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Select a path. - Applying an Arrowhead Add another arrow- head to the other end of the line, if you want. InDesign applies the arrowhead to the selected path. Choose an arrowhead type from the Start or End pop-up menus in the Stroke panel. Note that arrowheads do not extend the length of a path. To swap the arrowheads on the beginning and end of a path, select the path using the Direct Selection tool and choose Reverse Path from the Paths submenu of the Object menu (see Figure 5-36). You won’t nd this basic stroke option in the Stroke panel, so stop looking. Instead, it’s in the Attributes panel (choose Attributes from the Window menu). Checking the Overprint Stroke option makes the stroke overprint (rather than knock out of) whatever’s behind it. is might not seem like much, but if you’re creating color publica- tions, you’ll nd it’s one of the most important features in InDesign (see Chapter 10, “Color”). When you choose a dotted, dashed, or striped stroke, InDesign dis- plays the Gap Color and the Gap Tint pop-up menus at the bottom of the Stroke panel (see Figure 5-37). Use these controls to specify the color and tint of the “blank” areas in the stroke. When you apply a dotted or dashed stroke to a page item, InDesign displays the Corners pop-up menu at the bottom of the Stroke panel. e options on this menu control the way that InDesign draws the stroke as it crosses points on the path (see Figure 5-38). When you choose Adjust Dashes, InDesign will change the length of the dashes in the path so that a dash appears centered on each point in the path. Choose Adjust Gaps, and InDesign will change the length of the dashes in the path to accomplish the same eect. As you’d expect, choosing Adjust Dashes and Gaps changes the length of both dashes and gaps in the dash pattern, and choosing None does not adjust the position of dashes in the pattern at all. Overprint Gap Color and Gap Tint Corner Adjustment Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 361Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 361 08/04/2009 05:55:06 p.m.08/04/2009 05:55:06 p.m. . - Setting the Gap Color of a Stroke Dotted stroke with gap color set to “None” Dotted stroke with gap color set to a 50% tint of Black. Why adjust the dashes and/or gaps in a dash pattern? If you don’t, you can easily end up with gaps at the corners of paths. It’s particu- larly noticeable when you apply dashed strokes to rectangles. Once you’ve applied a stroke to a particular path, you can change the stroke using any of the following methods. Again, there’s no “right” way to edit a stroke—which method is best and quickest depends on how you work and which panels you have open at the time you want to change the stroke. Display the Stroke panel, then make changes in the panel. Click the Stroke selector in the Color panel, then click a color in the panel (see Chapter 10, “Color,” for more on applying colors using the Color panel). Use the Stroke button at the bottom of the Toolbox to apply or remove colors and gradients from the path. Editing Strokes Select a path using the Direct Selection tool. Choose Reverse Path from the Paths submenu of the Object menu. InDesign reverses the direction of the path. - Reversing the Direction of a Path Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 362Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 362 08/04/2009 05:55:06 p.m.08/04/2009 05:55:06 p.m. Select the path, then choose a new stroke weight from the Stroke Weight submenu of the Context menu. Use the Eyedropper tool to pick up the stroke of a path and apply that formatting to another path. To quickly remove a stroke from a path, do one of the following. Select the path, click the Stroke selector, then click None. Select the path, display the Swatches panel, click the Stroke selector at the top of the panel, and then click the None swatch. Enter 0 in the Weight eld of the Stroke panel. Stroke Styles If you’ve looked through the default strokes and haven’t seen the stroke pattern you’re looking for, you can probably create it using InDesign’s stroke styles. is is provided that the stroke you’re look- ing for is dashed, dotted, or striped—InDesign does not yet support Removing Strokes - Corner Adjustment for Dashed Strokes If you don’t adjust the dashed stroke pattern, you run the risk of unsightly gaps at the corners of the shape. Adjust the dashes and/or gaps to make InDesign draw the dash centered on each corner of the path. Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 363Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 363 08/04/2009 05:55:07 p.m.08/04/2009 05:55:07 p.m. . strokes made up of arbitrary shapes. If you need a special skull and crossbones stroke for your pirate/goth/metal newsletter, you’ll have to create it from scratch (using text paths, as shown in Chapter 6, “Where Text Meets Graphics”). To create a stroke style, follow these steps (see Figure 5-39) 1. Choose Stroke Styles from the Stroke panel menu. InDesign displays the Stroke Styles dialog box. 2. Click the New button to create a new stroke style. If you want to base your new stroke style on an existing style, select the style from the list of stroke styles before you click the button. InDesign displays the New Stroke Style dialog box. 3. Enter a name for the stroke style. Choose a stroke style type (Dash, Dotted, or Stripe) from the Type pop-up menu. 4. Set the options for the stroke style. e available options vary depending on the type of stroke style you selected. For each type, InDesign displays a preview of the stroke style with an associated Preview Weight eld. As you would expect, changing the stroke weight using this eld aects only the pre- view image of the stroke—the stroke style does not include the stroke weight. In each of the stroke style types, the Pattern Length eld controls the length of the pattern in the stroke style. Dash. Drag the cursor in the area below the ruler to set the length of the dashes in the stroke style, or enter values in the Start or Length elds. To make more than one dash in the pat- tern, click in the white area and drag. To remove a dash, point at the black area and drag it away from the ruler. You can also set the line cap and the way that InDesign handles the dash pattern around corners. ese options work in exactly the same way as their counterparts in the Stroke panel, as discussed previously in this chapter. Dotted. When you choose Dotted from the Type pop-up menu, you can add dots to the pattern by clicking below the ruler, or by entering a value in the Center eld. Either way, you’re control- ling the location of the center of the dot relative to the pattern length. You cannot scale the width or height of the dot—it’s always a circle whose width is determined by the stroke weight. (If you’re looking for an oval dot, use a dashed stroke with a rounded line cap.) Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 364Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 364 08/04/2009 05:55:07 p.m.08/04/2009 05:55:07 p.m. - Dening a Stroke Style Choose Stroke Styles from the Stroke panel. InDesign displays the Stroke Styles dialog box. Click the New button. InDesign displays the New Stroke Style dialog box. Choose a stroke type from the Type pop-up menu. Click the ruler and then drag to set the location of the dots, dashes, or stripes… …or enter values in the corresponding elds. If you chose Dash or Stripe, the controls are a little dierent, but the idea is the same—drag in the ruler window or enter values to dene the stroke’s appearance. InDesign adds the stroke style to the list of stroke styles. Click OK to close the Stroke Styles dialog box. Click OK when you’ve nished dening the stroke style. InDesign adds the stroke style to the list of stroke styles in the Stroke panel. To apply the stroke style, choose it from the pop-up menu as you would any of the default strokes. To base your stroke style on an existing stroke style, select the stroke style before you click the New button. Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 365Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 365 08/04/2009 05:55:07 p.m.08/04/2009 05:55:07 p.m. . e options on the Corners pop-up menu control the way that dots are adjusted around corners in paths you’ve applied the dotted stroke style to. Choose None for no adjustment, or choose Adjust Gaps to have InDesign increase or decrease the gap between dots to make dots appear at each point on the path. Note that adjusting the gaps results in uneven spacing between dots on a path, but is probably less distracting than having dots “miss” the corners of a path (particularly on a rectangle). To remove a dot, drag the dot out of the ruler window. Stripe. Specify the way that the stripes ll the width of the path by dragging the cursor to the right of the ruler or by entering values in the