Press Association

Press Association

ePublishing for interactive publications

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Course Description

This course will show you how to take standard documents and magazines beyond print to digital publishing and distribute on the web and mobile devices like the iPad. This two day step-by-step training course outlines how to layout engaging interactive experiences to captivate your readers by adding embedded video, interactive images, slide shows, audio, flash animation features and links to online 

Example: Asos Magazine

Who Should Attend?

  • Anybody who has the responsibility for creating, developing and publishing digital content
  • You will need to already have an understanding of InDesign and traditional magazine design.

Aims/ Objectives

By the end of this course you will be able to:

  • Understand digital publishing trends
  • Expand document production capabilities beyond print design
  • Create a rich media publications using InDesign and export as a PDF, SWF (Flash file) and ePUB (iPAD)

Course Outline


Day 1 - Producing Interactive Applications

  • Authoring an interactive presentation using InDesign CS5
  • Creating interactive elements, rollover buttons, page transitions adding URLs and hyperlinks
  • Exporting to interactive PDF and interactive SWF Page Curls
  • Introduction to ePUB format for iPad and other mobile devices

Day 2 - Creating a digital magazine prototype application

  • Rich media production tips
  • Preparing an InDesign CS5 magazing layout and exporting to Flash CS5
  • Adding interactivity and testing Flash CS5 movies
  • Creating animations using Motion Presets
  • importing video and sound

 

Testimonial

"I learnt so much both about the software and the production of a high quality interactive magazine."
(Young designer)

Course Length

  • 3 days

 

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