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So what do you actually need to know
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about MegaEdit in order
to effectively use Infigo Invent.
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So there's a few different topics
we'll be covering in this tutorial.
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We'll take a look at how to customize
the MegaEdit editor.
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You can see here, for example,
that I've customized the color scheme
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of the editor to match the Infigo branding.
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However, you can customize that as you see
fit with logos
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in various places
with instructions to your end users.
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And we'll show you how to do that
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will demonstrate to you how you actually
create a MegaEdit product from within.
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Infigo
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we essentially need to preconfigured
a product to be a MegaEdit product and
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then we are able to import the MEX file
from Infigo Invent into that product.
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So this is a necessary precursor
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step.
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We'll also take a look at resources. So
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as I briefly mentioned
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earlier on, a lot of the resources
are passed over from Infigo Invent
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via the MEX file into MegaEdit.
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However, it's important to understand
the different types of resources
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that are going to be brought over
and what exactly they do.
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It's also important that you understand
how to actually utilize
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the MegaEdit editor
as even if you're using in Invent
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that's only used to actually set up
your templates, it's
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not going to be used to actually purchase
and configure your products.
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That will still be done
within MegaEdit itself.
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So therefore you really need to understand
how to navigate the editor.
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There are a few options which are MegaEdit
only configuration options.
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So this is things
such as setting up pricing
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and this additional
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advanced features
such as batch scripts where we can import
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vast quantities of information
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which again is not going to be included
in Invent itself.
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So you need to understand
how they are applied
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within MegaEdit
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So let's begin by looking
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how to customize the MegaEdit editor
itself.
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Three main areas of interest here.
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We'll take a look at modifying
the color scheme.
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We'll take a look at applying logos
to your loading screen for MegaEdit
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and we'll look at additional help options
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that you have available as well.
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These will only be summary overviews.
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I'll provide links to additional details
and additional videos on these topics.
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Should you be interested
in further information
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So to start off with the color scheme,
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so if we go to our admin
area of our configure storefront
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and then we're going to navigate over
on the left
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hand side to our parent settings
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within here,
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you may be familiar
with your upload of your logos
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and your color scheme to your storefront
itself.
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However,
if you scroll little bit further down,
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you'll find that there are some additional
color options which are associated
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with the MegaEdit editor.
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So we're able to modify those colours
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the same way in which you would modify
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your storefront calls themselves
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further up this page.
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And then once those have been applied,
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we hit save and then those will now
instantly be available.
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So if I refresh our MegaEdit window
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that I have open on a separate tab,
we'll find that
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the launching the loading window
has already had a change of color,
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as has the main MegaEdit interface.
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Next, we'll take a look at loading
your logo to the MegaEdit
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editor loading screen.
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So we'll have to be quick to show this.
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But if I refresh that product,
you can see there's
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a logo visible
at the top of the screen there
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and I'll show you
how to configure that option.
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So the first thing we need to do
is to go to the editable content area,
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which is under content management
and editable content.
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And then scrolling down to section three,
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you'll see that
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there are a few options there
to do with Mega.
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Edit,
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one of which has to do with the MegaEdit
loading screen logo
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is simply a case of going to edit
on that particular content block
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and then you can just import an image
however you see fit.
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My recommendation would be to use
the existing content templates
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where you can just import and upload
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an image
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that's been uploaded.
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So I'll give that a save.
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And then when I refresh,
we should see an updated logo
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on the loading screen.
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We also have a few options
for providing help to our end users,
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so one of those is also
on the loading screen.
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So again, if I hit refresh,
you'll see that we have a few hints
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down at the bottom of the screen.
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Those hints can be customized.
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You can add as many or as few as you like.
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So if I again navigate to section
three editable content,
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you'll see we have MegaEdit loading
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screen hints, go over to edit,
and then it's simply a case
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of making bulleted lines
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with the hints you want to include.
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And then one
you're loading your MegaEdit product.
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It will choose from one of those hints.
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The other option for help
we have available is a pop up window
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that appears
on loading your MegaEdit product.
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So if I navigate
to the actual product itself
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in the product management screen,
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go to edit.
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What we'll find is that
there is an instructions section
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when we're specifying our MegaEdit product
specifications.
