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INDESIGN 5-28 Working with Color 6. Select the frame shown in Figure 42. 7. Click File on the menu bar, click Place, navi- gate to the drive and folder where your Data Files are stored, then double-click OAHU graphic.ai. OAHU graphic.ai is an Adobe Illustrator file. The fill color of O, A, H, and U is PANTONE 663—the same PANTONE 663 fill that was created in InDesign and applied to the bor- der and the “TWIST & SHOUT” text. For this reason, PANTONE 663 does not need to be added to the Swatches palette. TIP If, when you import the graphic, a dia- log box appears warning you that the PAN- TONE color in the graphic is defined differently and asking you if you want to replace it, click No. (continued) FIGURE 42 Selecting a frame for a graphic Lesson 3 Work with Spot Colors INDESIGN 5-29 8. Click Object on the menu bar, point to Fitting, then click Center Content. 9. Deselect all, then compare your document with Figure 43. 10.Save your work, then close OAHU Magazine Cover. You imported a graphic that was created with a spot color in another application, then noted that the spot color was automatically added to the Swatches palette. Next, you imported a graphic that was filled with the same spot color that you had already created in InDesign. FIGURE 43 Viewing the document page LESSON 4 What You’ll Do INDESIGN 5-30 Working with Color Creating Gradients A gradient is a graduated blend of two or more colors. By definition, every gradient must have at least two colors, which are commonly referred to as the starting and ending colors of the gradient. You can add colors to a gradient, colors that come between the starting and ending colors. The colors that you add are called color stops. In InDesign, you create gradients by click- ing New Gradient Swatch on the Swatches menu. This opens the New Gradient Swatch dialog box, as shown in Figure 44. In this dialog box, you define all the elements of the gradient. Like new colors, you can give your gradient a descriptive name. You use the gradient ramp to define the starting, ending, and any intermediary colors for your gradient. You choose whether your gradient will be radial or linear using the Type list arrow. You can think of a radial gradient as a series of concentric circles. With a radial gradient, the starting color appears at the center of the gradient, then radiates out to the ending color. You can think of a linear gradient as a series of straight lines that gradate from one color to another (or through multi- ple colors). Figure 45 shows a linear and a radial gradient, each composed of three colors. Figure 46 shows the dialog box used to create the linear gradient. The gradient ramp represents the gradient, and the yel- low color stop is selected. The sliders show that the color stop was formatted with 100% yellow. Note that the Stop Color text box reads CMYK. You can create gradients using swatches already in the Swatches palette as stop colors. In Figure 47, the selected color stop is a spot color named PANTONE 344 C. Note that the Stop Color text box reads Swatches. When you choose Swatches from the Stop Color menu, all the named colors in the Swatches palette are listed and avail- able to be used in the gradient. When you close the New Gradient Swatch dialog box, the new gradient swatch appears in the Swatches palette along with all the other named color swatches. In this lesson, you will create gradients and explore options for applying them to frames. ▼ WORK WITH GRADIENTS Lesson 4 Work with Gradients INDESIGN 5-31 FIGURE 44 New Gradient Swatch dialog box FIGURE 45 A linear and a radial gradient FIGURE 46 Viewing a linear gradient FIGURE 47 Viewing a gradient with a named color Radial gradient Linear gradient Type: defines a gradient as linear or radial Starting color Color stop (selected) Location: Identifies location of color stop on the gradient ramp Ending color Color stop (selected) Spot color chosen for the selected color stop Swatch name Stop Color: defines a stop color as a named or unnamed process color or a spot color Selected stop color is defined as a named color Applying Gradients You apply a gradient to an object the same way you apply a color to an object. Simply select the object, then click the gradient in the Swatches palette. A gradient swatch can be applied as a fill or as a stroke. If you use a gradient to fill an object, you can further control how the gradient fills the object using the Gradient Tool. The Gradient Tool allows you to change the length and/or direction of a linear or radial gradient. You can also use it to change the angle of a linear gradient and the center point of a radial gradient. To use the Gradient Tool, you first select an object with a gradient fill, then you drag the Gradient Tool over the object. For both linear and radial