folded greeting cards

[162raziel]

Hi there.I'm completely new to indesign.How do I make a folded greeting card?

[peter_minneapolis]

162raziel wrote:

Hi there.I'm completely new to indesign.How do I make a folded greeting card?

If you begin with a Google search for "InDesign free tutorial layout folded greeting card" without quotes, and similar search phrases, you'll discover many good informative links, free sample templates, and the incredibly rich Internet universe of helpful InDesign resources in which this forum resides.

HTH

Regards,

Peter

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[Twelvizm]

If you begin with a Google search for "InDesign free tutorial layout folded greeting card" without quotes, and similar search phrases, you'll discover many good informative links, free sample templates, and the incredibly rich Internet universe of helpful InDesign resources in which this forum resides.

What a worthless answer.  Now that you've written that, searching Google comes up with this thread a top item, and how I came to find this thread.  If you have a real solution, post it, if not, keep your keys quiet.

[Twelvizm]

[MW Design]

It isn't a worthless answer. If I were to actually have this question and need an answer, it would be the first thing I did. This is what I get when I Google the question as Peter suggested...So I would suggest refining your search to the phrase Peter suggested (without the quotes as he also mentions).

YMMV, of course.

FWIW, I do exactly like Eugene suggests for most any layout work. No need for Google.

[Guest]

The following site has a number of InDesign template files, including greeting cards that will be of assistance to you:

http://www.theonlineprinter.com.au/info/Templates.aspx

If you wish to design your own files on your own PC or Mac, then feel free to use our templates below.

Our templates do NOT have designs, but are set up at the proper sizes and with the correct blleds and so on.

[Eugene Tyson]

Well you start off by - not being funny here:

Get a pencil and paper, and fold the paper the way you want it to look. Pencil in some sketches of text and image placement.

Unfold the paper, then recreate what you seen when it's UNFOLDED, in InDesign.

When you fold a greeting card you will have 4 sides

Front

Inside Front

Inside Back

Back

So on your page you should have

Back|Front

Inside Front|Inside back

If you want the greeting card to be A5 when finished (210 (h) x 148mm (w))

then start with a A4 sheet of paper - turn it so the long edge is facing you.

Then fold it in half horizontally.

When you make your indesign document

Make it 210 mm(h) x 296 mm (w)

Then draw a vertical guide with the ruler (CMD/CTRL R to toggle the ruler)

Draw the guide at 148mm (in the middle of the page.

At this point you'll need to make sure that nothing is too close to the fold, so draw another guide at 138 mm and another at 158mm

Then keep text within the Blue and Pink lines.

If you have any images that require they are at the edge of the paper - ensure that you extend the image past the page edge by up to 5mm.

See this thread on bleed (http://forums.adobe.com/thread/721057?tstart=0)

The rest is up to you.

Best of luck.

[Eugenius Maximus]

You can also check out the link below:

http://www.48hourprint.com/indesign-templates.html

Good luck.