Personalized Print Production
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Course Information
This eLearning course is designed to introduce the process of creating personalized print templates using XMPie uCreate Print, an Adobe InDesign plug-in included with the uDirect (Desktop Production) and PersonalEffect (Server Production) product suites.
The course provides comprehensive coverage, from installation and configuration to both desktop and server-based production workflows, along with a range of advanced features. It also includes guided tutorial modules and downloadable example files to support hands-on learning and practical application.
- Understand and use the uCreate Print functionality and interfaces (called Dynamic Content menus, panels and dialogs) within InDesign
- Build a personalized print template (aka VDP template) from start to finish
- Understand, create and modify various types of personalized content (aka Content Objects)
- Understand, create and modify business rules for personalized content
- Generate personalized print production using desktop (InDesign & uCreate Print)
- Understand the difference between production methods - desktop vs servers (uProduce)
- Adobe Creative Cloud, with InDesign installed
- Have basic knowledge of Adobe InDesign and how to use it
- uCreate Print installed
v12.1 and later
TUTORIAL 1 - Project-planning
TUTORIAL 2 - Basic VDP Job
TUTORIAL 3 - Using rules and logic
TUTORIAL 6 - Creating font-based uImage effects
Video Information
This module introduces Variables: How to create them; how to use them; and why they are a useful addition to the uCreate Print tool set.
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Course outline
| Before Training | |||||
| uCreate Print Installation | 4m 25s | ||||
| TUTORIAL: Starting templates | |||||
| TUTORIAL 1 - Project-planning | 6m 49s | ||||
| Starting Templates | |||||
| Getting started | 3m 18s | ||||
| Connecting to data sources | 6m 10s | ||||
| The Dynamic Content panel | 5m 22s | ||||
| Introducing Rule Editor NG | 4m 51s | ||||
| Data tips and tricks | 5m 56s | ||||
| Start designing with no data source | 4m 8s | ||||
| Dynamic Content Types (1) | |||||
| Text content objects | 7m 19s | ||||
| Graphic content objects | 8m 48s | ||||
| Working with PDF Graphic Assets | 7m 58s | ||||
| Desktop Production | |||||
| Creating VDP Output | 5m 9s | ||||
| TUTORIAL: Start to finish | |||||
| TUTORIAL 2 - Basic VDP Job | 8m 2s | ||||
| Building Data Rules and Logic | |||||
| Using the Rule Editor | 6m 41s | ||||
| Introducing Rule Editor NG | 4m 51s | ||||
| Variables | 4m 43s | ||||
| TUTORIAL: Rules and logic | |||||
| TUTORIAL 3 - Using rules and logic | 6m 0s | ||||
| Dynamic Content Types (2) | |||||
| Visibility Content objects | 5m 54s | ||||
| Table Content objects | 5m 17s | ||||
| Tables with multiple row styles (pt 1) | 5m 56s | ||||
| Tables with multiple row styles (pt 2) | 6m 20s | ||||
| Style Content objects | 5m 31s | ||||
| Text File Content objects | 7m 10s | ||||
| TUTORIAL: More content types | |||||
| TUTORIAL 4 - More Content object types | 7m 37s | ||||
| Dynamic Barcodes | |||||
| Barcodes in uCreate Print | 6m 22s | ||||
| Creating fancy or custom QR codes | 4m 46s | ||||
| Creating a vCard with contact information | 10m 0s | ||||
| TUTORIAL: Dynamic barcodes | |||||
| TUTORIAL 5 - Barcodes | 3m 49s | ||||
| Dynamic Production Changes | |||||
| Dynamic media selection | 6m 6s | ||||
| Production Directives | 8m 0s | ||||
| Re-linking to a different data source | 3m 0s | ||||
| Options for Rules and Logic | |||||
| Audience Panel | 7m 24s | ||||
| Export and import rules | 3m 58s | ||||
| TUTORIAL: Personalized imagery | |||||
| TUTORIAL 6 - Creating font-based uImage effects | 6m 42s | ||||
| Advanced Personalized Imagery | |||||
| Using Photoshop actions with uImage | 2m 2s | ||||
| Using multiple text layers in uImage | 2m 55s | ||||
| TUTORIAL: Image Fonts | |||||
| TUTORIAL 7 - Creating image-font effects | 5m 35s | ||||
| TUTORIAL: Using uImage | |||||
| TUTORIAL 8 - Using a uImage package in uCreate Print | 2m 57s | ||||
| Other Personalized Imagery | |||||
| Using OpenType SVG Fonts | 3m 38s | ||||
| Data Driven Charts/Graphs | |||||
| TUTORIAL 9 - Working with uChart | 6m 16s | ||||
| Page Numering Features | |||||
| Page Numbering Features | 5m 51s | ||||
| Page Numbering Barcode | 9m 9s | ||||
| Page Numbering Visibility | 3m 15s | ||||
| Page Numbering Page Visibility | 6m 41s | ||||
| Liquid Layouts | |||||
| Setting up a dynamic Liquid Layout document | 5m 17s | ||||
| Liquid Layout document production | 2m 30s | ||||
| Working with XMPie Servers | |||||
| Working with the XMPie Server (Overview) | 5m 38s | ||||
| Save to / Open from server (uProduce) | 7m 44s | ||||
| Save to / Open from Server (Circle) | 6m 30s | ||||
| Import and export packages (Overview) | 4m 34s | ||||
| Import and export in uCreate Print | 3m 49s | ||||
| Import and export in uProduce | 3m 54s | ||||
| Import and export in Circle | 2m 55s | ||||
| Working with XLIM | 7m 35s | ||||
| Creating templates for uStore | |||||
| Reviewing the template and requirements | 2m 33s | ||||
| Planning the data fields needed | 3m 2s | ||||
| Gathering resources | 2m 21s | ||||
| Linking data and design | 4m 43s | ||||
| Tagging the document | 8m 22s | ||||
| Using variables for logic | 6m 56s | ||||
| Setting campaign dials (uStore) | 1m 49s | ||||
| Save to uProduce | 3m 10s | ||||
| Testing proof and production | 5m 0s | ||||
| Advanced tips and tricks | |||||
| Keyboard shortcuts | 3m 10s | ||||
| How to get assets from a web URL | 4m 50s | ||||
| Using InDesign GREP Styles | 9m 36s | ||||
| Working with Emojis | 6m 12s | ||||
| Booklet tips and tricks | 12m 23s | ||||
| Bills and statements tips and tricks | 14m 5s | ||||
| Interactive PDF | 11m 59s | ||||
| Personalized Maps | 5m 52s | ||||
| Adding a multi-page PDF into a dynamic document | 8m 41s | ||||
| Using the PDFAssetPagesTable function | 5m 52s | ||||
| Advanced Dynamic Media Selection | 3m 56s | ||||