![]() ![]() Now, I've already downloaded that script and it's sitting in my Downloads folder. jsx file, and then you can import it into your Scripts panel. When you download that script, it's going to be downloaded to your Downloads folder as a. You can find it here at, in their article called, Import a Folder Full of Pictures, One Per Page. Now this script does not ship with InDesign, this is one that you have to download from the Internet. First, I'm going to close this document, because I don't need it anymore, and I don't need to save that. So, I'm going to show you one more technique, which is a little bit more complex but it gives you all kinds of other options. Maybe I wanted to have a background behind all of these, or maybe I wanted to put some other information about the artist on every page. Another problem is you can't design the page. For example, you have no way of controlling how large the frame should be on each page. So, the ImageCatalog script is one great way to import a bunch of images very quickly, but there are a couple of problems with it. I'll click OK, open the Pages panel, and you can see we now have 16 different pages, each one with a different image. Now, we're ready to import, so I click OK and InDesign builds a page and imports all of the images, one image per page. In this case, I don't even want to have any of those things, so I'm going to turn off the Labels checkbox. For example, I can have each image have the file name, the file path, or XMP metadata from inside the image. I even have an opportunity to turn on labels. In this case, I want to scale the images up to fit the frame and make sure that the frame fits the content, so the frame and the images are the same size. The fitting area lets me tell this script let's me tell this script how I want to scale the images inside the frame. Just one row, one column, with just one image per page. So, I'm going to set the rows and columns to both one. It can lay these images out as a grid on the page, but remember what we're trying to do is have one image per page. The script tells me that there are 16 images inside this folder and it's going to import all of them. All you have to do is double-click on it, and when I double-click on this script up comes a dialogue box that says, what folder has the images that you're trying to import? I'll select this Images folder that's up on my desktop and click Open. Now, I'm going to scroll down until I find the ImageCatalog script, there it is. If I open the Samples folder and then and then open the JavaScript folder, I can see a bunch of scripts in here. That expands so that I can see that there's a script in there and also a folder full of samples. We're going to start off by looking inside the Application folder, and I can look in there by just clicking on that little triangle next to the folder. ![]() Now, InDesign Scripts panel has two different folders in it, Application and User. Because I'll be using scripts, I need the Scripts panel, and I can find that if I go to the Window menu, go down to the Utilities submenu, and then choose Scripts. Don't be scared fo the word script, they're really easy to use. Actually, I'm going to show you two different scripts that do similar things. She makes it easy to fill out a great book with little effort.Somebody asked me recently, how do I'm import a folder full of images so that each image shows up on a different page? Well, InDesign can do this, but you have to use a script. ![]() SALE During the month of April, you can get it all for only $25 with the code: GOMAMA.īe sure to check out her blog post for some tips on how to make diary keeping for baby totally painless. The downloadable InDesign album template is fully editable and includes 42 weekly icons as well as a Quick Start/Read Me guide.įlip through this sample pregnancy album template here on Banti. Inspired by her drive to make something special for baby during her own pregnancy (currently 35 weeks along!), Khara put together a drool-worthy pregnancy album (diary/journal) with 86 pages including: If you can drag-and-drop or cut-and-paste-you’re all set. If you’re looking for an easy way to create something special for yourself, for baby, or for a client, friend, or family member, Khara has your back. And even with the best of intentions, creative ambitions like keeping a pregnancy journal or making a pregnancy album as a keepsake for baby can easily fall through the cracks. Let’s be honest-being pregnant can be hard. ![]()
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