HurryCover 2.0 User Manual
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1. icon or manually select the spine field 3 Enter the new width of the spine 4 Click Update a X 3 Adding removing flap s BACK FLAP WIDTH FRONT FLAP WIDTH By the same logic the flaps front and or back flap can be sepa rately added or removed by editing their respective width 1 With your document active in InDesign run HurryCover AE a 2 Ifnecessary unlink the flaps by clicking the link button to the Bt Bh 2200 right of the back flap field i 16p0 l 0 ie REMOVING THE REMOVING THE a FRONT FLAP BACK FLAP 3 Choose one or more of the following actions E E l l amp e Click the J icon or manually select the field to edit amp the front flap then enter the new width 0 is allowed A A HURRYCOVER 2 0 MANUAL e Click the J icon or manually select the field to edit the back flap then enter the new width 0 is allowed e Click the check box of the FLAPs panel to globally enable or disable the flaps as shown below FLAPS TURNED OFF A 4 Finally click Update 4 Automatic repositioning HurryCover has been designed to update your layout the most accurate way considering the relationship between the cover template and the graphic elements of the document S2. or go into Edit gt Undo HurryCover The document is then restored to its previous size and state HURRYCOVER 2 0 MANUAL 1 Advanced tips and features How do change the size of the pasteboard To specify how far the pasteboard extends out from the slug area simply enter values for Horizontal pasteboard margins and Vertical pasteboard margins Horizontal pasteboard margins Disabled in InDesign CS4 Vertical pasteboard margins lil A A S amp I a A How do specify units of measure Most of the fields in HurryCover require a unit of measure By default all values fit the current horizontal ruler unit set in InDesign You can change this at any time in HurryCover through the unit block acl chm in mm Pr Each button switches to a different unit e AG tospecify Agates e CI tospecify Ciceros e CM tospecify Centimeters e IN _ tospecify Inches e MM to specify Millimeters e PC to specify Picas e PT to specify Points When you click a button HurryCover instantly converts and displays all values into the selected unit NOTE You can also temporarily override the current unit as you enter a value For example even if the unit block is set to pT points you can type a new value like 4mm to specify millimeters In such case the field is changed into 11 34pt as soon as you validate HurryCover supports most of the notations available in InDesign e g e 1 231
3. 1 23in 1 23inches e 123mm 12 3cm 123m e 1p6 1 5pc 1 5pica 18pt 18points e c6 Sci 0 5cicero e 12ag I2agates When a notation cannot be properly parsed or would result in a wrong value a short alert message popups while you are typing The value must be between 1 pt and 3685 pt How do I save my global preferences Similarly to how InDesign manages preferences HurryCover makes a distinction between application level and document level settings When you are updating a document that was created with HurryCover settings visible in the main dialog match that HURRYCOVER 2 0 MANUAL 4 x Advanced tips and features specific document and take priority over HurryCover s default settings In this scenario e The Update button applies settings to the active cover e The Create button applies settings to the newly created cover the active cover remains unchanged e The Close button simply ignores changes and lets the active cover unchanged By contrast ifno document is available or if the active document is not a valid cover then the main dialog matches the default settings i e preferences of HurryCover In this scenario e The Update button is disabled e The Create button applies settings to the newly created doc ument the default settings remain unchanged e The Close button saves changes as new
4. can run HurryCover from the Scripts panel as follows 1 In InDesign display the Scripts panel via e Window gt Automation gt Scripts CS4 or e Window gt Utilities gt Scripts CS5 CS5 5 CS6 or CC 2 Look for HurryCoverPro jsx in the User folder then double click on it Getting started 6 Running HurryCover from the Indiscripts menu To have HurryCover available in the InDesign s menu bar simply click the Indiscripts menu button as shown in the below screenshot then close the dialog box You can now run HurryCover going into Indiscripts gt HurryCover PRO ate Create Close z INDISCRIPTS MENU TURNED OFF Tired of continually ose digging into the B Scripts panel INDISCRIPTS MENU Make HurryCover TURNED ON available in a dedicated menu X 108 25mm W gap y 2 18445mm H k Sid i E A e ah a gt Pe bis hC HURRYCOVER 2 0 MANUAL l 1 2 3 Create your first cover Basically HurryCover allows you to build the complete template of a book cover or a dust jacket with perfectly measured areas for front and back cover spine optional flaps bleed and slug In addition HurryCover creates all convenient guides crop and fold marks which you want to have in your layout Run HurryCover In the MAIN DIMENSIONS panel type in the dimensions of the finished width spine and height AL on va LL Finishe
