Mainly because I hadn’t really taken the time to learn it.īut, I needed a formatting tool, and I wasn’t about to buy a Mac just to get Vellum or drop a lot of money on another tool, I decided to try Scribus again. So I had already worked with the program, but I didn’t love it. I had used Scribus as a free alternative when I was working with David on the Fiology Workbook. I’m not tech-savvy enough to know why that is, but I knew I couldn’t use those templates from one platform to publish on another. Amazon is telling you, hey we built this template, just use this.īut, when I was publishing The Infinite-Infinite, I did that through IngramSpark and they made it clear that you couldn’t use a PDF that was “saved-as” from MS Word. If you are planning to publish your paperback through KDP, I still think that this is the easiest route. Today I am coming to you with another tool recommendation to help you as you write and publish your books.įor KDP Paperback Formatting I have mentioned previously that I would use their Word Doc templates and fill in the text. Please leave a comment if you have any questions.:) I was able to create my own SVG’s using Adobe Illustrator and GIMP. Solid color SVG vectors work best in Scribus (from my experience at least). The three most important windows in the window tab (For me at least) are Properties, Align and Distribute, & Outline. In the image tab, there is also an “Image Effects” button that might come in handy. You can adjust a value box simply by hovering over it with your mouse and scrolling as you see in the video. Collect for output again every time you add new images or fonts. Please feel free to use “Save” or ctrl + s AFTER you have collected for output. God bless you all!Ġ:34 Text Frames (Font, Size, Line Spacing, Color, etc.).Ĥ:42 Image Frames (Find Image, Scale and Position w/in Frame, Align).Ĩ:11 Shapes (Fill/Outline Color, Gradient, Line Width).ġ0:00 Polygon Tool (Sides, Rotation, Star, Curvature).ġ0:28 Line/Bezier/FreeHand (Drawing Lines and Curves).ġ2:07 Levels/Layers/Outline (Overlapping Shapes, Organizing Content, Layer Indicators, Multiple Select).ġ4:49 Opacity/Blend Modes (Transparency Settings).ġ6:54 Mirror/Flip (Horizontal/Vertical/Both).ġ7:20 Positioning (Lock, Size Lock, Basepoint, Rotation, Scale, Translation).ġ9:35 Text Wrap (SetUp, Text Flow Options, Arrow Keys Moving, Contour Line).Ģ3:15 & 31:03 Text Along Path (Attach to Path, “Path Text Properties” Dropdown Window, Detach,).Ģ5:45 Align & Distribute (Relative To…, Moving/Resizing, Equal Distance, Custom Distance).Ģ9:12 Path Operations (Add, Subtract, Overlaps, etc., Keep Shapes, Swap Shapes, Inherit Color).ģ1:39 Convert Polygon to Image (Using Right Click Convert To).ģ2:19 Convert Text to Image (LOTS of Right Clicks, Converting, Ungrouping, Combine Polygons, Whole Image, Image In Individual Letters).ģ4:30 Convert Path to Image (Terrible Path Tool, Editing Path).ģ6:11 Adding Vectors (Vector Programs, Licensing, Importing, Placing, Convert to Image).ģ8:34 Collect for Output (Folder Directory, Naming File, Include Fonts, Include Color Profiles).ģ9:33 Viewing the Output Folder (Notice the Images, Fonts, & Colors, Open the.SLA file to Go Back). However, I am overjoyed that this has been beneficial to so many! If you have trouble hearing because of the music, I have also included CC subtitles if that’s helpful. Hello! This was made for my high school, and was not intended for such a large audience.
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