Advice needed on producing a bi-lingual "flip" publication...

Hi all,
I am currently trying to working on producing a bi-lingual publication and I am stuck. Doing layout for the individual publications is no problem, but we are hoping to print them as one publication. I am sure you have seen the kind of publications that has two covers, one for each language (mine will have one in English and the other one will be in Bahasa Indonesia), and so depending on which side you read from you get the right language!
My big question - how do I make this happen?? Any good guides I should have a look at etc?
Any advice would be most appriciated!
Currently using the InDesign CS5 version.
Warm regards,
Jonas

I have done similar books. I built the job using two files, then exported each to PDF. For one side, I reversed the page order and rotated each page 180° in Acrobat Pro. You could do the latter part internally in InDesign by importing the second document into blank pages at the end of the first document.
Salamat jalan.

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Rob, I'll take a quick shot at this for you.
I'm fairly new to digital SLR photography (hobbyist
only)...but have had a variety of non-SLR digital
cameras over the years.
First, welcome to digital SLR photography.
I shoot in raw and jpeg, maybe about 100 shots when I
go out (landscape and general outdoor shots mainly,
some wildlife). After I have deleted the stinkers,
I'm usually left with 30-50 decent shots that I
keep...my iPhoto library has about 1000 images that I
like, and I'm assuming that Aperture wouldn't have
performance issues with a library of that size, on my
hardware.
You shouldn't have any performance problems with a library this size.
From the library, I create web galleries, print out
to A3 (max...usually 8"x6", some A4) and create photo
slideshows on DVD/CD media.
I've been using a mixture of iPhoto, Photoshop
Elements 3, and Photoshop CS.
Sounds pretty standard so far (except for using both Elements and CS).
iPhoto for photo import and organisation ; Photoshop
Elements 3 for raw image manipulation, and minor
tweaks ; Photoshop CS for the bulk of image
processing. (The raw images produced by my camera, a
Nikon D50, are not supported with the Camera raw
plugin for Photoshop CS.)
Pretty much the same thing I have done (only I use PS CS2 for everything). One note. If you are considering Aperture, I would strongly suggest that you put some samples of your images on a flash card and take them down to somewhere that has Aperture loaded and available for evaluation. Judge for yourself how Aperture handles your images. This is what I did with my D2X images and was happy with the results.
Having to utilise 3 separate programs does grate
after a while...and ideally, I would like to use a
single program.
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Aperture sounded ideal, but the £350 price is a
little steep for a program that I may end up using as
"iPhoto-on-steroids".
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An alternative would be to upgrade to Adobe Photoshop
CS2...although I'm not sure whether my software would
meet the upgrade criteria...my copy of Photoshop CS
was purchased via eBay (authentic CD, box and
manuals), but the serial number, I later found out
after purchase, has been distributed on P2P
networks.
This, I can't help you with.
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True. But, you need to determine if it is for you now.
2. Risk paying £150 for a Photoshop CS2 upgrade that
may baulk at my dubious serial number for the
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Again, I can't help you here.
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fairly loudly. I'd miss the curves feature, and be
out of pocket to the tune of £125...but that's my
fault for not assuming the eBay offer was too good to
be true...
Your call.
4. Any other alternatives...?
Maybe someone else has one to offer.
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Ashok_Ora wrote:
Great -- thanks for the clarification.Thank YOU, my first post was indeed a bit confusing, at least about the reads on DB2.
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This is why I envisaged MongoDB for instance as the DB layer for the reporting part, as it is able to query directly into JSON, with a specific way to handle "indexes" too. But I'm no MongoDB expert in any way, so I'm not sure at all, again, that it is a good fit (just as much as I'm not sure right know what the proper, most efficient approach is, at this stage).
Ashok_Ora wrote:
- Use the Oracle external table mechanism (Overview and how-to - http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28319/et_concepts.htm) to query the data from Oracle database. Again, you don't need to move the data. You won't be able to create indices on the external tables. If you do want to move data from the BDB repository into Oracle DB, you can run a "insert into <oracle_table> select * from <external_table_in_DB2>;". As you know, Oracle database is excellent database for all sorts of applications, including complex reporting applications.
This is VERY interesting. VERY.
And Oracle DB is, you're, a very powerful and flexible database for every kind of processes.
I'll look into the docs carefully, many thanks for pointing that out (again!) :)
I have not yet decided if the final application would be free nor open source, but this will eventually be a real question. Right now, I don't want to think of it, and just find the best technical solution(s) to achieve the best possible results.
And BDB and Oracle DB are very serious competitors, definitely ;)
Ashok_Ora wrote:
Hope this was helpful. Let me know your thoughts.It definitely is so much useful! Makes things clearer and allow me to get more into BDB (and Oracle as well with your latest reply), and that's much appreciated. :)
As I said, my primary goal is to insure the highest write throughput - I cannot miss any incoming data as there is no (easy/efficient) way to re-ask for what would be lost and get it again being sure that it hadn't changed (the simple act of re-asking would induce data flaws, actually).
So, everything else (including reporting, stats, etc.) IS secondary, as long as what comes in is always stored for sure (almost) as soon as it comes in.
This is why, in this context, "real" real-time is not really crucial, an can be "1 minute delayed" real time (could even be "5 minute delayed", actually, but let's be a bit demanding ^^).
Ashok_Ora wrote:
Just out of curiousity, can you tell us some additional details about your application?Of course, I owe you a bit more details as you help me a lot in my research/study :)
The application is sort of a tracking service. It is primarily thought to serve the very specific needs of a client of mine: they have several applications that all use the same "contents". Those contents can be anything, text, HTML, images, whatever, and they need to know almost in real time what application (used by which external client/device) is requesting ressources, which ones, from where, in which locale/area and language, etc.
Really a kind of "Google Analytics" stuff (which I pointed out at the very beginning, but they need something more specific, and, above all, they need to keep all the data with them, so GA is not a solution here).
So, as you can guess, this is pretty much... big. On the paper, at least. Not sure if this will ever be implemented one day, to be honest with you, but I really want to do the technical study seriously and bring the best options so that they know where they plan to go.
As of me, I would definitely love it if this could become reality, this is very interesting and exciting stuff. Especially as it requires to see things as they are and not to fall into the "NoSQL fashion" for the sake of being "cool". I don't want a cool application, I want an efficient one, that fits the needs ;) What is very interesting here is that BDB is not new at all, though it's one of the most serious identified players so far!
Ashok_Ora wrote:
Thanks and warm regards.
ashokMany thanks again, Ashok!
I'll leave this question opened, in order to keep on posting as I'm progressing (and to be able to get your thoughts and rewarding comments and advice above all :) )
Cheers,
Jimshell

