Adobe InDesign for Beginners

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• Using the text editing tools, you may learn about typography concepts, master paragraph layouts, and experiment with various conceptual ideas connected to words and phrases.
• Learn about the differences between RGB and CMYK, as well as how to modify objects and use color effectively.
• Finally, learn how to save and export your work in the last session, which will go over all of the major file types and their differences.
• By the end of the course, you'll know how to use Adobe InDesign professionally, going over design fundamentals and applying them to your own project: creating professional content for web and print media.

Syllabus:

• Course 1: Beginnings

  1.  About InDesign

  2.  How to Install and Setup InDesign

  3.  Tools

  4. Workspace, Menu and Window

  5.  Document Setup

  6.  Beginning to Design - Practice
      

• Course 2: Typography

  1. Understanding Letters, Words and Sentences

  2.  Using the Type Tool

  3.  Character

  4.  Using Typefaces

  5.  Paragraph

  6.  Scaling Type

  7.  Working with Text Threads

  8.  Working with Text Wrap

  9.  Working with Paragraph and Character Styles

  10.  Working with Tables

  11.  Designing with Words - Practice
       

• Course 3: Images

  1.  Working with Photographs and Bitmap Images

  2. Adding Images

  3.  Understanding Image Resolution

  4.  Scaling images (Increasing and Decreasing)

  5.  Working with Vector Shapes

  6.  Pathfinder

  7.  Aligning

  8. Working with Links

  9.  Using the Rectangle Frame Tool

  10. Designing with Images - Practice
       

• Course 4: Objects and Colors

  1. Object Transformation

  2. Frame Fitting Options

  3.  Effects

  4.  Text Frame Options

  5. CMYK and RGB

  6.  Fills and Strokes

  7.  Swatches

  8.  Gradient

  9.  Designing with Objects and Colours - Practice
      

• Course 5: Spaces

  1.  Layout: Page

  2.  Guide Creation

  3.  Margins and Columns

  4. Working with Layers

  5.  Working with a Baseline Grid

  6. Organising Pages and Spreads

  7.  Working with Master Pages

  8. Working with Alternate Layouts

  9.  Using Libraries

  10.  Designing with Spaces - Practice
       

• Course 6: Shortcuts and Functions

  1.  Introducing Shortcuts

  2.  Getting Familiar with Commonly Used Features

  3.  Saving and Opening Documents

  4.  Using InDesign to Work with Different Content

  5.  New Workspace

  6.  View

  7.  Being Organised when Designing with InDesign

  8.  Designing with Features - Practice
      

• Course 7: Saving and Exporting

  1.  Using Bleed and Slug

  2.  Check Spelling

  3.  Find / Change

  4.  Checking Documents with Preflight

  5.  Hyperlinks

  6.  Packaging

  7.  Export

  8.  Designing a Project - Practice