Hi there! In this video we’ll be talking about a very cool
feature called ‘Publish Online’, in InDesign, so let’s get started.
I’m using the same document we used in the last lesson. It’s just that
I’ve added these labels to just the first page of the document.
Now we’re going to animate it, so let’s switch to a different workspace,
and for that let’s go to window, and then workspace, and select ‘digital publishing.’
Let’s click the bottom-left label to select it, and you see this retracted animation panel on top.
Click it, and it shall reveal itself. The reason it is showing group as the name is, because the
selected item is grouped, so it’s the rectangular background, plus the text that is grouped.
If you click the ‘preset’ dropdown, you’ll find a wide variety of animation that can be applied to
the selected element, so let’s pick ‘fly in from left’, and then you can always set the duration,
the play time, if you want it on a loop, in which case it will keep on flying in,
and the speed as well, so I’m going to keep these settings intact, because they’re good enough,
so let’s hit this small button at the bottom left corner, which will populate the EPUB
Interactivity preview screen. Let me drag to enlarge the preview screen,
and when you click the play button, it will play the animation.
Great! Now let’s minimize the preview screen, and animate the other two labels as well.
I’m going to select the one on top, and for this one as well it shows ‘group’ as its name, for the
same reason, so let’s pick the animation for this one, and I think I’ll pick ‘fly in from right.’
You can always change the event, when you want this label to appear,
so whether you want it on page load, or page click, or on click, or just the roll over of
the cursor, it entirely depends upon you. I’ll let it stay ‘on page load.’ However,
I’ll change the duration to 1.25 seconds, and then click the last label to animate the poor soul.
Let’s select ‘fly in from right’ for this one as well, and increase the duration to 1.5 seconds,
so that all my labels appear progressively, and now let’s hit the preview button. You’ll
have to click the start button for it to play, and the animation plays perfectly, as expected.
So there are two ways you can publish it online. Either you click this button,
which is more like a ‘share’ button, and you’ll find the ‘publish online’ option sitting there,
or you can go to file, and select ‘publish online’ from there, which will bring this menu
on to your screen. If you click the advanced button, there are these settings you can play
with, should you want to, so let’s change the resolution to 144PPI, and get back to general.
Give your file a different title, should you want to. Actually let’s rename it ‘publish online.’
You can check the ‘allow viewers to download the document’ box if you want to allow it. I’m going
to let it stay unchecked, and hit publish. Now give it a few seconds to publish it online, and
once it’s published, Adobe will generate a URL, that you can copy and share with your colleagues,
or clients, or whoever you deem fit. You also have the option of sharing it on Facebook,
or Twitter, or even using your email, but since we’re not doing any of that,
let’s just hit ‘view document’, and give it a few seconds to load it on a web browser,
and there you go, the animated page is ready. So guys that’s ‘publish online’ in InDesign.
Alright guys! That concludes our session,
and I’m going to see you in the next one, in just a bit. Good bye!