Start and Width elds. To add a new stripe, drag the cursor in a white area. To remove a stripe, drag the stripe out of the ruler window. Stroke styles exist inside a document; creating a stroke style in a specic document does not add that stroke style to any other docu- ments. You can copy stroke styles from one document to another. You can save and load stroke styles, and you can add stroke styles to all new documents. To add a stroke style to all new documents, create or load the stroke style when no documents are open. You apply stroke styles just as you would apply any of the default stroke types: select an object, then choose the stroke style from the Type pop-up menu in the Stroke panel. To edit a stroke style, choose Stroke Styles from the Stroke panel pop-up menu, select the style from the list of styles in the Stroke Styles dialog box, and click the Edit button. InDesign displays the Edit Stroke Style dialog box. Make changes to the stroke style denition and close the dialog box, and InDesign will change the appearance of all of the objects you’ve applied the stroke style to. To delete a stroke style, choose Stroke Styles from the Stroke panel pop-up menu, select the style from the list of styles in the Stroke Styles dialog box, and click the Delete button. When you delete a stroke style, InDesign will display a dialog box asking which stroke style you want to use to replace the stroke style you’re deleting. Choose a stroke style from the pop-up menu and click the OK button, and InDesign will replace all occurrences of the deleted style with the stroke style you’ve selected. Applying Stroke Styles Editing Stroke Styles Deleting Stroke Styles Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 366Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 366 08/04/2009 05:55:08 p.m.08/04/2009 05:55:08 p.m. To save the stroke styles in your document to a stroke styles le, choose Stroke Styles from the Stroke panel pop-up menu, select the styles you want to save from the list of styles in the Stroke Styles dialog box, and click the Save button. InDesign displays a standard le dialog box where you can choose a location and enter a le name for the saved stroke styles le. Saved InDesign stroke style docu- ments have the le extension “.inst”. To load stroke styles from a saved stroke styles le, choose Stroke Styles from the Stroke panel menu to display the Stroke Styles dialog box, then click the Load button. InDesign displays a standard le dialog box. Locate and select the le you want to load stroke styles from and click OK to load the styles into the current document. To copy a single stroke style from one document to another, select an object formatted with the stroke style, copy it, and then paste it into another document. InDesign will bring the stroke style along with the object, and you can then delete the object. Fills Just as strokes determine what the outside of a path looks like, lls specify the appearance of the inside of a path. Fills can make the inside of a path a solid color, or a linear or radial gradient. Any path you create can be lled, including open paths. To apply a ll, select a path and do one of the following. Click the Fill selector at the top of the Swatches panel, then click a color swatch (see Figure 5-40). Click the Fill selector at the bottom of the Tools panel, then click the Apply Color button (or press comma). is applies the most recently selected color or swatch (see Figure 5-41). Drag a swatch out of the Swatches panel or Color panel and drop it on a path (see Figure 5-42). e path doesn’t have to be selected. Click the Fill selector in the Color panel, then dene a color in the panel (see Figure 5-43). Select the Eyedropper tool. Click an object formatted with the ll you want, then click object to apply the ll (see Figure 5-44). Saving Stroke Styles Loading Stroke Styles Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 367Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 367 08/04/2009 05:55:08 p.m.08/04/2009 05:55:08 p.m. . - Applying a Fill (Tools Panel Method) Click the Fill selector (if it’s not already active)… Click the Apply Color button. InDesign applies the most recently selected swatch to the ll of the selected object. Drag a color swatch out of the Swatches panel… - Applying a Fill (Drag and Drop Method) Note that you don’t need to select the object when applying a ll using drag and drop. …and drop it in the interior of a path. Click