Introduction to Visual Stories Using Adobe InDesign

Visual Stories on Issuu - The Newest Way to Tell Your Story

Visual Stories let you combine visual elements with concise text in an effective manner. Content is more effective when presented in the form of a good story and story becomes more engaging when enhanced with visuals.

Issuu provides a great way of creating Visual Stories using AMP Stories to transform one piece of content into Social Media Stories in our following Story Styles:

Issuu Styles are templates that reflect your brand needs.

• Voice : Fast paced. Strong quotes are the hero. Make use of image takeovers and dynamic text animations to create a strong impact.
• Inspire : Get ready to inspire with big images and visual breathing space. Tell your story, where Editorial meets Interactive for an engaging experience.
• Engage : Bring your brand to life and engage new audiences across ad platforms with a style tailored to fit AMP and Facebook ad guidelines.

Please see article for more information about AMP Stories.

Publish Seamlessly: From Adobe InDesign to Issuu

Everyone has a Story to tell and now Adobe InDesign and Issuu have partnered to enable Seamless Sharing Experience from Document to Social Media Stories to maximize your content sharing and content marketing capabilities.

New Issuu Story Cloud (a suite of story distribution and sharing solutions) and Adobe InDesign integration allows you (Publishers) to easily format social media stories assets pulled straight from your Adobe InDesign documents and share across major Social and Media Platforms. Ready to create your Story?

Installing Issuu Visual Story InDesign Extension

You need to install Issuu Visual Story Extension while creating Visual Stories from Adobe InDesign.

The Issuu Visual Story Extension is available on Adobe Exchange Marketplace. 

Please follow this article for Installing Issuu Stories InDesign Extension.

NOTE: The Visual Stories Plugin for Indesign does not support InDesign 2021. 

Once you install Issuu Visual Story Extension, it will appear under: 

Window --> Extensions--> Issuu -Create a Story 

Or Under File --> Issuu - Create a Story 

NOTE: Any InDesign user can install and use Issuu Visual Story Extension. At the end of the flow inside story plugin/extension, there is a button to navigate to your Issuu account to upload your assets where you can review, edit and share your Visual Stories. If you do not have an account on Issuu, you will get an opportunity to create one in the same flow.

Please see article for Creating Visual Stories Using InDesign Extension.