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Now most of these
we haven't covered quite yet.
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We will cover most of those
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during the course of this tutorial,
but now we'll stick to instructions.
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and if we scroll down this list,
what we're looking for
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is the Catfish Editor Instruction Panel,
so I can check that on it.
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Save.
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And then if I navigate
back to my editable content,
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I'm going to go to the Infigo
Editor Instruction panel.
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So this is an Editable Content block
which is shared with the Infigo editor,
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which is somewhat of a legacy product
for the new users.
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Go to edit
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and then I can populate this
with whatever content
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I like to help our customers out, to help
our users navigate the MegaEdit product.
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Now there's a separate tutorial video
on customizing this in more detail.
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For now, I'm just going to leave it
as the simple text that's displayed here.
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Save that content
and then refresh our product.
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But what you'll see is that upon loading
that instruction window now appears
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allowing us to provide input
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to our users.
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So next we'll take a look
at actually creating a MegaEdit product.
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Now, the traditional methodology of doing
this is to initially create
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a stock product and then convert it
into a MegaEdit product
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changes have been made to the development
process of creating new products
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where now you can directly create products
of a certain type.
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So if I go to our catalog products
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and product management,
click add new to create a new product
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and rather than just directly
creating a stock product,
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we now have the option
to create products of different types.
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I can choose a MegaEdit product
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and then we have the option to load
and Invent package.
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So you don't have to do this now if you
don't already have the MEX file available.
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But if you have already created
your template
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and want to import it into MegaEdit,
you can do it at this stage.
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Alternatively, if you click Create,
this will create a blank MegaEdit product
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from this point, if you need to update
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or import a MEX file
into an existing MegaEdit product,
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if you go to the MegaEdit configuration
settings of that particular product
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which can be accessed through the product
settings
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or by going to the MegaEdit product screen
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and hitting edit,
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we have this MEX import button
on the top left of those options
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which allows you to directly import
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one of those MEX files.
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For this section,
I've created a blank MegaEdit product
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in which I'm going to show you
some of the resource types
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which we can create
and utilize within MegaEdit
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Now the reason I need to show you
this is because a lot of these resource
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types are automatically created
and applied
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when you're importing
your MEX template from Infigo Invent.
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However, it's important that
you understand what these resources are
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and what we need to use them for.
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So the first thing to understand
with any of these resources,
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most of which are listed across these tabs
here, when we're looking at a MegaEdit
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product configuration
is that they're not actually specified
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on these tabs
themselves on a product by product basis.
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What we do is we specify
these resource groups separately.
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So think of it as a separate folder
of available canvases
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or a separate folder of available clip
art images.
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And then we can apply those to products.
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And this is in case
we want to utilize this same
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resource on multiple different products.
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So if we were approaching this
from a MegaEdit perspective,
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we would start off
by creating those resource sets.
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So if I go to our catalog
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product types and MegaEdit, we can see
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we've got a list of our MegaEdit products
underneath this list here.
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However, the majority of the remaining
options on here are to do with creating
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the actual resources that we can apply to
those MegaEdit products.
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So there's a few which are mandatory.
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So we need to have one specified,
at least one specified
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on a MegaEdit product
in order for it to function correctly.
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You can actually see what those are.
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If you go to your MegaEdit products list,
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which can also be accessed
through catalog product types,
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MegaEdit and MegaEdit products.
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You've got an issues column
associated with your MegaEdit products.
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And then there you can see on my blank
MegaEdit product.
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There are three issues
and those are the mandatory types.
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So we need a stock item, we need a canvas
item and we need an output type item
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before
we can actually apply those to a product.
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We need to make sure
that we have some of those specified.
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So if I go first off to my MegaEdit
canvas,
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you can see in my case
I've got a few examples already available,
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but what we're essentially doing here
is specifying
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the workspace
that our customers can utilize.
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So you might know
we provide them with one canvases,
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you might provide them with a dynamic
canvas size that they can modify
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the size of themselves or multiple
different options to choose from.
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And they're all set up from this screen.
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So there is a full tutorial on this
if you want the in-depth information.
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However, in here
I'll just show you the bare bones
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of creating a canvas.
