How To Design A Photo Zine In Indesign
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- In this episode I answer the question I get often of "How do I design a zine".
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Months ago I made an episode on how I go about sequencing and building the initial concept of my zines. I showed how I made the initial layout for my first zine in that video ( • How to Design a Zine |... ).
In this video, we dive into Indesign, and I give you the absolute most basic tools for laying out your own zine, and being able to do so in a matter of hours. My hopes in making this video, is that it would dispel any fears of designing in Adobe's Indesign, and show you just how easy and painless the whole process actually is.
These videos are part of a larger series, entirely focused on building photo zines from start to finish. The entire series has been cataloged in this playlist ( • Photo Zine How To Series )
I by no means claim to be an expert on the topic, however I experienced quite a bit through the process of making my zines, and am happy to share the highs and lows of what I experienced.
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My name is Nick Mayo, I am a Michigan based film photographer and creative sharing my triumphs and struggles within the world of art and photography. I have a great number of videos lined up for sharing different things I've learned along the way in my creative journey, as well as some interviews with other creatives and influencers about their joys and struggles within the industry.
Great Video! This is how I produced my photo book as well. I was in commercial printing for over 20 years. Just a couple of notes that may help to ensure you get the best quality possible. Depending on the printer you use, they may require CMYK. Many programs and cameras shoot in RGB. If you send off RGB files to a printer and their "RIP" a.k.a. computer that parses all of this into plates, there will be a shift in tone and color if using. CMYK separations can be done in Photoshop CS or CC. Also, save your files as TIFF files at 300 DPI as these are non-destructive unlike JPGs. They are also heavier files and will ensure all of the detail that you worked on in Photoshop will remain. Lastly, for the PDF output options, check the "compression" area and make sure all of the compression is turned off. This will make a large PDF file, and once again, all of your details will be in the final product. My photo book is 48 pages, 8.5x11 full color and my final PDF file was over 1GB! It printed beautifully though. Great job and I always look forward to your videos!
Oh fantastic! Thank you so much for adding these to the conversation! It will help me in moving forward as well. I really appreciate it. And I must say after sitting with your zine a bit more, the work printed wonderfully, and the book is beautiful! Thank you once again for sending it over :)
Nick Exposed Thanks! I’m glad you like it. Many people have commented the like the story portion as much as the photos.
Can I ask where you get yours printed? thank you
@@BlueSageFilms I used Printing Center USA in Montana. Great folks to work with. Thanks!
Here, our largest high quality and fine art printing service only allows 1 GB max file size, which needs to fit up to ~120 pages or so (don't remember exactly) if you want to as out what they support
This is probably he only video on UA-cam that has a step by step! This has been a great help buddy nice one
Thanks so much
Im here to serve, and happy to help out any way I can. Everyone seems to want to share their process in a way that just showcases the zine. I enjoy giving the meat and potatos to help everyone take action. Both are necessary however.
completely changed how I do my zine THANK YOU for doing this
Man, this was extremely helpful. Thanks. I'd buy you lunch, but you'll have to come to Europe.
Im rewatching this for like 20th time because its the only one that has all the information I need. Thank you for this, I wouldnt finish school without it.
Haha, I am really happy to hear it has served you well. I know its a long one and I drone on at times, but if it serves its purpose then its a success. Thanks for the comment!
Nick, this is a HUGE help! Thanks for taking the time to put this together, man!
Happy to share it with ya! I hope it helped 😊
Amazing walkthrough, 4 years later and I'm using this right now to make my own. Thank you, for real.
Wonderful! Im so happy the video is continuing to serve people well. Good luck in your project. Congratulations on making it a reality!
I followed your method and it didn't take as long as I thought it would! Super helpful, thank you!
I’m very happy to hear that! That’s exactly what I had hoped the video would do for people :)
Dude, you scared the crap out of me and made me laugh at the same time. I have watched the first 27 minutes of this a month ago and came back to finish it and right away in 27:25 you called me out. You definitely know your audience. Thanks for the vid, it's great.
Haha that’s actually amazing! Thank you for sharing the laugh! Glad you found it useful
45 years experience in photography but only 45 minutes in Adobe InDesign! I needed this video to get me motivated to stay the course and learn more! Thank you.
I hate that Nick is so underrated! Thank so much for your content!
Hey thank you so much. I really appreciate that
Thank you so much for making this video. It is probably the only reason I finished my zines. I constantly go back to reference it 🙏
Great video, thank you. It helped me with my project for this semester.
I’m so glad to hear that! Glad it was beneficial for you. Thank you for sharing.
