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Stealing colours from images, is there a format painter in Adobe InDesign?

Lesson 48 from: Adobe InDesign Fundamentals

Daniel Walter Scott

Stealing colours from images, is there a format painter in Adobe InDesign?

Lesson 48 from: Adobe InDesign Fundamentals

Daniel Walter Scott

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48. Stealing colours from images, is there a format painter in Adobe InDesign?

Lessons

Class Trailer

Overview

1

InDesign Tutorial Basics Class Introduction

01:50
2

Exercise files & Projects

02:39
3

What Does Adobe InDesign do?

01:34
4

What are the differences between InDesign and PageMaker, Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark?

05:10

PROJECT 1: One page flyer

5

How to change MM to Inches & changing UK to US dictionary in InDesign?

01:39
6

New document in InDesign - what is bleed & slug?

08:08
7

How to create your own RGB & CMYK colors in Adobe InDesign

08:39
8

How do I steal colors from a logo using InDesign?

03:14
9

How to color the background of a page in InDesign?

03:33
10

Importing resizing rotating & flipping images & Logos inside InDesign

07:53
11

How to Import text from Microsoft Word into Adobe InDesign

05:46
12

How to group, ungroup & rotate images in Adobe InDesign

05:12
13

How to make a dotted line, dashed line & borders in InDesign

05:20
14

How best to preview your work in Adobe InDesign

05:16
15

How to make a simple PDF from InDesign

06:43
16

How to save your InDesign file as a JPEG

02:27
17

Why should I use CC Libraries in InDesign?

05:08
18

How to share your InDesign files with others by using package document

04:26
19

Class Exercise 1

03:24
20

Quiz - One Page Flyer

PROJECT 2: Other people's files

21

Ideas, Inspiration & starter templates

04:59
22

Working with other people's InDesign documents, missing images

03:12
23

How to find missing fonts in InDesign?

04:27
24

How to replace images in InDesign?

01:30
25

Opacity, transparency and see through ness in Adobe InDesign

02:29
26

Why is InDesign adding [Converted] and making me 'save as'

01:06
27

What if I can’t find the InDesign file - can I open the PDF?

02:37
28

Quiz - Other people's files

PROJECT 3: Company Newsletter/Brochure

29

Creating a new company newsletter or brochure, what are spreads in InDesign

06:58
30

How to use a Master Page in Adobe InDesign

05:33
31

How do to add automatic page numbering to a InDesign file

04:11
32

Removing a master page & deleting parts off the master page in InDesign

02:30
33

Production Video 1

02:53
34

What is Effective PPI & Image resolution in the InDesign links panel

06:52
35

How to add drop shadows to an image or logo in InDesign

04:20
36

What is TypeKit used for in Adobe InDesign?

08:37
37

How to add the Copyright, Registered & Trademark symbols in InDesign

05:08
38

Where can I find the different versions of letters in InDesign - Ligatures.

03:35
39

How to add placeholder text & lorem ipsum & get a word count in InDesign

03:04
40

Importing Text from Microsoft Word & keeping or removing the formatting

02:58
41

Creating Columns in a text box using Adobe InDesign

01:46
42

How do I justify text & turn off hyphenation in InDesign?

03:59
43

What is the space after & leading in Adobe InDesign?

05:22
44

How to underline text with a full width line in Adobe InDesign?

01:53
45

How do I make a paragraph style in Adobe InDesign?

06:06
46

How do I update a Paragraph Style in Adobe InDesign?

04:28
47

How to use Find & Change to remove double spaces after a period or full stop.

02:37
48

Stealing colours from images, is there a format painter in Adobe InDesign?

03:09
49

InDesign Class Exercise 2 - Magazine Spread

04:22
50

Quiz - Company Newsletter/Brochure

PROJECT 4: Long Business Document

51

How to bring in lots of text into InDesign at once

08:11
52

How do I import paragraph styles from another document

12:45
53

How do I insert completely blank pages in Adobe InDesign

02:03
54

How do I create a gradient in Adobe InDesign

07:20
55

Do I need to use layers in Adobe InDesign

05:27
56

Opacity advanced, mater marks and Transparency Effects in Adobe InDesign

04:24
57

How do I add rounded corners to an image or box in Adobe InDesign?

02:52
58

How to add a large first letter to my text aka Drop Cap

02:16
59

How do I increase the space between letters in Adobe InDesign aka Tracking or Kerning

02:32
60

How do I get text to move around an image or shape using text wrap

03:57
61

Why can’t I put text over anything that has text wrap applied?

