RSS:Apogee Impose Basic Tutorial
About this basic tutorial
The :Apogee Impose Tutorial is a self-paced guide to using the product's features within your workflow. It is comprised of 15 lessons, each one building on the next. For example, your first lesson (included in the sample file) steps you through the creation of a simple job using resources currently available in your system. It concludes with the creation of a job using the Auto Impose feature.
In the first section of the :Apogee Impose web instruction, we introduced you to the concepts of both Auto Impose and Manual Imposition, through both video (to see it work!) and descriptive screen shots. The next three lessons covered Terminology, Navigation & Interaction, and an Overview of Defining Resources.
To help guide you through this tutorial, we've created several video vignettes. They are divided into lesson groupings. Currently we have Tutorial lessons 1-6 complete. As we get more, we'll post them here for your reference.
Each vignette shows a part of the lesson. They're broken down into smaller chunks, so you can view what you need, when you need it.
The first lesson of this tutorial is fully available in the sample file.
Tutorial Objectives
This Tutorial is divided into a series of 15 lessons (206 pages). In these lessons, you will learn how to:
- create basic imposition jobs with the default resources
- edit and place text marks and a colorbar
- create custom Folding Schemes
- review Press Sheet Layout Rules and Binding Options
- assign multiple Fold Sheets to a Press Sheet
- place marks using layers
- use the Auto Impose feature to apply impositions automatically
- impose multi-part jobs
- apply shingling
- create an unbound job and fill a Press Sheet with different elements
- create number-up jobs, including Come and Go
- redistribute unused space on a Press Sheet
Who Should Follow this Tutorial
This tutorial has been prepared for Administrators and Operators who want to learn about the Agfa Apogee Impose module by performing step-by-step procedures.
Duration
You will need approximately 30 minutes to complete each lesson (15 lessons in total).
Contents
- About This Tutorial
- Lesson 1 Creating a Basic :Apogee Impose Job - Fully included in the sample file
- How to create the Job and Product
- How to edit the imposition
- How to define the Press for an imposition job
- How to browse the Press Sheet view
- How to use the View Options palette
- How to use the Inspector
- How to save your changes to the imposition
- How to complete the job set-up
- How to process documents for your job
- Lesson 2 Introduction to Marks
- How to place a Mark Set manually
- How to add the Text Mark to a Mark Set
- How to add a Page Text Mark to all pages
- How to edit a colorbar File Mark in Press Sheet view
- Lesson 3 Creating a Job with Several Press Sheets
- How to create the Job and Product
- How to define the imposition and Marks for the first block
- How to repeat the imposition for multiple Press Sheets
- How to complete the job set-up
- How to input documents for your job
- Lesson 4 Making Custom Folding Schemes
- How to duplicate and customize a Folding Scheme (System Overview)
- How to apply a Folding Scheme to a job.
- How to create and customize a Folding Scheme (in Product view)
- Lesson 5 Press Sheet Layout Rules and Binding Options
- How to specify Binding Options in System Overview
- How to specify Press Sheet Layout Rules in System Overview
- How to create the Job and Product
- How to complete the job set-up
- How to input documents for your job
- Lesson 6 Multiple Fold Sheets on a Press Sheet
- How to create a job with a Partial Book Signature
- How to repeat the same Fold Sheet on a Press Sheet
- How to reduce the number of plates with Work & Turn
- Lesson 7 More about Marks
- How to create the More about Marks Job
- How to change the knock-out and color of a mark
- How to define pens and using them to create marks
- How to place marks on the front and back of a Press Sheet
- How to clip marks
- How to handle mark conflicts (Snag List)
- How to use layers to solve conflicts
- How to place registration marks
- How to place collation marks
- How to place Fold Sheet cut marks
- How to manage marks with the Mark Sets Inspector
- How to reset a manually modified mark
- How to re-apply modified Mark Sets
- How to re-apply Mark Sets and keep/reset on/off states
- Lesson 8 Setting Folding Schemes for Auto Impose
- How to set your Folding Scheme as top pick
- How to apply Folding Schemes with Auto Impose
- Lesson 9 Setting Auto Impose Rules
- How to set your Auto Impose Rules
- How to apply your Auto Impose Rule
- Lesson 10 Imposing Multi-Part Jobs Interactively
- How to create Mark Sets for placing different colorbars
- How to create the Job with Cover and Body Parts
- How to input documents for your job
- Lesson 11 Auto-Imposing Multi-Part Jobs
- How to create the Job with Cover and Body Parts
- How to input documents for your job
- Lesson 12 Applying Shingling
- How to shift inner and outer pages for shingling (manual)
- How to disable shingling
- How to scale inner and outer pages for shingling (manual)
- How to set up automatic shingling
- Lesson 13 Creating Unbound Jobs
- How to create a job for an Unbound Product
- How to create a Margin resource
- How to adapt the page size of Parts to match uploaded documents
- How to place Elements for an Unbound Job interactively
- How to place Elements using Manual Arrangement
- How to override inner margins in Manual Arrangement
- How to place Elements using the Positioning Palette
- How to override inner margins when using the Repeat Tool
- Lesson 14 Number-Up Binding
- How to create a 32-page job with 2-up imposition
- How to create a 32-page job with 2-up Come & Go imposition
- Lesson 15 Fold Sheet Fitting
- To create a job with no Sheet Fitting (default)
- How to apply Horizontal Sheet Fitting
- How to apply Vertical Sheet Fitting
Downloads
Download the Apogee Impose Basic Tutorial sample file.
Download the video of lesson 1.