5. HurryCover 2 0 A Book Cover Manager for InDesign CS4 CS5 CS6 CC USE i Whe IN UE aL L D Overview 1 Description HurryCover allows you to create perfectly sized book covers or cit aaa cates seas nono dust jackets which you can easily re adjust the dimensions the GM se is BE 1p3 B aspo e spine the back and or front flaps whenever you want If your CL bs a Be rs r Nl 20 a document needs to be updated according to new measurements a I 1 sopo 4p6 E fm HurryCover automatically moves the layout components the m METADATA required distance and ensures that guides and fold marks always m FLAPS MARKS AND GUIDES Title My New Jacket fit the correct dimensions a ae Author E p impcronmarcs Description 5 N rth a s Keywords NOTE HurryCover supports usual InDesign measurement units agates U me inches milli icas Y i l p a ee Contact me indiscripts com_ ciceros centimeters inches millimeters picas You can instantly LLL e gt e E switch from one to another See Advanced tips and features 2 AG Cl CM IN MM PC PT Update Create Close Fe J In addition HurryCover lets you edit a set of metadata title 3 HurryCover PRO 2 017 fel author description keywords and add page details in the slug Licensed to marc indis
6. check box 2 In the Title field fill in a title for the document This will match Document Title in InDesign s File Information and Title in Acrobat s Document Properties 3 In the Author field enter the author s name if relevant This will match Author in both InDesign s File Information and Acrobat s Document Properties METADATA PERR TURNED ON ces Title The New Typography Author Jan Tschichold Description Book jacket v 1 2 Keywords typography jacket Contact me indiscripts com Create Close Le Managing your cover 4 NOTE In the Description field enter a short description or subject This will match Description in InDesign s File Information and Subject in Acrobat s Document Properties HurryCover does not support multi line descriptions In the Keywords field enter a comma separated list of keywords This will match Keywords in both InDesign s File Information and Acrobats Document Properties HurryCover provides an extra field Contact which is not an actual xmP structure and therefore is not stored in metadata Use it to make a name e mail address phone number or any additional data visible in the page details block at the bottom of the page Restoring the previous state of the document If anything goes wrong once you click Update you can glob ally undo all modifications processed by HurryCover Just press Cmd Z
7. cripts com area such as finished width spine thickness or contact name The main dialog of This way you can be sure that your client and or the printer have all reliable information directly shown in the final export 3 TRY vs PRO version eee and feel in both You can download a free tryout version of HurryCover at Mac 0S and Windows 2 System requirements http ww indiscripts com blog public scripts HurryCoverTry zip environments The It offers most of the features of the PRO release but it makes following languages are available depending on your InDesign locale or Windows XP Vista 7 8 x86 or x64 editions grayed out English default e Mac OS X 10 6 or later impossible to update a document the Update button remains e 800x600 pixel screen resolution or greater e French e Adobe InDesign CS4 CS5 CS5 5 CS6 or CC a e Spanis HURRYCOVER 2 0 MANUAL D 1 Before you install 2 HurryCover entirely resides in a single file HurryCoverPro jsx When you download the file from your private link however 3 it is originally zipped The first step is to unzip the zip file so you can place HurryCoverPro jsx at the desired location see below 3 As a precaution before you go on save your working files and 1 restart InDesign in a clean session 2 Installing in Mac OS X 2 1 In InDesign open the Scripts panel as follows e CS4 Window gt Automation gt Scripts 3 e CS5 CS5 5 CS6 or CC Window g
