iBooks Author Workshop

Create and Publish Dynamic Digital Books

iBooks Author is a powerful page layout application that allows you to integrate text, photos, slideshows, video, audio, and even quizzes into your books. In this course Joseph Linaschke shows you around, starting with basics like adding photos and video, flowing text around objects, inserting new chapters, and previewing your creation on an iPad. Then you’ll learn how to customize layouts, use master objects, add slideshows and quizzes, and more. Whatever your project, from a textbook to a family album, this workshop will help you make the most of what iBooks Author has to offer.

Trainer: Joseph Linaschke

July, 2012

Duration: 1 hr 55 min

Ready for iPad, Android, and HTML5

Powerful, Feature-Rich Interface

HD Video

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“ Joseph has a pleasant voice to listen to, and takes you by examples of his own work, through employing the various capabilities of iBooksAuthor. The course is presented ... ” — Stephen D.

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Welcome to the iBooks Author Workshop

This chapter explores the basics of iBooks Author. You'll be introduced to the workflow and interface, learn how to use templates, and even see how to create a complete iBook in just four minutes.

Getting Started with iBooks Author
- Reading an iBook on the iPad is nothing like any reading experience you've had before. This video takes you on a tour of a typical iBook and shows you how to find your way around it.
  
  iBooks Tour
  
  06:22
- In this introduction, we'll discuss the basic workflow involved in making an iBook in iBooks Author.
  
  Introduction and Workflow Overview
  
  02:38
- Before you dive into iBooks Author, it's a good idea to know where everything is! This interface tour will show you what you need to know.
  
  Interface Tour
  
  05:55
- iBooks Author includes a number of beautiful templates that you can use to start creating your iBook. We'll take a look at some of them in this lesson.
  
  Templates Tour
  
  02:46
- Believe it or not, you can make an iBook in just four minutes! OK, it won't win any awards, but in this video you'll see just how easy it is to go from a blank screen to a book on your iPad.
  
  Your First iBook in Just Four Minutes
  
  02:59
You can't judge a book by its cover - but people do it anyway. In this chapter you'll learn how to make a good impression by creating a high-quality cover and introductory image or video for your iBook.

Creating Your Cover and Introduction
- Every book needs a cover - even digital books. In this lesson you'll learn how to make your cover and get some tips on making it stand out.
  
  Creating a Cover
  
  03:07
- The first thing readers see when they open your book for the first time is almost as important as the cover. With an iBook, that can be a still image or even a video. You'll learn how to add that important introduction to your iBook in this lesson.
  
  Adding an Introductory Image or Video
  
  04:32
In this chapter we'll get into the nitty-gritty of designing your iBook, starting with the key concepts of chapters, sections, and pages. Then you'll learn how to import and format text and images and how to arrange objects in your design.

Designing Your Book (Basic)
- The basic structure of an iBook consists of chapters, sections, and pages. Understanding their relationship to each other and where each belongs before you get too far into your book will save you headaches down the road, and so that is what we will explore in this video.
  
  Understanding and Adding Chapters, Sections, and Pages
  
  05:04
- You can write your book in iBooks Author directly or pen it in another application such as Pages then import the text. In this video you'll see how to import text into iBooks Author from another application.
  
  Importing Text
  
  01:46
- You could individually apply styles and formatting to your text as you go, but if you take advantage of paragraph styles you'll find making changes down the road much, much easier. This lesson shows you how to do it.
  
  Formatting Text and Paragraph Styles
  
  04:41
- It's an iBook, so it needs images! In this lesson you'll learn all about adding images to your iBook, including how to create slideshows, thumbnails, captions, full-screen views, and more.
  
  Adding Images
  
  03:15
- You can scale and rotate any image added to your iBook, and even make some basic adjustments to it. You'll learn how in this lesson.
  
  Making Image Adjustments, Scaling, and Rotating
  
  03:59
- Sometimes text needs to flow in a straight line, and sometimes it needs to flow around an image. In this video you'll learn how to mask your photo so text will automatically flow around it exactly the way you want it to.
  
