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Cropster ID v1.0
FULL-FEATURED CROPS AND REG MARKS
Cropster INSTRUCTIONS
USING GLUON Cropster™
THE GLUON MENU
Cropster’s functions are accessed through the GLUON Menu which appears on the right side of the menu bar. Otherwise it may be found in the Utilities Menu.
USING CROPSTER
Cropster can be used to place accurate crop, guides, dimension arrows or registration marks on any InDesign element or to any specification. It is used most commonly on oversize pages where all bleeds and trims can be proofed and measured. Usually this means creating a set of 8.5” X 11” crops on a tabloid page. In Ad production, setting up the live area with clearly demarked trim and bleed is usually the first step and without Cropster this process can take up to a half hour. With Cropster the time is more like 10 seconds.
PREPARATION
NONE.
TWO METHODS OF USING CROPSTER
Method 1) With nothing selected, use the Cropster… Menu item to bring up the Cropster Dialog. Enter the desired sizes for trim, safety, bleed, etc. and hit OK. If the page has Cropster crops on it already, you will see the words Page Specs in the Preset Menu and the settings from before will appear in the dialog. Otherwise, it will say Current Specs.
Method 2) With a text or picture box selected, Cropster comes up with the dimensions of that box filled in to the trim size. Enter the desired safety and bleed at that point and hit OK. If the box has Cropster crops on it already, the settings from before will appear in the dialog. You will see the words Box Specs in the Preset Menu either case.
CROPS PANEL OPTIONS
Trim
The size of the final printed piece.
Safety
The size of the printable area within the printed piece
Bleed
The excess area outside the trim area for items which need to print up to the edge of the trim. This can be set as an absolute size such as 10” X 12” or as an offset such as 0p9 which is the default standard
Guides
Gives you the option of placing exact guides which align with the crop dimensions . Red is bleed, blue is trim and green is safety. To set guides only with no crop marks use the No Crops check box. You can also set color for each guide by clicking color box next to check box.
Arrows
Gives you the option of placing dimension arrows which align with the crop dimensions. To set arrows with no crop marks use the No Crops check box.
No Crops
Allows you to quickly turn all crops off instead of individually setting each one.
Lock Guides
Gives you the option of locking guides so they can't inadvertently be moved. They can still be removed, however.
Add To Current
When adding crops for page, turn on this check box to add new crops instead of replacing them. Please note that box crops are always replaced.
POSITION PANEL OPTIONS
Vertical and Horizontal Position on Page
When using the non-selected mode of placement, this determines the vertical distance from the top or the horizontal position from the left of the page that your bleed or trim (if no bleed) will be set at.
Spacing
Determines the distance from the crop mark to the trim. If bleed is selected, an additional amount may be added automatically to keep crops from touching. Default setting is 0p9.
Thickness
Determines the rule thickness of the crop marks.
Default setting is .25 point. Zero will create a hair- line. This applies to arrows and regmarks as well.
Length
Determines the length of crop marks.
FOLDS PANEL OPTIONS
Even Folds
Select Even Folds radio button to create evenly intervaled folds for vertical and/or horizontal direction. Click check box to enable the folds direction and put any number above zero will cause vertical and/or horizontal foldmarks and/or guides to be placed at even intervals between your trim marks. For instance 1 will create a fold in the middle, 2 will divide the page into 3 panels. The Gutter amount will set how far apart the fold marks are. If you don't want gutter marks and guides, set this to zero.
Custom Folds
Select this radio button to create folds exactly where you want. Enter where you want your fold marks to fall from the upper left corner of your trim. For instance to create a horizontal fold mark 3 cm from the top, type 3 cm into the first slot in the dialog. You can have up to 6 horizontal and 6 vertical custom folds and also can set gutter for either direction separately.
REG MARKS, ETC. PANEL OPTIONS
Registration Marks
When this option is selected, other options will become available pertaining to how the regmarks will look and where they will be set:
Centered—Places regmarks dead center between crop and or fold marks
Corners—Places regmarks at the corners
Positive—Black on white
Negative—White on black
Square or Round—two types of reg marks
Notes
Places a remark, note, description or comment below the trim area
Data and Time
Places the current date and time below the trim area
Document Name
Places the current document name below the trim area
Logo and Colorbar
These items will be placed sideways at the sides of the trim area. In order to place the right image file, you should choose EPS file to use for either place by clicking button next to either check box Also make sure that the check box is turned on.
PRESETS PANEL OPTIONS
Using Presets
Any Cropster settings can be saved and then recalled at a later date. This is great for settings which you will be using repeatedly. To save current settings (everything in the Cropster dialog), simply hit the Save button after enter a name at the Name field. It will be added to the Preset Menu. If you want to alter those settings without creating a new set, select preset to replace from the preset list and hit Replace button. To remove a preset, select the preset from the list and hit Remove button. You can also rename existing presets by select it first and give it a new name at the Name field and hit Rename button. The preset editing result after you opened Cropster dialog will be remained regardless you choose OK or Cancel button. However, in case you want to undo all preset editing jobs from the dialog opening, hit Revert All, it will restore preset list.
Saved presets are stored in ‘Cropster Preferences’ file in Preferences folder inside System folder.
Creating Guides Across Spreads
When a dimension for trim is used which exceeds the page width, Cropster assumes you want to make marks on a spread and not a page. It therefore will center the crop, guides, etc on the spread. This also works if you select the box first if the box is wider than a page. Spread crops are not grouped as this can create conflicts when done on Master Pages.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
1. When replacing existing page crops, Cropster erases all crops, guides, arrows and all other marks that were generated by Cropster for the page and then places new crops, etc.
2. When replacing existing box crops, Cropster erases all crops for the box but not the guides guides. You can remove these manually.
Copyright Notice
Cropster™ and accompanying instructions are copyrighted. You have purchased the right to use this program on no more than the number of computers as is printed in the license box on the diskette or as specified when you purchased it. It is a felony to modify, sell or in any way distribute copies of Cropster™ in any form without prior written or verbal consent from GLUON, Inc. You may make archival backups of this program for use in accordance with the above copyright notice. Please avoid pirated software!
Gluon Cropster™ Copyright ©1995-2000 GLUON, Inc., New York, NY.
Preparation
IMPORTANT: FIRST REMOVE ANY OLD VERSIONS OF THE CROPSTER AS THIS MAY CAUSE CONFLICTS IN INDESIGN!
Installation—READ THIS BEFORE USING!!!
Unless it's a demo version, Activate any GLUON by launching the GLUON Activator, provided. This is not necessary for demos. Place all GLUON Plugins in the Plugins folder inside the InDesign™ folder. This process must be repeated for each machine upon which you want to use GLUONS. Once you have activated a machine for one GLUON, this machine will run all GLUONS so you do not need to repeat the process when you get new GLUONS. IMPORTANT: GLUONS will not operate if the above activation procedure is not followed! Please keep the GLUON Activator in a safe place you may need it again if the System or InDesign is reinstalled
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