Funny how I suggested to someone (not naming) to make a video on how to make a zine on indesign and his reply was (No way! How boring in a smart ass way and adding more insult to my question), Just because ppl follow you don’t mean your anything. Nick thank you for not changing or becoming an ASS. Keep up the good work. THANK YOU!
Haha, thank you. If I ever lose my humility, please point it out to me. Im sorry the other YT'r responded that way. I am glad to have been able to fill the void. Cheers
omg I subscribed to InDesign 3 months ago, bought a tutorial (book) and ..... stopped. The reason is that I'm scared. Sounds crazy I know but I just couldn't convince myself to simply start out. With the help of this video I might finally come around and create my first zine with the software. Let's say this video is just right. Like all your videos, Nick !! You are the best !!
I totally understand! I was in the exact same place when I first considered switching over to indesign. I was paralyzed because I didnt know where to start. Happy to help remove that roadblock for others. Thank you for sharing. This was such an encouraging comment to read.
Managing a layout software and creating your own zines or magazines opens up a whole world of possibilities like self publishing ones work. It's so exciting !
36:17 back in my pre-press days, if I needed to create a bleed, I would duplicate the image and then flip horizontal and then join the two edges together. The tones of each side would align perfectly.
Amazing, Nick! Thank you for sharing actual knowledge! So fair, real and honest 🙏🏻
I’m happy it’s served you well
This was a great overview for someone who has always been afraid of opening Indesign. I'm planning on doing a monthly or quarterly zine of my photography. I was worried this would be a bit overwhelming... now that I see the powers of Indesign on ready to tackle this (maybe starting with quarterly and see where it goes). Thanks Nick! from a new follower of your channel.
Hey thanks for the kind words Joseph! I love that idea of a quarterly zine. Are you simply showcasing your favorites from the quarter, or is there a specific theme or subject matter for each? I would love to hear a bit more about it.
One little tipp for all of you: if you just want to see just the file how it looks in the end just use the shortcut W (:
Great tip! I was unaware! That will come in quite handy moving forward. I really appreciate it.
lmao
Thank you!:)
Excellent tutorial, Nick, and timely too. I have my photos selected, layout thought through and inDesign loaded on my computer. But until this video, I was at a loss on what to do next. Thanks for the inspiration.
Happy to have provided the last step! Stoked to hear about how it comes together for you!
Best zine video on whole YT !!! Thank you brother.
Kind words!! Thanks Aleksander! Good seeing you in the comments over here :)
Nick !!! Thanks so much ! Thought i just sent my first zine for printing, and now i wished I had waited a couple days more so i would have had some of the advices you gave here. Really love the work you put in and he community that it has grown over time ! Can't wait to see you nail that zine making video your talking about ;)
Have a good one guys !
Hey thank you so much! Happy to be making these videos! And happy that they are as well received as they are. Thanks for the constant encouragement.
Great video Nick. I'm getting ready to put my first zine together, and was going to go the PS route until watching this.
I did my first zine through photoshop, and am glad I switched over to indesign! It’s night and day difference with how much time you save in using indesign. Happy the video helped
You are very good at speaking to the camera. Your voice is very clearly and concise as well and it was very easy to follow because of this. Thank you very much for creating content that helps viewers.
This is huge help as I'm creating my very first zine! Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this 😊
I’m very happy it’s helped! Good luck on the project. Congrats on moving forward with your first zine!
BRO THANK YOU FOR THIS! I'm currently working on mine so this was JUST IN TIME. You sir are a Godsend blessing!
Im here to serve! Always happy to help! Thanks for the awesome comment.
I wish I found your page two books ago! I'm working on my third hummingbird book and this time i'm doing it in InDesign. you are correct so much easier i can't believe what i put myself through in photoshop! i know it's six years later but i hope you can help. i photograph a lot of hummingbirds perched on branches. when i am doing full spreads i learned today by watching your video to copy and paste the image and bring each image to the center of the each side of the page. i did notice when I previewed the page it was white but when i exported it showed. so i am not making those modifications. but here is the question, is InDesign smart as in the branches will align properly when printed as it shows on the screen? when i hit "w" preview mode it looks perfect.
in your printing experience with gutters do i need to adjust my images to ensure the branches continue flawlessly from one page to the next?
Thanks for the video, Nick! Your video was the first one I found about contents layout in InDesign and you know what? About a half of my project is already designed! I'm so happy I found your channel!
Bro, I really feel like I had took a workshop, you're definitely good at explaining !
