Adobe InDesign Introduction

Price:

£440

Course duration:

2 days

Course dates:

Wednesday 8th February 2012Thursday 19th April 2012

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Produce eye-catching page designs suitable for both print and the web

Use InDesign to produce flyers, leaflets and newsletters

Create artwork from scratch and learn how to produce creative layouts and use production techniques.

This course introduces you to the page layout and design applications of InDesign. The course starts from the program basics and quickly builds knowledge and confidence in how to navigate the application and use the tools to create layouts from single pages to complex multi-page documents.

Recommended for:

Anyone working or moving in to the field of digital publishing. If you are responsible for creating and managing material such as business cards, letterheads, company leaflets, brochures, and manuals this course covers the the core software skills that provide the foundation for this. No previous knowledge of Adobe InDesign is required. Some knowledge of Photoshop will be useful although not essential

You will learn how to:

Navigate and adapt the user interface to suit your needs
Set up and organise documents
Import and format type and artwork
Use reviewing and proofing tools to output accurate results
Define master page styles, numbering and chapter techniques that will significantly improve your productivity
Work with tables and formatting techniques to implement consistency throughout your products
Add finesse to your documents with colour, transparency and effects
Use best practice techniques for outputting to print, web and mobile devices

Other people who have done this course say:

"Excellent course, would highly recommend it to others" August 2011
"The tutor was very knowledgeable about this subject and kept us all engaged" August 2010
"...has been a brilliant two days and I have learned some invaluable thinks" August 2010
"First class on all counts" August 2010

Course outline:

Day 1
Lesson		Description
1	Introduction	The opening module aims to build confidence in navigating and modifying the workspace. Browsing, opening and viewing documents.
2	Managing documents	Focusing on defining, creating and modifying document attributes this module looks at the initial stages of developing InDesign files as well as using preset file types for quick setup.
3	Typography	Whether you're creating, pasting, or importing text inside InDesign, how you achieve it and how it is handled will greatly affect its appearance. InDesign posses a myriad of typographic formatting and styling tools.
4	Working with objects	Learn how to manage and define objects and their characteristics, be it text frames or graphic frames. Create libraries of content so that you can repurpose them and save valuable time.
5	Edit and review	Once you have completed your design treatment, and placed your content you will often need to perform simple tasks such as spelling and grammar, but you can also search and change specific content and check your document is error free and ready for output by using "Pre-flight".
6	Tables	They can be found in abundance in everyday life, but tables provide an essential design aid. InDesign provides superb tools for defining every facet of a table's appearance, as well as saving pre-defined table styles that can be repurposed at the click of button.

Day 2
Lesson		Description
1	Page	Save valuable time by defining page characteristics with master pages, once adopted by pages in your document respond to the changes made just once to its master. Automate features such as page and chapter numbering.
2	Colour	In this module you will explore ways to define specific colour from industry standard books, such as Pantone, as well as defining your own colour styles and applying them to objects in the document, and sharing custom colour libraries with colleagues.
3	Transparency and effects	When you create an object in InDesign, by default it appears solid; that is, it has an opacity of 100%. You can apply effects to objects using opacity and blends. Overlap objects, add transparency to objects, or knock out shapes behind objects.
4	Working with Images	Explore methods for placing raster and vector artwork within InDesign, and how to format its appearance and transform controls. Use the links panel to track updates and changes to the linked artwork.
6	Output	Ensuring your document is setup for the intended output is just as important as managing its content. Learn how to prepare documents for Print and web publishing.

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