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Adobe InDesign CC for Beginners: Create a Flyer, Magazine Article, Brochure and an Advertisement in this Introduction course! All basics, essentials & Shortcuts to become a Graphic Designer.
Hello my friends, my name is Kate - Graphic Designer, Fashion Designer & Instructor.
This Adobe InDesign CC course is the same course as I teach at the UK's leading Adobe Training Centre in London.
We will start with a complete introduction to the whole InDesign interface where we will learn all the basics to get our InDesign juices flowing.
We will then be creating 4 projects that you can play along with and that you can upload in the project gallery when completed for me to have a look at!
4 Projects:
- A Flyer
- A Magazine Article
- An Advertisement
- A Multi-Page Brochure
What will I get from this course?
- Shortcuts
- Cheat Sheet & Downloadable files
- Free Templates
- Colour / Swatches
- Setting up a new document
- Placing & Scaling Images
- Text Formatting
- Placing a Word Document in InDesign
- Text Wrap
- Grids / Gridify
- Gradients
- Transparency
- Hyperlinks
- Master Pages
- Print-Ready & Web-Ready Pdf's
My goal is for you to feel confident using InDesign and for you to learn all the skills necessary to create your own amazing InDesign documents. So let's get started!
Note: To download the course files please go to the 'Projects & Resources' Tab.
Overview
Syllabus
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- Introduction Video
- Let's get started with InDesign
- What is the Welcome Page?
- Learn: Free built-in InDesign Tutorials
- Free Templates
- How to set up an InDesign Document
- Key Shortcuts you need to know
- What are Tools and Panels?
- Workspace: How to Customize
- What are the 3 Types of Frames?
- Picture Frames: Explained
- Colour Frames: Best practice
- Text Frames: All you need to know
- Text Formatting: Font size, caps, bold,..
- How to import a Word Document
- A Flyer: Setting up the Document
- A Flyer: What is Text Frame Option?
- A Flyer: What is the Pathfinder Tool?
- A Magazine Article: Adding a Quote
- A Magazine Article: Using Drop Caps
- A Magazine Article: Using Text Wrap
- A Magazine Article: Edit a Template
- What is Gridify?
- A Magazine Ad: Creating a Grid
- A Magazine Ad: Placing Images in Grid
- A Magazine Ad: How to use Gradients
- A Magazine Ad: How to format Text
- A Magazine Ad: Mastering Pathfinder
- A Magazine Ad: Using Superscript
- A Brochure: Using Margins & Columns
- A Brochure: What are Master Pages?
- A Brochure: Master Pages & Page Numbers
- A Brochure: Unlocking Master page Items
- A Brochure: Text Thread & Overset Text
- A Brochure: Using Text Columns
- A Brochure: How to add a Hyperlink
- Links and Missing Links
- Saving a Print-Ready & Web-Ready PDF
- How to Package an InDesign file
- Well done and see you soon!
