![]() Things your layout software definitely should have: Here’s a quick checklist that you really should keep in mind while searching for a proper software. They are not supposed to do what you need to do to design an actual quality zine. One thing though: for the love of everything that’s dear to you, please DO NOT use Microsoft Word or the OpenOffice/LibreOffice equivalent. I’m sure there are more softwares out there, but I can’t really say anything about them, how they might work or anything like that. For purely illustrated zines, though, it can work. If you have the EX version of Clip Studio Paint, you technically could also make your zine within that software, however, I would only recommend it if you have no text to work with, and to my knowledge you can also not really incorporate a design grid. If you are used to InDesign, though, it needs quite some adjustments because it’s close but different, so get acquainted with the program. I tried the demo and I think it works just fine, especially if you are not familiar with InDesign anyway. I’m not telling you to pirate software, absolutely not, how could I, ABSOLUTELY *DON’T* LOOK FOR PIRATED ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE 6 for your zine endeavours.Īnother, much cheaper, option that also can open idml files from InDesign is Affinity Publisher, part of Affinity’s roster of design and photo software. There are also old Adobe Creative Suites available (try looking for CS6, that’s the latest before the CC came into the game), which also include old InDesign versions. Same goes for faculty members if I remember correctly. The most widely known/used one is InDesign from Adobe, the most recent version is available through their Creative Cloud subscription (which is ridiculously expensive but guess who is Booboo the Fool and pays for it because it’s industry standard) - students can get it for 50% off though, if you register with your uni email and stuff. Things I will stress is, get yourself a program specifically for designing layouts. So yes, that’s a thing.īut now, what if you don’t have someone to take over this part and you need to do it yourself? Or you are a designer but just never worked in print before? There are people who are good at both (like me, if I may say so myself), but it’s not the rule. ![]() Despite popular belief, only because you can draw well, it doesn’t mean that you’ll be a good designer, and vice versa. Therefore I will be more thorough than I’m going to be on book-keeping and other stuff surrounding zines that I do not have a degree in.įirst of all, I’d generally advise you to have an actual designer on your mod team, or outsource this portion to a designer/design student who focusses on layout and typography. So, I don’t know if you know but I have a bachelor’s degree in Communication Design. I’ve been putting this specific topic off since forever because ever since I thought about writing about it, I figured I should make a quick and sweet InDesign tutorial for it.Īlas, four whole ass years have passed, I came to the conclusion that I might never do such a thing and thus I’ll try to explain this the best I can in the simple format of a blog post (or several).
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