  Using Image Masks
  
  02:21
- Want to drop a simple background out from behind a photo so you can fill that negative space with text? In this lesson you'll learn how to create an instant alpha mask in iBooks Author.
  
  Creating an Instant Alpha Mask
  
  01:45
- Text can wrap any number of ways around pictures, objects, or other blocks of text. This video shows you all the different ways you can flow text in your iBook.
  
  Wrapping Text
  
  04:15
- Some objects look great floating free, while others need to be precisely aligned to look their best. This video shows you easy align objects in your iBook if you want to.
  
  Aligning Objects
  
  03:06
In this chapter you'll learn how to create custom layouts in your iBooks and how to use master objects to easily repeat elements that you have designed. You'll also see what can happen when your readers rotate their iPads and what you can do about it.

Customizing Your Layout
- The built-in templates are great, but chances are you'll want to customize your iBook to suit your own tastes. In this lesson you'll learn how to create custom layouts that you can use over and over again.
  
  Creating Custom Layouts
  
  02:51
- Master objects are built into a template so you don't have to add them manually to every new page. In this video you'll see how to create and control master objects in your iBook.
  
  Working with Master Objects
  
  05:24
- When your readers rotate their iPads while reading your iBook, the format will change dramatically. This lesson explains what happens, as well as how to disable portrait orientation entirely.
  
  Understanding Orientation
  
  01:44
This chapter looks at some more advanced book design techniques. You'll learn how to link and unlink text boxes, auto-update text, and create glossaries and tables of contents. You'll also see how to add shapes, tables and charts, galleries, video, audio, links, and more.

Designing Your Book (Advanced)
- Some text blocks needs to flow from page to page, while others need to be constrained to one area. In this lesson you'll learn how to create and link text boxes so your words go where you want them.
  
  Adding Linked and Unlinked Text Boxes
  
  01:46
- This video looks at working with shapes in iBooks Author. You'll learn how to add a standard or custom shape, position and rotate it, and add colors, images, borders, or text.
  
  Working with Shapes
  
  01:54
- If your iBook contains lots of data, you'll want to use tables and charts. In this lesson you'll learn how to express complex ideas simply with tables and charts - in 2D or 3D!
  
  Inserting Tables and Charts
  
  04:36
- A digital book lets you not only include a single photo on a single page as in a printed book, but also embed galleries that can include as many images as you like. Galleries can have thumbnails and captions, go full-screen, and more, as you'll see in this video.
  
  Creating Galleries
  
  06:03
- iBooks aren't limited to just still images - you can add video and audio files too! This video shows you how.
  
  Adding Video and Audio
  
  03:14
- As your book grows and you reference one page or section of your book from another, then start moving elements around, you don't want to have to go back and manually update all those references. In this lesson you'll learn how to insert text that auto-updates, no matter where things move.
  
  Inserting Auto-Updating Text
  
  02:46
- Textbooks are all about teaching, and what better way to reinforce your points than with a simple test? This lesson looks at the Reviews feature in iBooks, which lets you build multiple-choice and matching quizzes to make sure your readers are following along.
  
  Creating Reviews
  
  03:46
- Have you already built a Keynote presentation to illustrate your message? There's no need to reinvent the wheel - with iBooks Author, you can simply drop an existing Keynote presentation right into your book. This lesson shows you how.
  
  Inserting a Keynote Presentation
  
  04:07
- Some images are pretty just to look at, and others need to be touched. In this lesson you'll learn how to create interactive images that readers can zoom into, pan around, and tap for more info.
  
  Creating Interactive Images
  
  04:54
- You can use links in your iBook to help readers navigate within your document or to direct them to outside resources. This lesson will show you how to add both internal and external links.
  
  Adding Links
  
  02:32
- A good table of contents is a critical part of any good informational book, and in this video you'll learn how to create one in iBooks Author. Once it's set it up it will populate itself as your book grows and changes.
  
