Layout for Dummies?
Willow:
If you've read Awesome Adventures, you may have noticed that it's not the most beautifully laid out book. That's because I laid it out myself, using Open Office.
So, I'm looking forward to my next game, Escape from Tentacle City, and I think it would be good for me to practice with layout a bit. I have a copy of InDesign, but I can't make heads or tails of it.
Can anyone recommend a good tutorial for InDesign, or a free, easier to use alternative?
iago:
Look for the book Real World InDesign (for your version, though many concepts translate from version to version), authors Kvern and Blatner. It's a brick, but the version of the book I have it for (CS2) was astonishingly well-written.
lev_lafayette:
Try Scribus. Free, open source, good tutorials available.
c.f,. http://www.scribus.net/
jerry:
Answering your subject line, I've found two books very useful for getting up to speed on layout basics.
The Non-Designers Design Book (Robin Williams)
Looking Good in Print (Roger C. Parker)
In that order.
Ben Lehman:
I learned InDesign "orally," mostly over chat with Joshua Newman and (sometimes) John Harper.
I'm happy to do the same with you.
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