Inside the InSide & InSide timeline

Inside the InSide The template Printing

We got the question from our chairman if we could make a guide on how to make the InSide. As a guidance for new members, for if they ever need to do this. And there is no better way than to place it in the InSide. If a new member is searching for the guide this is the only place they can find it.

Software from Adobe

The InSide is mainly made with Adobe programs. The front-page and the back-page are made with Photoshop. And the rest of the magazine is made with InDesign, a program made for making printable magazines. It is not hard to learn how these work. There are a lot of tutorials on working with these programs. Here is a playlist:

In this playlist there are a lot of tutorials about InDesign. Start with the basic and go on from there. If you don’t understand how it works ask the current designer of the InSide. There is some sort of standard lay out to the InSide. We start with the front-page. The front-page is often made in Photoshop. These programs work fine together because they are both made by Adobe. Then page 2 with a message from the media chairman. Page 3 has QR-codes. Most of the pages are articles and sponsor pages. In the middle is the centerfold with pictures of recent events. The InSide often includes a spotlight/ interview, a page from Fontys, a do-it-yourself section, comics and a puzzle. The last page is the backpage of the InSide.

Layout

Before printing the InSide, there is one important setting. In the page settings you need to enable page bleed. The distance needs to be 3mm from the edges of the pages. This is so no white lines show up after combining the pages. See the image below.

If the InSide is done let it get checked by the committee members and there are always some annoying old members who don’t have problems telling you where you made a mistake. If everything is done you can send it to the board and they will send it to the copy shop. From that moment it is their problem and you can sleep finally :P

If you are the designer of the InSide you may change the lay out to how you like it. But it still needs to be recognisable. The number of pages always needs to be a multiple of 4. If you don’t do that, the last page’s will be white. Yes i learned that the hard way. When adding pictures never add pictures sent by WhatsApp because the quality is often bad (because of image conversion). If it is a original picture always send it by Email.

2009 Innovum is formed and the first InSide is made. The magazine seems to be made in Microsoft Word and the layout is very basic.

2010 The InSide has a new logo that looks like the Innovum logo. The layout of the magazine has improved, but is still very basic.

2014 This period is the dark age for InSide design. This is one of the laziest covers of the InSide.

2016 The InSide gets a new layout! It is much better than before. The future Inside layouts are still based on this one. The cover looks a bit bland.

2017 We have peaked. It will only be downhill from here. This is the best designed Inside in the history of the InSide. The knowledge to produce this layout has been lost to time.

2020 For the second lustrum year the usual design of the InSide has been turned to gold!

2022 The design of the InSide has been tweaked a little. The layout is very similar, but the cover and backpage have been remade.