Adobe InDesign CC Master Class Essentials

Create posters, books, newsletter, brochures and more!

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Last Updated: 2023-03-20 05:03:24 English Course Type: Self Learning

Learn how to create posters, brochures, books and more in InDesign
Understand layout principles and processing including text boxes, columns, inset padding, text threading
Learn how to place images, work with frames, add strokes, corner radius options, and text wrapping
Create and modify Master/Parent pages, pagination, placeholders
Understanding typography principles including leading, tracking, kerning and more.
Learn how to draw and edit shapes, and use color including color theory, strokes, fill and gradients, pen tool, direct selection tool
Exporting, packaging, PDF creation, zip files, ready for print
Working with layers, layer management, visibility, locking, color coding
Working with Styles: Paragraph styles, Character styles, Object styles, Nested styles
Creating a Table of Contents, creating Bookmarks, Cross-referencing
Working with hyperlinks and buttons and other interactive tools
Creating interactive Forms
Creating, editing and formatting Tables
Working with the Data Merge tools
And so much more!

InDesign is such an amazing program and is used across industries and job roles!

In this class, we cover everything you need to learn in InDesign. All levels, and all topics for all project types.

Here is a list of topics we cover in this class:

· The InDesign Workspace including understanding Panels and customizing

· Working with the Pages panel

· Keyboard shortcuts

· Packaging and Preflight options

· Master/Parent Pages

· Understanding Margins, Bleeds, Slugs and Page settings

· Saving Presets

· Overview of InDesign Templates

· Drawing basic shapes

· Understanding Fill and Stroke

· Stroke color, width and style settings

· Color overview (CMYK, RGB, HSB, Hexadecimal)

· Creating Swatches

· Corner options

· Resizing, rotating and moving shapes

· Using the Properties Panel for Shapes

· Placing images

· Image placement options

· Image Frames

· Fitting options for images

· Using the Properties Panel for Images

· Autofit options for image resizing

· Stroke color, width and style settings

· Text wrapping

· Cloning images

· Cropping

· Creating Table of Contents

· Data Merge

· Buttons and Hyperlinks

· Creating Buttons

· Creating interactive Forms

· Object Effects including Drop Shadow, Glow, Feathering

· Object Transparency

· Intro to Object Styles

· Overview of Object Styles panel

· Overview of object settings

· Drop Shadow, Corner Options, Stroke, Columns, Text Wrapping

· Creating an Object Style

· Applying an Object Style

· Overriding and updating Object Styles

· Using the Control Panel

· Using the Properties Panel

· Basic Formatting

· Overview of basic typographic settings (Kerning, Tracking, Leading)

· Paragraph properties settings

· Placing text from Word Document

· Bullets and Numbering

· Paragraph Margins

· Paragraph Rules

· Paragraph and Cell Style introduction

· Why do we use Paragraph Styles?

· Examples of Paragraph Styles

· Intro to Paragraph Style Panel

· Creating a Paragraph Style

· Applying a Paragraph Style

· Nesting a Paragraph Style inside an Text Object Style

· Managing Links

· Preflighting Documents for Printing

· Creating a Custom Preflight Profile

· Previewing Transparency

· Exporting PDF Files for Printing & Proofs

InDesign CC
No experience necessary

All industries
All levels
No experience necessary.
Graphic designers
Administrative
All professions

