作品集制作流程

I have talked about portfolio setup in the past but not specifically the workflow. I don’t hide the fact that I prefer to build my layouts in Photoshop. It's what I'm most comfortable with but also what gives me the most flexibility to blend images into one another and really experiment with layouts. I have seen others create their portfolios in Illustrator and InDesign which works too. I have implemented InDesign into my workflow, but as a management tool and not so much as a design tool. InDesign acts as a master file that houses all of my text and organizes all of my PSD files in one place. This means I can quickly comb through many pages at once to study the flow of the story and transition of graphics. It's very easy to get caught up focusing on each spread as its own entity. InDesign allows me to see the document as a whole and creates a malleable environment to easily move pages around and make quick edits to text. Below, I outline the workflow that I used to create my latest portfolio and prepare it for printing.我曾讲过作品集的制作，但没有详细的工作流程。

事实上，我更喜欢用Photoshop（PS)排版，因为我很熟悉PS，可以很灵活地处理图像或尝试各种排版，虽然我也看到过别人在Illustrator（AI)或Indegign （ID）中创建作品集。

我的工作流程中也需要用到ID，但只是作为一个管理工具,而非设计工具。

我把所有的文本和PSD文件导入到一个ID主文件中，可以对页面进行快速编排和编辑。

这意味着我可以快速梳理许多页面，来研究作品集叙事逻辑与图形绘制的整体性，同时很方便地处理每个跨页自身的完整性。

下面是我用来制作即将打印的最新作品集的工作流程。

1. Determine how the document will be printedThe process begins with deciding where and how I will print the portfolio. For this example, I will be focusing on online printing since this is the easiest and most accessible option for most people. Knowing how you will print the portfolio will inform certain specifications and sizes to be used. For example, blurb only offers a few sizes that will work for my portfolio and the proportions are quite different from my standard 6"x9” size that I have used in past portfolios. Therefore, I want to keep this in mind when designing my new portfolio because the size significantly affects the grid proportions and layout.However, Blurb also provides an InDesign plugin that sets up the file for bleeds, setbacks, and other pertinent document settings. This helps minimize any formatting issues when its time to upload the final portfolio design.1.确定作品集打印的尺寸规格（译者注：原作者使用在线打印，有尺寸限制。

实体打印店打印无此顾虑，符合申请单位或学校的作品集规格要求便可。

）这一过程始于打印作品集的地点与方式。

对于我这个作品集，我选择了在线打印，因为对大多数人来说这是最简单和最容易的选择。

了解在线打印提供的尺寸要求，才能决定适用的作品集规格。

例如，blurb （在线打印商）只提供了几种打印尺寸，并不符合我以往制作作品集的6英寸乘9英寸标准大小与比例。

因此，这次我就记住了使用他们提供的打印规格，因为页面大小将显著影响作品集的网格比例和排版布局。

blurb还提供了一个ID插件,设置文件出血、留白和其他相关文件的设置，这有助于简化化作品集的各种打印格式调整。

2. Photoshop TemplateOnce I determine where the printing will be done, I next set up a Photoshop template. This template is meant to mirror the InDesign document template exactly. Therefore, I will be using the exact same bleed settings and setback guides. Below is how I set things up in Photoshop:2.制作Photoshop模板一旦我确定作品集的打印规格，我下一步就会建立一个Photoshop模板。

这个模板需要与ID设置的打印规格相符合，因此需要设置同样的出血设置和留白设置。

下面是我如何在Photoshop中进行设置:2A. Initial Page Size:The individual page size will be 8” tall by 9.5” wide. This is the final cut size given to me by the online printing company. This means when you open the portfolio and look at the spreads, they will be 8” tall and 19” wide. Since I like to design by the spre ad and not by individual pages, I am going to set my Photoshop template to the 8”x19” size. I am also going to set the resolution to 300 dpi (dots per inch) and set the color mode to “CMYK Color”. The image below shows the setting I used when starting a ne w document. To make changes to the page size and resolution, go to “Image>Image Size.”2.1.页面大小（译者注：本文中将pages翻译为“单页”，而spreads翻译为“跨页”即书本展开平放的两面为一个跨页，印刷术语有各种翻译，译者习惯叫单页与跨页。

）单页大小设置为8英寸高9.5英寸宽，这是我将提交给在线印刷公司的尺寸，也是印刷品最终的裁切尺寸。

这表示，当你展开作品集，将看到8英寸高和19英寸宽的跨页。

因为我喜欢以跨页为模板来设计，而不是单页，所以我将把Photoshop模板大小设置为 8英寸乘19英寸，分辨率设置为300 dpi(每英寸点数)，颜色模式设置为“CMYK颜色”。

下图显示了我开始一个新文档时使用的设置，若要更改页面尺寸和分辨率，去“图像>图像大小”。

2B. Image Bleed:My portfolio has images and colors stretching all the way to the page edges, so I need to add a bleed to my template. The standard bleed dimension is 1/8” on all sides. Some printers may require something different so it is important to confirm this dimension with them before setting up the template. To add the 1/8” bleed space, select “Image>Canvas Size”. First double check that the anchor is in the center, and then increase the width and height by 1/4.” Obviously, the extra 1/8” could be added when setting up the initial page size, but I wanted to show how to add the bleed after the document has been created.2.2.出血边（译者注：出血边是裁切纸张时边缘的损耗，有些标准纸张A4、A3等不需要裁切可以不设置出血，需要裁切则一定要在制作初期就设置好出血，后期再加会影响内容大小，即使很微小。