Class: I absolutely expect you to watch the two videos. They are terrific. I had a slightly different vision in mind when I was talking about grid design, but I am absolutely looking forward to what Carly will share with us next week.
Carly, I'm really looking forward to your presentation! I'll be honest that I knew little to nothing about the baseline and document grid tools in InDesign before checking out the sources you linked. I've used columns and guidelines before to align texts and objects, but I've never set up my entire document in a grid like these describe. The distribution feature illustrated with the flags in the "Basic grid layout tricks in InDesign" was quite interesting. I would have just individually inserted and placed each flag one at a time and had no idea it was possible to do the same task much quicker that way! The same goes for the example with the five stars. It would have taken me much longer to draw one star and then copy it four more times. The shortcut for dividing the frames in the "How to Create Flexible Image Grids" was quite tricky. I had no idea you could do that so easily. I've always just created multiple different frames one after the other. There are a lot of time saving tips within these videos! Thanks for sharing!
Well this will certainly help when we get into our Messenger designing! instead of placing things individually I can copy and paste them all at once and have them aligned! I would have copied and placed the flags and stars individually and it would have taken up a lot more of my time. These are great time saving tips but I definitely will need to practice them a few times. The second video about the flexible image grids was really great to know. Just simple things like having the boxes together so that if one box was adjusted, the other boxes will change shape accordingly, make a huge difference just to time efficiency and productivity. That and the stroke spacing and curve tool are just little things that make a significant impact on the final product.
I'm definitely looking forwards to your presentation, Carly. It was great being able to go through the links you've listed. The example video of the basic grid layout tricks was extremely helpful, especially when dealing with the flags distribution. (I've never used it that way before.) I've just always inserted each photo individually and placed them one at a time. It's so much faster and more efficient this way!
In the second video dealing with flexible image grids, I really feel that I now have a faster way into dividing frames instead of again ding things individually. They're both time efficient methods and I think that after some practice, these tricks will come in handy while using InDesign for a full time project.
I'm looking forward to this presentation because in my Graphic Design 1 class we went over grids, and I still don't feel like I picked it up 100%. These articles and videos also really helped. Grids are a really good (and quick!) way to place photos and it's easier than making separate picture boxes and placing them individually.
I especially like the video about the flexible image grids and how to make the edges or corners rounded. Makes it look so easy! I will definitely return to some of these videos if I have to work with InDesign and do grid layout in the future. Thanks!
Class:
ReplyDeleteI absolutely expect you to watch the two videos. They are terrific. I had a slightly different vision in mind when I was talking about grid design, but I am absolutely looking forward to what Carly will share with us next week.
Carly,
ReplyDeleteI'm really looking forward to your presentation! I'll be honest that I knew little to nothing about the baseline and document grid tools in InDesign before checking out the sources you linked. I've used columns and guidelines before to align texts and objects, but I've never set up my entire document in a grid like these describe. The distribution feature illustrated with the flags in the "Basic grid layout tricks in InDesign" was quite interesting. I would have just individually inserted and placed each flag one at a time and had no idea it was possible to do the same task much quicker that way! The same goes for the example with the five stars. It would have taken me much longer to draw one star and then copy it four more times. The shortcut for dividing the frames in the "How to Create Flexible Image Grids" was quite tricky. I had no idea you could do that so easily. I've always just created multiple different frames one after the other. There are a lot of time saving tips within these videos! Thanks for sharing!
Well this will certainly help when we get into our Messenger designing! instead of placing things individually I can copy and paste them all at once and have them aligned! I would have copied and placed the flags and stars individually and it would have taken up a lot more of my time. These are great time saving tips but I definitely will need to practice them a few times. The second video about the flexible image grids was really great to know. Just simple things like having the boxes together so that if one box was adjusted, the other boxes will change shape accordingly, make a huge difference just to time efficiency and productivity. That and the stroke spacing and curve tool are just little things that make a significant impact on the final product.
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely looking forwards to your presentation, Carly. It was great being able to go through the links you've listed. The example video of the basic grid layout tricks was extremely helpful, especially when dealing with the flags distribution. (I've never used it that way before.) I've just always inserted each photo individually and placed them one at a time. It's so much faster and more efficient this way!
ReplyDeleteIn the second video dealing with flexible image grids, I really feel that I now have a faster way into dividing frames instead of again ding things individually. They're both time efficient methods and I think that after some practice, these tricks will come in handy while using InDesign for a full time project.
I'm looking forward to this presentation because in my Graphic Design 1 class we went over grids, and I still don't feel like I picked it up 100%. These articles and videos also really helped. Grids are a really good (and quick!) way to place photos and it's easier than making separate picture boxes and placing them individually.
ReplyDeleteI especially like the video about the flexible image grids and how to make the edges or corners rounded. Makes it look so easy! I will definitely return to some of these videos if I have to work with InDesign and do grid layout in the future. Thanks!