Books frame

[Letonade]

Hello everyone!

I started writing a campaign for my colleague and I was ready to have the same frame as the Starfinder.

What tools do you use? How do I get these frames?

Explanation:
Take a look at the Starfinder kernel rules on page 60 (first page of the sent),
I would like to create my own classes by replacing the image with my own class name, stamina points and any type of text, but keeping the same position for them and keeping the background, pagination..

Still on page 61, keep the same kind of table, and the "short summary" on the right (starting with Overview and ending with the Pthfinder legacy in this book).

If you don’t want to share your own frame, can you at least tell me what tool you used to do all this?

Thanks in advance!

[Anguish]

There's a lot to unpack here.

First up, there's what's technically possible, what's legal, and what's practical.

This isn't something that you'd take an existing PDF and do what you describe, replacing content. PDF is an output format, not a working format. It is technically possible to replace/edit text and images but you really can't do layout, rearranging size and placement.

Regardless, the look of a publisher's books is part of their trade dress. It's not something that you can legally reproduce. Obviously what you do within your house is a different story. But in terms of publishing or sharing what you produce, you really need to create your own look and design.

That all said, to create your own look & feel, you need either a word-processor like Microsoft Word, which will get the job done but isn't the perfect tool, or a page-layout program like Adobe InDesign.

[Letonade]

Thanks a lot Anguish !

I didn’t know it was called a layout program, thanks again, I’ll take a look at Adobe InDesign.

I will use a close design as with another color I think.

If Paizo wants to share the program they used, I’ll be happy to know:)

Have a good day!

[Cori Marie]

InDesign is the industry standard, so my bet is that that's what they use.

[Anguish]

It is. No secret. If you look at the details of a PDF (File, Properties in Adobe Reader for Windows), you can see the program that generated it.

[Letonade]

Thanks !
Now it's time to learn for me ;)