Lessons
Overview
1InDesign Tutorial Basics Class Introduction
01:50 2Exercise files & Projects
02:39 3What Does Adobe InDesign do?
01:34 4What are the differences between InDesign and PageMaker, Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark?
05:10PROJECT 1: One page flyer
5How to change MM to Inches & changing UK to US dictionary in InDesign?
01:39 6New document in InDesign - what is bleed & slug?
08:08How to create your own RGB & CMYK colors in Adobe InDesign
08:39 8How do I steal colors from a logo using InDesign?
03:14 9How to color the background of a page in InDesign?
03:33 10Importing resizing rotating & flipping images & Logos inside InDesign
07:53 11How to Import text from Microsoft Word into Adobe InDesign
05:46 12How to group, ungroup & rotate images in Adobe InDesign
05:12 13How to make a dotted line, dashed line & borders in InDesign
05:20 14How best to preview your work in Adobe InDesign
05:16 15How to make a simple PDF from InDesign
06:43 16How to save your InDesign file as a JPEG
02:27 17Why should I use CC Libraries in InDesign?
05:08 18How to share your InDesign files with others by using package document
04:26 19Class Exercise 1
03:24 20Quiz - One Page Flyer
PROJECT 2: Other people's files
21Ideas, Inspiration & starter templates
04:59 22Working with other people's InDesign documents, missing images
03:12 23How to find missing fonts in InDesign?
04:27 24How to replace images in InDesign?
01:30 25Opacity, transparency and see through ness in Adobe InDesign
02:29 26Why is InDesign adding [Converted] and making me 'save as'
01:06 27What if I can’t find the InDesign file - can I open the PDF?
02:37 28Quiz - Other people's files
PROJECT 3: Company Newsletter/Brochure
29Creating a new company newsletter or brochure, what are spreads in InDesign
06:58 30How to use a Master Page in Adobe InDesign
05:33 31How do to add automatic page numbering to a InDesign file
04:11 32Removing a master page & deleting parts off the master page in InDesign
02:30 33Production Video 1
02:53 34What is Effective PPI & Image resolution in the InDesign links panel
06:52 35How to add drop shadows to an image or logo in InDesign
04:20 36What is TypeKit used for in Adobe InDesign?
08:37 37How to add the Copyright, Registered & Trademark symbols in InDesign
05:08 38Where can I find the different versions of letters in InDesign - Ligatures.
03:35 39How to add placeholder text & lorem ipsum & get a word count in InDesign
03:04 40Importing Text from Microsoft Word & keeping or removing the formatting
02:58 41Creating Columns in a text box using Adobe InDesign
01:46 42How do I justify text & turn off hyphenation in InDesign?
03:59 43What is the space after & leading in Adobe InDesign?
05:22 44How to underline text with a full width line in Adobe InDesign?
01:53 45How do I make a paragraph style in Adobe InDesign?
06:06 46How do I update a Paragraph Style in Adobe InDesign?
04:28 47How to use Find & Change to remove double spaces after a period or full stop.
02:37 48Stealing colours from images, is there a format painter in Adobe InDesign?
03:09 49InDesign Class Exercise 2 - Magazine Spread
04:22 50Quiz - Company Newsletter/Brochure
PROJECT 4: Long Business Document
51How to bring in lots of text into InDesign at once
08:11 52How do I import paragraph styles from another document
12:45 53How do I insert completely blank pages in Adobe InDesign
02:03 54How do I create a gradient in Adobe InDesign
07:20 55Do I need to use layers in Adobe InDesign
05:27 56Opacity advanced, mater marks and Transparency Effects in Adobe InDesign
04:24 57How do I add rounded corners to an image or box in Adobe InDesign?
02:52 58How to add a large first letter to my text aka Drop Cap
02:16 59How do I increase the space between letters in Adobe InDesign aka Tracking or Kerning
02:32 60How do I get text to move around an image or shape using text wrap
03:57 61Why can’t I put text over anything that has text wrap applied?
03:25 62How to draw an arrow or triangle or star in Adobe InDesign
06:40 63How do I put an image inside other shapes like a circle - cropping
02:47 64What is Adobe Stock
04:17 65Where can I find free images & icons that I can use for my business
04:23 66How do I add bullets and numbered lists in Adobe InDesign?
00:51 67How can I create a table inside Adobe InDesign?
07:10 68How do I convert tables from Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel into Adobe InDesign
04:26 69How do I get images to move with the text in Adobe InDesign using anchored objects?
