Indesign Foundation for Print and Editorial Design

Overview

In this class I will show you the fundamentals of Indesign with a focus on using it for print and editorial design.

The course consists of two parts, whereof the first one is mainly theoretical and the second one is where we will create our class project.

This class is designed for absolute beginners, but even experienced Indesign users might benefit from it.

We will have a close look at Indesign’s interface and cover the most important tools for creating layouts and working with typography, images, shapes, colors and paths. At the end we will export our documents as PDFs.

(Intro music: A Storm At Eilean Mor by Jon Luc Hefferman is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. Based on a work at http://needledrop.co)

Syllabus

Intro
Course Structure and Class Project
Tool Panel
Control Panel
Setting up your own Workspace
Indesign Preferences
Top Navigation
Using different View Options
Navigating through your Document
Overview: Most important Tools
Creating a New Document
Creating a Grid and Working with Guides
Working with Shapes
Aligning and Arranging Objects
Working with Type 1: Creating Text Frames, Importing Text, Formatting Text, Pagination
Working with Type 2: Formatting Text, Indents, etc.
Working with Type 3: Lists, Ragging, etc.
RGB vs CMYK
Working with Images
Working with Color
Creating Vector Illustrations and Working with Paths
Exporting PDFs