  Creating a Table of Contents
  
  05:09
- Are you using complex or advanced terms that your readers may not already be familiar with? iBooks Author includes a rich glossary feature that allows you to turn any word into a glossary entry, as you'll see in this video.
  
  Adding a Glossary
  
  04:42
The final steps in creating your iBook are to preview and publish it. We'll cover both in this chapter.

Previewing and Publishing
- You'll create your iBook on your Mac, but you need to view it on the iPad to truly see what your audience will experience. This lesson demonstrates the process of previewing your iBook to find concepts that don't quite translate to the touchscreen.
  
  Previewing on Your iPad
  
  01:37
- Want to put your iBook on the web for free? No problem! This lesson shows you how to export a file that anyone can download directly to their iPad.
  
  Exporting for Free Distribution
  
  01:26

Welcome to the iBooks Author Workshop

In this workshop you’ll learn the skills you need to create your own iBooks with iBooks Author. The contents of this course include:

Getting Started with iBooks Author
This chapter explores the basics of iBooks Author. You’ll be introduced to the workflow and interface, learn how to use templates, and even see how to create a complete iBook in just four minutes.

Creating Your Cover and Introduction
You can’t judge a book by its cover — but people do it anyway. In this chapter you’ll learn how to make a good impression by creating a high-quality cover and introductory image or video for your iBook.

Designing Your Book (Basic)
In this chapter we’ll get into the nitty-gritty of designing your iBook, starting with the key concepts of chapters, sections, and pages. Then you’ll learn how to import and format text and images and how to arrange objects in your design.

Customizing Your Layout
In this chapter you’ll learn how to create custom layouts in your iBooks and how to use master objects to easily repeat elements that you have designed. You’ll also see what can happen when your readers rotate their iPads and what you can do about it.

Designing Your Book (Advanced)
This chapter looks at some more advanced book design techniques. You’ll learn how to link and unlink text boxes, auto-update text, and create glossaries and tables of contents. You'll also see how to add shapes, tables and charts, galleries, video, audio, links, and more.

Previewing and Publishing
The final steps in creating your iBook are to preview and publish it. We’ll cover both in this chapter.

The lessons are wrapped in a feature-rich interface that lets you jump to any topic and bookmark individual sections for later review. Full-Screen mode provides a hi-def, immersive experience, and Watch-and-Work mode shrinks the video into a small window so you can play the videos alongside your application. Also included are exercise files that give you an easy way to try out the techniques you learn.

System Requirements

Broadband internet connection
Up-to-date browser with Flash plug-in
Screen resolution 1024x768 or higher
Sound card with speakers or headphones attached
Pentium 4 2.6 GHz or higher, or Apple Mac G5
512 MB RAM

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Project Files (Downloadable Feature)

Project files are included with this course so you can practice what you learn and work right along with the videos.

Powerful, Feature-Rich Interface

This course features video2brain’s interactive interface. As you navigate the course, rolling over a chapter or video brings up text describing that item.

Full-Screen mode provides a hi-def, immersive experience. And Watch-and-Work mode puts the video into a resizable window that you can shrink so you can watch the lessons on one side of your screen while you’re following along and applying what you’ve learned on the other.

HD Video

This course comes in crisp 1280 x 720 high definition video.

Bookmarks (Downloadable Feature)

Available in the downloadable version of our courses, this feature makes it easy to create a custom bookmark in any lesson to mark where you left off or to make note of something you want to refer back to later. You can even add a name or short note to remind yourself what the bookmark is for.

Clear, Concise, and Well Presented

Stephen D.

This comment was made on the following lesson: Creating an Instant Alpha Mask

Joseph has a pleasant voice to listen to, and takes you by examples of his own work, through employing the various capabilities of iBooksAuthor.

The course is presented with a charisma which is quite inspiring with regard to what you can include in your own books.

The videos are kept to single subjects, so having watched the course end to end once, it is easy to recap how to perform a single step if you need reminding while your working.

Enjoyed this course.

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