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Private Online Adobe InDesign Class

InDesign CC level 1 class
( Earlier versions available )
Customised Private Class - 12 Hours
Cost: $895
Class Description:
This class is focused on editing and creating layouts for brochures, newsletters, books, magazines and even interactive documents.
Learning Objectives:
This class will get you started with the basic concepts of InDesign and give you a path to continue your mastery of the application. This is a great primer for those seeking their Adobe certification.
After taking this class you will be able to:
- Customize the InDesign interfaces
- Edit an existing InDesign document
- Setup a new InDesign document
- Work with text and typography
- Use Styles to format text
- Access hidden text characters using the Glyphs panel
- Import and edit text, images and graphics from other applications
- Edit text and graphics Frames
- Create and manage layers for more organized InDesign documents
- Use Master Pages to quickly format document pages
- Mix and apply custom colors to document objects
- Import colors from color libraries like Pantone
Target Audience:
This class is for anyone involved with desktop publishing – magazines, collateral material, ads, DVD covers, and even books can be created with InDesign. This is a great class for beginners just starting out with the tool.
Class Outline:
Chapter 1. Introducing the Workspace
- Looking at the workspace
- Working with panels
- Customizing the workspace
- Changing the magnification of a document
- Navigating through a document
- Using context menus
- Finding resources for using InDesign
Chapter 2. Setting Up a Document and Working with Pages
- Creating and saving custom document settings
- Creating a new document
- Switching between open InDesign documents
- Working with master pages
- Applying master pages to document pages
- Adding sections to change page numbering
- Adding new pages
- Arranging and deleting pages
- Placing text and graphics on the document pages
- Overriding master page items on document pages
- Changing the size of pages
- Viewing the completed spread
Chapter 3. Working with Objects
- Working with layers
- Creating and editing text frames
- Creating and editing graphics frames
- Adding metadata captions to graphics frames
- Changing the shape of a frame
- Wrapping text around a graphic
- Modifying the shape of frames
- Transforming and aligning objects
- Selecting and modifying grouped objects
Chapter 4. Flowing Text
- Flowing text into an existing frame
- Flowing text manually
- Creating text frames while flowing text
- Flowing text automatically
- Creating threaded frames automatically
- Adding a jump line page number
Chapter 5. Editing Text
- Finding and changing a missing font
- Entering and importing text
- Finding and changing text and formatting
- Checking spelling
- Editing text by dragging and dropping
- Using the Story Editor
- Tracking changes
Chapter 6. Working with Typography
- Adjusting vertical spacing
- Changing fonts and type style
- Fine-tuning Columns
- Changing paragraph alignment
- Creating a drop cap
- Adjusting letter and word spacing
- Setting tabs
- Adding a rule above a paragraph
Chapter 7. Working with Color
- Defining printing requirements
- Creating and applying colors
- Working with gradients
- Creating a tint
- Creating a spot color
- Applying colors to text and objects
- Using advanced gradient techniques
Chapter 8. Working with Styles
- Creating and applying paragraph styles
- Creating and applying character styles
- Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles
- Creating and applying object styles
- Creating and applying table and cell styles
- Globally updating styles
- Loading styles from another document
Our outlines are a guide to the content covered on a typical class. We may change or alter the class topics to meet the objectives of a particular class.
InDesign CC level 2 class
( Earlier versions available )
Customised Private Class - 12 Hours
Cost: $895
Class Description:
This class is directed towards InDesign users and publishing professionals with a basic working knowledge of InDesign. The focus of this class is on some of the finer points of desktop publishing with InDesign including creation of interactive documents.
Class Outline:
Lesson 1. Working with Styles
- Creating and applying paragraph styles
- Creating and applying character styles
- Nesting character styles inside paragraph styles
- Creating and applying object styles
- Creating and applying table and cell styles
- Globally updating styles
- Loading styles from another document
Lesson 2. Importing and Modifying Graphics
- Adding graphics from other programs
- Comparing vector and bitmap graphics
- Managing links to imported files
- Updating revised graphics
- Adjusting display quality
- Working with clipping paths
- Working with alpha channels
- Importing native Adobe graphics files
- Using a library to manage objects
- Using Adobe Bridge to import graphics
Lesson 3. Creating Tables
- Converting text to a table
- Formatting a table
- Creating a header row
- Adding graphics to table cells
- Creating and applying table and cell styles
Lesson 4. Working with Transparency
- Importing and colorizing a grayscale image
- Applying transparency settings
- Adjusting transparency settings for EPS images
- Adding transparency effects
- Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that use transparency
- Applying transparency settings to text
- Working with effects
Lesson 5. Output and Exporting
- Preflighting files
- Packaging files
- Creating an Adobe PDF proof
- Previewing separations
- Previewing how transparency effects will be flattened
- Previewing the page
- Printing a laser or inkjet proof
- Using the Ink Manager
Lesson 6. Creating Rich Interactive Documents
- Setting up an online document
- Adding buttons, page transitions, and hyperlinks
- Exporting as Flash Player (SWF)
- Exporting as Adobe PDF (Interactive)
- Converting a print document for online use
- Adding advanced interactivity, animation, and video
Lesson 7. Working with Long Documents
- Starting a book
- Creating a running footer
- Adding a footnote
- Adding a cross-reference
- Synchronizing a book
- Generating a table of contents
- Indexing a book
Our outlines are a guide to the content covered on a typical class. We may change or alter the class topics to meet the objectives of a particular class.
Benefits
- You have a certified instructor all to yourself for 12 hours
- We go at your pace as it is a private class
- The course is customized to your specific objectives and needs
- The dates and even times are flexible to suit your schedule
- Work with your own content or projects
- There is no travel time or associated costs
- The price is the same or less than attending a public class with other students who may have different agenda’s and skill levels to your own
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