#PHOTOBOOK TEMPLATES FOR INDESIGN PDF#
#PHOTOBOOK TEMPLATES FOR INDESIGN FULL#

Setting up your Master Pages now will make it easier next time you create a book in InDesign. You can build them for any layout you need, and InDesign will let you use them with the click of the mouse. Think of it as a set of templates that we use to build pages throughout the book. One powerful feature of InDesign is the ability to setup Master Pages. Using this smaller size allows us the flexibility to use both presses on the same book. Sheet-fed for the glossy, and Web press for the text pages. They are also printed on different presses. This means that the cover is a thicker, usually glossy stock while the text pages are a lighter paper. We're using a size that's is smaller than the standard 8.5 x 11 inches, because books are often printed as combos. Your height and width values should be set to 49p6 x 64p6 Picas. It's important to add the quote ( ') at the end of your height and width values, since InDesign defaults to Picas. Leave the rest on their default settings. You should create the document using the following settings (as shown in the video above):

#PHOTOBOOK TEMPLATES FOR INDESIGN PDF#

A correctly designed bleed layout should reach all the way to the edges of the PDF file.First let's create a new document. They might look a bit thinner in the printed book but may still be visible.

The white edges around the page would likely appear in the printed version. A correctly designed bleed layout must reach all the way to the outer red bleed lines in the Indesign template.īelow is the same incorrect design as seen in the exported PDF. The actual trimming could occur a bit to either side of the trim line and result in an unwanted white edge in the printed version of this book. In this example the edges of the photo don't extend to the red bleed line. This is how a correctly designed bleed layout should look in the exported PDF, with no unwanted white edge. This design is good because the image runs all the way to each edge without any white margins. (The dark grey border is just Acrobat Reader's background). The image runs all the way to the outer red bleed line along each side.īelow is the same design as seen in the exported PDF.

#PHOTOBOOK TEMPLATES FOR INDESIGN FULL#

Below is a correctly designed full bleed layout. Correct full bleed designĪ full bleed layout is design where the image or background cover runs all the way to the edge of the page (the outer red bleed line in our InDesign plug-in template). Always position important content so it doesn't cross the magenta line.Įxample layouts: bleed line 1. The top of the dog's ear will likely be trimmed off (and the bridge tower to the right might be trimmed, too). Some of the text may be trimmed off in the printed book, particularly the first row and the text along the right side.īelow, the arrow indicates where the dog's ear crosses the magenta line and almost touches the black trim line. The text below is placed beyond the magenta safe line (and very close to the black trim line). Incorrect layout: content crosses the magenta safe line There's no risk of those being trimmed off.Ģ.

There's no risk of the text being cut off.īelow, the important content (the dog's ears and the bridge towers) doesn't cross the magenta safe line. Correct layout: content doesn't cross the magenta safe lineīelow, the text doesn't cross the magenta safe line. That will ensure it won't be trimmed off.Įxample layouts: magenta safe line 1. Don't let important content touch or cross the magenta safe line. Keep important content away from the black trim line.ĪKA the safe line. The actual trimming may could occur slightly to either side of the black line. The black trim line is an approximation of where the trimming will occur. You'll see three colored lines in each template when using our Blurb Book Creator plug-in for InDesign.įull-bleed images must reach the outermost red bleed line in order to ensure a full bleed without an unwanted white edge. You'll see examples of good and bad layout choices regarding those lines. This article explains the bleed, trim and safe lines found in our InDesign plug-in templates.

Photobook templates for indesign