Your zine series is simple concise and fantastic! Thank you so much, it has helped me greatly!
Such a great help for beginners like me. Thank you so much Nick.
He did it, the mad man!
Hahaha, thanks buddy! Happy to have finally been able to get it done and posted for everyone
THANKS YOU SAVED MY DAY
This is an excellent video, Nick. Very well explained in all the steps. I've recently come over to Indesign from Microsoft Publisher and it's great to set up bleed so easily. Keep up the good work!
Hey thank you so much! And Ive never used Microsoft Publisher, am I correct in thinking that indesign is a bit more robust in its functionality than publisher? I've been getting questions about this lately.
Yes, Indesign is certainly more robust in its functionality than Microsoft Publisher! There are also really good aspects to Indesign in terms of a wide range of fonts (also via Type Font), and how it is easy to import and edit using Bridge to get to Photoshop and Illustrator files. Indesign does at first look daunting to the newcomer, but yes, it pays dividends to explore and stick with it, as you are doing so wonderfully well! I am so envious of your printed output. A6 size is the nearest I can track down to an online printer, here in the UK.
I enjoyed making my zine a couple of years ago. Great vid! Makes me want to design more :)
The frame + constrain shortcut literally is gonna change my life! Question about the "Facing pages" part, is that specific to your printer or is this best practice for any printer someone would use?
I tried to keep everything within a best practices for printing through a print shop. Printing on your own printer you may need to look up additional tutorials for setting the file up for home printing. Cheers
@@NickExposed Awesome! Thanks for the tips. Wanting to create my first zine next year so this series of videos have been super helpful
@@michelhelligar4496 how exciting!! I’m glad the series has been of some help! Enjoy the process! A Zine is certainly a great accomplishment!
I have to make one of these for my design class thanks for your design tips!
u, fuckin legend, have just saved my entire final project for this semester. god bless.
Thanks for making this video! Any plans to still make the follow up with the start-to-finish process, including pricing out, etc.? That would be super cool to see!
Hey thanks for the kind words. It’s definitely something I do want to follow up on. The schedule tends to get the better of me, and this time I lost track of doing so for the zine shown in this video. However, I am about to start on a new zine project, and have the utmost intention to record as much of the process as I can along the way. Showing the culling and pairing of the images, to the initial conception, design and design process. Then sharing the cost factors along the way, and explaining why I choose some of the options based off of cost, or manufacturer capabilities. If all that makes sense. So if everything goes well, I may have an entire series releases all around the one zine from start to finish. And by all goes well I mean whether or not I remember to turn the cameras on along the process. Lol. Either way, thanks for the kind words. I hope to see you on future videos :)
Awesome, I'm making one soon and gonna use InDesign. Thanks for the video!
Nice! Whats your zine going to be about, Alan?
Nick Exposed hi Nick, it's basically going to be a documenting of my time in Nice, France through a thematic lens. I'm interested in the arbitrary use of colour in the city and how that led to, or is symptomatic of, the arbitrary use of colour in the work of Henri Matisse and others associated with the art movement, Fauvism. A mouthful I know, but the work should certainly be colourful! :) I just flew home last night so I've got lots developing to do first
This video saved my life. I've tried making two zines on InDesign and they always came out... off. Thank you so much.
Hahaha, well I am happy to have saved your life. This comment made me chuckle. Thank you so much for sharing :)
Sensational! Absolutely compelling presentation style, tremendous enthusiasm, inspiring! Thank you!
Great video and super insightful. Stoked to work on my first zine now. Thank you so much.
thank you! the Constrain trick was exactly what i needed!
Your video was SUPER helpful, designed one in a day!
This is so good. Thanks for this deep dive into your production process.
Great video Nick. I'm a newbie to InDesign and this helped massively.
is this display the way is going to get printed? since its probably going to be attached in the center how do you make your pages coincide? when i printed zines i had to attach page 1 to 4 for example so they stay in the same page when i open the actual zine. I hope i made sense hah. Loveeeed this video tho! you are really clear explaining everything!
Dude, Thank you soooo much for this video! Always wanted to make a zine but always left it aside. Do you ever write stuff under a photo to explain the moment or what settings you used?
THanks =)
You're very welcome Federico! Thanks for the kind words and enthusiasm. To answer your question, I dont typically record settings, so I have nothing to reference in order to share. Also, my zines are based on concept, not on individual images, so the settings would be irrelevant anyways. In the future I may partner geographic location or story with the images, but at this point that is all the farther I would probably go with it. Thats not to say including these things is improper, it's just not a focal point of my projects. Thanks for asking, and I hope to hear you were able to start your zine sooner rather than later :)
Thank you! this was very helpful, I just did my first accordion zine :)
Hey Nick! Do you have a video on how you made your grid/ruler? I really like that setup!
