Month: February 2014

If you are converting journal from InDesign sources and you are also using Photoshop, you can prepare some more complex structures very fast and make transfer without having them laboriously re-drawn in Triobo. How to do it? The following procedure seems complicated at first, but the steps 3 and 4 and also step 8 will be made just once. So each subsequently transferred image is made with just a sequence of keyboard shortcuts without much thinking.

1. Keep all properly installed any fonts in the system (otherwise the object in Photoshop may not display correctly)
2. Mark Ctrl+C (Cmd+C) the entire group of objects
3. In Photoshop press Ctrl+N (Cmd+N) for the new image. Change the default resolution of 72 px/inch to higher value: 180 px/inch works well for me, the resulting Triobo objects used as “HD” (ie for tablets with a retina resolution) have proportionally the same size. (When converting A4 journal to tablet desktop 768 x 1024 px.) You may also want larger objects, then select for example 200 px/inch.
4. Does not worry about the dimensions, just confirm the dialog and a newly created image closes immediately.
5. Again press Ctrl+N (Cmd+N) again for the new image and notice following: the resolution is already set to 180 px/inch and pixel dimensions correspond to an object already on the page. Enter the name (already without diacritics and no spaces, e.g. badge-tip)
6. Insert object in the page using Ctrl+V (Cmd+V) and confirm (Enter key).
7. It occurs that frame of embedded vector object is slightly larger (less than 1 px) than image size. Especially with the rounded parts it can cause cropping, and the object will appear “clipped”. In such case press Ctrl+Alt+C (Cmd+Alt+C) and enlarge the canvas by few pixels.
8. Create an action for quick saving to PNG if you do not have it yet. On your hard drive, create a folder where you will store all images (I got it in my documents as “Photoshop output”), then create actions: Save to web, format PNG , “Photoshop output” folder and directly add also an Close action. Assign keyboard shortcuts: On I have set Fn+F13 for PNG and Fn+F14 for JPEG.
9. Press your shortcut key (e.g. Fn+F13), the image is saved and closed.
10. Draw the image frame in Triobo, ignore the size for now. Press Ctrl+Shift+D (Cmd+Shift+D) for source setting, and from Photoshop output folder drag a newly created PNG image to the window and use it.
11. Press icon 1:1 HD and then icon FIT. And you are done.

Objects can be logically grouped into layers. The layers have no effect on the appearance of the article (nor in the preview, or when publishing) and serve exclusively to facilitate the work and orientation in the editor.

Each article (specifically article layout) includes a basic layer called “Background”, in which all objects are commonly found. If you create a new layer (Layer 1 for example), you can make assign some objects to this layer. The layers can be then simply hidden and shown.

Hint: Assume a normal article, that contains within the Background layer a text, title, image, and also buttons that bring up variable object. This variable object is placed across the entire page and assigned to Layer 1. Variable object thus overlaps everything beneath him, so it is not possible to work with other objects on the page. Hiding a Layer 1 enables you to easily access these objects.

Working with layers

Module for working with layers is visible only if there are no selected objects on the page. The layer which is active shows arrow next to it. In this layer a newly drawn objects will be created.

Icon + creates a new layer. Icon X deletes the selected layer – all objects belonging to this layer will be assigned to the base layer Background. No objects will be deleted. Background layer cannot be deleted.

Check boxes next to layer names indicate which objects will be visible.

Each layer has a specific color for object frames. Overview of objects and their assignment to layers is best to see when displaying frames (option Show object borders, shortcut key W).

Assigning object to layer

Each object that lies within the page can be assigned to a layer. Just mark it on the left band and choose the layer. New objects are placed in the currently active layer (marked with arrow).

The objects belonging to the group of objects (or variable objects) automatically belong to the same layer as the group (variable object). If you group multiple objects that belong to different layers, the newly formed group will belong to the layer in which the first object was selected. After the group division, a newly independent objects will belong to the layer in which the original group belonged.