Adobe incopy cs 5.5 series#

We didn't want video elements and icons to clutter up the screens. Throughout the book, we wanted the photography to be big, beautiful, and to take center stage. The app contains video commentary, where Jim discusses how and why he took some of the shots. We used InDesign and the new Adobe Digital Publishing Suite Single Edition to create the app. The RGB photos look stunning on the iPad.surpassing the best CMYK printing.

This app is derived from the popular coffee table book of the same name. Lynn Phelps (Phelps Design) did the design, I did the technical production. Spend some time exploring this cool app, and I'm confident you'll discover many other good DPS design ideas!Īpple just approved our latest iPad app, Jim Brandenburg's Chased By The Light. When you tap the 'Show the User's Guide' button, instead of a typical DPS help screen, you get a 'full-size' replica of the DPS interface elements, with helpful explanations pointing to each icon. I like the way it gives the user a feel for how much content is in each section at a glance. The TOC does a nice job of giving the user a 'birds-eye' view of how this complex, content-rich app is organized. In the screenshot below, I've highlighted the use of Unibody 8 with yellow.Īnother innovation that I like in this app is the Table of Contents and Help screens. Using fonts that don't employ any anti-aliasing (sometimes known as 'bitmap' fonts) such as Unibody 8 or one of the fonts in the Minifonts line is a good idea. At the iPad's 132 pixels per inch resolution, it is difficult to render extremely small type clearly. First, I like the way they used Unibody 8, a 'screen type' for areas where very small type is needed.

I'm only going to highlight a couple of things here. But even if you don't, it is well worth the $10 to see the design, organization, and interface concepts used very effectively in this app. If you have any interest in the work of Vincent van Gogh, this is a must-have. Van Gogh's Dream is an amazing piece of work.

Adobe incopy cs 5.5 series#

(This is the fourth in an intermittent series of posts highlighting interesting or innovative apps built using Adobe Digital Publishing Suite.)