Thank you very very very much for doing this! Excellent tutorial
So helpful!
I’m so glad to hear that!
Thanks for this. For me, I will do all my cropping and imagine sizing/resolution in photoshop to match the constrains in ID. That way I’m not having to do more cropping in the application.
Great insight! wondering, did you ever go ahead and make the follow up video you mentioned at the beginning of finding a printer, and pricing and all that? thanks!
Unfortunately I have not made the follow up yet. This year ended up getting away from me. My day job has required more of my attention this year than initially anticipated. I will work on continuing the series in the near future. Thanks for the comment
Awesome, awesome video. I"m not even using InDesign (using Affinity Publisher)
Exactly what i was looking for. Thank you!
I am so excited to bring you guys this tutorial! I get asked all the time how I design my zines and prepare my files to go to print. My hopes is this tutorial will remove all fears from diving into Indesign to make your zine happen. Its so much more simple than we often anticipate. I would love to hear your thoughts here in the comments, do you have a different process? Is there anything I missed, or any questions you have?
@Adrian susanto Came here to ask this question!
i like your tee! thankyou for this video, im creating my first photo book project
Nice video! I’m defiantly going to give using indesign a shot for a zine project!
Bit of critique in your video style though (this will likely get better as you make more videos), you tend to repeat yourself and waffle on for extended periods of time. I assume you have a bullet pointed structure in front of you but not a script, which is cool, but it causes you to vamp often to fill time.
Keep up the good work. You got a new subscriber today!
Thanks so much. I know I tend to repeat myself at times. It’s something I continuously work and, and improves with each passing video. Thanks
best video on the subject! congrats! and thank you sm!!!
Ah thank you so much. That means a lot to me :)
MAN SO HELPFUL AND IM ONLY 10 MINS IN
So helpful man!
Happy it helped!!
Thank you Nick! Great help!
Thank You! This really helped
Just what I needed. Thank you!
Great to hear! Thank you for sharing :)
Hey! Super helpful video, it got me started in InDesign for my first big zine. I have a question though, what if I only want the bleed to show up with the cutting marks, but WITHOUT that extra white border? Can't seem to figure that one out.
Unfortunately I am not very well versed, I simply know enough to get my projects done 😅. I hope you might be able to find another video helping you in this area.
This is fantastic!!! Thank you.
Amazing video! Just wanted to know how did you design the cover page and how you get the rounded edges on the pages?
The company I went through for printing was able to die cut the rounded corners. The cover design was done in photoshop if I remember correctly. It’s been a while.
Glad you found the video helpful
Thank you very much for this video!
This is very helpful
thank you so much for this!!!
fuckin great video helped me make my first pretty easily thank u man
Happy you find it helpful!
thanks. this is super helpful
Hi Nick! I was wondering: when you export the file in a pdf
1- I'd like to use an image for the cover/back cover (half and half), how should I print the images together to bind them?
2 - We did a manual draft for our photozine and we use A4 pages folded. Im not able to understand how I replicate that in indesing.
Sorry for my broken english, im from argentina, I loved your video, thanks for the help.
Sorry for the delayed response. You would set up the A4 size when setting up the file. And the first page and last page of the file will be the cover and back cover, so you would split the image between both of those. The printer you go through will make sure its all laid out properly when you get the file over to them. I hope that makes sense and helps out.
THANKS FOR SHARING
very good video dude. thanks!
Thank you so much 😊
THANK YOU
This was very helpful. I've got a training DVD for inDesign and a book but never felt ready to dive in. Your just-the-basics approach was very welcome. Questions: With the Mela café photo, why didn't you just enlarge it slightly rather than place a duplicate underneath and shifted over to cover that sliver of white paper? If you were to enlarge it, could you do that inside inDesign or is that something you have to do in Photoshop before exporting? I'm asking because I think you have pixels to spare. Your book was 5 inches high and I assume your printer required a resolution of somewhere between 225 to 300 pixels per inch. An iPhone 6 is 8 megapixels, or about 3500 pixels on the long side, and you only needed 1500 or so ... What am I overlooking or misunderstanding?
The reason I didnt simply enlarge it was I didnt want the curl of the M to get cut off any more than it had to. If I would have enlarged it the crop and bleed would have been closer to the apex of the M. Does that make sense. By simply duplicating the layer and allowing that to hangover, I remove any white bar that may have resulted in the crop being slightly misaligned, but also kept the character of the M in tact.
