…Hi.…I'm Mike Rankin, and welcome to InDesign FX.…In this movie, we'll see how to create the look of an…image or a page of text, having been put through a paper shredder.…Let's begin by selecting this image of…a Top Secret document, with the selection tool.…Next, I'll open the scripts panel, by choosing Window > Utilities > Scripts.…And in the scripts panel, I'll locate a script called make grid.…It's in the Application folder > Samples > JavaScript, and…I'll scroll down until I find this one, Make Grid.…
I'll double click the script to run it.…And in the Script dialogue box, I'll choose just one row, 30 columns, and…the Row Gutter doesn't matter, since there won't be a Gutter with just one row.…And the Column Gutter will be small just one point.…And this is going to be the gap in-between the shreds.…And I'll be sure to select this last option, Delete Original Object.…And click OK.…And…now, instead of one image in one frame, I have…30 narrow frames, each showing a small slice of the image.…
And to make the effect a little more convincing, I'll…
Author
Mike Rankin
Updated
7/8/2014Released
8/4/2011Skill Level Intermediate
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Q: For some movies, why are there both INDD and IDML versions of the exercise files?
A: For CS4 and older versions of InDesign, please use the IDML exercise files.
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Video: 107 Creating a shredded-document effect