JPH01173156A - Magazine editing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform the simultaneous layout editing of plural drawn layout elements at optional positions with a simple operation by copying the drawn magazine layout elements in a designated layout copy mode for the magazine layout. CONSTITUTION:An instruction part 7 which instructs the copy mode and the copying destination of a prescribed layout element of a magazine layout drawn on a display means 5 by a layout drawing means 1a, a drawing control means 1b which copies the prescribed layout element to an optional position or a box form drawn by the means 1a based on the copy mode instructed by the part 7 are provided. Then the copy mode and the copying destination are instructed by the part 7 for said prescribed layout element of the magazine layout. Thus the means 1b copies the prescribed layout element of the magazine pointed in the instructed copying destination based on the copy mode. In such a way, a magazine layout editing job having a delicate difference of images can be effectively carried out with a simple operation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a magazine editing system that processes layout editing of printed materials such as magazines using electronic images.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, as this type of device, for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 61-3091
No. 88 etc. have been proposed.

Normally magazine editing starts with a planning meeting, manuscript request interview, manuscript arrangement layout, complete manuscript creation, plate making, proofreading, etc.
It is customary to proceed according to the steps of printing plates, printing, binding, etc.

Of these, particularly important is layout processing at the complete manuscript creation stage. This is a process of allocating text manuscripts, photographic manuscripts, etc. on an article-by-article basis, and is usually a field in charge of magazine layouters.

A device that supports such magazine editing, that is, a device that simulates the finished state of a magazine, is capable of responding to detailed magazine layouts while instantly checking, changing, and correcting the layout information of each manuscript. It is configured.

Then, while looking at the magazine layout screen displayed in actual size, spread, and storyboard units on the display, the layouter devises a magazine concept and arranges the layout according to the square version, 0 sentences, etc., photo manuscript, 9 character manuscript, and subheading manuscript. This makes it possible to draw an image, display the series up to the finished magazine image, and create layout information.

' In particular, in conventional magazine editing, there is a special process called box layout, in which a plurality of internal clothing are arranged within a internal clothing to combine photographs and text manuscripts.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, in conventional magazine editing systems, a desired layout is often determined by creating several types of layouts (for color plates, etc.) that are slightly modified from the previously created layout.

When such a situation occurs, in the conventional system, an operation is performed to add or delete the number of lines on an arbitrary page.

At this time, when performing design processing such as copying the drawn layout itself to another area and comparing magazine images, conventionally, the layout elements that have already been drawn are managed independently. In other words, it is rare that there are multiple identical layouts on the same page at the printing stage, but at the layout design stage, the layout that the layouter imagines is not a single layout, but multiple layout patterns are created and selected. Although operations occur frequently, complicated processes such as repeating the same operation according to the procedure for creating layout elements that have already been drawn are required.
A problem arises that significantly impedes layout editing efficiency.

Particularly in magazine layouts, there are special layouts such as incorporating and allocating desired layout elements to a box set consisting of internal clothing, etc. When creating multiple such layouts, the above tasks increase synergistically. There was a problem that the

This invention was made to solve the above problems, and by copying and drawing magazine layout elements that have already been drawn in a magazine layout according to a specified layout according to a copy mode, the drawn layout elements can be The purpose is to obtain a magazine editing system that can simultaneously edit multiple layouts at arbitrary positions with simple operations.

[Means for solving problems]

The magazine editing system according to the present invention includes an instruction means for instructing a copy mode and a copy destination of elements for predetermined layout of the magazine layout drawn by the layout drawing means on the display means;
A drawing control means is provided for copying and drawing elements at arbitrary positions or to a box set drawn by the layout drawing means in a predetermined layout based on the copy mode instructed by the instruction means.