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So I'll just go to add new.
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And then we have a simple
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specification of our canvas
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where I can define
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the size of that canvas, either
with some preconfigured dimensions.
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So portrait and landscape, a sized
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stock.
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And then once I've selected one of those,
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click on set and it will change
the size of the document.
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Alternatively,
I can directly enter the width
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and height in here,
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so in its most basic form
that is our canvas specified
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and we can now
utilize that on our product.
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However, we could also make it
a dynamic canvas so where we can actually
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get the user to choose the size
they want to
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design.
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If I click on edit on that particular
canvas,
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you'll see there's a few options here
for canvas
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properties and dynamic size.
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And this is just a case of entering
a minimum and a maximum width, minimum
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and maximum height,
and then the steps between those
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and what will happen with this information
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is that when the customer
goes on a product landing page,
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they will be faced with a few sliders
which will actually allow them
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to pre-select the size of the canvas
they want
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before launching the MegaEdit editor.
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We also have the option in here
to provide different canvas sizes.
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So if you want to provide
a range of potential sizes,
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but with the same aspect ratio,
then you could enter a few records in here
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and that will allow the user to select
between those different records.
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Again, all covered in more information
in the actual canvas
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video.
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Also on canvases we can specify
something called background categories
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and then layout categories.
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So background categories
allow us to actually
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directly drag and drop a background
to cover the whole canvas.
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Layouts are how we can save complex
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configurations of our product pages.
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So let's say for example,
we've got multiple elements on a page
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as we have here where we've got many
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different text fields and image fields
and a background field, for example.
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We could save that as a layout
for easy access for our customers,
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so they could just drag and drop a layout
onto one of the pages and it will auto
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configure and create
all of the relevant fields for them
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to use.
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Next on the list of mandatory
resources is stock.
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So this is just the specification of
the material that's going to be printed on
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quite simple specifications.
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I can just hit on create
and then you'll see that we just need
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a name, a description,
and then we have some basic inputs to do
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with the thickness of the stock
if it requires any price adjustment.
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If this stock is selected.
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So does this make it more expensive?
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For example, a weight of the stock,
so grams per meter squared
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and we can input some initial color
and texture
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information as well, which is just there
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for the preview purposes
when you're actually within MegaEdit.
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So if you specify a color and a texture,
those won't be shown on the print output.
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It is just for preview purposes.
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And then the last of the mandatory
resources is the output type.
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Now the vast
majority of the settings in here
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are actually to do with MegaEdit’s
original functionality,
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which was primarily
targeted at photo books.
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So it's things like specifying if there's
going to be covers on your product,
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specifying if there's a cover
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wrap, if there's a gutter
or a spine, for example.
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So for the vast majority of product types,
we can just configure these to
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not be utilized.
00:18:26:15 - 00:18:30:11
Let's say unless you are
of course configuring some kind of booklet
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or a photo book
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where these will be utilized.
00:18:37:03 - 00:18:42:05
Also on here we can specify the bleed,
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but apart from that, it's
a fairly simple specification.
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If I put test output
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and leave it as my standard
three millimeter bleed
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and then I'm just going to quickly
configure this.
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So I won't use covers.
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I won't need a gutter,
I won't need a spine or a margin.
00:19:06:11 - 00:19:06:20
And I
00:19:06:20 - 00:19:10:09
can specify price and weight
factor changes
00:19:10:21 - 00:19:12:25
if this particular output
type is selected.
00:19:14:10 - 00:19:16:05
So if I choose an output type,
it's slightly
00:19:16:05 - 00:19:19:04
more expensive to manufacture
or we want to put a markup on.
00:19:19:28 - 00:19:22:18
We could include a price factor
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not strictly a mandatory resource
in order to get the best
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out of our MegaEdit products,
we do also need to specify
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which fonts we want to be able to utilize.
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So if I navigate to the general data
section of our MegaEdit
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resources also accessible
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through catalog product types
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MegaEdit and general data.
00:19:52:22 - 00:19:55:20
The third tab across
here is our fonts category
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and you'll see that
I have a few entries in here,
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but by default
you will have the figure default fonts.
