursor over the Link badge, you’ll see a tooltip that gives you instructions for using the Link badge. Click the Link badge once with your cursor and notice that the link updates immediately. Press Alt+click (Windows) or Option+click (Mac OS) on the Link badge to open the Links panel with the link selected.
The Links panel now displays the list of links without any warning icons. You’ve updated both a missing link and a modified link.
6. Choose File > Save, or press Ctrl+S (Windows) or Command+S (Mac OS), to save your work. Keep the file open for the next part of the lesson.
 When you click the Relink button ( ) in the Links panel, the Relink All Instances check box appears at the bottom of the Links dialog box. Click this check box, and all instances of the image throughout the document are relinked. |
Understanding the Links Panel
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The Links panel displays all imported objects, the color space they use, and where they are used within the file.
A. Show/Hide Link Information. B. Number of Links Selected. C. Relink. D. Go to Link. E. Update Link. F. Edit Original.
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Customizing the Links panel
You can choose to have the Links panel display additional information regarding the links used in your layout.
1. From the Links panel menu, choose Panel Options.
Use the Panel Options command to customize the display of the Links panel.
2. In the Panel Options dialog box, click to select the Size and Color Space options in the Show Column located in the center of the dialog box. These options determine which information is displayed in a column within the Links panel.
3. Click OK to close the Panel Options window. The additional information is now displayed within the Links panel.
4. To view the additional information, click the tab at the top of the Links panel, and drag it away from the panel docking area. Click in the lower-right corner of the Links panel and then drag to the right, expanding the width of the panel. To expand the panel without removing it from the panel dock, position your cursor on the left side of the expanded panel, and then drag to open up the panel.
5. Click the heading of each of the items displayed in the Links panel, including Name, Page, Size, and Color Space. As you click each item, the links sort by the selected criteria.
You can customize the information displayed in the Links panel and sort the display by clicking the column titles.
6. Click the Links panel tab and drag the panel over the Pages panel in the dock. When a blue border appears around the edge of the Pages panel, release the mouse to dock the Links panel with the Pages panel.
Adding graphics to your layout
You can add graphics that are created using a number of different programs or use a variety of graphic file types, such as JPEG, EPS, PSD, TIFF, AI, and many others. InDesign lets you import native Photoshop, PDF, and Illustrator files into your layouts. You can also import other InDesign documents (.indd format) into your layouts. In all, InDesign supports more than a dozen graphic file formats.
The most common way to add graphics to your InDesign layouts is to use the Place command, located under the File menu. In this exercise, you’ll use the Place command to add an image to the front page of your travel magazine.
 You can also import movies and audio in QuickTime, .avi, .wav, .aif, and .swf formats, as well as .au sound clips, into InDesign. These can be exported to the PDF and SWF file formats. |
1. Use the pages drop-down menu in the lower-left corner of the page to navigate to page 1 of the file id0501_work.indd, and then choose View > Fit Page in Window. This page displays the magazine title SoJournal at the top of the page.
Use the page drop-down menu to navigate to page 1.
2. To make certain that nothing is selected, choose Edit > Deselect All. If the Deselect All option is unavailable, nothing is currently selected; proceed to the next step.
3. Choose File > Place and navigate to the id05lessons folder. Select the id0501.psd file to import this image. In the Place dialog box, make sure the Show Import Options check box is unchecked, and then click Open to import the image.
The Place dialog box.
4. The cursor displays a thumbnail of the image you are importing. Position the thumbnail image in the upper-left corner of the red bleed guides, positioned outside the edge of the page, and then click to place the image. InDesign imports the image at its original size.
If you accidentally clicked in a different spot on the page and need to reposition the image, use the Selection tool (
) to drag the image until it snaps to the upper-left corner of the red bleed guides.
) to drag the image until it snaps to the upper-left corner of the red bleed guides.
Place the image in the upper-left corner of page 1 so it extends above and to the left of the edge of the page.
5. Scroll down to the bottom of page 1. Notice that the image frame extends beyond the edge of the bleed guides. You will resize the graphic frame to fit within these guides.
6. Position the Selection tool over the lower-right corner of the image frame. When the pointer becomes a diagonal arrow (
), click and drag the corner of the frame to reduce the size of the frame. Stop when it snaps to the lower-right corner of the bleed guide. The arrowheads turn white when they are positioned over the corner of the bleed guides.
), click and drag the corner of the frame to reduce the size of the frame. Stop when it snaps to the lower-right corner of the bleed guide. The arrowheads turn white when they are positioned over the corner of the bleed guides.
Using the Selection tool to resize the image.
7. Adjust the image by clicking on the Content Indicator in the middle of the image with the Selection tool. This targets the photo itself and your cursor changes to a Hand icon (
). Click and drag to reposition the image and change how it is cropped by the frame.