(Operation) In this invention, when the instruction means instructs the copy mode and copy destination of an element, the drawing control means performs the predetermined layout of the magazine layout drawn by the layout drawing device on the display device. The specified layout of the designated magazine layout copies the elements based on the copy mode.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a magazine editing system showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a controller section, which draws layouts activated based on a layout editing program stored in a layout editing program memory 2. It has means 1a, drawing control means 1b, etc. Reference numeral 3 denotes a text memory in which character manuscripts laid out according to body manuscript layout information are stored. Note that the text manuscript may be created by a document creation device that is offline from the magazine editing system, or text information created using an existing word processor or the like may be used.

Reference numeral 4 denotes an image input section which reads as an image a photographic manuscript to be assigned to internal clothing displayed on the display means 5, and inputs it to the controller section 1 as a binary image. Reference numeral 6 denotes an image output means composed of, for example, a laser beam printer, which is capable of outputting the magazine layout screen drawn on the display means 5 in the original size, double-page spread, or as a content image.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a human power section which also serves as an instruction means of the present invention, and is composed of a digitizer 7a, a pointing device 7b, etc., and by selectively instructing a command menu drawn on the display means 5, desired layout information is sent to the controller section 1. You can input the position and layout.

Note that when the copy mode, copy source, and copy destination of the layout element drawn on the display means 5 by the layout drawing means 1a are instructed by the pointing device 7b of the input section 7, which is the instruction means of the present invention, the drawing control means 1b Copy and draw a specified layout element that has already been drawn at an arbitrary position or box set. Note that the created layout information is output to a draft drawing machine, CTS, etc. (not shown) as draft information in magazine editing, so it becomes high-precision printing layout information that conforms to printing accuracy. For this reason,
It cannot be created using the drawing function of a normal word processor. In addition, since magazines usually use saddle stitching, the number of left and right pages created in each spread is different except for the middle page sheet, which requires complicated page management. The data structure is different from the graphic data output.

FIG. 2 is a state transition diagram illustrating the first layout editing processing state according to the present invention, and the same parts as in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals.

FIG. 2A shows a layout copy preparation screen, and 11 is a layout, which corresponds to a state in which a two-page spread among layout size commands 13a to 13c of the layout menu 12 is instructed by the pointing device 7b. Reference numeral 14 denotes a layout editing command, and the editing command is notified to the controller unit 1 by instructing layout, frame arrangement, frame change, deletion, subheading, ruled line drawing, ruled change, vertical movement, etc. using the pointing device 7b. Reference numeral 15 denotes a copy information command, which is picked when the pointing device 7b indicates a copy source and a copy destination. 16 is internal text, horizontal text layout 1 which is a layout element
7 is drawn.

1st corresponds to a state in which the cursor is instructing character document layout 17 using the pointing device 7b.

2(b) shows a copy destination designation instruction screen, 19 indicates a copy destination area, and in FIG. handle.

FIG. 2(C) shows the copy drawing end screen, 20 is the copy character manuscript layout, and character manuscript layout 1 shown in FIG. 2(a).
7 has been copied and drawn.

FIG. 3 is a state transition diagram illustrating the second layout editing processing state according to the present invention, and the same parts as in FIG. 2 are given the same reference numerals.

FIG. 2(a) shows a copy destination designation instruction screen, and 21 is a square board area to be assembled into a box, which is drawn by the layout drawing means 1a. 22 indicates the copy size area, as shown in FIG. 3(a).
It is equal to the copy area of the character document layout 17 designated by the pointing device 7b.

Figure (b) shows the copy destination instruction screen, with text original layout 1
This corresponds to a state where the pointing device 7b is pointing to the corner plate area 21 where the box-assembled copy destination of No. 7 is to be assembled.

Figure 3(C) shows the copy drawing end screen, 23 is the copy character manuscript layout, character manuscript layout 1 shown in Figure 3(a).
7 is copied and drawn in a box set.

FIG. 4 is a state transition diagram illustrating the third layout editing processing state according to the present invention, and the same parts as in FIG. 2 are given the same reference numerals.

9(a) shows an initial screen for arbitrary layout, 31 is a menu for layout, composition information 32a9 number of stages information 32b9 series information 32c9 character arrangement information 32d9 font information 32e1 character spacing information 32f9 line spacing information 32g.

