Social & digital
Designing for Instagram and other screen-only output, including turning a finished album into a post.
Design for Instagram and other digital output
1:05:02Digital and social sizes, including Instagram portrait and tall posts, sit alongside the print vendors when you start a project.
Turn a finished album into an Instagram post
2:09File > Duplicate for different size, then pick an Instagram size under Social / Digital. When converting a vendor book project to an Instagram post, review the aspect ratio conversion BookProofs needs to apply to convert from your original album design. Portrait aspect ratio books convert somewhat easier than square or horizontal projects, but either way the conversion is still a good starting point to work from.
Think in pages for social posts
1:05:37Instagram carousel posts, for example, are uploaded to Instagram as single images, so you need to design page by page and then export as JPEG pages rather than spreads for this type of digital export.
Why the gutter gap is off for digital
1:06:35There's no gutter in a post, so digital formats turn the gap off by default. You can turn it back on if you want it for a particular look.