Great video but the only thing I'd like to know are some suggestions for places that will print these custom PDFs I've designed in InDesign.
I prefer to go through local print shops. They have always been able to print the PDFs I send them. Look for shops that print the flyers and pamphlets of local businesses in your area. If you ask them for a staple clubs booklet they will know what you mean.
You. Are. The. FUCKING! MANNNNNN!!!! Thank you soooooo much!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Fantastic tutorial, so incredibly detailed and helpful. Thank you for doing this! I'm just a little confused about the order of content. I made a mock zine on paper, but will the spreads on InDesign print everything on the proper physical pages in the right order? For instance, page 1 on InDesign is a single page (front cover). Is page 2 (spread 2, containing page 2 and 3) the inside of the front cover? Making page 3 the first page of the second physical paper, etc? So we just input our content in the InDesign spreads in the order we want, and it will print double sided correctly?
great video - save me a lot of time
These is a great tutorial 👍 Do you think you can do something similar in Lightroom-Book module?
Great video, Nick, Matt Day said you were the place to start with making a zine and so far so good. I am stuck with doing a grid. Do you have a video on how to start a grid, and how to modify it for each page that has a different photo placement? I haven't been able to figure out how to copy a grid. Thanks for the great videos!
did you figure this out
@@exploring_the_void1588 yes I did!
@@Exercises10 how do you do it?!! Can you suggest a video? I can't even tell what it's called
jajajajajajajaajjaajja omfg i paused the video and got distracted by other stuff for several minutes and as soon as i press play he starts talking about rhytm and how we have short attention spans and how we probably left the video and came back, god is that you? wtf xD
great stuff. do the follow up video!
Great tutorial :)
Thanks Nick!
booklet is another way to describe it for sure. Tomato tomato I guess. Zine seems to be pretty well used across all regions it seems though. Perhaps we just think it sounds cooler and more valuable than just calling them booklets. haha
Great tutorial :)
nice tutorial, thanks bro! :)
Happy to share! Are you making a zine right now?
so basically I set up my whole zine using the inches that you used which I didn't realize that it was that small so i am doing with 5.5 x 8.5. Is there any shortcut to automatically changing everything I put on that size or would I have to start from scratch?
For your first side you can use "paste in place" instead of the normal past. this is much more easier. Hope I could help you.
wow so helpful thanks so muchh
You’re very welcome! I’m happy to share
When i jump over to edit the photos in PS and then save, i get no change in InDesign... its like they are not linked... what to do??
For the photos that overhang, i did as you told, bring the spread further out of the page so it wont show white bars when printed.
But when i preview my document and exported the document, the "extra part" that overhangs, actually shows up on the page next to it.
Did i do something wrong? Can anybody help me with this?
34:31 You did mention its not gonna show up on the next page but for me, it does. This video was made 2 years ago so im not sure if they updated that since? Adobe inDesign 2021 v16 i think
UPDATE: Nevermind, i solved it kinda. I exported my document as facing pages. Apparently that makes a difference and im not sure why. When i turned off facing pages and exported it, it turns out well. Imma leave this comment here just incase anyone else have the same problem
It's faster to create master pages with the frames in them already so no need to make frames again and again. You'd consider to have verity o master pages with the different frames' sizes pre prepared. This way you don't need even to resize the frames and risk inconsistency
how were you able to find the rule to use or create it through the indesign ? also appreciate the video its definitely helping me create my zine.
If I understand your question correctly, command+R will pull up the ruler.
Happy to know it’s helping!! Congrats on building out your zine!
@@NickExposed hey yeah i meant like how did you do the grid like and make it all the same proportions like how you auto pasted it on there
Thanks for the tutorial. It worked perfect for until I tried printing it. I have my own printer, so I'm doing it at home. I'm printing black and white and the problem is the black levels comes out grey. They look good on the screen, but they look washed out as soon as I print them. I've tried to print the same images before I put them into Indesign, and then they look just as they are supposed to. I tried both printing directly from Indesign and the exported PDF, and both looks the same. Is this a common problem? Everything else about Indesign is so smooth and simple, so I would prefer to use it if I can get the results I want.
Interesting. You may have gotten it figured out by now, I haven’t been able to keep up with comments as of late. If you found a solution please share it for the rest that may have the same issue. I hadn’t experienced that before, but have always had the print shop handle the printing.
where did you get the final zine printed?
Thanks for the vid :)