It is configured such that each parameter of the line number information 32h can be instructed to the controller section 1 by indicating it with the pointing high speed dial 7b.

In the same figure (b), the input layout shows the confirmation drawing screen, and in the same figure (a
) corresponds to the state in which the layout drawing means 1a draws the layout 33 on the display means 5 based on the information.

In the same figure (C), the layout shows a position screen, and the layout 36 is an area frame, which is drawn in units of frames of the size of the layout 33 drawn in the same figure (b), and the cursor 36a is directed by the pointing device 7b. Therefore, the allocation is area frame 3
6 is moved to an arbitrary position and drawn. 34 is a layout subcommand, and 35 is an editing command.

FIG. 3(d) shows the layout completion screen, and the layout drawn in FIG. 3(c) corresponds to the state in which the drawing control means 1b draws the layout 37 at the position indicated by the area frame 36.

Next, layout editing processing according to the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the layout editing processing procedure according to the present invention. In addition, (1) to (8
) indicates each step.

The layout information is input manually by the digitizer 7a and the pointing device 7a (1), and when the layout information is input, the layout drawing means 1a draws the magazine layout on the display means 5 according to the layout editing program (2).

Next, the layout menu 12 shown in FIG. 2(C)
3), and when the copy mode 14a is manually activated, the cursor 18 is directed with the pointing device 7b to copy, as shown in FIG. 2(a). For example, wait for the text document layout 17 to be specified (4), and when the text document layout 17 is specified, see Figure 2 (4).
As shown in b), wait for the copy destination area 19 to be designated by the pointing device 7b (5), and when the copy destination is designated, the drawing control means 1b steps the drawing layout information of the text document layout 17 to be copied. The calculation is performed based on the copy mode instructed in step (3) 6), and when this calculation is completed, the drawing control means 1b changes the character original layout 17 to the copied character original layout 20 as shown in FIG. 2(C).
The layout is drawn as (7).

Next, check whether the drawn layout state is OK (8). If YES, the process ends; if NO, return to step (dog).

Note that if the copy mode set in step (3) above is boxed copying, the drawing control means 1b operates as shown in FIG.
), when the character original layout 17 is copied and drawn as the copied character original layout 23, and the set copy mode is arbitrary layout, the layout 33 is changed as shown in FIG. 4(d). You can draw the layout while checking it.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, in the present invention, the predetermined layout of the magazine layout drawn by the layout drawing means on the display means is based on the instruction means for instructing the copy mode and copy destination of the elements, and the copy mode instructed by the instruction means. For the predetermined layout, a drawing control means is provided to copy and draw elements at any position or to the box set drawn by the layout drawing means, so in the layout editing process, the already created text manuscript layout can be placed at any position. In addition, the layout can be copied arbitrarily or in a boxed format, and the magazine layout imagined by the designer can be laid out in a short time. Therefore, when creating a plurality of magazine layouts by modifying a created magazine layout, excellent effects such as being able to efficiently edit magazine layouts with slightly different images with simple operations are achieved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a magazine editing system showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a state transition diagram illustrating the first layout editing processing state according to the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a state transition diagram explaining the second layout editing processing state according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is a state transition diagram explaining the third layout editing processing state according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 shows an example of the layout editing processing procedure according to the present invention. It is a flowchart explaining. In the figure, 1 is a controller section, 2 is a layout editing program memory, 3 is a text memory, 4 is an image input section, 5 is a display means, 6 is an image output means, 7 is an input section, 7a is a digitizer, and 7b is a pointing device. It is. Figure 1 7a: Digitizer 7b = Pointing device Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a magazine editing system having a layout drawing means for drawing a magazine layout on a display means according to created layout information, a copy mode and a copy destination of a predetermined layout element of a magazine layout drawn by the layout drawing means on the display means. and a drawing control means for copying and drawing a predetermined layout element at an arbitrary position or to a box set drawn by the layout drawing means based on a copy mode instructed by the instruction means. A magazine editing system characterized by: