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This tutorial, we're going to investigate
the output type option
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with the MegaEdit configuration settings.
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So when creating a MegaEdit product,
one of your three
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key components is an output type.
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So this dictates things like the bleed
a product will have,
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whether it's a single multi-page
or a booklet format,
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whether it has cover
growth, spine size specifications
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or additional pricing options
and various other
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associated settings.
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So first,
we've got to navigate to the output type
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area of the MegaEdit
configuration settings.
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So this is found in catalogs, product
types,
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MegaEdit and then MegaEdit output types.
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As with the canvas
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and the stock that we've done in previous
tutorials,
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these are specified separate
from your actual products
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because then you might want to specify
this one output type
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on multiple different products.
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So I'm just going to hit create
in the top right hand corner
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and then we'll talk through
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some of the settings
that appear on this page.
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So we'll start off
with the options at the top.
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So a fundamental options,
we've got the name.
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This can be whatever suits your workflow.
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It's displayed under the output type list
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under the Dynamic Product Properties tab.
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So this will be actually visible
in your user interface.
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So let's say
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it's a general output
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type, you've got a description.
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So this is used internally only for you
as the administrator
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under the list of types,
you've got the bleed.
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So this is used as the main bleed
added to the product or documents.
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So this can be either
a multiple, multiple page document
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or the inside page
bleed for a booklet setup.
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And then we have the unit.
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So you can set different measures
when configuring the output types.
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So you can see in that list here
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coming down to the covered section.
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So first of all,
we have the overriding option
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of whether or not to use covers
in a particular product.
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We then have cover differences.
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So this is used to add extra height
and width
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to the cover portion of your document.
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So for example,
if you were creating a hard cover out
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type, you'd have a cover wrap.
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So this is the extra wrap
you wish to allow on the cover,
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the wraps inside of the cover itself,
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you've got the option
for edit cover inside pages.
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So this allows you to make the inside
pages of a cover editable
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if not checked, you'll see a grayed out page
and anything left on
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these pages will not be printed out.
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And then you've got separate
cover pages for front and back.
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So this allows a booklet set up
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to display the covers as separate pages
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as opposed to spreads
as is the default option.
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So you would have a single cover
page first
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and then all of your spread pages and
then a single back of a page at the end.
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So if you are using this mode,
there's an additional tick box
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to use to make sure that the front
and back pages are swapped around
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when using the spread output cover.
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In our example here, we're going
to keep this nice and simple, so
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I'm just going to turn off
the use of covers completely.
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So next, let's discuss the gutter.
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So a couple of gotcha options available.
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Again, more
if you're making a booklet style product,
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it's an additional size
that is added to the inside pages only.
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So this only appears on the final outputs,
inside
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pages of the binding page edges.
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And there you can
see you put in a dimension
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of that gutter.
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You've also got the ability to load a
go to image.
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So if you want to use
your own image of the gutter to be
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used on the final output pdf
that can be uploaded here, that
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So a next option down is a few options
to do with the spine
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and the calculation
of the size of the spine.
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So again, as the very nature of this
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particular option suggests,
this is more to do with a book based
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products
like a photo book, for example, and
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if you don’t do the type of product,
you can just say configure for no spine.
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However, talking through these options
somewhat so additional width,
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the cover adds to the spine width
calculation.
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So this allows you to add an extra amount
of spine width on top of the spine
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calculation, which is using the micron
thickness of the stock.
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You have a minimal spine width
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that this setting allows you
to set the smallest spine width amount
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if pages are deleted by the end user,
you've got duplex printing,
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so it's used in the spine width
calculation only.
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So for example,
if you specified a booklet of 40 PP
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where you were printing duplex
and the spine width calculation
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would be halved to 20PP,
and then we have spine tiers.
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So these are an option to set predefined
page tiers
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where the spine width increases
based on the page count value.
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So by clicking insert,
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you get this pop up box appearing here.
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You can say, for example,
specify up to 20 pages
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where the width might be
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ten millimeters
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and click.
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Okay, you can then add an additional tier.
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So click inserts again
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with we say up to
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that's two pages,
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it may be 20 millimeters
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and so on and so forth.
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So what? This is useful.
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So rather than the spine increasing
dynamically on a per spread basis,
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it increases at preset values
and preset rates.
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If you're not making a product which has
a spine, I'll just delete those two.
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Or we can just hit configure for no spine
and that makes us
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a spine tier automatically, which is
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very large number of pages and zero width.
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So you can add margins to your products
in MegaEdit these do not print out
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but all that purely as guidance
for the end users.
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So these can be useful in terms
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of helping the end user position
their fields around the canvas.
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The margins are green by default,
but the color can be changed
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under the product options in the editor.
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But of course only admins can do this.
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And then we have the configuration
of price and weight factors.
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So under the price and weight factors
section, you can specify a different price
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and weight option
for each of your output types.
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So for example,
if you had a booklet product
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that had both a softcover
and a hardcover option,
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you may wish to offer the hardcover option
at a higher price.
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So let's say 50% more expensive.
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This is done using the factors
which are percentage based.
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So a factor of 1.5 would make that
option 50% more expensive
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for the weight option.
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This adds
a weight to the final output products.
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So for example, a hardcover
would weigh more than a softcover.
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And if you were using the shipping
by weight options within Infigo,
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then you would need to ensure that
your products are an accurate final weight
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so you're not under or overcharging
your end users
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once you specified all those details.
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I'm just going to click on Save
and that will save our output type.
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Now we need to actually apply this
to our MegaEdit product.
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The easiest way to do
this is just to get to the list
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of MegaEdit products through the resources
links on the top right hand side.
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When you're on
one of the MegaEdit resources pages.
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So if I go to that dropdown
and click on products,
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there's a list of all my MegaEdit products
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I'm just going to click on edit over
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on the right hand side.
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So this is the same place where we defined
which canvases
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and stocks we're going to use a little bit
further down the tabs.
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You'll find
that you have the output types section
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and here you can choose one
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or multiple output types to utilize
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and hit
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save.
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You can also have multiple output types
specified and available on your product.
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So if I just go and refresh
the landing page for my product,
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you can see when I have multiple output
types available,
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I have the ability to select between these
before I even launch the editor
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and I can change that specification
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once more within the editor as well.
