Parallel publishing

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tutorial, titled “InCopy CS3 + InDesign CS3 … Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, Adobe Premiere, Audition, Creative Suite, InDesign, InCopy, and Photoshop …

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Content
Producing a high-quality print magazine plus an extended CD-ROM version on a regular basis involves a host of creative contributors reliant on each other under tight deadlines. When the finished product comes under the discerning eye of a professional readership, everything must shine.
Often magazine production staff uses a variety of software packages during the production cycle-
word processing applications, photo editing tools, plus separate applications for layout and CD-ROM creation. Typically, disparate applications from various vendors don’t integrate as expected to put the issue to bed without snafus. Time is of the essence in publishing, and smooth collaboration
is essential among creative and production staff, freelancers, and contractors.
Parallel publishing
Leading photography magazine publisher focuses on Adobe?Creative Suite?3 Design Premium, including
Adobe InDesign?CS3 and InCopy?CS3 software, to streamline editorial workflow and reduce production time
Success StoryLensWork Publishing, specialists in photography-related print periodicals and CD-ROMs, recently adopted Adobe InCopy CS3 and Adobe InDesign CS3 software to streamline
its labor-intensive editorial and production process and move to a parallel workflow that allows writers, editors, and designers to work simultaneously on the same layout. The firm’s hallmark title, LensWork Magazine, is a bi-monthly anthology with a focus on photography and the creative process. LensWork Extended is the CD-ROM version, featuring numerous photographs as well as audio and video interviews and tutorials.
Editor Brooks Jensen explains that by transitioning to Adobe tools, staff has moved from an iterative workflow based primarily
“The advantages of our parallel editorial workflow using Adobe InDesign CS3 and InCopy CS3 are wonderful. We’ve reduced our print production cycle by a week and a half.”
Brooks Jensen,
editor,
LensWork Publishingon Microsoft Word and Adobe InDesign CS3
to a parallel editorial workflow based on
InCopy CS3 and InDesign CS3. Tasks that were often behind schedule are now completed days ahead of time. For example, with Adobe InCopy CS3 and InDesign CS3, photo editors and text and layout editors work concurrently without having to wait for someone else to update documents….