00:20:03:18 - 00:20:06:20
Now these are 12 fonts
which are fully licensed and you're able
00:20:06:20 - 00:20:09:12
to apply to your products and to utilize.
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The reason I'm telling you about this
is that by default,
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those are not activated
on your MegaEdit products.
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So when you actually load up your product,
if you haven't specified which font set
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you want to use, you have a very
you have difficulty in configuring any
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any text fields.
00:20:29:11 - 00:20:31:17
So now I'll quickly
show you how we actually
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define those on our products.
00:20:35:06 - 00:20:37:17
So if I go back to our MegaEdit products
list,
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we've created all of those resources.
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But as I mentioned, I'm
trying to drill home.
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Those are not currently applied
to our product.
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As you can see, there's still issues
that those are not assigned.
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If I go to edit
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and then go to the relevant tabs
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across the top here,
I'm able to activate the resources
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that I want to use
for that particular product
00:21:06:05 - 00:21:07:21
and I can cite multiple in here.
00:21:07:21 - 00:21:21:10
I'm not limited to just one,
and with those assigned
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you'll see that
I now have no issues on my list here
00:21:26:27 - 00:21:37:03
and I should
now be able to launch the product.
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What we'll be faced
with is a blank template.
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There are a number of optional resources
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that were also able
to bring into our MegaEdit products.
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You can see a list of those over
on the left hand side,
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and most of these are specified
in exactly the same way.
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So it's still a case
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of creating a category
for that particular resource
00:22:02:12 - 00:22:06:00
and then assigning that category
to the products we want to utilise it on.
00:22:06:00 - 00:22:09:12
So I'll just use one example here.
00:22:09:12 - 00:22:12:28
I'll use a clipart category.
00:22:12:28 - 00:22:15:05
And again,
if you want to see these in more detail,
00:22:15:05 - 00:22:19:01
if you plan to use MegaEdit
for this purpose, there are more detailed
00:22:19:01 - 00:22:24:07
videos available in the MegaEdit series,
00:22:24:07 - 00:22:27:25
so I'm going to go to the general data
section.
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You can see I have a few clip categories
already defined in my case.
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However, I'm going to create a new one
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is then a case of going
00:22:52:03 - 00:22:57:10
to configure that particular clip category
and uploading the resources
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I want to include within it.
00:23:12:13 - 00:23:14:27
When the thumbnails appear,
those resources were loaded
00:23:15:21 - 00:23:18:02
and now it's just a case of assigning that
00:23:18:02 - 00:23:36:03
to our product.
00:23:36:03 - 00:23:54:18
Then that will be available
within our editor.
00:23:54:18 - 00:23:59:04
And just to reiterate, most of those other
optional resources such as masks,
00:24:00:05 - 00:24:02:02
place holders,
00:24:02:02 - 00:24:06:17
fonts, which we covered before spot
covers, backgrounds and layouts
00:24:07:20 - 00:24:11:11
are all configured in the same way
you create a category, assign
00:24:11:11 - 00:24:17:14
the resources you want to the category,
and then apply it to a product.
00:24:18:19 - 00:24:21:25
Next, we'll take a look
at utilizing the MegaEdit editor.
00:24:22:28 - 00:24:27:21
And this is a pretty important one
because you will still need to utilize
00:24:27:21 - 00:24:31:05
this functionality
once you've imported your MEX file
00:24:31:20 - 00:24:34:04
from Invent into MegaEdit.
00:24:35:19 - 00:24:38:18
It's also what your customers are going
to be using to interact
00:24:38:18 - 00:24:43:01
with your template.
00:24:43:01 - 00:24:50:04
So it's a critical thing
to have a bit of background knowledge on.
00:24:50:04 - 00:24:53:26
So again, there's a more detailed video
than this on the
00:24:54:12 - 00:24:56:28
MegaEdit series. If you're interested in
00:24:56:28 - 00:25:00:07
viewing that, this is just going
to be a summary overview
00:25:02:12 - 00:25:03:17
to give you the fundamentals
00:25:03:17 - 00:25:17:05
of that functionality.
00:25:17:05 - 00:25:24:12
So starting from the main navigation bar
at the top of the screen, you have a back
00:25:24:12 - 00:25:27:14
button which will return you
to the product landing page
00:25:29:03 - 00:25:31:06
and then you have a menu.
