What Is + How To?
Chapter 8: AI features in Adobe InDesign.
What Is + How To?
“What Is + How To” is a new series focused on addressing design and development challenges. It highlights the use of Adobe Creative Cloud software for design and WordPress Elementor for development.
Which Artificial Intelligence tools are available in Adobe InDesign?
Adobe InDesign incorporates several Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools powered by Adobe Sensei to optimize workflows and enhance design precision, particularly for layout creation, typography, and content management. Here are the key AI-driven features available in Adobe InDesign:
1. Content-Aware Fit
- Automatically adjusts images to fit their frames perfectly by analyzing their content.
- Ensures that the most important parts of the image are visible without manual cropping or resizing.
2. Layout Adjustment
- When page dimensions or margins are changed, AI intelligently rearranges content to maintain a balanced layout without requiring extensive manual adjustments.
3. Auto-Resize Text Frames
- Text frames automatically adjust to accommodate changes in content, such as additional text or font size adjustments, ensuring nothing gets cut off.
4. Intelligent Style Suggestions
- AI suggests character and paragraph styles based on the content and formatting of your document, helping maintain consistency in typography.
5. Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
- Extracts text from placed images or PDFs directly into InDesign, allowing for easier editing and repurposing of content.
6. Adobe Font Recommendations
- Uses AI to suggest fonts based on the style and tone of your design, ensuring appropriate typography choices.
- Includes “Match Font,” which identifies fonts from images or screenshots.
7. Auto Spacing and Alignment
- Automatically adjusts the spacing and alignment of elements to maintain a clean and professional layout.
8. Alternate Layouts
- AI helps adapt designs for different page sizes, orientations, or devices, such as creating alternate layouts for print and digital versions of the same document.
9. Content-Aware Text Wrap
- Automatically detects the edges of an object (e.g., images or shapes) and wraps text around them for a polished look without requiring manual adjustments.
10. Smart Image Placement
- AI-powered image placement optimizes positioning and scaling based on design context and visual hierarchy.
11. Caption Generation
- Automatically generates captions for placed images using metadata, saving time in large projects.
12. AI-Enhanced Data Merging
- Streamlines the creation of data-driven documents (e.g., catalogs, directories) by automatically merging and formatting data from spreadsheets or databases.
13. Cloud-Based Collaboration
- While not strictly AI, Adobe’s cloud integration uses smart algorithms to manage file sharing, version control, and live collaboration efficiently.
14. Accessibility Features
- AI checks documents for accessibility compliance (e.g., proper tagging, reading order) to ensure they meet standards like WCAG or PDF/UA.
15. Automated Translation Integration
- Integrates with AI-driven translation tools for real-time text translation directly within documents.
16. Smart Guides
- AI-powered guides appear automatically to help align and position elements with precision, improving layout consistency.
17. Visual Search in CC Libraries
- AI lets you search for assets in your Creative Cloud Libraries based on image content or keywords, speeding up workflow.
These AI tools in Adobe InDesign significantly enhance productivity by automating repetitive tasks, improving design precision, and enabling smarter layouts, making it an indispensable tool for professional designers and publishers.
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