Online InDesign Training Course
Greta Powell Training
Online InDesign Training with Live Instructor
Summary
- Certificate of completion - Free
- Tutor is available to students
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Digital certificate - Included
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Description
Adobe InDesign
You will learn how the InDesign workspace, panels, tool box and properties panel work and find out how to navigate the software.
Design Principles
- We cover the the basics of professional and accurate design during the training. We will set up and work with grids* and understand why they are so important to use when designing documents.
- Learn how colour works and set a colour theme for documents
- Decide on a typeface, apply it and understand the basic principles of type
*You can design without grids but first you learn to use them then you break the rules. ;)
Adobe InDesign Interface
- Change InDesign Workspaces & create your own
- Select, change and use the tools in the Toolbox
- Work with Properties / Control Bar
- Window Menu and Panels
- Preferences
InDesign Document Setup
Setup your own documents from scratch.
- New Document
- Printers Marks, (Bleed, Slug etc)
- Print, Saved, Web Tabs
Adobe InDesign Toolbox
In the Toolbox are tools such as selection tools, Type Tool to create your text amidst others needed to work on InDesign pages
- Set Toolbox options
- Work through the InDesign Tools
- Select /Direct Select Tools
- Gap Tool, Type Tool, Line Tool
- Frame Tool /Shape Tool
- Gradient Feather /Gradient Swatch Tools
Adobe Frames
- Work with Text Frames
- Flow Text between Frames /Pages
- Fill & Stroke
- Working with Frames
- Corner Options
- Adjusting Shapes
Adobe InDesign Pages Panel
- Adjust Layout (2019 style)
- Changing Page Attributes
- Master Pages & None Master Pages
- Understanding Spreads
InDesign Colour & Swatches
Find out how to mix, match and colour in InDesign using these panels. Understand the correct colour model and process to export accurate colour to print.
- Colour Panel
- Matching Colour
- RGB /CMYK
- Spot /Process /Pantones
- Creating & Editing Swatches
- Working with Tints
- Creating & Editing Gradients
- Fill & Stroke Colours
Adobe InDesign Layout
You will find out the principles of grid layout in design by working with Margin & Column Guides to produce accurate and professional spreads.
- Align /Pathfinder /Transform
- Margins /Columns /Ruler Guides
- Smart Guides /Snap to Grid
Layers Panel
- Why use Layers in InDesign?
- Create New, Rename, Hide Layers
- Shuffle Layers
InDesign Type
- Placing Text
- Working with Text
- Text Flow
- Leading, Tracking & Kerning
- Glyphs, Special Characters
- Hypenation & Auto-Hyphenation
InDesign Styles
- Character Styles
- Paragraph Styles
- Applying Styles
- Editing Styles
InDesign Graphics
- Working with Graphics
- Placing Graphics
- Links Panel
- InDesign Fitting Options
- Exporting Graphics
InDesign Text Wrapping
- Wrap Text to Graphic
- Text Wrapping Options
- Wrap around Bounding Box /Wrap around Object
- Clipping Path /Clipping Path Options
Print & Publish
- Send to Professional Printer
- Export to PDF
- PDF Presets
Who is this course for?
This course is ideal for anyone looking for an Introduction /Workshop approach to the software. It is an informal course so for small business users, marketeers, students and freelancers looking to save money and keep design in-house it is ideal.
Requirements
There are no requirements other than being able to use a MAC or PC
Career path
If you are looking to expand on your skills and save on external designers or to create professional looking documents for your company or to add to your CV this is a perfect solution
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