Are you looking to design artwork for magazines or brochures? Adobe Indesign is the software you need!
In this group course, you will learn the A to Zs of working with Adobe Indesign. You will be taught by an experienced Adobe Indesign instructor who will take you through every tool and technique to help you create masterpieces worth publishing. This course is designed for beginners and intermediate students who would like to pursue graphic designing as a career or a hobby.
The course will start from the basics and take you from beginner to advanced skills. You will explore every element of Adobe Indesign to complete a number of assignments.
You will learn about the following tools and techniques:
- Workspace
- Window arrange
- Navigation /zoom tool (view menu)
- Ruler – guides
- Files (save - save as – export {extensions} - document setup)
- Page panel (create a new page – delete – page number- page size – section-master).
- Layout menu (pages-margins columns-ruler guide – create guide-first page-previous page-new page-last page- go to page-numbering section options)
- Page tool – gap tool, Note tool – measure tool
- File place image (press arrow in case of placing many images)
- Object (display performance) or view (display performance)
- Object fitting & Select tool
- Direct selection tool
- Rectangle – ellipse- polygon frames
- Content collector tool
- Link panel (embed images), Layer panel, Effect panel (drop shadow – feather- inner glow…..)
- Type tool (drag with it & fill with a place-holder text).
- Control bar
- File place (document word – excel)
- Window text wrap with image, Text on a path
- Edit menu (story editor- find /change - spell check)
- Object menu (text frame option)
- Threading
- Table style, Cell style & Typestyle
- Character style & Paragraph style
- Drawing shapes (polygon – ellipse - line)
- Fill- stroke-color- gradient tool- swatch (color panel- stroke panel)
- View menu (proof color)
- Object (corner option- covert shape)
- Object menu (Group – lock – hide- select – arrange)
- Edit menu (copy-paste – paste in place)
- Object & layout menu (align- pathfinder- transform)
- Scissor tool, Eyedropper tool
- Window styles (object style)
- Pen tool – add anchor point – remove anchor point – convert tool
- Object menu (paths)
- Pencil – smooth tool- erase tool
- Type menu (create outline)
- Interactive panel (hyper link- buttons & forms- SWF preview- animation- media- page transition – timing)
- File place sound, File export (flash – SWF- interactive pdf), File (print – print booklet)
- Output panel (separation preview- preflight-attributes)
Materials:
All materials will be provided
Validity Period:
All sessions are valid for 45 days upon booking
Age Requirements:
14 and older
Additional Info:
- The participant will receive a KHDA & Adobe Certificate from the institute
Location:
Floor 23
The Oberoi Centre
Marasi Drive
Business Bay
Dubai
