Comments on: The InDesigner - Episode 44: That’s a Wrap

By: Nauália Gabrielle

Nauália Gabrielle — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:41:09 +0000

Thanks for teach! You maked that so good! I’m from “Brazil” and I liked so much! Congratulations! And thanks again!

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:59:19 +0000

When setting a text wrap, it seems as if the unit of measure is off. For example, if I try to set up a .5″ inset, it is obviously not .5″. It is considerably smaller. It seems like my units/increments are off, but when I check them, it still says inches. Can anyone help me?

By: Chas

Chas — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:17:10 +0000

Thanks David, that’s a great solution, and the method you present makes it easy for designers and will prevent the problems I described… for Text Wrap.

As much as I love InDesign, I still feel that this and other “auto” features can leave yourself open to problems. But I guess that’s a different topic!

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:42:19 +0000

Chas, that’s an interesting point. But you can get around the problem pretty easily by choosing the Direct Selection tool, clicking on the image, and then nudging any point on the text wrap. The wrap then becomes “user modified” and won’t change if the image changes.

By: Chas

Chas — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:12:20 +0000

I work in prepress, and any time you use “detect edges” in InDesign for text wrap (or “Auto Image” in Quark) you are opening yourself up for problems.

Since these “features” use the color values of the image as the basis for how text wraps, any changes in the image, such as a color correction, can cause type to reflow.

Same with using the clipping path or alpha channel as the basis for text wrap. The use of these methods many times casues problems for us since we routinely correct images for color and/or clipping.

I don’t recommend using any of InDesign or Quark’s “detect” or “auto” features for text wrap (Or anything else for that matter, especially when it comes to silhouetting images. There still is no substitute for a good clipping path or alpha channel.)

Using “wrap around bounding box” or drawing a separate, empty frame with a wrap applied will avoid problems of type reflowing due to changes in the color, clipping path or alpha channel of the image.

By: Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:33:00 +0000

What’s your problem -oblem -oblem, Dave -ave -ave?

Just as every InDesign document is required by law to have at least one drop shadow, each of our podcasts must have an echo effect.

By: Dave Saunders

Dave Saunders — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:14:20 +0000

Oh please, no-no-no-no-no!

Dave

By: Eugene Tyson

Eugene Tyson — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:23:04 +0000

I like both methods. David and Anne-Marie provide an audio approach, meaning I have InDesign open in front of me and pause and play experimenting with what they are talking about. The video is also good, as it’s great to see things working visually, especially if it’s hard to grasp what is going on.

Both are great and personally I wouldn’t change it unless it was a visually related topic, or an audio as the case may be. I do like ending all the sentences with this ending-ing-ing-ing though. I might do that from now on.

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:18:06 +0000

As one of those Certain Other People, I can say that we love having Michael around to do the heavy video lifting. Anne-Marie and I may do videos someday (we already do for Lynda.com, of course), but TheInDesigner is our favorite videocast! Besides, it’s good to do what you do best, and we love talking.

By: Klaus Nordby

Klaus Nordby — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:51:20 +0000

Michael, thanks for another great episode! It’s such a relief to SEE the ID-ideas in video action. I wish Certain Other People in this vicinity would start making video podcasts, instead of just endlessly talking-ing-ing-ing!