resize a multi-page brochure 1919 Responses

Last post: 5 months, 3 weeks ago | Thread started: Nov 13, 12, 8:31 p.m.

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• freakpelican

  Have been asked to resize a 14pg "pdf"

  I was under the impression it was going to be printed at 8.5x11.... now its going to be 8.5x5.5

  I have the document in illustrator on multiple artboards in a single .ai/.pdf.

  Any trick to quickly resizing 14 artboards+Images/Copy?

  Nov 13, 12, 8:31 p.m. – Permalink

• ETM

  So it's going from spreads to individual pages?

  

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  Dog-earNov 13, 12, 9:07 p.m. – Permalink

• ESKEMA

  How can your design survive beeing "quickly" resized to half the width? looks like you'll have to redo the all thing..

  • * height– ESKEMA

  

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  Dog-earNov 14, 12, 2:32 a.m. – Permalink

• GeorgesII

  there was a plugin,
  let me find it for you

  

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  Dog-earNov 14, 12, 2:37 a.m. – Permalink

• GeorgesII

  fuck can't find it anymore, try this
  http://www.rorohiko.com/wordpres…

  

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  Dog-earNov 14, 12, 2:45 a.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  Stop designing 14pg brochures in Illustrator to start.

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    Yep.
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    it's so cute when you don't answer the question just to be an ass hole.– canoe4/4

  

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  Dog-earNov 14, 12, 4:23 a.m. – Permalink

• MrMackem

  Stop designing 14 page brochures.

  Stick to 12 and 16 pages.

  • < this– goldieboy

  

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  Dog-earNov 14, 12, 4:28 a.m. – Permalink

• animatedgif

  why does no one use the right software for anything

  

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  Dog-earNov 14, 12, 4:54 a.m. – Permalink

• GeorgesII

  whaaaat, didn't even catch that it was in illustrator,
  solution:
  save every frame as pdf, import into indesign,
  start working for real

  

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  Dog-earNov 14, 12, 5:24 a.m. – Permalink

• orrinward2

  I still do books in Illustrator and I regret it all the time. I just don't get InDesign!

  • it's the simplest of all the apps, too– monospaced1/4

    can't think of anything easier or more elegant for a book than to lay it out in ID– monospaced2/4

    I'm in NYC over New Years. Wanna ring in 2013 teaching me InDesign? I can('t) pay you lots of money!– orrinward23/4

    hahaha, I might be home in CA for this time, but if we cross paths I can show you the ropes– monospaced4/4

  

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  Dog-earNov 14, 12, 5:40 a.m. – Permalink

• ESKEMA

  @orrinward2
  just watch the videos at theindesigner.com
  best tutorials ever for ID, and they're free.
  Trust me, a whole new world will open for you.

  • Well I guess I have no excuses now...– orrinward21/2

    I did a 52 page programme for Oxford Uni a few years ago all in Illustrator. Was a fucking nightmare.– orrinward22/2

  

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  Dog-earNov 14, 12, 7:04 a.m. – Permalink

• Raniator

  Fair play, I can hardly use Illustrator for what it is intended for... why on EARTH would someone choose to use it for a multipage booklet?!

  

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  Dog-earNov 14, 12, 7:33 a.m. – Permalink

• calculator

  14 page brochure. Fucking LOL.

  • < this– Raniator

  

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  Dog-earNov 14, 12, 8:07 a.m. – Permalink

• i_monk

  Just tell them to fold it in half.

  

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  Dog-earNov 14, 12, 8:19 a.m. – Permalink

• Miesfan

  ...i want to hear the printer when he sees that you want print a brochure of 14 pgs...
  

  

  • Its 12 pages.... I needed sleep when I posted this last night. Couldn't even get counting right....– freakpelican

  

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  Dog-earNov 14, 12, 8:24 a.m. – Permalink

• freakpelican

  Ok... I appreciate the help. I have been doing flash/uix/motion/branding for years. I know I need to "know InDesign" I'm just really hating every second I spend in that app. I've tried every new version and I just never spend the time unlearning my photoshop and illustrator "way to do things"

  This is the first print piece I have done in years that was more complicated than a front/back flyer or business card. I just don't feel justified in spending the time to learn InDesign. It's not hard, its just enough different from illustrator that it pisses me off in really benign ways.

  • Once you learn ID, Illustrator becomes the burden, trust me– monospaced1/3

    Fuck, even if it's just the Master Pages alone!– monospaced2/3

    If you are willing to take on print work, should you not learn the tools to execute it properly.– ETM3/3

  

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  Dog-earNov 14, 12, 9:41 a.m. – Permalink

• freakpelican

  Any way to output a mulipage PDF to a series of jpegs?

  • Yes, Export JPG.– monospaced

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 12, 1:50 p.m. – Permalink

• ETM

  It's been 2 weeks! You haven't got that proof out yet? :D

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 12, 2:08 p.m. – Permalink

• freakpelican

  the brochure was printed for the opening weeks ago. gallery owner now wants to be able to "use it for web" so im waiting to get back to my mac and see what illy lets me do with export options..

  • I thought you were using InDesign– monospaced

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 12, 2:13 p.m. – Permalink

• vaxorcist

  wait... breathe deeply before you do this...

  Any client or boss who:
  1. wants a 14 page brochure
  2. wants you to resize it that much

  is probably in need of a deep breathing excercise and a certain amount of calm patience before you actually do anything, as the size or page count may suddenly change again! Be careful here...

  • <<<– ohhhhhsnap

  

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  Dog-earNov 30, 12, 2:23 p.m. – Permalink