JPS62157465A - Magazine edit system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To generate an optimum thumbnail to a magazine in a short period by assigning and displaying a photographic area to each front cover page frame displayed on a display section in response to the photographic area inputted from an input means and correcting the arrangement of a font or photographic area corresponding thereto. CONSTITUTION:A page frame display means 1a displays a front cover page frame on a display section 3 in response to a page number inputted from an input means 2. A font display means 1b displays a font on a front cover page frame displayed on a display section 3 from a document area based on document generation information inputted from the input means 2 [size Q of a letter (7th class or 12 point or the like), line number L and letter packing number W]. A photographic area display means 1c assigns the photographic area on a desired location of the front cover page frame in response to the photographic area designation inputted from the input means 2. Then the font and location of photographic area displayed on the front cover page frame are corrected.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a magazine editing system that freely creates the layout of printed matter, particularly magazines.

[Conventional technology]

Traditional magazine editing starts with the planning stage, such as choosing seasonal items or targeting women in their late 20s, and then moves on to the specific production stage.

First, in the planning stage of the magazine, we clarify what purpose it will be published, to whom, and when it will be published, set a theme, consider the content for each theme, consider the materials for the content to be included, and then Devise an overall structure, organize the content of the theme, number of pages, composition of photos, and priorities for each (taking into account strengths and weaknesses), and consider the flow of chapters and items on each page.

Next, the producer decides on policies such as whether to request an outside person to create the specific articles, photos, etc. for the magazine to be published, or whether to have the printer in charge create them. For example, if the magazine to be published is text-based, we will prepare photos, cuts (mainly illustrations), etc. for the written text, and if the magazine is mainly visual, we will instruct the photographer to request photos. do. Next, once the text manuscript, photo manuscript, etc. are prepared, the layout is determined. Next, the process moves to the thumbnail stage where the composition of photos and text is determined for each theme. At the thumbnail stage, the arrangement and composition of texts and photos is done based on the total amount of text for each theme.

Normally, in visual magazines, the ratio of text to photos is 4:6 (
(determined by magazine type). Next, the process moves to the thumbnail stage where the composition of photos and text is determined for each theme. At the thumbnail stage, the arrangement and composition of texts and photos is done based on the total amount of text for each theme.Next, the process moves on to the creation stage of detailed layout (determining the arrangement of main body manuscripts, heading manuscripts, and color manuscripts). I was doing work such as tracing the outline of the color photograph being projected.

However, even if the total amount of text is fixed, the font size (series, point), number of double characters, spacing between two characters (character pitch)
Even if a photo manuscript is decided upon, changing the font size may cause it to not fit on the page, or conversely, if the text is printed, unnecessary white space may be created, resulting in cutting. Through a trial and error process, the coordinator selected the photo placement and font size that would satisfy both parties, but the final decision was left to the layout work.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In this way, the amount of photos and text to be placed on each page for each theme, especially the ratio of the area occupied by photos to the text area depending on the font size and font filling, changes fluidly, so while satisfying both, In addition, there have been problems such as the inability to quickly move on to layout work in which color photographs are placed in optimal positions. For this reason, even for a skilled coordinator, creating thumbnails for all pages of a magazine requires a considerable amount of experience and production time, and there has been a strong desire to improve this.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a magazine editing system that can create optimal magazine thumbnails in a short time with simple operations.

[Means for solving problems]

The magazine editing system according to the present invention includes a page frame display means for displaying a double-page spread page frame on a display section according to the number of pages of each inputted theme, and an input means for displaying a double-page spread frame displayed by the page frame display means. A character type display means that displays the document area in a character type based on input document creation information, and a photo area is allocated and displayed in each spread page frame displayed on the display section according to the photo area input from the input means. a photo area display means for displaying a photo area; a position correction means for correcting the arrangement of the character type or photo area displayed on the display section according to the photo area displayed by the photo area display means; This device is provided with image output means for outputting images of a document area and a photo area.

[Effect]

In this invention, when the number of pages is input from the input means, the page frame display means displays a facing page frame on the display section, and when document creation information is also input from the input means, the character type display means displays A character type based on document creation information is displayed in the double-page spread frame displayed in the section. Here, when a photo area is input from the input means, the photo area display means allocates and displays the photo area in each double page frame displayed on the display section, and the position correction means adjusts the position according to the allocation of the photo area. The arrangement of the character types displayed on the display section is corrected, and when the correction is completed, the document area and photo area displayed in the double-page spread frame of the display section are outputted from the image output means.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a magazine editing system showing an embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes a main control section composed of, for example, a computer, and a page frame display means la.
, character type display means 1b, photo area display means 1C9, position correction means 1d, etc. Reference numeral 2 denotes input means, which includes, for example, a keyboard and a pointing device, and is connected to the main control section 1 via an interface circuit (I/F) 2a. Reference numeral 3 denotes a display section, which is composed of, for example, a CRT display, and is connected to the main control section 1 via an I/F 3a. Reference numeral 4 denotes an image output means, which is connected to the main control section 1 via an I/F 4a and outputs a display image displayed on the display section 3. The page frame display means 7a displays a spread page frame (described later) on the display unit 3 according to the number of pages input from the input means 2. The character type display means 1b displays document creation information (character size Q (
7 series or 12 points, etc.) 2-line number, 1-character number W)
Based on this, the character type is displayed on the double-page spread frame displayed on the display section 3 in the document area.

The photo area display means 1c displays the photo area on the two-page spread frame displayed on the display section 3 based on the photo area input from the input means 2. Position correction means 1d
freely modifies the arrangement of character shapes according to the photo area displayed on the display section 3.