). Click and drag to reposition the image and change how it is cropped by the frame.
Adjusting the position of an image within a frame using the Content Grabber.
 The Content Grabber provides an easier and more efficient method of adjusting an image within its frame. You can still adjust an image with the tried-and-true method of using the Direct Selection tool ( ) to click on an image and adjust its position within a frame. |
8. With the cover image still selected, choose Object > Arrange > Send Backward. The cover image moves behind the magazine title.
9. Choose File > Save to save your work. Keep the file open for the next part of the lesson.
Fitting options
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You can use several options to get images to fit correctly to the frames on your page, including the following:
Object > Fitting > Fill Frame Proportionally causes the smallest size to become larger or smaller to fit within the frame, eliminating any additional space around the edge of the frame.
Object > Fitting > Fit Content Proportionally resizes the image to fit inside the frame, maintaining the original image proportions. If the proportions of the box do not match the proportions of the image, extra space will display around one or more of the frame edges.
Object > Fitting > Fit Frame to Content causes the frame to snap to the edges of the image. The frame either reduces or enlarges to fit the exact size of the image.
Be careful when using Fit Content to Frame, because it distorts the image to fit the frame. The proportional options are generally a better choice for most images.
Object > Fitting > Center Content centers the graphic or image within the graphic frame.
These options are also available from the context menu, either by right-clicking (Windows) or Control+clicking (Mac OS) with the mouse.
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Fitting an image within an existing frame
You will now explore options for controlling where graphics are placed within your layout and how the graphics fit within their respective frames.
1. Navigate to page 2 using the page drop-down menu in the lower-left corner of the document window.
Page 2 includes four graphic frames for pictures to accompany the paragraphs about Athens, Austin, Chicago, and Honolulu.
2. If necessary, choose the Selection tool (
) from the Tools panel and click the empty picture frame accompanying the Athens story at the top of the page. Handles appear around the edge of the frame, indicating the frame is selected.
) from the Tools panel and click the empty picture frame accompanying the Athens story at the top of the page. Handles appear around the edge of the frame, indicating the frame is selected.
Select the empty frame to make it active.
3. Choose File > Place to import an image into the selected frame. In the Place dialog box, confirm that Replace Selected Itemis selected. Navigate to the id05lessons folder, select the id0502.psd image, and click Open. The image appears in the selected frame, but only a part of the image is visible. You will reposition the graphic within the frame in the next part of this exercise.
Importing an image into the selected frame.
4. Choose the Direct Selection tool (
) from the Tools panel and position the cursor over the image. The cursor changes to a Hand icon (
). Click and drag the image inside the frame until the image is relatively centered in the frame.
) from the Tools panel and position the cursor over the image. The cursor changes to a Hand icon (). Click and drag the image inside the frame until the image is relatively centered in the frame.
While dragging the image, a light-brown bounding box appears around the edge of the image that is outside the cropping area, and InDesign also displays any part of the image that is cropped by the frame. This “live” screen drawing is an improved feature in InDesign that allows you to see the entire image as you drag it, “ghosting” the image where it is being cropped by the frame.
When clicking and dragging an image with the Direct Selection tool, InDesign displays the complete size, even any part outside of the frame.
5. Right-click (Windows) or Control+click (Mac OS) the graphic and choose Fitting > Center Content. The image is centered within the frame.
6. Using the Selection tool, right-click (Windows) or Control+click (Mac OS) the graphic, and choose Fitting > Fill Frame Proportionally.
These fitting options provide different ways to reposition the image. After using the Fill Frame Proportionally option, you may want to manually refine the image position using the Direct Selection tool or the Content Grabber.
Auto Fitting
You can use the Frame Fitting Options to choose settings and create default options for whenever you place graphics inside existing empty frames. In this part of the exercise, you will create default fitting options for frames.
1. Choose Edit > Deselect All, or press Shift+Ctrl+A (Windows) or Shift+Command+A (Mac OS), to make sure nothing in your document is selected.
2. Using the Selection tool (
), Shift+click the three remaining empty frames on page 2 of the layout.
), Shift+click the three remaining empty frames on page 2 of the layout.
3. Choose Object > Fitting > Frame Fitting Options.
Choose Frame Fitting Options to set the defaults for placing graphics in frames.
4. Choose Fill Frame Proportionally from the Fitting drop-down menu and click the center box on the Align From icon (
); then click OK. Graphics placed into these frames will fill each frame proportionally and center them automatically.
); then click OK. Graphics placed into these frames will fill each frame proportionally and center them automatically.
Set the default frame fitting option to Fill Frame Proportionally.
5. Choose Edit > Deselect All, or press Shift+Ctrl+A (Windows) or Shift+Command+A (Mac OS) to make sure nothing in your document is selected. Choose File > Save.
