InDesign for QuarkXPress Users [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

Creating Contours

Both QuarkXPress and InDesign provide several ways to create contours that follow the shape of a frame, the graphic inside a frame, a path, and so on. In InDesign, when you choose Wrap Around Object Shape, the contour options at the bottom of the palette become available. Table 71-1 compares the choices for creating contours in the two applications.

Contour Choices

Both QuarkXPress and InDesign can read paths and clipping paths which are stored in TIFF, JPEG or EPS files, and InDesign can read them in Photoshop PSD files, too. To do this in InDesign, select Photoshop Path from the Type popup menu in the Text Wrap palette, and then select the name of the path you want to use for the wrap in the Path menu. Similarly, if the image has an extra channel, you can use it by choosing Alpha, and then selecting the name of the channel to use. Note that InDesign, unlike XPress, treats an image's transparency mask (the boundary of transparent areas) as an additional channel.

The other contour options are similar to the choices in XPress: Graphic Frame follows the shape of the frame the graphic is in. Same as Clipping follows a clipping path saved with the graphic. Detect Edges uses InDesign's automatic edge detection, which only really works with graphics where there is a distinct edge to detect (when the image is against a white background).

To let text appear on the inside of an object, select Inside Edges on the Text Wrap palette. To run text on the inside of an object rather than the outside, choose the Invert option.

Editing the Contour

In QuarkXPress, you must select a menu command to see a runaround path and edit it. InDesign displays the runaround path in a tint of the layer color whenever you select the graphic with the Direct Selection tool. Then you can use the Direct Selection tool and any of the path editing tools to edit the runaround path (see Chapter 12).