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How it works
To be able to fully experience the foldfactory.com community and to
create templates, you must first become a member. Becoming a member
at foldfactory.com is a fast and easy. Simply create a username
and password and fill out a few fields of information and you're
in! Having an account gives you free access to articles, information,
blogs, forums, specials and much more.
To build templates, log
in and click the "Build Templates" button and you will be taken
directly to the 3-step user interface. Follow the steps to create
your custom template. Once you have entered your custom preferences,
you may save your template preferences to download the template
at another time, or you may immediately download the template.
To download templates,
you must first purchase points. You can do this in the "Shop"
area of the site. Points can be bought in any quantity, and are
available in bundles at a discount. Each template costs one point,
and the point is subtracted from your account at download. So, as
long as you have a valid member account, you can make and manage
as many templates as you want and you will not be charged for them
until you choose to download them.
Buy Points now!
Using your foldfactory.com template
Once the Build Template button has been clicked, foldfactory.com instantly
builds your template in InDesign. The name of the FOLDRite™ folding
style will be identified in the bottom slug area, and the template
will be two pages—side A and side B of the folded piece. If you
only intend to print on one side of the piece, simply delete the
second page of the document.
If you look at the Layers
palette, you'll notice that your template is initiated with three
layers. These layers organize the fold marks and panel cues that
are visible in the slug area, and the fold guides that sit on the
page (Note: if the panel cues are upside down, it means that your
artwork must be rotated 180° in layout). Layers may be viewed and
hidden, but the layers are locked to avoid accidental movement of
these important markers. It is strongly suggested that the layers
remain locked and unaltered at all times.
foldfactory.com builds
templates to your custom specifications. The templates are fully-compensated
for the folding process using industry-approved settings. Simply
start designing—with the confidence that your file is production-perfect.
Products that complement foldfactory.com
If you like foldfactory.com, you'll love FOLDRite™ Template
Master for Adobe® InDesign®. Template Master builds on the
same easy user interface and functionality you'll experience at
foldfactory.com, but it makes the process even easier with accessibility
directly through InDesign! With enhanced features and functions,
FOLDRite™ Template Master is the easiest and most exciting
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Learn more and purchase. . .
A Field Guide to Folding,
available in the "Shop" section of the site under "publications",
was designed specifically to complement foldfactory.com, and the
FOLDRite™ Template Master plug-in for Adobe InDesign. This
200-page publication contains comprehensive information about folding
and offers 85 FOLDRite™ folding styles. It is an essential
tool for graphic arts industry professionals and is a critical teaching
tool for graphic arts education programs.
Learn more and purchase. . .
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