Using Adobe Bridge to import graphics
Adobe Bridge is a separate application that ships with InDesign. It provides a way to manage and view your digital assets, including images and InDesign documents. You can use Bridge to get previews of your documents, and view information about files before you even open them. Bridge works like a specialized version of your operating system for managing and arranging the files you import into an InDesign layout, and files you have created using InDesign.
In this section, you will import an image into the document by dragging it from the Bridge window directly into the InDesign document.
1. With id0501_work.indd still open, choose File > Browse in Bridge, or click the Go to Bridge button (
) in the Application Bar to launch Adobe Bridge.
) in the Application Bar to launch Adobe Bridge.
2. When Adobe Bridge opens, click the Favorites tab in the upper-left corner to bring it forward, and then click once on the Desktop listing, or click the location where you placed the files for this lesson.
3. In the Content tab at the center of the Bridge window, locate the id05lessons folder and double-click to open the folder.
Open the lessons folder using Adobe Bridge.
4. In the upper-right corner of the Bridge window, click the Switch to Compact Mode button (
). This results in a smaller version of Bridge that allows you to work simultaneously with Bridge and your InDesign document.
). This results in a smaller version of Bridge that allows you to work simultaneously with Bridge and your InDesign document.
5. Position the compact Bridge window so you can see the empty frame next to the second city description, Austin, located on page 2 of the InDesign document.
Adobe Bridge in compact mode lets you work directly with another program while Bridge remains visible.
6. Using the Bridge window, locate the Photoshop image id0503.psd, an image of the Austin Capitol building. Click and hold, then drag the image into the empty Austin frame on page 2 of the InDesign document. When your cursor is positioned inside the frame, release the mouse. The photo is placed into the frame.
7. Click the Switch to Full Mode button (
) to maximize the Bridge window. Then, minimize Bridge by clicking the minimize button (use same as before) in the upper-right corner of the Bridge window (Windows) or by clicking the yellow button (
) in the upper-right corner of the Bridge window (Mac OS). Click anywhere within the InDesign document window to make it active; then choose File > Save.
) to maximize the Bridge window. Then, minimize Bridge by clicking the minimize button (use same as before) in the upper-right corner of the Bridge window (Windows) or by clicking the yellow button () in the upper-right corner of the Bridge window (Mac OS). Click anywhere within the InDesign document window to make it active; then choose File > Save.
Placing multiple graphics using Mini Bridge
With InDesign, you can place multiple graphics into your InDesign layouts in a single step using the Mini Bridge panel. Mini Bridge offers features found in the Adobe Bridge application, but is built into Adobe InDesign as a panel. This alleviates the need to view images on your computer using a completely separate application. In this section, you will place two graphics in the remaining frames on page 2 of the layout.
1. If necessary, choose Edit > Deselect All so that nothing is selected, and then choose Window > Mini Bridge.
2. In the Mini Bridge panel, click the Launch Bridge button if the full Adobe Bridge application is no longer running. Mini Bridge still relies on the full Adobe Bridge application.
3. Click the drop-down menu in the upper-left corner of the Mini Bridge and choose Favorites. Click Desktop or select the folder where you placed the files for this lesson.
4. In the Navigation Pod area of the Mini Bridge panel, navigate to the id05lessons folder by double-clicking on the folders to open them.
You can navigate the file structure of your computer in the Mini Bridge to locate images that you want to work with.
5. In the Mini Bridge panel, Ctrl+click (Windows) or Command+click (Mac OS) to select both the id0504.psd and id0505.psd images; then click and drag either of the selected images anywhere in the InDesign document. The cursor changes to a Paintbrush icon (
) and displays the number 2 in parentheses, along with a thumbnail of the first image. Click inside the empty frame to the left of the Chicago entry to place the first graphic. The paintbrush’s number disappears, and a thumbnail of the Honolulu image appears.
) and displays the number 2 in parentheses, along with a thumbnail of the first image. Click inside the empty frame to the left of the Chicago entry to place the first graphic. The paintbrush’s number disappears, and a thumbnail of the Honolulu image appears.
6. Position your cursor over the remaining empty frame and click to place id0505.psd in the frame.
You can place multiple graphics in multiple frames using the Mini Bridge panel or by choosing File > Place.
 When you have multiple images loaded in the place cursor, you can use the arrow keys on the keyboard to cycle through the various images. As you press the arrow keys, the preview of the image to be placed changes, letting you choose which image will be placed. Press the Esc key to remove an image from the list of images that are being placed. |
Contact Sheet place
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You can have InDesign create multiple frames and place images into a grid, known as a contact sheet. After choosing multiple images to place, click and drag to define the area for the grid. As you drag, use the left- and right-arrow keys to add or reduce the number of columns in the grid, and use the up- and down-arrow keys to add or reduce the number of rows in the grid.