Section 1 : Introduction to InDesign 4 Lectures 00:30:30
Lecture 1 :
Customizing the InDesign Workspace and Panels Preview
Lecture 2 :
Navigating the InDesign Workspace
Lecture 3 :
What is InDesign
Lecture 4 :
Welcome - Meet your Instructor
Section 2 : Creating Document 3 Lectures 00:30:13
Lecture 1 :
Creating a New Document
Lecture 2 :
Creating a Poster
Lecture 3 :
The Page Panel Overview
Section 3 : Working with Images 8 Lectures 00:52:49
Lecture 1 :
Creating an Image Grid
Lecture 2 :
Aligning Objects
Lecture 3 :
Object Styles Overview
Lecture 4 :
Placing Images & Adding Text Copy
Lecture 5 :
Intro to Working with Images - Part 1
Lecture 6 :
Working with Images - Part 2
Lecture 7 :
Working with (Image) Links
Lecture 8 :
Adding and Editing Object Effects
Section 4 : Typography, Types & Test Boxes 7 Lectures 01:02:46
Lecture 1 :
Typographical Settings
Lecture 2 :
Placing Text from a Microsoft Word Document
Lecture 3 :
Text Frames & Setting Text Frame Options
Lecture 4 :
Text Threads & Hidden Characters
Lecture 5 :
Paragraph Styles Overview
Lecture 6 :
Bullets & Numbering
Lecture 7 :
Character Styles Overview
Section 5 : Working with Color Swatches & Swatches 2 Lectures 00:19:27
Lecture 1 :
Colors & Swatches
Lecture 2 :
Gradients
Section 6 : Parent (Master) Pages 5 Lectures 00:52:03
Lecture 1 :
Parent (Master) Pages Overview & Intro
Lecture 2 :
Parent (Master) Pages - Part 2
Lecture 3 :
Parent (Master) Pages - Inserting Sections, Footer Sections
Lecture 4 :
Parent (Master) Pages - Creating Placeholders
Lecture 5 :
Parent (Master) Pages - Loading Masters from other Documents
Section 7 : InDesign Styles - Next Level 3 Lectures 00:21:46
Lecture 1 :
InDesign Styles Overview
Lecture 2 :
Nested Character Styles
Lecture 3 :
Nested Object Styles
Section 8 : Borders & Shading 2 Lectures 00:05:44
Lecture 1 :
How to Create Borders on Text Paragraphs and Headings
Lecture 2 :
How to Apply Shading to Paragraphs
Section 9 : Creative Tools & Productivity - Illustrations and Drawing 5 Lectures 00:40:28
Lecture 1 :
Advanced Layer Management - Part 2
Lecture 2 :
How to use the Pen Tool to Draw
Lecture 3 :
Creating Custom Strokes
Lecture 4 :
Using the Pathfinder Panel for Illustration
Lecture 5 :
Creating Outlines and Shapes from Text
Section 10 : Advanced Documents Organizational Tools 3 Lectures 00:13:09
Lecture 1 :
How to Create Table of Contents
Lecture 2 :
Cross Referencing from Paragraph Styles
Lecture 3 :
Cross Referencing using Text Anchors
Section 11 : Interactive Forms & Working with Hyperlinks 2 Lectures 00:19:16
Lecture 1 :
Creating Interactive Forms
Lecture 2 :
Working with Hyperlinks
Section 12 : Tables & Data Merge 2 Lectures 00:16:46
Lecture 1 :
How to Create, Edit and Format Tables
Lecture 2 :
How to Merge External Data into InDesign (Data Merge)
Section 13 : CC Libraries & Adobe Stock 2 Lectures 00:19:17
Lecture 1 :
How to use CC (Creative Cloud) Libraries
Lecture 2 :
Using Adobe Stock
Section 14 : Finalizing your files 2 Lectures 00:10:50
Lecture 1 :
InDesign Preference Settings
Lecture 2 :
Preflight, Exporting & Packaging your documents for Printing and PDF's

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David Casuto is the Founder and Director of SF Tech Training, Senior Surf Computer Education and Multimedia Memoirs. He teaches tech classes for LearnIt, UC Berkeley, Stanford, SFSU, AcademyX, MotivAIM, CreativeLive, and many other Bay Area institutions. His training emphases are Adobe graphic design software, MS Office, web design tools, e-learning, videography, teaching new beginners and fixing sick computers. He has over 20 years' of technology training experience, holds two Master's Degree in Education/Instructional Technology, Organizational Psychology and is an Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI). His company, Senior Surf offers in-home computer instruction and technical support to Bay Area older adults. They provide group classes, private lessons and make house calls for both learning sessions and technical help. They have worked closely with thousands of Bay Area residents including several retirement communities. SF Tech Training offers on-site, customized software training to Bay Area companies and individuals. They teach all levels and topics, bringing the classroom to you, personalizing the content for each client. Both companies, started by David Casuto, have proudly served the Bay Area since 2004. www.seniorsurf.org www.sftechtraining.com