00:25:31:06 - 00:25:34:09
Now this will split into two major parts
00:25:35:00 - 00:25:37:06
with the divider being this section here.
00:25:37:23 - 00:25:42:03
So anything above this is what both you
and your end users will be able to see.
00:25:42:19 - 00:25:46:08
There might be some slight variation
in the options available
00:25:46:09 - 00:25:50:14
based on what you allow your customer
to access, but that is generally
00:25:50:14 - 00:25:53:04
the case that customers will be able
to see those settings
00:25:54:18 - 00:25:55:04
underneath.
00:25:55:04 - 00:25:57:07
There are administrator only settings.
00:25:57:07 - 00:25:59:19
So this is for
00:25:59:19 - 00:26:04:13
you as the template designer
and the administrator of Mega.
00:26:04:13 - 00:26:05:03
Edit.
00:26:05:03 - 00:26:08:16
This is how you would actually
configure your products,
00:26:08:16 - 00:26:11:19
add some advanced settings and critically
00:26:11:19 - 00:26:15:28
and we'll use this a few times,
the ability to emulate user mode.
00:26:16:11 - 00:26:19:22
So this allows you to actually interact
with the product
00:26:19:27 - 00:26:21:27
the same way in which your end user would.
00:26:22:23 - 00:26:26:11
So when you're actually interacting
with these templates
00:26:26:11 - 00:26:30:25
in, let's call it administrator mode,
you can do pretty much everything.
00:26:30:25 - 00:26:36:19
So you can transform things,
you can resize, you can add new elements
00:26:36:19 - 00:26:39:13
and move new elements
and all that kind of stuff.
00:26:40:07 - 00:26:42:27
However, you might not
want your end user to be able to do that
00:26:43:22 - 00:26:46:27
so you as part of Invent
or within MegaEdit
00:26:46:27 - 00:26:51:04
itself, you specify limitations on
what the customer can actually do.
00:26:52:08 - 00:26:54:01
When you're in your administrator mode,
00:26:54:01 - 00:26:57:14
you can still do everything because
you might still be tweaking the templates.
00:26:57:27 - 00:27:00:14
However, if you want to test
what the user is able to do,
00:27:01:04 - 00:27:03:20
just click emulate user mode.
00:27:03:20 - 00:27:09:26
We'll show that in practice
a little bit later on.
00:27:09:26 - 00:27:13:02
But the critical options in here
you have save as product default.
00:27:13:13 - 00:27:16:01
So once you've started
making your template,
00:27:16:13 - 00:27:19:23
if you want to actually save
that as the primary template that
00:27:19:27 - 00:27:22:28
the customer sees
when they load the product, click on
00:27:22:28 - 00:27:31:19
Save as product default.
00:27:31:19 - 00:27:36:09
Further along on the top menu
you have undo and redo buttons.
00:27:36:09 - 00:27:40:00
You have a preview of your final product
00:27:41:28 - 00:27:43:28
and you have the ability
to add that product
00:27:43:28 - 00:27:49:29
to your basket.
00:27:49:29 - 00:27:53:28
On the main window itself, you've got some
basic navigation options for
00:27:55:29 - 00:27:57:02
zooming in and
00:27:57:02 - 00:27:59:19
navigating around
certain parts of the canvas.
00:28:00:03 - 00:28:02:24
So you've got to zoom in and zoom out.
00:28:02:24 - 00:28:04:13
You've got reset zoom.
00:28:04:13 - 00:28:08:11
So you'll see the full canvas
and you've got a full screen mode as well.
00:28:08:11 - 00:28:10:13
If you want a little bit
more space to work with,
00:28:10:13 - 00:28:18:25
though not to bother about the navigation
bar of the browser, you'll
00:28:18:25 - 00:28:21:28
notice on the canvas itself you see that
there's a black and a blue line.
00:28:22:11 - 00:28:25:25
The blue line is your blue line
00:28:26:18 - 00:28:32:15
and the red is the outside of your canvas.