Multiple device syncing advice needed and appreciated.

Hey everyone, happy holidays to everyone
I need some advice from you Apple lovers out there if you can spend some time replying. Thanks alot in advanced
My devices and current status
13" Macbook Pro with 8gig RAM with lion OS - Mosty used for word processing, DJing, low Internet usage now that i have Ipad, photo management, DVD ripping etc etc - i use this as my main device to organise emails and i purchase most apps, music and films on this device too
Ipad2 - Mostly for media content, web browsing, Youtube, playing games, FB, watching films. I use this device for fun not functionality or work related things
Iphone 4 - Usual phone usage, I use my phone as my main device for iCal, contacts, checking emails/messages on the move
2GB time capsule - brand new in the box as yet unused
Generally speaking i get confused or change my mind frequently about what to sync to which device, i started off using icloud but then things got confusing and i had things real messed up, multiple same contacts, apps on differnet device, differnet music on all 3 devices so now for the moment i think of my Macbook as the main device with both my iphone and ipad backed up to the Macbook. I then back up all of this on a regular 500g external Hard Drive.
So my questions are as follows
1. Can and should i use icloud to back up my devices and if so how should i do this effectivly
2. What syncing procedure would suit me best
3. How should i integrate Timecapsule to my devices
Any other suggestions would really be apreciated
Thanks again

The second part puzzles me - excuse me (but i honestly don't know) do both units give off a wifi signal of roughly equal 'amounts'?
Yes. Since both are connected by "Ethernet" each base station is its own wireless network and you have a few options on how best to configure them.
One of those options is to give both wireless networks the same Network Name (or SSID) so that you can, for example, "walk" a laptop from one to the other and stay connected. This is known as a roaming network.
If this is something that you don't desire or have a requirement for, then leaving them as two separate wireless networks would work just as well.
So what i am asking - i guess - is can i increase the distance the wifi signal reaches of the second unit (the time capsule - that is wired to the airport extreme)
To extend the wireless range of the Time Capsule (TC) you would need another 802.11n AirPort, like the AirPort Express Base Station (AXn). This should get a stronger signal out to the garden. Of course, it would really depend on the distance from the TC to where you would like to place the AXn to get the best results.
Let me know if you need help configuring the base stations.

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