This document outlines the 9 step process for creating a double page spread in InDesign that includes images, titles, text boxes, and other design elements. It describes importing assets from Photoshop, precisely sizing and positioning frames, images and text, applying effects like strokes and drop shadows, formatting text styles and columns, wrapping text around images, and adding page numbers. The goal is to design an engaging double page article layout.

1. DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD STEP BY
STEP

2. STEP 1
Firstly I opened a new InDesign
Transparency box document and in Photoshop
changed the length of the
background so that it would span
over the double page. In InDesign
then, I click the Rectangle Frame
tool and placed the image into it. I
then adjusted the size of the frame
box to fit the double page before
clicking the Fill frame proportionally
button so that the image completely
filled the box. I then changed the
transparency of the image to 40%.

3. STEP 2
I then did the same thing using the
rectangle frame tool to import a
Photoshop document. Previously in
Photoshop I had cut the image out
using the polygon tool and got rid of
the background of the image. When
I placed it in InDesign I moved the
image with the arrow keys to make
the movements more precise than
using the mouse.

4. STEP 3
I first made the title in Photoshop. I
chose the font I liked of Dafont and
then print screened it. In Photoshop I
then cut around the image and got rid
of the background. I also applied the
effects in Photoshop by adding a
stroke of 4 in the RGB 139, 30 and 54
and a drop shadow with a distance of
22 and size 18. I then placed this into
InDesign and adjusted the size by
dragging the corners of the image
whilst holding the shift key so that the
image wasn’t distorted.

5. STEP 4
I then applied the sub-heading using
the Type tool. I then applied a stroke
to the text so that it matched the title
by on a smaller scale. I did this by
clicking stroke at the side of the
page and adjusting it to 1pt. I then
clicked ‘colour’ in the stroke option
and manually changed the colour
using the RGB codes. I adjusted the
text so that it fit between the title and
image without overlapping. I did this
by using the arrow keys.

6. STEP 5
I applied the introduction to the article
in it’s own text box that I used the
existing columns to measure the size
of it. I firstly wrote the text in a word
document before copying it into the
text box. I applied the drop cap by
changing the drop cap option to 5. I
chose this size so the rest of the word
Drop cap still fitted on the same line.
STEP 6
I added the by-lines at the bottom of the
column by using another text box using the
type tool. I changed the colour using the
RGB codes 139, 30 and 54 and also
changed the font size using the tool bar at
the top of the page.

7. STEP 7
To put the main text in the article, I first
wrote it in in a word document. I made
a text box and added columns it by
adjusting the column button at the top
to 3. I then spaced the text out and
changed the font and colour of the
questions. I changed the font to Arial
12 as the answers were in Minion Pro.
I also added a ‘Q&A’ title and changed
the font of that. I also added a stroke of
1pt in black so it was the opposite of
the sub-title on the other page.

8. STEP 8
To then add the secondary image I
first opened it in a new Photoshop
and cut around the image using the
Polygon tool to be more precise. I
then cropped the image and got rid of
the background. When I imported the
photo I adjusted it so it was in line
with the side of the page. I then used
the wrap text tool so the text fitted
around the image.
Wrap text

9. STEP 9
Finally, I added the page number
using another text box and matched
it the house style.