Apple MB673Z/A User Manual - Page 574

For relatively simple books, here are some of the typical steps in the publishing process: 1 Gather your initial selection of images in the Light Table and arrange them to tell the story you want. 2 Roughly plan the arrangement of images on each page. 3 If you'll be adding text to your images, you may want to write, edit, and spell-check your text using a word processor. You can then easily cut and paste the text into your book later. 4 Choose a cover image and decide what text should appear on the cover. 5 Create any copyright or permissions notices you need. 6 Create a book album and choose a theme for your book. 7 Place the book's images in the book album and order them as they should appear in the book. Don't place the images on your pages yet. 8 Specify any overall settings for the book, such as size, hardcover or softcover binding, page numbering, and so on. 9 Create the number of pages you need and apply master page designs to them. 10 Have Aperture automatically place your images, or drag the images onto your pages. 11 Reposition and resize images, adjusting individual page layouts if necessary. 12 Add text to your pages and cover. 13 Print a proof and carefully review the text and layout of the book. 14 Send the book to be printed using Apple's print vendor or create a PDF file that you can print or send to a print vendor. If you create a PDF file, make sure to include all the fonts you used in your book in the PDF file. If you're creating a larger, more complex book, you'll want to contact a print vendor early to make sure you consider printing issues such as the choice of paper stock, the use of inks and varnishes, review of bluelines, binding, packaging, shipping, and pricing. If you routinely produce printed albums, you can create a book album that you can copy and reuse with each new project. After setting up master pages and individual page layouts, you can copy the book album to another project and then substitute the new images, increasing your publishing productivity greatly. You can then customize certain pages, such as your cover, to provide any unique touches you like. 574 Part IV Distribution and Backup