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Introduction to Graphic Design: InDesign

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Overview

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Learn the Adobe InDesign skills that every graphic designer needs to know, as well as how to apply these skills in a real-world workflow.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Introduction to graphic design using InDesign
  • InDesign setup
  • Project overview
1. Building the Project
  • Document setup
  • Create guides
  • Master pages
  • Layers
  • Typography
  • Place images
  • Moving assets between layers
  • Place an Illustrator file
  • Add a character style
  • Reposition an image
  • Formatting text
  • Threading text
  • Columns and span
  • Challenge: Center heading
  • Solution: Center heading
  • Add inset spacing
  • Grid drawing and gaps
  • Challenge: Grid drawing
  • Challenge: Thread text
  • Importing data
  • Styling a table
  • Object layer options
  • Gradient feather
2. Wrapping Up
  • Object layer options
  • Adding a shadow
  • Export a PDF
Conclusion
  • Where to go from here

Taught by

Tony Harmer

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