Next, the thumbnail creation operation according to the present invention will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2(a) to 2(d).

FIGS. 2(a) to 2(d) are schematic diagrams illustrating the thumbnail creation operation according to the present invention. Components that are the same as those in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals.

In this figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a thumbnail creation screen, which is displayed on the display section 3. 12a and 12b are double-page page frames, and the dotted line indicates the center of the double-page spread.

13a and 73b are character type, and double-page page frames 12a and 1
The character type display means 1b displays the characters according to the number of characters input from the input means 2 to the character type display means 2b. 14a.

Reference numeral 14b denotes a photo area, which the photo area display means 1C assigns to a desired position in the double-page page frames 12a and 12b in accordance with the photo area designation inputted from the input means 2. 15a
, 15b is a modified double-page page frame, double-page page frame 12
The positions of the character types 13a, 73b and the photo areas 14a, 14b displayed in areas a and 12b are corrected. Note that the double-page page frames 12a and 12b are changed depending on the paper size to be printed.

First, when the number of pages of one theme is input from the input means 2, the page frame display means 1a will display the two-page spread frames 12a, 12.
b is displayed for the number of pages (as shown in FIG. 2(a)). For tax purposes, 0 indicates 4 pages of double-page spread frames 12a and 12b.Next, page creation information (character size Q (7 series or 12 points, etc.), 9 lines, 1 character, etc.) is entered from input means 2. When the number W) is input, the character type display means 1b displays the character types 13a, 13b corresponding to the number of character fills W, arranged in the double-page page frames 12a, 12b (Fig. 2(b)).
). Similarly, in accordance with the photo area designation inputted from the input means 2, the photo area display means 1c displays the photo areas 14a, 1 at desired positions in the double page frames 12a, 12b.
4b is allocated and displayed (as shown in FIG. 2 (C)). This completes the creation of one thumbnail, but due to the overall balance, character types 13a, 13b and photo area 1 are
If there is a modification to 4a or 14b, an instruction is given from the input means 2. In response to this, the facing page frames 12a, t
The position correction means 1d corrects the position of the character types 13a, 13b or the photo areas 14a, 14b arranged in the area 2b,
Create corrected two-page spread frames 15a and t5b (!R2
(shown in figure (d)). Here, when an image output command for the corrected double-page page frames 15a and 15b is issued from the input means 2,
Thumbnail screen 11 displayed on display unit 3 by main control unit 1
is output from the image output means 4 as a binary image. Note that there are at most two types of character sizes Q used in normal magazines, and by keeping the character size constant and varying the number of characters filled in one character W, the number of lines can be varied depending on it. Therefore, it goes without saying that in the above case as well, by changing the number of characters W, the number of lines will also change accordingly.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the thumbnail creation procedure shown in FIG. 2. Note that (1) to (10) indicate each step.

1) Wait for the page number to be input from input means 2.
, when the number of pages is input, the page frame display means 1a displays a two-page spread frame corresponding to the number of pages on the display unit 3 (2)
)0 Next, the input means 2 waits for page creation information to be input. 3) The character type display means 1b allocates character types to the double-page page frame displayed on the display section 3 based on the input page creation information. (4) Through this, it is possible to visually grasp the proportion of text occupying the space determined by the total number of pages. At this point, decide whether to change the number of padding characters based on the sentence ratio (5), and if YES, proceed to step (3).
If the answer is NO, wait for the photo area designation input from the input means 2 (6), and when the photo area is specified, set the photo area (7), change the layout of the character type, and display the thumbnail. (8). At this point, it is determined whether or not to change the thumbnail. (9) If YES, return to step (6).

If NO, the system waits for a thumbnail screen output command from the input means 2 (lO), and when the output command is issued, a thumbnail image is output from the image output means 4 and the control ends.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention includes a page frame display means for displaying a double-page spread frame on a display section according to the number of pages of each input theme, and an input means for displaying a double-page spread frame displayed by this page frame display means. A character type display means that displays the document area in a character type based on input document creation information, and a photo area is allocated and displayed in each spread page frame displayed on the display section according to the photo area input from the input means. a photo area display means for displaying a photo area; a character type correction means for correcting the character type displayed on the display section or the arrangement of the photo area according to the photo area displayed by the photo area display means; Since we have provided an image output means for outputting images of the document area and photo area, users can work while keeping in mind the ratio of photos and text while checking the photo area that corresponds to the total number of characters set in advance for each theme. Therefore, you can create optimal magazine thumbnails in a short time with simple operations. Furthermore, since the thumbnails have high accuracy, layout work can be started based on the created thumbnail data, which has excellent advantages such as reducing the coding time for layout work and significantly improving layout creation efficiency.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a magazine editing system showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2(a) to 2(d) are schematic diagrams illustrating the thumbnail creation operation according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the thumbnail creation procedure shown in FIG. 2. FIG. In the figure, 1 is a main control unit, la is a page frame display means, 1b is a character type display means, 1c is a photo area display means, and ld is a position correction means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a page frame display means for displaying a double-page spread page frame on a display unit according to the number of pages of each input theme; and a page frame display means based on the document creation information inputted from the input means into the double-page spread page frame displayed by the page frame display means. character type display means for displaying the document area in character type; and photo area display means for allocating and displaying a photo area in each double-page page frame displayed on the display section according to the photo area input from the input means. , position correction means for correcting the character type displayed on the display section or the arrangement of the photo area according to the photo area displayed by the photo area display means;
A magazine editing system comprising: image output means for outputting images of a document area and a photo area displayed in the double-page spread frame of the display section.