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- 1. Close the Mini Bridge panel and choose File > Save to save your work. Keep the file open for the next part of the lesson.
Adjusting the display quality of images
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InDesign typically provides a low-resolution preview of placed graphics. The higher-resolution information is not displayed, as the high-quality information is often unnecessary for layout, and displaying many high-quality images can slow the performance of InDesign.
You may need to view the high-quality images, and you can choose to display high-quality image data for specific images, or for all images.
To change the display quality of an individual image, right-click (Windows) or Control+click (Mac OS) and choose Display Performance. Choose Fast Display to display a gray box instead of the image preview. Choose Typical to display a medium resolution for the image and choose High Quality display to show the high-resolution image information—the same data you would see in programs like Photoshop or Illustrator.
To change the display performance for all images in a document, choose View > Display Performance and select the desired quality level to use for the document.
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Using object styles for images
In Lesson 4, “Working with Styles,” you applied object styles to frames. You can also apply object styles to frames that contain images, quickly giving them a consistent, finished appearance. In this exercise, you’ll create and apply an object style that adds a black stroke and applies rounded corners to all the frames on page 2.
1. Zoom in on the first image, the picture of Athens, on page 2 of the layout. Press Shift+Ctrl+A (Windows) or Shift+Command+A (Mac OS) to deselect all items on the page.
2. Click the Stroke button (
) in the Control panel and drag and drop it onto the frame edge of the picture of Athens to apply the default stroke to the frame. Your cursor will change to indicate that you are applying the stroke to the frame (
).
) in the Control panel and drag and drop it onto the frame edge of the picture of Athens to apply the default stroke to the frame. Your cursor will change to indicate that you are applying the stroke to the frame ().
3. Click the frame to make it active. In the panel dock on the right side of the workspace, click the Stroke button (
) to expand the Stroke panel. In the Stroke panel, click the Align Stroke to Inside button (
) to set the stroke to align to the inside of the frame, and make sure that the stroke weight is set to 1 point.
) to expand the Stroke panel. In the Stroke panel, click the Align Stroke to Inside button () to set the stroke to align to the inside of the frame, and make sure that the stroke weight is set to 1 point.
Applying a stroke to the frame by dragging and dropping the Stroke icon onto the frame edge.
4. Click on the Stroke button in the panel dock to collapse it back into a button.
5. Click on the yellow square in the upper-right corner of the Athens photo frame to enable Live Corner Effects edit mode. Diamonds appear in each corner of the frame, indicating that the Live Corner Effects have been enabled.
6. Hold down the Shift+Alt (Windows) or Shift+Option (Mac OS) keys and drag the diamond in the upper-right corner of the frame to the left to change the radius of that corner only. Drag to about .25 inches by monitoring the smart guide for that corner. Repeat this step for the diamond in the lower-right corner of the frame. You can also precisely adjust each corner by choosing Object > Corner Options and changing the values using the Corner Options dialog box.
Drag the diamond in the corner of the frame to adjust the Live Corner Effects.
You will now use the formatting of this initial frame to create an object style, and then apply it to the other frames.
7. In the dock, click the Object Styles button (
). If the button is not visible, choose Window > Styles > Object Styles to open the Object Styles panel.
). If the button is not visible, choose Window > Styles > Object Styles to open the Object Styles panel.
8. With the Athens image on page 2 still selected, Alt+click (Windows) or Option+click (Mac OS) on the Create New Style button (
) at the bottom of the Object Styles panel to create a new object style.
) at the bottom of the Object Styles panel to create a new object style.
Pressing the Alt/Option key when creating a new style causes the New Style dialog box to open, making it easy to confirm the settings and name the style. If you do not press the Alt/Option key, the new style is created and given a generic name.
Alt/Option+click the Create New Style button.
9. In the New Object Style dialog box, click the Apply Style to Selection check box to link the new style to the selected object.
10. Make sure the check box for Frame Fitting Options is selected (it is located along the left side of the dialog box in the Basic Attributes section). Next, click the words Frame Fitting Options to highlight it and display the Frame Fitting Options.
11. From the Fitting drop-down menu, choose Fill Frame Proportionally, and then click on the center box of the Align From icon (
) if not already selected.
) if not already selected.
12. In the Style Name text field, enter the name Image Frame to name the style, and then click OK. InDesign saves the attributes of the selected object as a new style and applies them to the selected frame.
13. Shift+click to select the remaining three images on page 2 that have not yet been formatted.
14. In the Object Styles panel, click the Image Frame style, applying it to all four images simultaneously.
 To better view the 1-point strokes and rounded corners on the four image frames, you may need to press Ctrl+(plus sign) (Windows) or Command+(plus sign) (Mac OS) to zoom in. This shortcut brings you progressively closer to the page. After you view the final result, choose View > Fit Page in Window or press Ctrl+0 (Windows) or Command+0 (Mac OS) to bring you back to a broad view of your file. |
15. Choose Edit > Deselect All to deselect the images, and then choose File > Save. Keep the document open.
Wrapping text around images
To force text away from graphics, and cause the text to wrap around the shape of the graphic, you can use text wrap to determine how far text should be pushed away from an object.
Wrapping text around the bounding box
When you place a graphic on a page, you might want the text to wrap around the frame that contains the graphic.
1. With the Selection tool (
), select the image of Athens on page 2. Click, hold, and drag it to the right so the upper-left corner of the image fits into the corner where the top and left margins intersect. Part of the image overlaps the text because the image frame is positioned above the text frame at the half-inch mark.
), select the image of Athens on page 2. Click, hold, and drag it to the right so the upper-left corner of the image fits into the corner where the top and left margins intersect. Part of the image overlaps the text because the image frame is positioned above the text frame at the half-inch mark.
2. Move the remaining three photos to the right so that the left edge of the frame is aligned with the left margin of the page. Holding down the Shift key while moving these frames will constrain their movement horizontally.
Move the image to the intersection of the top and left margins.
3. Make sure that the first image of Athens is currently selected.
4. Choose Window > Text Wrap. The Text Wrap panel opens.
5. Click the Wrap Around Bounding Box button (
), which causes the text to wrap around the edge of the frame.
), which causes the text to wrap around the edge of the frame.
Wrapping text around the image frame.
6. In the middle of the panel are the offset values, which determine how closely the text wraps around the image. Confirm that the Make All Settings the Same button (
) in the middle of the offset values is selected. Click the up-arrow, next to any one of the offset options, twice to set the offset to 0.125 inches. The text is positioned at least .125 inches away from the image frame.
) in the middle of the offset values is selected. Click the up-arrow, next to any one of the offset options, twice to set the offset to 0.125 inches. The text is positioned at least .125 inches away from the image frame.
7. Click the Object Styles button to display the Object Styles panel. Notice that the Object Style Image Frame that was applied to this image in the previous exercise contains a plus sign next to it. This indicates that a change has been made to the selected object beyond what the Object Style defines. If you don’t see this, verify that you have the frame selected with your Selection tool (
). Right-click the Image Frame object style and choose Redefine Style. This applies the changes made to the object to the Object style, and the remaining three images on the page update to reflect the updated Object style and now have the text wrap applied as well.
). Right-click the Image Frame object style and choose Redefine Style. This applies the changes made to the object to the Object style, and the remaining three images on the page update to reflect the updated Object style and now have the text wrap applied as well.
8. Choose File > Save to save your work. Keep the file open for the next exercise.
Using graphics with clipping paths and alpha channels
Some images contain clipping paths or alpha channels. Clipping paths and alpha channels can be used to hide information in an image, typically the background, enabling users to wrap text around part of the image. Clipping paths are stored in the Paths panel in Photoshop, and alpha channels are saved selections stored in the Channels panel in Photoshop.
The formats that utilize paths and channels include .psd, .eps, and .tif. These formats can hide parts of the image that are outside the path or channel when they are used in an InDesign layout. You will add a graphic to your layout that contains a clipping path from Photoshop, and then use the text wrap option to wrap text around the object’s shape. You will place the next image in the Transportation article on page 3 of the InDesign document.
1. Click the Pages button in the dock to open the Pages panel. Double-click on the page 3 icon, and page 3 centers in the workspace.
2. Choose Edit > Deselect All to make sure nothing is selected; then choose File > Place, and navigate to the id05lessons folder. Click once to select the image id0509.psd, and click to select the Show Import Options check box at the bottom of the Place dialog box. Click Open. The Image Import Options dialog box appears.
3. In the Image Import Options dialog box, click the Image tab. If necessary, click the Apply Photoshop Clipping Path check box so that it is checked, and confirm that Alpha Channel is set to None. Click OK to import the image.
Choosing the import options when placing an image with a clipping path.
4. Position the paintbrush-and-thumbnail cursor (
) at the top of the left column in the Transportation article, and then click to place the graphic. The train image, without a background, appears over the text. By selecting the Apply Photoshop Clipping Path option, you set the image to appear without its background.
) at the top of the left column in the Transportation article, and then click to place the graphic. The train image, without a background, appears over the text. By selecting the Apply Photoshop Clipping Path option, you set the image to appear without its background.
When placing the image, be certain the cursor does not display the paintbrush inside parentheses, as this indicates the image will be placed into an existing frame on the page. If you unintentionally place the image into a frame, choose Edit > Undo and repeat the process.
When Apply Photoshop Clipping Path is enabled, images display only the information inside a clipping path that was created in Photoshop.
5. With the image still selected, click the lower-left reference point locator (
) in the Control panel.
) in the Control panel.
Set the train image’s lower-left corner as the reference point.
6. In the Control panel, make sure that the Constrain Proportions for Scaling button (
) is selected. This constrains the proportions to keep them equal when the image is scaled.
) is selected. This constrains the proportions to keep them equal when the image is scaled.
7. Choose 50% from the Scale X percentage drop-down menu (
). The resulting image is a smaller train positioned in the lower-left corner of the Transportation article.
). The resulting image is a smaller train positioned in the lower-left corner of the Transportation article.
8. Choose Window > Text Wrap to open the Text Wrap panel, if it is not already open. Click the Wrap Around Object Shape button (
) to wrap the text around the shape of the image, and then change the offset amount to 0.1875 inches, then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).
) to wrap the text around the shape of the image, and then change the offset amount to 0.1875 inches, then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).
The text now wraps around the clipping path that was created using Photoshop.
Wrap text around the object shape.
9. Choose File > Save to save your work. Keep the file open for the next part of the lesson.
Removing an image background using InDesign
You don’t have to use Photoshop to remove the background from an image. You can use InDesign to create and apply a clipping path to an image. Clipping paths added to images using InDesign impact only the image in the InDesign document, and are not saved back into the original image file.
1. Choose Edit > Deselect All, to make sure nothing is selected. This keeps you from accidentally editing items in your layout. You will place a new image in the Discoveries article on page 3.
2. Choose File > Place. In the Place dialog box, navigate to the id05lessons folder. Select the id0510.psd image. At the bottom of the dialog box, make sure the Show Import Options check box is selected, and then click Open.
3. In the resulting Image Import Options dialog box, choose the Image tab. Notice that the Clipping Path options are not available. This is because no clipping path exists for this image. You will use InDesign to remove the background from the image. Click OK to place the image into your layout.
4. Position the paintbrush-and-thumbnail cursor (
) anywhere in the Discoveries article on page 3 and then click to place the image. Using the Selection tool (
), position the image in the center of the text. Keep the image selected for the next step in the exercise.
) anywhere in the Discoveries article on page 3 and then click to place the image. Using the Selection tool (), position the image in the center of the text. Keep the image selected for the next step in the exercise.
Place the id0510.psd image in the middle of the Discoveries article.
5. Choose Object > Clipping Path > Options. Select Detect Edges from the Type drop-down menu, leave the other settings at their defaults, and then click OK. You have removed the background by using the Detect Edges option to create a clipping path.
Remove the image background using Object > Clipping Path > Options.
6. Choose Edit > Deselect all or press or Shift+Ctrl+A (Windows) or Shift+Command+A (Mac OS) to deselct all objects on your page. If the Text Wrap panel is not visible, choose Window > Text Wrap. In the Text Wrap panel, click the Wrap around object shape button (
) to wrap the text around the image. You can enter a higher value to push the text away from the object shape, or set it at a lower value, causing the text to follow the contour of the object more closely.
) to wrap the text around the image. You can enter a higher value to push the text away from the object shape, or set it at a lower value, causing the text to follow the contour of the object more closely.
Wrap text around the object’s shape.
7. Choose File > Save to save your work.
Using anchored objects
Anchored objects, sometimes called inline objects, allow a graphic to follow text that relates to the image. For example, if you are creating a dictionary and have an image associated with an entry, you want the image to move with the definition. If the text moves, the image should move with the text.
Anchoring an object attaches it to the associated text. When the text moves, the object moves with the text. In this exercise, you will explore how to create anchored objects using the skills you have already learned to place images and text.
1. Use the page drop-down menu in the lower-left corner of the document window to navigate to page 4.
2. Using the Selection tool (
), click to select the City Art text frame on page 4. Press Ctrl+(plus sign) (Windows) or Command+(plus sign) (Mac OS) twice to zoom in on the selected frame.
), click to select the City Art text frame on page 4. Press Ctrl+(plus sign) (Windows) or Command+(plus sign) (Mac OS) twice to zoom in on the selected frame.
3. Choose File > Place. At the bottom of the Place dialog box, click to uncheck the Show Import Options check box. Navigate to the id05lessons folder, select id0513.psd, make sure the Replace Selected Item check box is selected, and then click Open. Position your cursor in the upper-right corner of the City Art text frame, and click to place the image at that location. Use your Selection tool to reposition the image, if necessary.
Place the image at the location where you want it to appear.
4. Using the Selection tool, click the image to select it. Notice a blue box located in the upper-right corner of the image. This blue box allows you to anchor the image to a specific location within text. Click the blue box and drag to the beginning of the word Chicago within the text.
Notice that an anchor now appears in the upper-right corner of the image frame indicating that it is anchored to the text. To see the exact location where the image is anchored, choose View > Extras > Show Text Threads.
Drag the blue box from the image to a location in the text to easily create an anchored object.
5. Switch to the Type tool (
), click to position the text cursor at the end of the paragraph in the line above the word Chicago, and then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) one time. The text moves down, and the graphic moves with the text.
), click to position the text cursor at the end of the paragraph in the line above the word Chicago, and then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) one time. The text moves down, and the graphic moves with the text.
The anchored image moves with its text.
InDesign has made the process of creating anchored objects quite easy, and allows for great flexibility when designing layouts where images need to be anchored to a specific location in a text frame.
6. Press Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Command+Z (Mac OS) to undo the paragraph return, bringing the image back to its original position.
7. To gain greater control of the positioning of the anchored image, switch to the Selection tool and then click once on the anchored image to select it. Choose Object > Anchored Object > Options. The Anchored Object Options dialog box appears.
8. In the Anchored Object Options dialog box, click to select the Preview check box in the lower-left corner. Choose Custom from the Position drop-down menu, and click the Relative to Spine check box. This causes the image position to remain consistent to the spine of the document if pages are added or deleted, and the page on which it is placed reflows.
Notice that the image remains linked to the text. If the text position changes, the image will continue to flow with the text. Leave all the other settings at their defaults, and then click OK to close the dialog box.
Set the anchored image to Custom and Relative to Spine to place the image outside the text frame.
9. To test the spine-sensitive options, choose View > Fit Spread In Window. Use the Selection tool to select the City Art frame. Drag the frame to the empty column on the right side of the City Music box on Page 5. Notice that the graphic automatically adjusts its position within the City Art box relative to the spread’s spine. Likewise, if the text flowed from a left page to a right page, the anchored object would reposition itself automatically.
When you reposition the City Art frame to Page 5, the graphic adjusts its position relative to the spine.
10. Press Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Command+Z (Mac OS) to undo the repositioning of the text frame, or drag the City Art frame back to its original position.
11. Save the file by choosing File > Save. Keep the file open for the next part of the lesson.
 Applying a text wrap to anchored graphics is the same as applying a text wrap to any object. Click the anchored graphic with the Selection tool, choose the desired option from the Text Wrap panel, and set your offset value accordingly. One limitation of applying text wrap to anchored objects is that the wrap will not apply to the line of text in which the graphic is anchored. In addition, Object Styles can be created and applied to inline graphics for consistent positioning of Anchored Objects in your document. |
Advanced importing
You can import more advanced graphics into your layouts, including Photoshop files that use layers, and InDesign documents, without converting them to any other file type. Even if you don’t work extensively with Photoshop, you can still follow along with these steps.
Importing layered Photoshop files
In this exercise, you’ll work with an imported Photoshop file that uses a group of layers that have been organized using a layer comp. Layer comps are a snapshot of the current state of the Photoshop Layers panel. Within Photoshop, you can change the visibility, position, and appearance of the layers to create different versions of a file. When you create a layer comp, it saves these settings by remembering the state of each layer at the time the layer comp was saved. You can use layer comps to create multiple compositions from a single Photoshop file.
When you import a .psd document into InDesign and select the Show Import Options check box, you can choose which layer comp to use from the Photoshop file within the InDesign document.
When you use layered Photoshop files in your InDesign layouts, you can change the visibility of the layers directly within InDesign. You do not need to go back to Photoshop to create or save different versions of an image. In this exercise, you will display different versions of an image by changing the visibility of the Photoshop layers and layer comps.
1. With the Zoom tool (
), click and drag to draw a box around the empty frame under the Sculpture article on page 4 of the InDesign document. This increases the magnification of the page, making the frame more clearly visible.
), click and drag to draw a box around the empty frame under the Sculpture article on page 4 of the InDesign document. This increases the magnification of the page, making the frame more clearly visible.
Use the Zoom tool to increase the magnification of the empty frame.
2. With the Selection tool (
), click to select the empty frame under the Sculpture article. Choose File > Place, and at the bottom of the Place dialog box, click to select both the Replace Selected Item check box and the Show Import Options check box so that both options are enabled. Navigate to the id05lessons folder, select id0511.psd, and then click Open. The Image Import Options dialog box opens.
), click to select the empty frame under the Sculpture article. Choose File > Place, and at the bottom of the Place dialog box, click to select both the Replace Selected Item check box and the Show Import Options check box so that both options are enabled. Navigate to the id05lessons folder, select id0511.psd, and then click Open. The Image Import Options dialog box opens.
3. In the resulting Image Import Options dialog box, click the Layers tab to bring the layers options forward. Notice that several layers are listed in the Show Layers section. Make sure the Show Preview check box is selected, and then click the box next to the hsbGray layer to display that layer’s option. The appearance of the image changes when you display the hsbGray layer.
