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Mini-Quiz: Making a 3-D Book Cover Image with InDesign

by Ron Kurtus (23 April 2012)

Take this Mini-Quiz to check your understanding of the lesson material.

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1. How do you adjust the shear of your spine image?

Mark the image and open Object > Transform > Shear...

Drag and shear

Mark the image and open Edit > Shear Image

2. What do you adjust on the front cover image?

Adjust colors, because they will change

Adjust the size of the front cover to be larger than the spine image

Adjust the overall width and height of of the image to accomodate the new spine

3. What is placed above the front cover image?

You can put your name there, if you wish

A white sheared rectangle to represent the pages of the book

The spine image

If you got all three correct, you are on your way to becoming a Champion in using InDesign. If you had problems, you had better look over the material again.

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Mini-Quiz: Making a 3-D Book Cover Image

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