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This document provides an introduction to the Adobe InDesign software. The instructor, Joel Magalnick, will teach students the basic tools and functions in InDesign, including how to create and save documents, lay out text and images, work with color, type, boxes, swatches and gradients. More advanced topics such as flowing text between boxes, working with master pages and style sheets will also be covered. Students are instructed to have InDesign CS4 or higher installed and are provided a link to download images and files to follow along with the lesson examples.
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- 1. INTRODUCTION TO ADOBE INDESIGN By Joel Magalnick, The Refined Story
- 2. OBJECTIVE ‣ By the end of this course, you will gain a basic understanding of how to use InDesign. That includes how to create and save documents, lay out text and images, and use drawing/shapes to create a brochure using the application's tools.
- 3. INTRODUCTIONS ‣ I’m a longtime newspaper editor and publisher, with a longer history in graphic design and layout. MEET YOUR CLASS ‣ We’re all friends here – tell us about yourself! GEAR CHECK I’m using InDesign CS5.5. You should have version CS4 at a minimum installed. JOEL MAGALNICK – YOUR INSTRUCTOR
- 5. YOUR BASIC TOOLS Select Direct Select Line Tool Bounding box Color sample Hand tool Swatches Screen view Page tool Gap tool Free draw tool Gradient tools Notes tool Zoom Swatch selector Scissors tool Not covered in class To be covered in class
- 8. WORKING WITH TYPE Font name Paragraph align Font size Leading Space between lines Kerning Space between letters Tracking Space between multiple letters Baseline shift Text skew Left indent Right indent First line indent Last line indent Space above paragraph Space below paragraph Drop cap height Drop cap characters Bullets & numbering Font format
- 9. WORKING WITH BOXES Resize box Box anchor position Flip/rotate box Box angle Vertical text position Column balance Columns Gutter width Text wrap Corner style Box position Based on anchor Box dimensions Link proportions Box skew
- 11. WORKING WITH SWATCHES & GRADIENTS Swatch box Create color swatch Create gradient swatchGradient manipulation
- 12. WORKING WITH IMAGES Original Cropped Opaqued Scaled Photo fitting options
- 13. ADVANCED USAGE: FLOWING TEXT Text flows in Text flows out Text is missing
- 14. ADVANCED USAGE: WORKING WITH MASTER PAGES The setup box The layout with masters
- 15. ADVANCED USAGE: WORKING WITH STYLE SHEETS Paragraph styles Style setup options Character styles
- 16. LET’S DIVE IN! Placed Image Two-Column Width Jumped text Paragraph styles Master pages
- 17. LET’S DIVE IN! http://bit.ly/1OEYvSC GO HERE TO ACCESS IMAGES AND FILES: AND YES, IT’S CASE SENSITIVE!
- 18. SCREEN VIEWS Tool menu View icon Normal view – note gridlines Preview view
- 19. THE DEEPER DIVE Let’s do some practice!
- 20. ‣ Body Level One ‣ Body Level Two ‣ Body Level Three ‣ Body Level Four ‣ Body Level Five ‣ Body Level One ‣ Body Level Two ‣ Body Level Three ‣ Body Level Four ‣ Body Level Five THANKS! ‣ Body Level One ‣ Body Level Two ‣ Body Level Three ‣ Body Level Four ‣ Body Level Five JOEL MAGALNICK ‣ Body Level One ‣ Body Level Two ‣ Body Level Three ‣ Body Level Four ‣ Body Level Five ‣ Contact me: ‣ joel@refinedstory.com ‣ refinedstory.com ‣ @refinedstory