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Apr 16, 2012 6:35 AM

This may look like an InDesign-related questions, well it is actually DPS-related...

 

I'm in the process of switching my folios from 1024 to 2048.

I have no knowledge of ID scripting. However I would like to do this, which is quite simple and works properly for most of my folios:

- Change document format from 1024x768 to 2048x1536

- On each page:

  - Select All

  - Change X/Y to 0px/0px

  - Scale X/Y to 200%/200%

  - (Bonus would be to have the margin set to 72px/72px so that I can check everything's ok)

All scripts examples use some very complex variables. I actually wish I could use an equivalent to the Word "record macro" function, as I just need to do record/play some mouse clicks and keyboard entries... Any hint? I have more than 280 pages to compute...

 

I would also like to reload all pictures of a document, all stored in one single directory, so that I can replace lores by hires pictures. I'm currently "cheating" by renaming directories: ID looses track of pictures, I point one picture and the other stand corrected. Is there a clean way to do this?

 

Sorry if my ID skills look terrific - they are 8-)

665 Views   9 Replies   Latest reply: fredericbotton, Apr 17, 2012 3:13 AM
 
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  • Bob Levine
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    1. Bob Levine,
    Apr 16, 2012 6:38 AM   in reply to fredericbotton
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    Go to the InDesign scripting forum and see if anyone there can help.

     

     

     

    Bob

     
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  • Bob Bringhurst
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    2. Bob Bringhurst,
    Apr 16, 2012 6:42 AM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    But first check to make sure that you really need to do that. Have you tried using your 1024x768 source documents in a 2048x1536 folio?

     
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    3. Laubender,
    Apr 16, 2012 6:47 AM   in reply to fredericbotton
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    @Frederic – It's not so trivial scripting scaling contents and pages. AND of course guides and margins, not to think of baseline grid properties leaving all things working as before.

     

    There is no Macro Recorder or something to do this…

     

    Uwe

     
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  • fredericbotton
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    4. fredericbotton,
    Apr 16, 2012 7:57 AM   in reply to fredericbotton
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    >BobL: Ok!

    >BobB: Well, I have. I still need to enhance pictures, they make a big difference when changed to hires...

    >Uwe: Well, the way I upscale works with 99% of my pages - lucky me. I don't even need to set the margins (that's for the 1%). I wish I could have szcripted this. As I have a huge amount of pages to do, I'll look at Windows-based scripts to handle mouse&keyboard events...

     

    Thank you for your quick replies!

     
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  • fredericbotton
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    5. fredericbotton,
    Apr 16, 2012 7:59 AM   in reply to fredericbotton
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    Oh and that was supposed to be "terrifying", not "terrific" 8-))

     
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  • Bob Bringhurst
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    6. Bob Bringhurst,
    Apr 16, 2012 8:24 AM   in reply to fredericbotton
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    FWIW, you can use hi-res images in 1024x768 source articles and get the same results.

     
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    Apr 16, 2012 1:18 PM   in reply to Bob Bringhurst
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    >BobB: What I'm trying to do is to upgrade folios made for 1024x768 (with picture resiezd to that resolution) to 2048x1536 with hires pictures. I have to replace the pictures, haven't I?

     
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  • Bob Bringhurst
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    8. Bob Bringhurst,
    Apr 16, 2012 2:54 PM   in reply to fredericbotton
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    No, it isn't necessary, as long as your images in the 1024x768 are hi-res enough to scale up. If you have an iPad 3, test it. Create a 2048x1536 folio and then add a couple of articles based on 1024x768 source files.

     
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  • fredericbotton
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    Apr 17, 2012 3:13 AM   in reply to Bob Bringhurst
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    Ok !

    I'm not running into another problem: I've upgraded an entire magazine from 1024 to 2048, most pictures being high def (photos). It was available and downloadable in Content Viewer during construction. Upon completion, it's reached 2,2 Gb... and it's disappeared from Content Viewer. I see it Folio Producer on the web, but not anymore in Content Viewer on the iPad. I've tried to remove some big articles, down to approx. 1,5 Gb. Still invisible... Is that a known issue? Could it be a temporary server problem?

     
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