the Fill selector (if it’s not already active)… Select an object. …and click a color swatch. InDesign applies the swatch to the ll of the selected object. - Applying a Fill (Swatches Panel Method) Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 368Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 368 08/04/2009 05:55:08 p.m.08/04/2009 05:55:08 p.m. Click the Fill selector in the Color panel (if it’s not already active). Dene a color. You can change color models, drag the sliders, enter values in the elds, or click anywhere in the color (as we have in this example). - Applying a Fill (Color Panel Method) Select an object. InDesign applies the color to the ll of the object. Use the Eyedropper tool to pick up the color you want from another path… …and then click the Eyedropper tool on the path you want to format. - Applying a Fill (Eyedropper Method) To quickly remove a ll from a path, do one of the following: Click the Fill selector in the Tools panel, then click the None button (or, better yet, press /). Click the Fill button in the Color panel and then click the None swatch (if you can’t see the None swatch, it’s because you’ve hidden the Color panel’s option—choose Show Options from the Color panel menu to display the options). Click the Fill button at the bottom of the Toolbox, then click the None swatch in the Swatches panel. Gradients A “gradient” is a type of ll or stroke that creates a graduation from one color to another—an eect also known as a “fountain,” “blend,” or “vignette.” InDesign oers two types of gradients: “Linear” and “Radial.” For either type of gradient ll, you can set the colors used in the gradient, the rate at which one color blends into another, and Removing Fills Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 369Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 369 08/04/2009 05:55:08 p.m.08/04/2009 05:55:08 p.m. . the colors used in the gradient (gradients can contain two or more colors). For Linear gradients, you can set the angle that the gradua- tion is to follow. Linear gradients create a smooth color transition (or series of tran- sitions) from one end of a path to another; Radial gradients create a graduation from the center of a path to its edges. Gradients applied to paths are calculated relative to the geometric bounds of the path; gradients applied to text characters use the geometric bounding box of the text frame containing the text (not the individual characters themselves). To apply a gradient to a path, follow these steps (see Figure 5-45). 1. Select the path using the Selection tool or the Direct Selection tool, or select text using the Text tool or Path Text tool. 2. Do one of the following. Click the Fill or Stroke selector in the Tools panel (to specify which part of the path you want to apply the gradient to). Click the Apply Gradient button at the bottom of the Tools panel. Display the Gradient panel (choose Gradient from the Window menu), and then click the gradient ramp. Click an existing gradient swatch in the Swatches panel (press F5 to display the Swatches panel). You can also drag the gradient swatch out of the Swatches panel and drop it on a path (the path doesn’t have to be selected). Select the Eyedropper tool and click an object formatted with a gradient, then click the tool again on the selected path. Select the Gradient tool and drag the tool inside the path. When you create or edit a gradient, you work with InDesign’s gradi- ent controls: the gradient ramp, gradient stop icons, and center point icons. What the heck are we talking about? See Figure 5-46. In our opinion, the best way to apply gradients is to use the Swatches panel. Just as applying a color from the Swatches panel establishes a link between the color swatch and the object you’ve applied it to, so applying a gradient swatch links the swatch and the objects you’ve formatted with it. is means that you can edit the denition of the Applying Gradients Gradient Controls Creating a Gradient Swatch Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 370Real_World_Adobe_InDesign_CS4b.pdf 370 08/04/2009 05:55:08 p.m.08/04/2009 05:55:08 p.m. [...]