8. d width refers to the width of the front cover which is also the width of the back cover Finished width Cover s spine Height If necessary activate the FLAPS panel by clicking its check box then type in the width of the front resp back flap as well as the turn in thickness a O tf Front flap s width Back flap s width Turn in thickness NOTE 4 NOTE e Typically if you are preparing a standard dust jacket the jacket is wrapped around the case bound book and the turn in thick ness is correlated with the thickness of the cover material e By cons gatefold soft covers i e French flaps only require a small adjustment thickness between the flap and the cover By default the front and back flap widths are linked However HurryCover allows you to unlink these values by turning off the link button to the right of the field This way you can treat flaps separately Also any field of the FLAPS panel can be individually set to 0 in order to remove the corresponding area In the BLEED AND SLUG panel type in the width of the bleed area the crop marks offset and the total room of the slug area ian imal m By default the marks offset is linked to the bleed Again you can unlink these values by turning off the link button to the right of the field Bleed Offset applied to the marks Slug LILI oo s MAIN DIMENSIONS 34p0 2p6 Ta oa E FLAPS
9. default settings Therefore the easiest way to set your usual preferences is to proceed as follows In InDesign close any document window Run HurryCover Enter your preferred settings for future book covers size flaps options metadata etc Click Close 4 How do l access advanced settings HurryCover features a few additional preferences referred to as advanced settings which are responsible for the overall func tioning of the program To access advanced settings in HurryCover click the gear icon at the right side of the Close button Create Close The ADVANCED SETTINGS panel then shows up From there you can both e Change the weight and or the length used for all crop and GO TO ADVANCED SETTINGS fold marks see Managing your cover 6 e Turn on off Smart resize see Managing your cover 5 ADVANCED SETTINGS Marks weight Marks length m Smart resize ADVANCED SETTINGS window e Click Reset to restore the defaults e Click OK to validate your choices HURRYCOVER 2 0 MANUAL 5 2 3 4 5 Advanced tips and features How do deal with recurring works When you prepare book covers or jackets for a series it may be convenient to establish a template for this series then to reuse it as a starting point for each specific document This way you don t have to constantly re create standard artworks layout and contents e g flap structur
10. document is accurate However Indiscripts assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors that may appear in this document InDesign the InDesign logos are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Marc Autret indiscripts com 2007 2013 All rights reserved Made in France
11. e backgrounds shared logos frames barcode area and so on As HurryCover manages InDesign templates as well as regular documents it s easy to streamline such workflow Run HurryCover Enter your preferred settings for the series size flaps options metadata etc Click Create to generate a fresh preformatted template Feed the template so that it contains the layout of a typical issue including layers grids guides placeholder frames styles swatches graphics texts etc Save your document as an InDesign template e Go into File gt Save As and specify a location and filename e Choose InDesign CSX Template for Format Mac OS or Save As Type Windows and then click Save 1 2 NOTE Once you have a prepared template you can start a new cover from that template whenever you want In InDesign go into File gt Open Locate and select your template Select Open Normal Mac OS or Normal Windows then click Open Run HurryCover adjust the cover to your needs then click Update Save the document with its own name Can add extra guides in my jacket You may want to manage additional ruler guides for margins hinges gutters safety zones etc As HurryCover has been designed to offer a simple and intuitive user interface we did not integrate all technical parameters that could be required in your workflow However there is usually no issue in using custom guides in your docu
12. e from the ADVANCED SETTINGS panel See Advanced tips and features 4 The figure below shows how some simple objects are processed when their bounds match various reference edges In order to prevent unwanted modifications the Smart resize feature is restrictive The following conditions are all required e The frame of the object must be very close to each reference edge according to a snap zone internally set to 0 5 pt e The object must be an individual page item i e groups are ignored e The object must belong to a non locked layer Automatic repositioning and Smart resize mechanisms also apply to e hidden objects e objects that belong to an hidden layer e individually locked objects So only locked layers are globally ignored Managing your cover hC When Smart resize is in action every individual element that fits two vertical edges of the cover is automatically resized on Update 6 Using marks and guides The MARKS AND GUIDES panel provides a set of check boxes that let you turn on off custom printer s marks guides and page details e Spine flap marks also referred to as fold marks are custom solid lines added for the flaps and spine They help the printer determine where to fold the paper L a MARKS AND GUIDES N m Spine flap marks m Crop marks m Guides m Page details On master page HURRYCOVER 2 0 MANUAL NOTE NOTE e Crop marks are basically
