Brush tool in Indesign like photoshop...

[Nicole0000]

wouldn't it be nice to have a brush tool (not pencil tool)to make free hand marks on documents........the pencil tool leaves the edges of lines, arrows FLAT and un-natural looking!

maybe in the next version!

N.

 

[eugenetyson]

I think it's a very bad habit to be marking up a document inside of InDesign. It would be better to output it to a pdf or a print out, rather than making marks inside of the document you intend on printing.

 

[Nicole0000]

uh?...

I mean to circle or highlight a point by putting an arrow so its part of the document so when a printer prints it, it is already there.

Do you mean to output to pdf and then take a marker and draw on it?

I did do pdf, and transported to photoshop, back to Indesign to PDF, but quality loss is bad.

Nicole

 

[eugenetyson]

That's quite easy to do. I don't know what you mean by "brush" tool like photoshop. With all respect, photoshop has a job, and so does illustrator as does InDesign. It's using all 3 that provides the results. There is a mass debate whether more photoshop or illustrator should be taken into InDesign, both for and against. Me personally, I prefer doing some of my work in Photoshop and Illustrator where I have to.

If you want to highlight things with brush from photoshop, use the brush in photoshop on a clear background. Save it as a .psd and place it into your file.

You can then go to File>New>Library and drag that effect into the library, and use that effect from that library as standard. You may want to call the library something like Photoshop brushes or something.

You can then anchor the picture (brush) within your text so that it moves with the text etc.

Check out Tim Cole's excellent post on inline graphics and anchored objects.

http://blogs.adobe.com/indesignchannel/2007/11/anchored_frames_productivity_s.html