... accept the changes Real_ World_ Adobe_ InDesign_ CS4b.pdf 382 08/04/2009 05:55:10 p.m 370 real world adobe indesign cs4 Note that if you apply an effect to the whole object, and it’s a text frame with a fill of None, InDesign applies the effect to the text inside the frame Give the frame an opaque fill to affect the frame itself Drop Shadows The most popular (by far) transparency effect in InDesign s arsenal... in the Opacity field (or drag the associated slider) Real_ World_ Adobe_ InDesign_ CS4b.pdf 376 08/04/2009 05:55:09 p.m 364 real world adobe indesign cs4 Figure 5-51 Applying Transparency to an Object Enter an opacity percentage Choose a blending mode Select an object Display the Effects panel, if it’s not already visible (press Command/Ctrl-Shift-F10) InDesign makes the selected object transparent Is that... strokes) the path with the color How the heck do you get a swatch color into a gradient stop? Real_ World_ Adobe_ InDesign_ CS4b.pdf 374 Select a gradient stop Hold down Option/ Alt and click the color swatch in the Swatches panel InDesign assigns the color to the gradient stop 08/04/2009 05:55:09 p.m 362 real world adobe indesign cs4 Applying a Gradient to Multiple Paths To apply a gradient to more than one... object or image Inner Bevel can stand on its own if need be Satin Real_ World_ Adobe_ InDesign_ CS4b.pdf 386 The Satin effect is supposed to make your objects look as though wrapped in satin While the equivalent feature in Photoshop can result in a cool look, the implementation in InDesign leaves much 08/04/2009 05:55:11 p.m 374 real world adobe indesign cs4 to be desired and we usually just ignore it The... ▶ Angle The Angle determines what InDesign considers to be “top,” “right,” and so on Set this to 45 degrees and the feather is rotated so that the Top Feather width is actually referring to the object’s upper-left corner Rotate it 180 degrees and “top” becomes “bottom,” and so on Real_ World_ Adobe_ InDesign_ CS4b.pdf 388 08/04/2009 05:55:12 p.m 376 real world adobe indesign cs4 Figure 5-63 Feather Corner... Color Dodge both lightens and slightly colorizes with the foreground color Color Burn colorizes while darkening the background We find it’s hard to predict the Real_ World_ Adobe_ InDesign_ CS4b.pdf 378 08/04/2009 05:55:10 p.m 366 real world adobe indesign cs4 result with either of these, especially because you’ll see radically different effects depending on whether your Transparency Blend Space is set... (optional) 2 Display the Swatches panel, if it’s not already visible, then choose New Gradient Swatch from the Swatches panel menu InDesign displays the New Gradient Swatch dialog box If you selected an object in Step 1, InDesign picks up the attributes of the gradient Real_ World_ Adobe_ InDesign_ CS4b.pdf 371 08/04/2009 05:55:08 p.m chapter 5 drawing Figure 5-46 Gradient Controls Gradient ramp Gradient stop... apply a gradient, select a path, display the Gradient panel, then click the gradient ramp InDesign applies the gradient object 08/04/2009 05:55:09 p.m 360 real world adobe indesign cs4 Figure 5-47 Creating a Gradient Swatch Choose New Gradient Swatch from the Swatches panel menu (or click the New Swatch button) InDesign displays the New Gradient Swatch dialog box Click the OK button… Enter a name for... behave as you specified (see Figure 5-63) Knockout Group When you select a group containing transparent objects and turn on the Knockout Group option, InDesign makes the objects in the group opaque to each other (see Figure 5-64) In Real_ World_ Adobe_ InDesign_ CS4b.pdf 379 08/04/2009 05:55:10 p.m chapter 5 drawing 367 Figure 5-53 Isolate Blending The selected group contains three circles Each circle... behind the group other words, the option should really be named “Knockout Objects Inside the Group,” but there’s not room in the panel Objects outside the group are treated according to the state of the Isolate Blending option (see above) And yes, it is possible to have both Isolate Blending and Knockout Group turned on Groups and Transparency Real_ World_ Adobe_ InDesign_ CS4b.pdf 380 There’s a difference . of the Object menu. InDesign reverses the direction of the path. - Reversing the Direction of a Path Real_ World_ Adobe_ InDesign_ CS4b.pdf 36 2Real_ World_ Adobe_ InDesign_ CS4b.pdf 362. shape. Adjust the dashes and/or gaps to make InDesign draw the dash centered on each corner of the path. Real_ World_ Adobe_ InDesign_ CS4b.pdf 36 3Real_ World_ Adobe_ InDesign_ CS4b.pdf 363 08/04/2009 05:55:07. color swatch. InDesign applies the swatch to the ll of the selected object. - Applying a Fill (Swatches Panel Method) Real_ World_ Adobe_ InDesign_ CS4b.pdf 36 8Real_ World_ Adobe_ InDesign_ CS4b.pdf
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