Two Page Image Spreads - Book Formatting with Atticus

[@AmyNJohnson]

Holy crap. I had NO idea you could do this in Atticus 😂 this is great!!

[@holdthetruthhostage]

In my honest opinion as a customer yall need a comic book & Manga format to choose from where we just upload the images. This would truly help publishing comic books & manga. I understand that your not gonna have visual editing but its a shame we can't just upload our comic book pages to make our books. But this is far better than before where it was no we can't

[@AtticusWriter]

Great suggestion! Atticus is always growing and adapting for authors, so you never know what our programmers will be able to achieve in the future!

[@holdthetruthhostage]

@@AtticusWriter I hope so there are 100,000s of comic book creators that can't access book printers as well as this program would allow

[@JessieWinterspring]

I would love this as well

[@blackharry6847]

These tutorials are so very helpful and most appreciated.

[@AtticusWriter]

So glad to hear that, thanks for the feedback!

[@SuzannaLynn]

I watched the previous video on how to size my images, as well as this tutorial. I used Canva and I did the exact specification you put for a 6x9 book. I literally watched and did it with the video. However, when I upload the images, there is white stripe at the bottom of the picture in the 'print book preview'. What have I done wrong??

[@cheryldahl9192]

Oh wow, this will be fun to play with! Thanks! You guys are the best!

[@AtticusWriter]

Have fun!

[@MrMindCloud]

Is there a way to insert full page images mid chapter or do they alway have to function as their own independent chapters/chapter intros?

[@AtticusWriter]

Full page images with bleed will need to be between chapters. You can insert a full page image that extends only to the margins within a chapter though. When you insert the image, if you edit it using the gear icon, you can set it to Separate Page. Just be sure to size it before importing. I hope that helps!

[@simonjones1511]

Great tutorial, Monique 👍 Nice one :)

[@AtticusWriter]

I'm glad you like it, thank you!

[@BrittanyPutzer]

This makes so much more sense now. Thank you for the video

[@AtticusWriter]

Of course, I'm so glad you found it helpful!

[@PatriciaGil-d7u]

Really super fun explanation.

[@AtticusWriter]

Thanks so much, I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@Sharmyn411]

OK, now I get it. Seemed more complicated than it is. Thank you!

[@AtticusWriter]

You're so welcome, I hope you have fun with it!

[@ACEHILINK]

Nice tutorial!

[@AtticusWriter]

Thank you!

[@MonicaTRodriguez]

The recent improvements to Atticus look great! The formatting is a breeze! There's one thing that stops me from writing in Atticus rather than importing from Scrivener. Are there any plans to add an autocorrect feature? It really makes a difference, especially when we can add corrections to the autocorrect dictionary. It seems like a small detail, but being able to continue typing without having to correct typos makes a huge difference. Typing without it slows me down tremendously. It's honestly the only thing I miss, and it takes me back to Scrivener. Please consider adding this feature!

[@AtticusWriter]

We don't have any immediate plans for that, but you can use Grammarly and/or ProWritingAid with Atticus, if that might help!

[@dianaschramer5065]

LOVE this!!! Thank you!!

[@AtticusWriter]

You're so welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@ZoiyGalloay]

At 4:29, when I added an image in the first chapter, it appeared underneath the heading, not on the entire page. Also, the "upload image" under formatting and "chapter heading" doesn't have an upload button.

[@AtticusWriter]

If you want the chapter heading image accross the page, you'll need to select Background Image, rather than Image Element. If the button isn't showing, try doing a little refresh (CTRL or CMD R) and that should help!

[@davidstewart8796]

perfect, thanks

[@AtticusWriter]

Glad it helped!

[@KenyaWright]

I'm able to do the two page spread perfectly at the begining of the book. However, I am unable to do two page spreads throughout the book. I'm putting left page and right page. Should I do something else? Or does this only work for the first part of the book and the rest of the two page spreads have to be connected to chapters?

[@AtticusWriter]

You can use them anywhere, as long as you set to begin on > left side and > right side appropriately. If you're having trouble, write into our support email and we'll be able to help you out!

[@StephMcGinnis]

I keep getting blank pages and it's separating my image pages. How do I stop this?

[@AtticusWriter]

For help with individual issues like this, it's best to write into our support email and they'll be able to help out more personally.

[@anasaa1521]

How can I do it in canva

[@AtticusWriter]

You would need to start with a custom size document set to the trim + bleed of your book, and add your pictures there. Make sure the two images meet as close to perfect in the center for the best alignment. You would then export both pages to jpg or png and import them to Atticus following this tutorial. I hope that helps!