03:25
62

How to draw an arrow or triangle or star in Adobe InDesign

06:40
63

How do I put an image inside other shapes like a circle - cropping

02:47
64

What is Adobe Stock

04:17
65

Where can I find free images & icons that I can use for my business

04:23
66

How do I add bullets and numbered lists in Adobe InDesign?

00:51
67

How can I create a table inside Adobe InDesign?

07:10
68

How do I convert tables from Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel into Adobe InDesign

04:26
69

How do I get images to move with the text in Adobe InDesign using anchored objects?

03:22
70

How do I create a Line Break, Column Breaks & Page Breaks in Adobe InDesign?

04:16
71

How do I make an automatic table of contents in Adobe InDesign?

04:46
72

How do you change the tabs in Adobe InDesign?

04:30
73

Can I change the numbering of my pages so 1 starts later in the InDesign file?

03:26
74

Quiz - Long Business Document

PROJECT 5: Conference Name Badge

75

How do I combine Microsoft Excel spreadsheet in InDesign?

09:04
76

CLASS EXERCISE: Create your own business card

01:16
77

Quiz - Conference Name Badge

What next

78

How to create a mockup for your portfolio using InDesign

04:07
79

InDesign cheat sheet & shortcuts

12:45
80

BONUS: Software Updates

40:41
81

What to do after this InDesign tutorial class?

01:07
82

Quiz - What Next

Final Quiz

83

Final Quiz

Lesson Info

Stealing colours from images, is there a format painter in Adobe InDesign?

Hi there in this video, we're going to look at using the eyedropper tool and we've stolen a color out of there and put it into our box. We've stolen a color from this that matches exactly. We've also stolen the subheading font and color and size and reused it a couple of times, completely bypassing the complex paragraph styles. A nice quick, easy way. We love the eyedropper tool. Let's go and do it. Okay, first thing is let's open up our exercise files. So go to file open. We're going to use one in our in design exercise files. There's one called eye dropper tool. Open it up. Okay, so a couple of things we can do with the eyedropper one is we can steal colors from images. We kind of do this with logos earlier. So I've got this box selected here, grab my eyedropper tool. Now we don't want the color theme tool at this stage. We want to grab the eyedropper tool which is underneath the, hold, hold, hold down on the color theme tool and then select the eyedropper tool. And what we can do is...

you make sure this is selected first with the black arrow, then just pick a color from here and we're gonna pick that one. And if it doesn't work okay, it has actually worked. If I click off and click in the background, it's actually pulled it for the stroke. The reason it did that is if I have it selected, grab my eyedropper tool, it's because down here my stroke is at the front end design things. I mean to put it there. So what I can do now is I can click this double error which switches it around or before I do it. Okay. Which is probably more useful and undoing until it was back to normal is I'm gonna bring the field to the front. Okay, so that's at the front. They're now telling in design, I mean ugh the fill and I'm going to pick a color this one. Okay, same with this black arrow click on this guy, grab the eyedropper tool, make sure that fills it front if that's what you want to work on. I'm gonna pill color from this. Boom. Okay, those are horrible colors that are very close to each other. So I'm going to pick a different one, maybe a red from in here game. Another thing we can do is with the eyedropper is using fonts. Okay, we looked at paragraph styles earlier on, which is really cool, but say you're not using paragraph styles because you're just working on something small, little flyer, you don't need all that extra level of complexity with styles. So what you're going to do is highlight the subheading here. Okay, this guy and I want to steal this. So grab the eyedropper tool and say I want you, which is really cool. It gets even better because I don't have to then select this text here and try and do it again. The cursor has changed. Okay, so it's kind of like full of that style now. So I can keep using it. Which is this? You I like you. Okay. And I can keep going through and doing that. So I drop a tool is great for stealing both colors. Okay. And stealing fonts and sizes and colors. One last use if I go off my black arrow and back to my eye dropper tool, that kind of like gets rid of that thing that I had. Actually. I want to grab the type tool, highlight this text here. Okay, grab the eyedropper tool and I want to steal this color here. Brown. Okay. And highlight this text again with the type tool, grab the eyedropper tool and I want to steal the red. Great. So the eyedropper tool can be used for stealing colors and faults. That'll be it for this video. Let's go and do the next one.

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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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