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Creating a MegaEdit product with Invent template | IV_002

In this tutorial, we will learn how to utilise a template created using the Invent plugin for Adobe InDesign. We will export the template from InDesign and add it to Infigo via a MegaEdit product type.

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In this tutorial
we'll learn how to utilize a template

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created using the Invent plugin
for Adobe InDesign.

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Export the template from InDesign
and add it to

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Infigo via a MegaEdit product type.

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So I've got Invent

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loaded up on my screen right now
or InDesign with the Invent plugin,

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and we're working on a product here
which is in progress,

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and we may want to actually just test it

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out on our Infigo storefront
just to see how it's working.

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So we need to export a file from here
that we can then import back into our

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Infigo storefront.

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So we just need to navigate over
to the export tab on our Infigo

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Invent plugin.

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Now remember, if you don't have the plug

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invisible over here,
then you can get to it from window

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extensions.

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And then in Infigo Invent.

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So head over to export.

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It will give you a summary
of what you've added to your

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Invent design.

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And then we just need to come down
to the bottom of this export page here.

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And initially we need to set an export
file.

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Click start validations
that will actually go ahead

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and check that everything's
okay before the export takes place.

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There's a few different message types
that may appear so if this thing's

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not together that the plugin believes
there should be.

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However, most likely
is that you're going to get a notification

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that you actually need
to save the document before exporting.

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So any messages will appear
in these validations

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section here.

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So resolve any of those problems
and just click on export.

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You are required to confirm that you have
the license to use all media and fonts

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in the exported content.

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Next, we need to

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navigate to our Infigo admin area

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and find a product
that we want to actually utilize.

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Now, this could be a product
that we've already set up,

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but what we're going to need to do
is convert a stock product

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into a a MegaEdit type product.

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So you could have done this already.

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You may want to change
one of your existing MegaEdit products

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into one
that utilizes this Invent template.

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That's absolutely fine.

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So this is where I convert any of my stock
products to a MegaEdit type product.

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I just go to add new on the top right

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and select the product
that I want to convert.

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Now, if we are utilizing an Invent file,

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we can specify it at this stage,
the one we want to use.

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You can specify this later as well.

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So there's no requirement to do this
right now.

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I just go to choose a file
and I'm going to locate the file

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that we just created from Invent.

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So that will be an MEX file type

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and just click open,
then go to create a new MegaEdit

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product up on the top right of the screen.

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And that is basically

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all you need to do that will now take you
to your MegaEdit product details

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if you want to review the information
that's been imported

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as part of the MEX file,
you can do so by clicking MEX import.

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And what

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you'll find is that a lot of the resources
that we'll need for our MegaEdit

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products have automatically been created
for us from the Invent file.

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So whereas if we're creating
a MegaEdit product manually,

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you do need to create a canvas
and a stock and output type.

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As we've seen in previous tutorials,

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by importing an Invent file,
you get these automatically created

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so you can see here that there's a canvas
being created, a stock item

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and an output type
based on the specification

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of our Invent file.

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You can see as well that

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there's other information being brought in
on the right hand side of the resources.

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So things like fonts and clip art, data

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and all that has been automatically linked

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to our MegaEdit product.

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So you can see that
the canvas has already been assigned

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stock.

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Any relevant clip arts

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and so on.

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From here
we can go ahead and launch our new product

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and our exported Invent templates.

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Whatever we've configured
will now be available

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within MegaEdit.

 

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