gradients, where you begin dragging and where you stop drag- ging determines the length of the gradi- ent, from starting color to ending color. For linear gradients, the angle that you drag the Gradient Tool determines the angle that the blend fills the object. Figure 48 shows six rows of six squares, which are InDesign frames filled with gra- dients. Each frame is filled with a rainbow gradient. The gradient appears differently in each row as a result of dragging the gra- dient tool. The black line associated with each example represents the length and direction that the Gradient Tool was dragged to create each effect. Modifying a Gradient Fill Using the Gradient Palette Like color swatches, gradients can be modified. When you modify a gradient, all instances of the gradient used in the docu- ment will be automatically updated. Let’s say you create a gradient and use it to fill 10 objects. Then you decide that, in only one of those 10 objects, you want to mod- ify the gradient by removing one color. What do you do? If you modify the gradi- ent swatch—remove a color stop—that’s going to affect all usages of the gradient. You could, of course, duplicate the gradi- ent swatch, remove the unwanted color stop, then apply the new gradient to the single object. But there’s a better way. You can use the Gradient palette, shown in Figure 49. When you select an object with a gradient fill, the Gradient palette shows the gradi- ent ramp that you used to create the gradi- ent in the New Gradient Swatch dialog box. You can manipulate the gradient ramp in the Gradient palette. You can add, move, and delete color stops. You can also select color stops and modify their color using the Color palette. And here’s the great part: the modifications you make in the Gradient palette only affect the gradi- ent fill of the selected object(s). INDESIGN 5-32 Working with Color FIGURE 48 Using the Gradient Tool FIGURE 49 Gradient palette Gradient ramp Lesson 4 Work with Gradients INDESIGN 5-33 Create a linear gradient swatch 1. Open ID 5-2.indd, then save it as Making the Gradient. 2. Click the Swatches palette list arrow, then click New Gradient Swatch. 3. In the Swatch Name text box, type Blue/Gold/Red Linear. 4. Click the left color stop on the gradient ramp, click the Stop Color list arrow, then click Swatches so that your dialog box resembles Figure 50. When you choose Swatches, the colors in the Swatches palette are listed beneath the Stop Color text box. 5. Click the swatch named Blue. The left color stop on the gradient ramp changes to blue. 6. Click the right color stop on the gradient ramp, click the Stop Color list arrow, click Swatches, then click the swatch named Red. 7. Click directly below the gradient ramp to add a new color stop. TIP Click anywhere to add the new color stop. You’ll adjust the location using the Location text box. 8. Type 50 in the Location text box, then press [Tab]. The new color stop is located at the exact middle of the gradient ramp. (continued) FIGURE 50 New Gradient Swatch dialog box Starting color stop selected Swatches available in the Swatches palette Stop Color list arrow INDESIGN 5-34 Working with Color 9. Click the Stop Color list arrow, click Swatches, then click the swatch named Gold so that your New Gradient Swatch dialog box resembles Figure 51. 10.Click OK. The new gradient swatch is added to the Swatches palette. You created a three-color linear gradient swatch using three named colors. Create a radial gradient swatch 1. Click the Swatches palette list arrow, then click New Gradient Swatch. The New Gradient Swatch dialog box opens with the settings from the last created gradient. 2. In the Swatch Name text box, type Cyan Radial. 3. Click the Type list arrow, then click Radial. 4. Click the center color stop, then drag it straight down to remove it from the gradient ramp. 5. Click the left color stop on the gradient ramp, click the Stop Color list arrow, then click CMYK. 6. Drag each slider to 0% so that your dialog box resembles Figure 52. 7. Click the right color stop on the gradient ramp, click the Stop Color list arrow, then click CMYK. (continued) FIGURE 51 Creating a linear gradient swatch FIGURE 52 Formatting the left color stop New color stop Starting color stop selected Lesson 4 Work with Gradients INDESIGN 5-35 8. Drag the Cyan slider to 100%, then drag the Magenta, Yellow, and Black sliders to 0% so that your dialog box resembles Figure 53. 9. Click OK. The new gradient swatch is added to the Swatches palette. You created a two-color radial gradient swatch using CMYK values. Apply gradient swatches and use the Gradient Tool 1. Click the Show Gradient Swatches button on the Swatches palette. 2. Click the Selection Tool , click the border of the top rectangular frame, verify that the Fill button is activated in the Toolbox, then click Blue/Gold/Red Linear in the Swatches palette. TIP Make sure you are in Normal View Mode and that you are viewing frame edges. 