AFTER THIS CLASS YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

• Navigate your way around the Adobe InDesign’s interface and basic features.
• Design a one-page flyer from scratch.
• Create long business documents like annual reports.
• Work with color, text and formatting like an expert in InDesign.
• Work with other people’s InDesign documents to complete or enhance a project.
• Design a company newsletter or business brochure.
• Create an automatic table of contents for your designs.
• Combine Microsoft Excel spreadsheets with your Adobe InDesign documents.

ABOUT DANIEL'S CLASS:

Learn the key principles of Adobe InDesign with this fundamentals course that will take you from beginner all the way to creating pro-level designs. This highly detailed course will cover theory and practical skills as you work on a range of real-life projects including brochures, flyers, reports, newsletters and business cards.

You’ll learn how to import text from Microsoft Word, add placeholder text and Lorem Ipsum to your designs, work with lines, shapes and borders, create gradients, work with Adobe stock, add copyright, registered and trademark symbols to your documents and much more.

You will receive a brief and exercise files for each project as you move through the course and by the time you’ve completed all of the chapters, you’ll be creating expert designs for your own business or paying clients.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

• How to choose and use fonts like a professional
• How to resize, adjust and crop images and work with color
• The differences between InDesign, PageMaker, Illustrator, Photoshop and Quark
• InDesign terminology and basic features to get started with your first project
• How to import, resize, rotate and flip images and logos and opacity and transparency
• How to share your InDesign files by using package document
• How to use TypeKit and Master Page in Adobe InDesign, add page numbering, remove parts of a master page and add bullets, numbers and tables to your designs
• All about effective PPI and Image resolution to ensure the best quality possible
• How to import large amounts of text and paragraph styles into InDesign

WHO THIS CLASS is FOR:

• People who have no to little experience with Adobe InDesign
• People who need a refresher course on InDesign’s features
• Designers who want to fortify and enhance their existing skill set
• Illustrator designers who want to add InDesign to their offering
• Anyone wanting to learn how to use Adobe InDesign CC
• All levels of experience

SOFTWARE USED:

Adobe InDesign CC

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:

An influential media designer, Advanced Adobe Certified Instructor and dedicated teacher to thousands of students for over 15 years. Daniel is a speaker and multi-award winner at the prestigious annual Adobe Max conference.