In Design Workshop

Saddle stitch bind - fit two images on A4 page- fold in half.

Adobe InDesign (New- document- more options)

Crop marks - the print must never be to the edge of the paper- must be a white border (Bleed)

16 pages saddle stitch - must be multiple of four and an even number.

With books you must have 'facing pages' ticked.
Pages palet at the top right gives you an overall view of all your pages.
Readers spreads- the pages appear on screen how they are printed and bound.
Printers Spreads - how the pages are arranged during the printing process so that they are in the right order.

LEFT      RIGHT
16                1    
2                 15
----------------------1 piece of paper
14                3
4                 13
----------------------
12                5
6                 11
----------------------
10                7
8                  9
-the numbers on each line always add up to one more than the amount of pages in your book.

FILE - Print Booklet - Booklet Type- 2- up saddle stitch
-Print settings - tick Print Blank Pages -
-Setup - Orientation=landscape , Page Position =centred
-Marks and Bleed - Use Document Bleed Settings ticked. Crop Marks ticked.

Double sided print -Only works on a lazer print! - Printer...-Short edge binding
Preview

Perfect Bind- seperate single sheets. Tick Print Blank Pages. Centre and add crop marks. Printer ... Two Sided- Long Edge binding

Consentina - one sided print, work with double page spreads. Pages - tick spreads, /range- pages you want to print aka leave first and last because theyre single.

Lazer printers - normal paper
Digital resourses- can take your own stock down there.

Photoshop
1. Resolution of 300dpi
2. Actual size
3. Colour- mode - CMYK or greyscale.
4. Save as a .tif or .psd

Double page spread - create image the size of both- put the image in indesign and place spanned over across both pages for a full double page spread.


1. How will I print the book- laser printer or inkjet printer?
2. Page size?
3. Binding?
4. Number of pages?