3. Click the Gradient Tool , then, using Figure 54 as a guide, place the pointer anywhere on the top edge of the rectangular frame, click and drag down, and release the mouse button at the bottom edge of the frame. Your frame should resemble Figure 55. TIP Pressing and holding [Shift] when dragging the Gradient Tool constrains the movement on a horizontal or vertical axis. 4. Drag the Gradient Tool from the bottom- middle handle of the frame to the top-right handle. (continued) FIGURE 53 Formatting the right color stop FIGURE 54 Dragging the Gradient Tool straight down FIGURE 55 Viewing the linear gradient applied vertically to the frame Ending color stop selected Drag Gradient Tool cursor straight down INDESIGN 5-36 Working with Color 5. Drag the Gradient Tool from the left edge of the document window to the right edge of the document window. 6. Drag the Gradient Tool a short distance from left to right in the center of the frame, as shown in Figure 56. 7. Click the Selection Tool , click the edge of the circular frame, then click Cyan Radial in the Swatches palette. 8. Click the Gradient Tool , press and hold [Shift], then drag the Gradient Tool from the center point of the circle up to the bottom edge of the center rectangle above the circle so that your document resembles Figure 57. You filled two objects with two different gradients, and you used the Gradient Tool to manipulate how the gradients filled the objects. Use the Gradient Tool to extend a gradient across multiple objects and modify a gradient 1. Click Window on the menu bar, then click Gradient. 2. Deselect all, click the Selection Tool , then select the three rectangular frames above the circle by pressing [Shift] and then clicking their edges. 3. Click Blue/Gold/Red Linear in the Swatches palette. As shown in Figure 58, the gradient fills each frame individually. (continued) FIGURE 56 Dragging the Gradient Tool from left to right FIGURE 57 Viewing two gradients applied to two objects FIGURE 58 A gradient fill applied individually to three objects Start End Start End Start End Lesson 4 Work with Gradients INDESIGN 5-37 4. Verify that the three objects are still selected, click the Gradient Tool , then drag it from the left edge of the leftmost frame to the right edge of the rightmost frame. As shown in Figure 59, the gradient gradates across all three selected objects. 5. Click the Selection Tool , then click the rectangular frame at the top of the docu- ment window. 6. Remove the center gold color stop from the gradient ramp in the Gradient palette, then click the Show All Swatches button at the bottom of the Swatches palette. As shown in Figure 60, only the gold color is removed from the gradient fill in the selected frame. The original gradient in the Swatches palette (Blue/Gold/Red Linear) is not affected. 7. Save your work, then close Making the Gradient. You selected three objects, applied a gradient to each of them, then used the Gradient Tool to extend the gradient across all three selected objects. You then modified the gradient fill of a selected object by removing a color stop from the Gradient palette. FIGURE 59 A gradient fill gradating across three objects FIGURE 60 Modifying a gradient in the Gradient palette Start End Gradient swatch in Swatches palette not affected Gold color stop removed from gradient ramp in gradient palette Gold color stop removed from gradient fill in selected frame [...]... Unnamed colors Any colors you create that aren’t saved to the Swatches palette INDESIGN 5-38 Working with Color PLACING AND GRAPHICS LINKING 6-1 C S 2 1 Use the Links palette 2 Place vector graphics 3 Place bitmap graphics 4 Use libraries I N D E S I G N 6 A D O B E chapter chapter 6 PLACING AND GRAPHICS LINKING As a layout program, InDesign offers you a number of options for importing graphics from other... graphics You’ll learn the 6-2 difference between the two and what rules apply when working with each When working with bitmap graphics, you’ll explore InDesign s powerful relationship with Photoshop and how it allows you to manipulate Photoshop graphics in InDesign You’ll remove a white background from an image, and you’ll load alpha channels and clipping paths—all without having to open Photoshop! Finally,... graphics from other applications and placing them into your design Chapter 6 focuses on doing just that First, you will explore the Links palette, a great resource for managing the relationship between your InDesign document and the imported files The Links palette allows you to find imported graphics quickly and easily It tells you the status of the link to a graphic, and if the graphic has been modified . aren’t saved to the Swatches palette. INDESIGN 5-38 Working with Color