00:28:32:15 - 00:28:33:10
Over on the left hand
00:28:33:10 - 00:28:36:26
side, you might see some variation
in the options available here,
00:28:37:11 - 00:28:40:23
largely depending on the different types
of resource that you've input.
00:28:41:11 - 00:28:44:19
So for example,
because we specified a clip art
00:28:46:06 - 00:28:46:22
resource
00:28:46:22 - 00:28:51:04
set as part of our earlier
part of this video, we now have a clip
00:28:51:04 - 00:28:55:12
art section in here
which allows us to view those clip parts
00:28:55:19 - 00:29:00:19
and then drag them
and drop them onto our canvas.
00:29:00:19 - 00:29:03:01
Now a clip part is a static image.
00:29:03:13 - 00:29:06:22
It's something that the customer
can just pick from
00:29:07:02 - 00:29:09:12
and it won't interact
with separate frames.
00:29:10:11 - 00:29:13:06
So what I mean by separate frames,
if I go to the Fields tab,
00:29:13:21 - 00:29:16:08
that's where we can add
an image frame and a text frame.
00:29:17:01 - 00:29:20:03
An image frame is considered as more
00:29:20:24 - 00:29:22:28
an empty, empty frame, essentially,
00:29:23:11 - 00:29:27:28
so customers can upload their own images
and add them to this section.
00:29:27:28 - 00:29:31:12
Clip Art don't interact with image fields
with image frames.
00:29:31:25 - 00:29:34:28
However,
any images that have been provided as a
00:29:36:05 - 00:29:38:04
part of an image gallery
00:29:38:04 - 00:29:40:06
or uploaded as part of an image gallery
00:29:40:28 - 00:29:43:19
can be placed within that frame.
00:29:43:19 - 00:29:47:06
So, for example, if I just drag and drop
one of these into that box,
00:29:47:20 - 00:29:50:28
you'll see that it highlights the box,
00:29:50:28 - 00:29:55:25
and then we'll place the image within the
confines of that frame that we specified.
00:29:55:25 - 00:29:59:10
So the frame, what resize automatically
00:29:59:10 - 00:30:01:15
the want to override that image
00:30:01:15 - 00:30:03:23
and just drag and drop again
00:30:04:08 - 00:30:05:18
and it will do so.
00:30:05:18 - 00:30:08:13
However, if I try and drag an image
over a quick part
00:30:11:24 - 00:30:13:12
we can see that it doesn't interact.
00:30:13:12 - 00:30:16:24
There's a separate element.
00:30:16:24 - 00:30:20:22
We also have a text field,
so that just allows us to add
00:30:21:00 - 00:30:23:10
dynamic text box to our
00:30:24:24 - 00:30:26:05
while canvas
00:30:28:21 - 00:30:30:22
And with any of these fields.
00:30:30:22 - 00:30:34:28
So if I add a few examples on there,
if you double click on them,
00:30:34:28 - 00:30:38:24
you'll get the more advanced options
for that particular field.
00:30:39:28 - 00:30:40:22
So for example,
00:30:40:22 - 00:30:43:11
if I've got an image frame
selected and double click,
00:30:43:23 - 00:30:45:05
I get some additional options
00:30:45:05 - 00:30:48:00
which are to do with sort of
transformations of the image
00:30:48:16 - 00:30:52:20
and the additional effects,
borders, shadow options.
00:30:53:08 - 00:30:56:06
And most of these can be
00:30:56:06 - 00:31:00:22
restricted
if necessary as part of the Invent set up.
00:31:00:22 - 00:31:04:27
So actually within InDesign
or you can do it on the details tab.
00:31:05:27 - 00:31:07:24
Either option is fine.
00:31:07:24 - 00:31:11:21
It's basically just a case
of finding the associated setting on here.
00:31:12:28 - 00:31:18:09
So for example, we have by default
the ability to move this frame anywhere
00:31:19:09 - 00:31:22:05
as both administrator and an end user.
00:31:22:23 - 00:31:26:02
However, if I go to the details tab
and say this is now a
00:31:28:03 - 00:31:32:21
fixed position,
then if I go in emulate user mode,
00:31:32:21 - 00:31:38:03
as we saw a moment ago,
that can now not be moved
00:31:40:21 - 00:31:42:05
and we can restrict pretty
00:31:42:05 - 00:31:46:11
much every other element
of those advanced options as well.
