Do you want to become an InDesign superstar? Let me be your guide. I've been working in the publishing and design field for over 25 years and I've been teaching people just like you how to use Adobe InDesign in a way that will enable you to build rock solid documents and templates. I'll take advanced techniques and make them easy to understand and implement, and I'll make it fun!
This is not just a course with "how-to" videos. I will teach you how to do it RIGHT. You'll learn how to BEST use what InDesign offers!
"Before you know it, you will knock it out of the ballpark with your documents!"
With over 25 years of experience working in the design, publishing and production world, I have worked with and helped improve the production workflows of the top magazine, newspapers and advertising agencies in the world, including Nokia, Boeing, Disney, Warner Brothers, Elle, Ogilvy & Mather, The LA times (to name just a few). I have helped them to reduce their production time from hours (and days) to minutes, and have enhanced the aesthetic of their layouts.
And now I’m bringing all of my experience to you in this video series. My years of experience in understanding how to build the best documents and templates can be found within this course.
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As a benefit of The Professional's Guide to Adobe inDesign, I create new videos as features are added to InDesign and as requests come in. I'm thrilled to announce two new videos have just been added!
HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL LEARN!
Introduction
Creating a New Document
The Interface & Control Panel
Creating a Workspace
Tools
Introduction to Preferences
Intro to the 3 Primary Objects &
The Control Panel
Rounding Corners
Creating a Text Frame
Drawing Lines
Setting Up a Multi-Column Layout
Character Formatting
Fonts
Paragraph Formatting
Aligning Objects
The Align Panel
Smart Guides
Gridify
Introduction
Multi-Column Text Boxes
Span Columns
Placing Text
Preview Mode
Text Wrap
Text Frame Options
Overset Text
Paragraph Rules
Eye Dropper
Baseline Grid
Introduction
Paragraph Styles
How to Edit a Style
Creating a Style
Overrides
Make a New Style
Apply Style to Selection
Add to CC Library
Renaming Styles
Redefining Styles
Based On
Overrides
Renaming Styles
Setting Defaults
Style Groups
Duplicating A Style
Fit Frame to Content
Character Styles
Next Style
Drop Caps
Nested Styles
Aligning to Baseline Grid
Clean Up with Tracking
Override Highlighter
Creating an Object Style
Applying Next Style
Quick Apply
Understanding the Pages Panel
Adding Pages
Navigating Pages
Moving & Deleting Pages
Creating a New Master Page
Renaming a Master Page
Applying a Master to a Page
Understanding Master Page Items
Overrides
Automatic Page Numbering
Parent/Child Relationship
Creating a Nested Style
Facing Pages
Sections
Placing an Image
Graphic File Formats
Resolution & File Size
Raster vs. Vector
Selecting the Image
Fitting Options
Text Wrap
Applying Effects
Editing an Image
Link Status
Exploring the Links Panel
Creating a New Master Page
Refining the Master
Placing Text in a Master Page Item
Applying Color
CMYK vs. RGB
Creating a Swatch
Tint Swatches
Spot Colors
Ink Manager
Introduction
Making the Cover
Using Master Pages
Layers
Applying Masters
Layers 2
Text Frame Options
Object Styles
More with Masters
Building Pages
Story Editor
Vertical Justification
Redefining a Style
Making Overrides
Paragraph Styles
Building the Columnist Layout
Placing Text
Show Import Options
Placing Images and Text Wrap
Building the News Page
Aligning to Baseline Grid
Continuing to build the News Page
The Feature Section
Hanging Punctuation
Continuing with the Feature
Having Fun with the Feature
Gridify
Frame Fitting Options
Nesting Paragraph Styles
in Object Styles
Linking Text
Creating an Arrow
Continuing with the Feature
Contributors Page
Creating Libraries
Sections and Numbering
Creating Style Groups
Building the Table of Contents
Non Printing Objects
Back to the Table of Contents
Formatting the Table of Contents
Preflight Panel
Creating a Preflight Profile
Printing
Package
Exporting to PDF
Tables
Import from Excel
Reverse Headers
Bullets and numbering
Right Justify Tab
Tabs
Tab Leader
Find/Change
Align to Grid
Keyboard shortcuts
Table of Contents? (Extra)
CC Libraries
Setting up a non uniform grid
Hyperlinks
Document Fonts
Layers
Custom Baseline Grid
Text clean up
Captions
Primary text frame
Rotate Spread View
Align with spine
Layer trick
Building captions.
Anchored Object
Layers
Import Options
Book Feature
Transform Again