I am curious to know how others make use of Renditions? What have you adopted as a "best practice" when it comes to creating Digital Publications

using DPS for multiple devices and OS's?

We have a problem targeting the Nexus 7 and other android devices for an e-magazine. We need a pinch and zoom or simply zoom feature that is supported by the android device.

However, publishing through the folio builder and then viewing in DPS on the Android device such as a Nexus 7 does not permit zooming. Does Adobe offer a work around for this? Is it available in CS6 as we use CS5.5? We are using Magzter and they produce an app from our PDFs that permit zooming. Can Adobe offer the same thing? Is this a problem due to strict renditions? Can I turn this off in CS5.5 or is it already off by default?

RE: 1 - The iPad displays only folios with a 4:3 aspect ratio. The iPhone displays only folios with a 3:2 aspect ratio (until the new 1136x960 size is supported). However, Android devices display any valid folio size, scaling down and letterboxing as needed. If you publish a 1024x768 (4:3) folio, it shows up on all devices except the iPhone.

--> YES, this is true... that is... until I publish anything with a 3:2, and then the Android scaling down and letterboxing does something nasty indeed... it shows the 320 alternate and ignores the 768...

RE: 2 - It sounds like the Android devices are choosing a larger rendition.

they are choosing the smaller one, the 320, they should be choosing the 768... but I think this boils down the the "3:2" rule, since the 320 is 3:2 for the iPod, they decide "oh. this 320 is a better fit than the 768 because of its aspect ratio, I Android think I will show this to the human"

-> and then its really really small on the screen and I am left scratching my head talking to a device as if it can hear me...

RE: 3 - We need more information about how you're creating the articles.

Basically, I watched this and followed it step by step: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/visual-design-cs6/working-with-alternate-lay outs/?go=13244

I am simply making a new folio that is 1024x768 called Issue X (rendition 1)

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and then in inDesign making a 1024x768 = A_v

-> then clicking on "create alternate layout" and making a 480x320(B_v)  FROM A_v

-> then clicking on "create alternate layout" again and making a 1024x600(C_v)  FROM A_v

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then makeing a new folio that is 480x320 called Issue X (rendition 2) + adding covers

then makeing a new folio that is 1024x600 called Issue X (rendition 3) + adding covers

--> and in the DPS online builder tool copying over all items from the first 1024x768 "issue X" one at a time to (rendition 2) and then (rendition 3) respectivly

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The 480x320 Issue X rendition then works on the iPod and iPhone, and actually shows me the 480x320

however, 1024x600 (rendition 3) throws an error and says "One of your articles has a different resolution size than the folio." which I assume is from the 1024x768 inside the 'alternate layout'... bringing us back to the 320 VS 768 "paradox" which I was in theory trying to override with the 1024x600 (rendition 3)

yes indeed, at least for me...

this is not only happening with the Content viewer app I log into, but at one point I decided that there perhaps is an error in it and decided to start doing this with the live apps and have burned through over 100+ downloads as I can see my limit has been reduced in the live apps.

Please, feel free to try your 480x320 + 1024x768 + 1280x800 alternate layouts with 3 rendiditon folios and let me know if it works! Now if you have all 3 and can make them work on 3 devices, thats what I was trying to do in #3 above. However, if you want to stick with only 2 renditions and alternates to show the 1024x768 on the Androids + the iPad, with a 320x480 alternate on iPhones and iPods then you may end up with a suprise. indeed, let me know how this turns out for you. Please do not let this post hold you back, as a developer I believe that 99% of software issues are related to human error, and I err as often as I experiment...

Awesome.

Please note the following:

My problem only occurs when I use 1 login to create 1 core folio with 3 renditions inside it spread across a total of 3 alternate layouts.

I have solved the issue with help from Bob, reading offical Adobe stuff online (and not believeing some of it too), and experimenting.

As of now, the best way I have found go's like this:

1- make a new folio (folioA) using dps.ios@mysite.com

-> add articles with 1024x768. upload em all.

give permission to edit this item to dps.android@mysite.com

...then...

2- make a new folio (folioB) with exact same name using dps.android@mysite.com

-> go to the digitalpublishing.acrobat.com login, select the folio that dps.ios made, and copy the articles over one at a time to (folioB), check the box that says "protected" and "locked"

-> log back out and log back in as dps.ios

add in  + 480x320 alternate layouts to (folioA) or you will find that (folio B) will show the 320 to android users.

log out and log back in as dps.ios@mysite.com

publish Folio A

log out and log back in as dps.android@mysite.com

publish Folio B

result:

---------------------------------------------EDITION

------ rendition 1 - Folio A - alt alyout V_ios_big - made by  dps.ios@mysite.com-----------

1024x768 -> iPad

------ rendition 1 - Folio A - alt alyout V_ios_small - made by  dps.ios@mysite.com---------

480x320 -> iPhone and iPod touch

------ rendition 2 - Folio B - alt alyout V_ios_big - made by  dps.android@mysite.com------

1024x768 -> Android

1024x768 -> Kindle Fire

1024x768 -> Nook

---------------------------------------------EDITION

App notes:

the iOs app is set to ipod and ipad. it only accpet folios from  dps.ios@mysite.com

the android apk 1, apk 2, and apk 3 only accpet folios from  dps.android@mysite.com

Hi!

I am unclear about whether I can design an iPad app along with a rendition for the iPhone and submit using a Single Edition platform.

Thanks!

If Single edition (iPad) can not have a rendition to other device if not iPad: can i have a redition to iPad 3/4 (if i do a folio for 1/2)?

You forgot Kindle Fire HD 8.9 - 1920 x 1280.

When iPhone 5 resolution (1136x640) iPhone 5 will be supported? Hard to preview layouts using iPhone 5 because Content Viewer not support 1136x640 resolution.

Hi Bob, so with Single Edition there is an auto-rendition only for the hd assets placed in Hd folder (and only for 4 overlay: image seq, audio controllers, video, panorama, pan/zoom). Confirm?

No other renditions are avaiable with single edition! Confirm?

Many thanks!