03:22 70How do I create a Line Break, Column Breaks & Page Breaks in Adobe InDesign?
04:16 71How do I make an automatic table of contents in Adobe InDesign?
04:46 72How do you change the tabs in Adobe InDesign?
04:30 73Can I change the numbering of my pages so 1 starts later in the InDesign file?
03:26 74Quiz - Long Business Document
PROJECT 5: Conference Name Badge
75How do I combine Microsoft Excel spreadsheet in InDesign?
09:04 76CLASS EXERCISE: Create your own business card
01:16 77Quiz - Conference Name Badge
What next
78How to create a mockup for your portfolio using InDesign
04:07 79InDesign cheat sheet & shortcuts
12:45 80BONUS: Software Updates
40:41 81What to do after this InDesign tutorial class?
01:07 82Quiz - What Next
Final Quiz
83Final Quiz
Lesson Info
Class Exercise 1
Okay. So now it's homework time when our homework it is class exercise time and I'd love for you to go through and do this. Now when I'm running my in classroom training. Okay, this I find this is the most valuable part of the whole experience. Instead of following me step by step, you'll run into problems and be able to fix them yourself. Now. Like I do in my classroom training, I've got a checklist. I'd like you to do all of these things please. So set aside a little bit of time now. Ok, 15 minutes, 20 minutes. It might take you an hour depending on how fast you're picking it up. But nicely you get to do this at home at your own pace. So go through and do every single thing on this list. And when you're finished you can use this thing in your portfolio. You have permission, okay? You can use this in your portfolio. Say this is something that I've made and it is but I'd also like you to do is send me a copy. Okay. You might follow this verbatim and that's totally fine. I just want to ...
see that you've done it. Send it to me okay? Depending on where you're watching this videos, often there's a comment or a class exercise parts. So stick it in there. Either the pdf or the jpeg version or even a screenshot. Okay. And just working through this list. So let me quickly help you with what you need to do is a new document. Easy. But in that new document it needs to be a us half letter or a five depending on which Part of the world urine needs to be a bleed of three or an eighth of an inch, depending on what part of the world you're from. Okay. Facing page is gonna be turned off. We're gonna make it landscape. I want you to create your very own new library for this client here called Green Gardner. Call it that at the brand colors. You'll see that in your exercise files there. They are there Okay. There is something called so and no one flyer. There's one called class exercise and then here are your colors. There's the colors there. Okay. There's the checklist that I'm reading through now as well. You can, you can read through it on your own time. If you don't want to pause this video and here's some other bits. This is the finished file that you can kind of see in the background here. So you can use that as an example if you get lost. Okay. And other things you need to do, add those brand colors. Okay. And add them to your CC library. You need to use the logo that's in there and one of the images, there's three to pick from and you can use your own that's totally fine. You can use your own logo, your own colors. I'd love you to do that. Okay. But if you just want to kind of charge on and finish them. Okay. You can just use the example stuff your image needs to be cropped like this one. Okay. It's a lot bigger and we've cropped it down using our special tricks. I want you to make the heading up a case. I would like you to put a dash border. We used a dotted one earlier on, create around all around all is kind of a name of this, like this little round thing with some text in it. Okay, so I want you to create this with a perfect circle. I want you to group these two together. I want you to rotate them around. Then I'd like you to save and name your file may be using the V one and I'd like you to create a pdf with crop marks. Okay. And then send me a version of it. I'd love to see it now. If you get stuck with anything, please drop me a comment or go back through the previous videos. The previous videos will cover everything we've done in here. If you do get lost though and you're not too sure. Drop me a message and I'll give you a hand Now. I promise you, I've been teaching in design for about 12 years now and it's the people that actually take the effort and do these like little extra examples are the ones that pick it up. The most. Following me step by step is awesome. Until you run into problems. So go ahead, do this one. Send me a screenshot. Send me a sample. Even if you don't just keep it on your side, keep it for your portfolio. But make sure you do it. All right, let's go on to the next project, exciting.
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Ratings and Reviews
Jerome Clark
I think Dan is very good at explaining and breaking down complex content. I like the way there are lots of small sessions which is good for keeping focus. I would advise anyone who does this course and is taking notes to label which session the notes are referring to as I have struggled to find a few looking back and this helped me. It really made me realise how much I didn't know and had been fudging. Thank you Dan I will be taking plenty more of your courses in the coming months it's been a great help.
Giuseppe Lipari
Excellent course, instructor is great well spoken, clear and a great teacher. I highly recommend this class for beginners and those who learned indesign on their own.
Kelli Drum
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