Course Description
Get mastery in desktop publishing with InDesign! Skills in this industry-standard application for commercial publishing and typesetting will open up your future. So, get started with the “InDesign CC 2019 MasterClass” course to design page layout like a Pro.
The detailed overview at the beginning will quest your thirst for InDesign interface, navigation and preferences, so readying you for using Image, Text Frames and Pages, choosing Fonts and Formatting Text. You will also be introduced to Swatches, Effects, Blend Modes, and Grids, so completing your learning to design a layout. What then are the compositional techniques, Styles, Advanced Text and complex typography to build your expertise in InDesign. Learn to handle and edit pages in InDesign to boost your potentials in the publishing industry.
What you’ll learn
- Learn InDesign from the start the way a professional would use it.
- Test your knowledge with quizzes at the end of each chapter.
- Practice everything you learn with provided Exercise Files.
- Learn useful keyboard shortcuts and best practices.
- Advanced automation techniques like GREP and Data Merge
- Working with Text and Image Frames
- Creative Page Layouts and Compositions
- Mastering Character and Paragraph Styles
- Typographic and typesetting techniques
- Creating Table of Contents
- Working with Books and Long Documents
- Print and Digital Publishing
Requirements
- Any version of Adobe InDesign, preferably not older than InDesign CS6. Ideally InDesign CC (Creative Cloud).
- Prior knowledge is not needed
- Exercise Files and Study Guides are provided
Who this course is for:
- This course is aimed at anyone who wants to get into the creative industry and gain a rock solid foundation of InDesign.
- Although it is providing a beginner to intermediate level learning experience it can be useful for experienced Photoshop users too as there are many self-taught users who are missing out on a lot of techniques and features.
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Why learn InDesign?
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How to study?
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Getting an Adobe Certification
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Interface
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Navigation
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Creating a document
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Preferences
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Adobe Bridge
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Image Frames
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Placing Images
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Links panel
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Resolution of images
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Techniques with Image frames
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Text frames
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Importing text
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Text frame options
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Working with pages
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Advanced page techniques
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Master pages
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Master pages techniques
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Choosing fonts
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Character formatting
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Paragraph formatting 1
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Paragraph formatting 2
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Lines and Rules
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Drawing Shapes
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Drawing Tools
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Working with Swatches
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Special Swatches
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Working with Effects
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Blend Modes
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Grids and Guides
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Align and Distribute
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Working with Layers
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Text Wrap
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Advanced Text Wrap techniques
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Masking techniques
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Anchored and Inline Images
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Compositional Tips
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Introduction to Styles
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Paragraph Styles
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Object Styles
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Next Styles
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Nested Styles
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Working with Styles
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Find/Change and GREP
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Fixing common typographic mistakes
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Bulleted and Numbered Lists
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Multi-level Lists
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Footnotes and Captions
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Working with Tabs
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Creating Tables
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Formatting Tables
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Data Merge
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InDesign Snippets
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InDesign Libraries
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Creating Templates
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Content Collector/Placer Tool
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Sharing assets with CC Libraries
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Creating Table of Contents
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Table of Contents settings
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Text Variables and Markers
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Smart Text Reflow
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Creating a Book file
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Fixing copy and exporting book
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Proofing Colors
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Flatterner Preview
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Proofing copy
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Exporting a PDF
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Saving a Package
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Creating EPUBs
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Interactive PDFs
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Publish Online CC
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New Size and Position options
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Paragraph Border
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Endnotes
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Text Assets in CC Libraries
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Improved Font Selector
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Enhanced visual font browsing
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Convert Footnotes & Endnotes
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Content-Aware Fit
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Adjust Layout
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Import PDF Comments
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Space Between Paragraphs
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Creating Your Portfolio
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Conclusion
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Exercise Files
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