Epub. One image across two pages. Landscape. Indesign CC 2019

[grants77946482]

I was following the tutorial for creating a fixed layout Epub and the narrator drew attention to an image that spread across two pages on indesign and was displayed as one long image in his ebook reader. I have tried recreating this and my image gets split where a spine would be and is not one continuous image. I checked the document set up on the tutorial file and nothing special seems to have been done to this specific image to help it cross two pages.

[BobLevine]

How is your document set up? What are your export settings? Did you use the convert facing pages to spreads command? Finally, how are you viewing the EPUB?

[grants77946482]

It's Web, A4, landscape. I have tried synthetic spreads like the tutorial said, have also tried landscape spread and all the other options. Viewing on ice-cream, but the issue is the tutorial export shows a long landscape photo and mine is split in two images when I match all their settings.

[BobLevine]

Is this going to fixed layout epub or reflowable? You can only convert to a single landscape page with fixed layout.

[grants77946482]

This is what the indesign document for the tutorial looks like exported. There do not appear to be any special export options applied. I was wondering how to do this to any image and even adjust size. Like how a landscape photography book may look through Epub.

[grants77946482]

This isn't the greatest screenshot of it. As a fixed layout, during the tutorial, the image was continuous. If making an illustrated book wouldn't this method be the best?

[BobLevine]

What's the problem? The screengrab is garbage but from what I can see there the image is fine.

[grants77946482]

The above image is the tutorial document and exported ebook - not my own attempt.

The problem is that this is what I am trying to do with other images, but when I create a new document and attempt to replicate it the image ends up splitting in two (like a left and right page).

The indesign document in the garbage screen grab was downloaded from a tutorial file so the step-by-step doesn't exist to show me any formatting that needs to happen prior to exporting.

How can I create a new document, spread one image across two pages (as above) and stop it from splitting when exporting as Epub fixed layout (like how the above was exported)

[BobLevine · Accepted solution]

So, you are looking to do this with a new document?

Don’t use facing pages. Use mobile intent and iPad Retina landscape (you can try others but I’ve found this to be very good).

[grants77946482]

Thank you very much for your time and advise. I'm still running into some issues but more of the image is definitely staying together. Thanks again

[Derek Cross]

Bear in mind that two facing landscape pages wouldn’t look very good on a tablet or smartphone.