{"id":2977,"date":"2012-09-26T13:06:10","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T17:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mmprint.com\/blog\/?p=2977"},"modified":"2013-07-19T12:26:46","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T16:26:46","slug":"indesign-tips-advance-catalog-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/blog\/2012\/indesign-tips-advance-catalog-design\/","title":{"rendered":"InDesign Tips to Speed Up Your Catalog Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We sort out great websites for you to <a title=\"5 Outstanding Websites to Download Free Commercial-Use Fonts\" href=\"http:\/\/mmprint.com\/blog\/2011\/5-outstanding-websites-download-free-commercial-use-fonts\/\" rel=\"noopener\">download free for commercial use fonts<\/a> or <a title=\"10 Free for Commercial Use Vector Graphic Galleries for Designers\" href=\"http:\/\/mmprint.com\/blog\/2011\/10-free-download-vector-graphics-galleries-designers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free for commercial use vector art<\/a>\u00a0and write tutorials and tips for designers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why do we even bother? Well, honestly, it makes our job easier!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Truth is, we can use the most state-of-the-art printing presses like the\u00a0<a title=\"Marsid M&amp;M Acquires New Konica Minolta Bizhub C8000\" href=\"http:\/\/whattheythink.com\/news\/59818-marsid-mm-group-acquire-biz-hub-c8000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Konica Minolta C8000 we acquired recently<\/a>,\u00a0but if the files are not print-ready and well crafted, the outcome can literally be garbage&#8230;that goes in our paper recycle bins of course!<\/p>\n<p>In my experience:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>80% of the outcome of a print job is dependent on the design files<\/li>\n<li>Most times, a graphic designer acts as a\u00a0liaison\u00a0between us (<a title=\"Catalog Printing Services, Free Shipping\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/color-catalog-printing.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">the catalog printer<\/a>) and the customer<\/li>\n<li>Many times the customer <em>is<\/em> the designer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Therefore, we sincerely want the designer\/customer to be proficient with their design tools and so, we offer the resources to learn how to do so.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Keep reading to learn how InDesign can speed up your catalog design and make you a truly efficient designer&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ed1e24; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/catalog-indesign-master-pages.png\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3009\" title=\"Catalog Printing - Indesign Master Pages\" alt=\"Catalog Printing - Indesign Master Pages\" src=\"http:\/\/mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/catalog-indesign-master-pages.png\" width=\"590\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/catalog-indesign-master-pages.png 590w, https:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/catalog-indesign-master-pages-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/catalog-indesign-master-pages-150x75.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Adobe InDesign Gives You Design Superpowers<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well, not really. But it does make the process of designing a catalog 10x easier!<\/p>\n<p>One of the most tedious part of designing a catalog for print is well, repetition.<\/p>\n<p>What would you find repeated throughout a catalog?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Headers<\/li>\n<li>Footers<\/li>\n<li>Backgrounds<\/li>\n<li>Logos<\/li>\n<li>Watermarks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2993\" title=\"Adobe InDesign Master Pages\" alt=\"Adobe InDesign Master Pages\" src=\"http:\/\/mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/indesign-pages-masters.jpg\" width=\"211\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/indesign-pages-masters.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/indesign-pages-masters-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/indesign-pages-masters-105x150.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><strong>What can we do about it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adobe InDesign answers that question for us with &#8220;Master Pages&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Notice how in the top area of the image there is a graphic of a page labeled &#8220;A-Master&#8221;. Notice the pages below it are all labeled &#8220;A&#8221;. That means that any changes done to the A-Master page will also appear in all pages labeled &#8220;A&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now isn&#8217;t that nifty??<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can place any repetitive information that will be found throughout your catalog in the A-Master page and it will be found on all of your pages marked A.<\/p>\n<p>I<strong>f you find that you need to have some of the pages with a different layout, you have 2 options&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Simply drag the page labeled &#8220;[None]&#8221; to the page that will be different. This removes the A-Master layout<\/li>\n<li>Create a new Master such as B-Master so that you can use a totally different layout on other pages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>This feature alone will save you countless hours that will be better spent designing the body of the catalog.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Now that&#8217;s efficiency.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is a youtube video from Lynda.com that explains how to use InDesign Master Pages in detail:<\/p>\n[tentblogger-youtube tBC2ufj7Pvc]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Please comment with any InDesign advice or tips you may have and don&#8217;t forget to share this post!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We sort out great websites for you to download free for commercial use fonts or free for commercial use vector art\u00a0and write tutorials and tips for designers. &nbsp; Why do we even bother? 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