PhotoShop Color Overlay for Interactive Indesign Document
Hello world!
Im trying to figure out how to do what the following email says:
"We typically do them like this – a SketchUp model, with color overlays done in Photoshop. We then use the color overlay document to create the InDesign links for the code document."
This is for a city planning code. Im not very proficient on PS but I do use illustrator daily. The image attached shows what I suppose are the color overlays from PS. I havent found anywhere how these overlays can be links... Am I just confused? Please help.
[ i thought of just using multiply and the pen tool on illustrator to color the exported sketchup scenes,no linking to anything though]
Thanks!!!!!!
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That sounds more clear to me ! We'll see what it ends up being when I hear back from them but your directions would be easy to research and execute. Thank you BobLevine
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