13. ja v o EE LU mo S 22p0 8 E E BLEED AND SLUG cS z gaen g a O m a m f OD wa MARKS AND GUIDES Spine flap marks Crop marks Guides Page details On master page 8 HURRYCOVER 2 0 MANUAL Getting started hC 5 Finally click Create to generate the cover template HurryCover s guides Close e and marks are placed A new InDesign document is then created having the following on a reserved layer i eeand demenis HC_GuidesAndMarks ER A l CLICK to let you safely work on your own layer s CUSTOM CROP MARKS SLUG AREA FOLD MARKS SPINE AND FLAPS BLEED AREA e BACK FLAP BACK COVER FRONT COVER FRONT FLAP E FOLD UDE _ gt Flat size 109p6 x 50p0 Finished width 35p0 Spine 2p6 Flaps 18p0 each Turn in 0p6 PAGE DETAILS Flat size 109p6 x S0p0 Finished with 35p0 Spine 2p6 Flaps 18p0 each Turn in Op6 Powered by HurryCover 2 013 8 31 2012 HURRYCOVER 2 0 MANUAL 1 3 4 NOTE Adjusting size s What makes HurryCover really powerful is that you can edit the specific size of any area of your document after it was created and laid out For example if you need to increase the spine width of a book jacket due to a last minute technical adjustment HurryCover will save you from recalculating all the related mea
14. ment or template Such guides will just be repositioned as well as other layout components As a general rule do not place your own guides on the layer dedicated to HurryCover HURRYCOVER 2 0 MANUAL Advanced tips and features 7 How do I make existing documents compliant 7 Open the Layers panel From the flyout menu select Paste with HurryCover Remembers Layers Since documents which was not originally created from 8 Go into Edit gt Select All and copy the selection Cmd C HurryCover are not supported by the program you may have to manually convert old book covers into the new format Here 9 Activate the destination document are the basic steps involved in this task 10 Go into Edit gt Paste in Place 1 Open the existing document in InDesign 2 Write down the inner dimensions of the book cover e finished width and spine width e height e bleed and slug e flaps and turn in thickness if relevant 3 Run HurryCover then enter all the needed dimensions in the corresponding fields 4 Click Create 5 In InDesign go into Window gt Arrange gt Tile So you get both the source and the destination document visible 6 Activate the source document If needed hide lock the layers you don t want to copy Also make sure that all the required objects are visible and not locked HURRYCOVER 2 0 MANUAL Ge C HurryCover 20 www indiscripts com A plug in for Adobe InDesign based on Adobe Ex
15. or page details so that no additional font is added in the document e On master page not available in InDesign CS4 tells HurryCover to place any marks guides and extras on a master This way you can manage multiple variants of your cover from a single document since updating the master will instantly update every child page On master page is disabled in CS4 due to an InDesign issue related to rotated spread views All marks guides and extras managed by HurryCover are placed on a separate layer HC_GuidesAndMarks which is locked Although you can rename this layer to your liking be careful not to remove it Adding updating metadata Metadata is a set of background information about a document such as title description author name or keywords applied to it This dataset is stored using the xme standard which facilitates the exchange of metadata between applications Using well worded metadata helps you streamline your workflow and organize your documents When you export your artwork out of InDesign PDF IDML the metadata travels with the file hC HURRYCOVER 2 0 MANUAL This makes it easier for your document to be found and properly identified For example it may be important for your studio and or for your clients to make visible which designer worked on a certain document Use the METADATA panel to add or edit such background information 1 Ifnecessary activate the panel by clicking its