4. Choose 3w/hsbGray from the Layer Comp drop-down menu to display a number of layer visibility changes that were defined by this layer comp when the image was edited in Photoshop.
Use the layer comp visibility options to change the visibility of layers in placed Photoshop files.
5. Click OK. The image imports into the InDesign layout and displays the layers from the Photoshop image that you selected in the Image Import Options dialog box.
Now you’ll explore how to change layer visibility of images after they’ve been placed in a layout.
6. If necessary, click the image with the Selection tool. With the image selected, choose Object > Object Layer Options. Choose Last Document State from the Layer Comp drop-down menu to return the image to its original settings, and then click OK.
Return the image to its original state using Object Layer Options.
7. Continuing to use the Selection tool, right-click (Windows) or Control+click (Mac OS) the image, and from the contextual menu, choose Fitting > Fill Frame Proportionally so the image fits nicely inside the frame.
8. Choose File > Save to save your work.
Importing InDesign layouts as graphics
Along with traditional image formats, you can also import other InDesign layouts into your document, placing them as graphics. You may have an ad or a flyer that was created in InDesign that you want to use in another InDesign layout. By importing an InDesign file as a graphic, you can make changes to the imported file and the modifications are automatically updated in your layout. In this exercise, you will import a CD booklet design, created using InDesign, into the layout.
1. Open the Pages panel from the dock on the right side of the workspace and, in the panel, double-click on page 5 to navigate to this page; then choose View > Fit Page in Window. Use the Selection tool (
) to select the frame beneath the City Music headline.
) to select the frame beneath the City Music headline.
2. Choose File > Place or press the keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+D (Windows) or Command+D (Mac OS). At the bottom of the Place dialog box, make sure that both the Replace Selected Item and the Show Import Options check boxes are checked, navigate to the id05lessons folder, and select the id0514.indd file. Click Open. The Place InDesign Document dialog box appears.
3. In the Place InDesign Document dialog box, click the General tab to bring it forward, and make sure the Crop to drop-down menu is set to Page bounding box, this determines how much of the page is displayed. The other two crop options for bleed and slug would be used if you wanted those additional layout options to be visible. Leave the Layers tab options unchanged, and then click OK.
Set the Crop options to Page bounding box when importing the InDesign document into your layout.
When you import InDesign files that have links, you need to have those links available for the new layout as well. In order to print or export the layout properly, those links need to be available at that time.
4. The CD booklet design fills the frame. Because it doesn’t fit entirely in the frame, right-click (Windows) or Control+click (Mac OS), and from the contextual menu, choose Fitting > Fit Content Proportionally.
5. Choose File > Save.
At the very bottom of the Tools panel, click and hold the Normal button (
) if the Tools panel is in single-column mode to reveal more viewing options, and then choose Preview. If the Tools panel is in double-column mode, click the Preview button (
) directly. Scroll through your completed layout. When you’re finished, choose File > Close to close the document.
) if the Tools panel is in single-column mode to reveal more viewing options, and then choose Preview. If the Tools panel is in double-column mode, click the Preview button () directly. Scroll through your completed layout. When you’re finished, choose File > Close to close the document.
Congratulations! You’ve finished Lesson 5, “Working with Graphics.”
Self study
For a different text wrap option, try placing id0509.psd in a block of text and, using the Text Wrap panel, select the Wrap around Object Shape button and choose Alpha Channel from the Contour Options drop-down menu. Make sure to go to the Object menu and choose Clipping Path > Options. Change the Type field to Alpha Channel, and set Alpha to trainOpenWindow.
Use Adobe Bridge or Mini Bridge to add more images to your document. Once you get used to this workflow, you will find that it can speed up the design process.
Create additional anchored images in the text frames of your document. Explore the offset options to change the positioning of anchored objects.
Customize the display of the Links panel, and change the sorting order of the links. Then use the Links panel to collect the links used in the document by using the Utilities > Copy Links To option in the Links panel menu.
Review
Questions
1. How can you have InDesign automatically fit images to frames or frames to images?
2. To flow text around the shape of a clipping path, which panel can you use?
3. How do you reposition a graphic inside its frame?
4. Which graphic format supports the visibility of layer comps?
5. Once a layered graphic is placed in an InDesign document, how do you change the layer visibility?
Answers
1. You can do this by using the Object > Fitting command.
2. You can use the Text Wrap panel.
3. You can reposition the graphic by using the new Content Grabber or by using the Direct Selection tool (
).
).
4. The Photoshop .psd file format supports the visibility of layer comps.
5. With the graphic selected, choose Object > Object Layer Options, or right-click (Windows) or Control+click (Mac OS), and choose Object Layer Options from the contextual menu.