00:31:46:11 - 00:31:50:09
So we can limit the ability to rotate,
we can stop people deleting the frame,
00:31:50:19 - 00:31:53:13
stop people resizing, don't
00:31:53:13 - 00:31:56:26
allow people
to apply effects or borders or shadows.
00:31:57:12 - 00:32:01:05
All of them can be controlled on this tab
or from within Invent.
00:32:01:05 - 00:32:04:06
We'll see in future videos.
00:32:04:06 - 00:32:07:20
And that applies to image frames,
clip arts
00:32:08:23 - 00:32:10:01
and text frames.
00:32:10:01 - 00:32:12:10
You might find slightly different options
between them,
00:32:12:18 - 00:32:17:05
but the general functionality is the same.
00:32:17:05 - 00:32:21:20
So to reiterate, when it comes
to importing information from Invent
00:32:22:01 - 00:32:24:22
into MegaEdit,
00:32:24:23 - 00:32:27:17
generally speaking,
you may not have to do some
00:32:28:08 - 00:32:31:22
manual modification in MegaEdit,
so you will have already configured it.
00:32:31:22 - 00:32:37:01
Invent what customers
are allowed to interact with.
00:32:37:01 - 00:32:40:13
If they're allowed to move things,
if they're allowed to apply effects or add
00:32:40:13 - 00:32:43:24
new fields, all of that can be defined
from within Invent.
00:32:44:17 - 00:32:48:16
However, do be aware that you can also
configure that from within MegaEdit
00:32:48:16 - 00:32:57:25
itself.
00:32:57:25 - 00:32:59:27
Also worthy of note in the
00:33:01:06 - 00:33:03:03
MegaEdit editor here
00:33:03:03 - 00:33:06:25
if I go to menu is the product options.
00:33:06:25 - 00:33:09:05
Now, we won't go through all of this
in any means.
00:33:09:19 - 00:33:12:29
But just so that you're aware,
a lot of the
00:33:14:16 - 00:33:18:24
lesser used options from within
MegaEdit can be found within this list.
00:33:18:24 - 00:33:22:05
So if there's something you want to try
and do the first place
00:33:22:05 - 00:33:25:10
to access to see if it's available
00:33:25:10 - 00:33:27:18
and if there's an option for
it will be in here.
00:33:28:13 - 00:33:31:24
This includes things like applying
help text.
00:33:33:21 - 00:33:35:01
It includes things such
00:33:35:01 - 00:33:39:05
as global limiting of certain behaviors.
00:33:39:17 - 00:33:41:29
So for example, if I say that I want to
00:33:43:05 - 00:33:47:02
forbid adding text or images
00:33:48:07 - 00:33:50:23
that fields option is now empty.
00:33:50:23 - 00:33:54:07
So any user can not add
00:33:54:07 - 00:33:58:00
any additional to here.
00:33:58:00 - 00:34:00:04
So do be aware of
that. You will just need to
00:34:01:08 - 00:34:04:00
check the product options.
00:34:04:00 - 00:34:06:13
If there's anything
you want to limit on a global level
00:34:06:13 - 00:34:13:15
or any additional features
that you might want to activate.
00:34:13:15 - 00:34:14:10
Okay.
00:34:15:00 - 00:34:17:15
So next, we're going to take a quick
look at the data
00:34:17:15 - 00:34:22:15
that's brought over with your Invent
MEX file.
00:34:22:15 - 00:34:26:21
So a lot of the resources and a lot
of the things I've just been showing you
00:34:26:21 - 00:34:30:12
then are automatically brought over
when you export
00:34:30:21 - 00:34:33:00
using the Infigo plugin
00:34:33:28 - 00:34:36:13
and it means that you don't
have to manually create them.
00:34:36:13 - 00:34:40:15
So where is we'd manually created the
canvas and the stock and the output types
00:34:41:02 - 00:34:45:06
all of that will be automatically
extracted from your InDesign file
00:34:45:12 - 00:34:49:18
as part of the MEX file,
00:34:49:18 - 00:34:53:01
and you can get an understanding
as to what exactly has been brought over
00:34:53:20 - 00:34:57:02
when you actually import
the product into Infigo.