16. similar to the InDesign s built in crop marks They help the printer determine where to trim the paper The benefit of using HurryCover s crop marks is that they have the same offset weight and length as spine flap marks If you prefer to use InDesign s crop marks in the print out turn off Crop marks in HurryCover and click Update Fold and crop marks always go outside the page boundary The applied offset is specified in the IL fiela which by default is linked to the bleed offset T Unlink those fields to specify a different offset However keep in mind it is not recommended to have marks offset ess than bleed Marks weight and length can be globally set from the ADVANCED SETTINGS panel See Advanced tips and features 4 e Guides are InDesign s guides for spine and flaps Depending on your settings HurryCover automatically creates guides to delineate each separate area of your cover including the turn in between the front resp back cover and the front resp back flap e Page details refers to an information block placed at the bottom of the page over the bleed area It brings together all size details Flat size Finished width Spine Flaps Turn in as well as the Contact field see below Adding updating meta data and the last modified date of the document Managing your cover NOTE NOTE Both printer s marks and page details use the Registration swatch Also outlines are used f
17. surements Even better HurryCover will automatically and accordingly reposition the elements of your layout to make free room for the new spine width Proceed as follows Open an InDesign document that was created with HurryCover HurryCover 2 x cannot manage documents built with HurryCover 1 x 2007 To make a document compliant with the current product see Advanced tips and features 7 Run HurryCover Note that the dialog box then displays the current dimensions of your document Change any size in the MAIN DIMENSIONS panel the FLAPS panel and or the BLEED AND SLUG panel Click Update The Update button is only enabled in the PRO version Managing your cover Lut a wa Create Close e CLICK B hC A typical use of HurryCover is changing the spine width of the final jacket with no effort and perfect accuracy You could resize as well the finished width flaps etc HURRYCOVER 2 0 MANUAL Managing your cover hC 2 Adding removing spine MAIN DIMENSIONS MAIN DIMENSIONS HurryCover supports templates with zero width spine which EE cr zj BE cr 4 simply means no spine Therefore you can very easily add or 7 2 remove this area by editing the spine field EE a Eg i j mini a7 ADDING SPINE REMOVING SPINE So 1 With your document active in InDesign run HurryCover E a amp A A 2 Click the
18. t Utilities gt Scripts E Scripts MAC OS X DRAG INTO Scripts Panel e essa 1 e J 8 Reveal in Finder RIGHT CLICK hC Getting started You see there two main folders Application and User Right click the User folder and pick Reveal in Finder You should now see a Scripts Panel folder Drag HurryCoverPro jsx into there Congratulations HurryCover is now installed Installing in Windows In InDesign open the Scripts panel as follows e CS4 Window gt Automation gt Scripts e CS5 CS5 5 CS6 or CC Window gt Utilities gt Scripts You see there two main folders Application and User Right click the User folder and pick Reveal in Explorer You should now see a Scripts Panel folder Drag HurryCoverPro jsx into there Congratulations HurryCover is now installed o O 2 Aela oa x9 R O D Documents and Settings Mark Applicatior WINDOWS Mix A DRAGINTO o Te EN nee HurryCoverPro jsx HURRYCOVER 2 0 MANUAL 4 Installing an update If you are notified that an update of the product is available simply download the new package from your private link then unzip and install the file HurryCoverPro jsx over the previous one i e at the same location The new version is instantly functional and your global settings are all preserved 5 Running HurryCover from the Scripts panel Once the installation is done switch back to InDesign You
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20. uppose you have a rectangle within the bounds of the front flap HurryCover will regard that rectangle as owned by the flap and will try to maintain its position relative to the fold Thus if you resize any area of your template spine width front cover and Managing your cover or anything else the object keeps its place in the flap as illus trated by the orange rectangle in the figure below R ee Fs iaei m The underlying rule is that HurryCover attempts to preserve the distance to the most inner edge of the area the object belongs to If the object overlaps multiple areas as illustrated by the gray rectangle which meets both the front cover and the front flap then again the reference edge is assumed the most inner one NOTE The above rule only applies to left sided or right sided objects If an element is located within the book spine area and or overlaps the central axis of the cover then it will remain in place hC When the width of any area is modified HurryCover repositions the objects in order to maintain the distance to their reference edge HURRYCOVER 2 0 MANUAL 5 NOTE NOTE Smart resize In addition to automatic repositioning HurryCover can readjust the width of every individual element rectangle oval triangle polygon text frame whose visible bounds fit two vertical edges of the cover areas Smart resize mechanism is enabled by default You can disable this featur
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