DPS Workflow: The Big Picture

from: Digital Publishing Suite Workshop

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This lesson provides a high-altitude look at the DPS workflow. You'll get a sense of what's involved but without the technical depth.

From: Digital Publishing Suite Workshop

The Adobe Digital Publishing Suite is an exciting new set of tools for creating rich, interactive, and immersive reading experiences for tablet devices, and with the release of InDesign CS5.5, it is now available to any user and designer. In this cutting-edge workshop from design and imaging expert Colin Fleming, you’ll get up and running with the tools and workflows involved in this new type of publishing for Apple, RIM, and Android tablets. You’ll create a number of folios, layouts, and types of interactivity, including Image Sequences, which allow readers to control the playback of images as they would with a flipbook to show time lapse imagery or move around a 3D object. In addition to the creative aspects of DPS, you’ll also learn about the tools it offers to help publishers monetize digital content, including distribution tools and analytics. After completing this course, you’ll know how to get the most from the myriad capabilities of the Digital Publishing Suite.

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The Basics of DPS
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  Introduction to DPS
  
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  DPS Workflow: The Big Picture
  
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  DPS Terminology
  
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- In this lesson we'll break down the three big topics in DPS: the tools, the services, and the subscription to these services. You'll learn the difference between Pro and Enterprise and how DPS is different from InDesign alone.
  
  DPS Tools, Subscriptions, and Services
  
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- So what do you need to publish with DPS? In this video we'll take a quick look at the tools and techniques involved in publishing.
  
  DPS Publishing
  
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This chapter looks at some of the basics of designing for DPS, including planning folder structures, making layouts the right size, and working with styles and layers.

Designing DPS Files
- To make smart design decisions, you need to have a good idea of how DPS works. This video will get you up to speed on the general workflow.
  
  General Workflow
  
  09:00
- Designing for DPS without a plan will lead to chaos. A clean folder structure will help you control your files, as this video makes clear.
  
  Planning Folder Structures
  
  04:02
- Making DPS layouts the right size is important in this workflow. You'll learn a couple techniques for doing this efficiently in this lesson.
  
  Making Layouts the Right Size
  
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- Using styles is important for maintaining a consistent design in your publication and the correct use of layers will help avoid confusion in DPS. In this video we'll take a look at how these InDesign features can help you in your DPS workflow.
  
  Working with Styles and Layers
  
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- Some DPS publications include icons to indicate interactivity or navigation. In this lesson you'll learn how to use an InDesign Library to hold these design elements so you can use them throughout your DPS design.
  
  Using Icons for Interactivity
  
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- Working with both horizontal and vertical layouts? Do you want the same story in both files? A linked InCopy file can help, as you'll see in this video.
  
  Linking to InCopy Stories
  
  06:04
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  Solving Odd Problems
  
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Building Design Folios
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  Introduction to Folio Builder
  
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  04:52
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  Adding Articles from Layouts
  
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- Importing articles is a fast and efficient way to add content to a folio. You'll learn how to import a single article in this video.
  
  Importing One Article from a Folder
  
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- Importing a folder structure with multiple articles will streamline your workflow. In this lesson you'll learn how to organize your files to prepare for this process.
  
  Importing Multiple Articles
  
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  Smooth-Scrolling Layouts
  
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- Some publishers prefer that the reader move through an article horizontally. You'll see how to make this choice for an article in this video.
  
  Horizontal Swipe Layouts
  
  04:58
- An HTML article is a dynamic and flexible form of content, and you don't need to build InDesign layouts for this content. In this video you'll learn how to upload and work with HTML articles.
  
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- Being able to update or edit your design, and to update the article in your design folio, is critical. You'll learn how to do it in this video.
  
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- There are five ways to look at your work in DPS. Which is right for you? We'll explore the previewing options in this video.
  
  Previewing Your Work
  
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- Each folio needs cover graphics that you see in the Library of the Content Viewer. In this video you'll see how to convert your InDesign cover into the right size and type of graphic to represent your folio.
  
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Creating Interactive Overlays
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- Hyperlinks are the backbone of linking both inside and outside a folio. In this lesson you'll learn how to make hyperlinks the right way.
  
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- An Image Sequence is an overlay that plays a series of images. The sequence can show a time lapse, motion, or a 3D object spinning or transforming. In this lesson you'll learn how to make this overlay and what goes into it.
  
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- Slideshows are easy to make and are based on InDesign's multi-state objects (MSOs). In this video you'll learn how to create an MSO and then control the slideshow in a couple of ways.
  
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- Want to control a slideshow with buttons? We'll build both Prev/Next and custom icon buttons to drive your slides in this video.
  
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- A Panorama overlay lets your reader look in almost any direction, but you need a specific set of images for this overlay. This video provides an introduction to building panoramas in DPS.
  
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  04:14
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- An Audio overlay can have a custom skin to match your design interests and to show the progress of the playback. In this video you'll see how to create the files that are used for custom skins.
  
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- Adding audio to a publication can create a very engaging experience for your reader. In this lesson you'll learn how to add sound and controllers, including a custom audio skin for playback.
  
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- Video adds a lot of impact to a digital publication, and it's easy to add in DPS. You'll learn how to add video and control its appearance in your publication in this lesson.
  
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- A Pan and Zoom overlay allows your reader to use pinch and zoom gestures on a tablet to move into an image and then move around inside the image. You'll see how to create a Pan and Zoom overlay in this video.
  
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- Web content is becoming a huge opportunity in DPS folios and production. In this lesson we'll examine the various options for this overlay and HTML articles.
  
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- Scrolling frames are a great trick for adding long content to a page. In this video you'll see how to build this special arrangement of layers and objects.
  
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- Slideshows can be basic sets of images your reader looks through, or you can combine additional elements into each slide. In this video we'll look at some of the things you should watch out for when working with intricate multi-state objects.
  
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This chapter looks at DPS services: what they are, why you might want them, and how to use them.

DPS Services: Folio Production and Publishing
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- Design folios have been built using InDesign and you can see them in the Folio Producer. What does this mean? Let's dig into what you do with the Folio Producer and the task of production.
  
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  04:46
- The Folio Producer Organizer lets you combine design folios and edit folio information into new production folios. You'll learn how to use this DPS service and what it can do in this video.
  
  Editing Production Folios
  
  06:41
- You've created folios and previewed them on your computer; now it's time to see your work on a tablet device. In this lesson you'll learn how to use the Adobe Content Viewer on iPad and XOOM to test your work.
  
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- Once you've finished all your work on the production folio, the last step is to publish it. You'll see how easy it is to release a folio to your viewer in this lesson.
  
  Publishing a Folio
  
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- Different devices have different dimensions and resolutions. How do you design and deliver the right folio for the right device? In this video you'll learn how to associate renditions in the Folio Producer to take care of this detail.
  
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- There are a couple of things you need to do before you start to build your custom viewer. We'll take a look at these final tasks in this video.
  
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- You've built your folios and now you want to distribute your work as an application for iPad or Android. In this lesson you'll learn what's involved in using the Viewer Builder to get your custom viewer ready for submission to your favorite app store.
  
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