00:34:57:29 - 00:34:59:22
So if I go back to our
00:35:01:19 - 00:35:03:13
product details,
00:35:03:13 - 00:35:05:16
so again, if
I'm just going on that particular product,
00:35:07:03 - 00:35:09:11
go to the MEX import
00:35:09:11 - 00:35:12:12
and again we'll see this
in a future tutorial, how to import this.
00:35:12:26 - 00:35:16:26
But from this you can get an understanding
as to what has been imported
00:35:16:28 - 00:35:18:17
and which resources.
00:35:18:17 - 00:35:21:21
So we've kept ours
fairly simple in this case, but even then
00:35:22:02 - 00:35:25:24
we have a canvas
automatically generated stock output type
00:35:25:24 - 00:35:29:26
font and clip art and all of the legwork
has been done for us.
00:35:29:26 - 00:35:33:08
So rather than having to manually
create it and then assign it to a product,
00:35:33:20 - 00:35:36:03
those steps have been done automatically.
00:35:36:05 - 00:35:43:06
So it's much, much faster
to get up and running with this product.
00:35:43:06 - 00:35:46:01
So there's multiple types of things
that will be brought over
00:35:46:07 - 00:35:50:02
in terms of resources
for looking at canvas stock output
00:35:50:02 - 00:35:53:24
types, fonts,
clip charts, spot colours and backgrounds,
00:35:54:13 - 00:35:56:19
So there's other things
that it will import as well.
00:35:57:08 - 00:35:59:08
Primarily we're talking about variables.
00:35:59:20 - 00:36:05:09
This is things such as text inputs, color
selectors, image selectors,
00:36:05:22 - 00:36:09:16
which are generated as part of a form.
00:36:10:23 - 00:36:12:12
Now it also brings over information
00:36:12:12 - 00:36:15:25
on the form layout
so you can customize how the form looks.
00:36:16:14 - 00:36:20:19
And on the form
you can specify pieces of logic as well.
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So if statements,
if you want to show things, hide things
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automatically sets resources or variables
based on the selection of another one.
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All that can be specified in Invent
and brought over as part of your MEX
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file.
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It will also bring over the number
of pages in your default product.
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So if you've got a template
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as a MEX which has two pages,
then your resulting MegaEdit
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product will have two pages.
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Now do be aware that there are some things
which are configured
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in MegaEdit
only and Invent is not designed to do so.
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First and foremost,
we're talking about pricing here.
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When we're looking at an Invent,
we are just looking at the actual product
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itself.
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Anything to do with the
pricing of that product or
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the shipping
of the product or whatever else it may
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be, is obviously covered Infigo.
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And then we also have page layout.
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So I briefly mentioned these before
this is where we want to actually
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save some layouts for the customer
to be able to choose from.
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Those again are created
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from within, Infigo and within mega.
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Edit This is again
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there's a separate video detailing
exactly how you want to do that.
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If you are interested to see that. But
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you can create
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the various pages laid out in Invent
if you wish to do so,
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but actually creating them as selectable
layouts will be done in mega.
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Edit.
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And finally we have batch scripts.
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So again, this is something we have
a detailed video on if you are interested.
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However, as a
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summary, this basically allows us
to upload
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data sets into our MegaEdit products.
00:38:24:14 - 00:38:28:07
Now this is something that's done
within MegaEdit and not within Invent.
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So essentially you would set up
your templates within an Invent,
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bring the MEX file over to MegaEdit
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and then you would add your dataset
as part of a batch script
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to potentially actually populate
that template that you brought over.
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So for example, you might bring over
a data file with a few hundred
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employee names on it, which
you want to add on to business cards.
00:38:52:02 - 00:38:55:09
You could also populate those
and send them off
00:38:55:09 - 00:38:57:17
to your basket to order
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is a brief summary
of why those are activated
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that all the MegaEdit product
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scripts,
there's a lot of scripts to choose from
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and the two primary batch
scripts are in the standard batch script,
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which lets you upload
text documents or CSV documents,
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and then the standard batch upload options
which allows you to do Excel files.
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So xls or xlsx
