Adobe InDesign

Course details

Welcome to Adobe® InDesign®, a powerful design and production application that offers precision, control, and seamless integration with other Adobe professional graphics software. Using InDesign, you can produce professional-quality, full-color documents on high-volume color printing presses, or print to a range of output devices, such as desktop printers and high-resolution imaging devices, or export to a range of formats including PDF and EPUB.
Writers, artists, designers, and publishers can communicate to a broader audience than ever before and through an unprecedented variety of media. InDesign supports this with its seamless integration with other Creative Cloud components.
Course Objective:
1 . Properly set up and structure documents, including importing and placing text, working with the Story Editor, and using frames for the placement of images and graphics.
2 . Format text using character and paragraph styles, and build color themes, including gradients.
3 . Create a brochure with a two-fold configuration that incorporates properly formatted text and graphics.
4 . Use swatches and styles to streamline a workflow and prepare documents for collaboration.
5 . Manage page elements, including flowing text between frames, using the Links panel to keep track of linked and embedded images, aligning and arranging objects, using layers to manage page content, and incorporating tables to organize data.
6 . Create a full-color catalog that features a design with a clear visual hierarchy.
7 . Manage multiple pages with a variety of techniques, including master pages, content duplication using text linking and conveyor tools, and paragraph rules.
8 . Plan for alternate layouts using liquid and object rules.
9 . Produce an attractive cover and interior of a magazine for both print and tablet output.
10 . Develop an understanding of technical and aesthetic book design fundamentals for both print and ePubworkflows, including an automated table of contents.
11. Add interactivity to documents, including hyperlinks, videos, and navigation controls.
12 . Produce an interactive magazine and use the Digital Publishing Suite to export iPad-ready folios.
Course Contents:
– Overview of workspace
– Working with objects
– Editing and flowing text
– Working with style, color, and typography
– Working with pages and setting up a document
– Importing and modifying graphics
– Exporting and outputting
– Working with transparency
– Making rich interactive documents
– Creating tables.
What You Will Learn:
1. explore InDesign’s application environment of menus, panels, tools, and navigational cues.
2. create, place, and manipulate text
3 . create, place, and manipulate graphic objects
4. place and manipulate graphics Updated on 03 June, 2024