Course Information: Online Adobe Indesign Training
Description
This course will get you started with Adobe InDesign software and will
help you to create your own designs, documents, add and modify graphics
in the documents, and modify text as per your requirement. On doing
this course, you will be able to design high quality books, brochures,
flyers, magazine layouts, business cards, interactive PDFs, pages for
digital publishing, and much more. In a nutshell, this course is quite
useful for all the professionals working in publishing and marketing
industries, graphic designers as well as artists. By doing this course
at TIET, you will not only be able to use the basic tools and concepts
of this software for publishing format but you will also be able to use
the essentials of interactive forms and digital publishing formats such
as EPUB.
Course Outline
1. Introduction to Adobe InDesign
- Creating a New Document
- Saving a File
- Arranging Palettes
- Customizing Workspace
- Using Palette Menus
- Working with Layers
- Using Context Menus
2. Understanding Your Workspace
- Starting New Documents and Adjusting Page Size
- Working with Master Pages
- Using Footers
- Using Placeholder Master
- Applying and Overriding Master
- Editing Master Pages
3. Working with Text
- Modifying and Resizing Text Frames
- Working with Styles
- Changing Text Alignment
- Aligning Paragraph
- Using Baseline Grid
- Special Font Features and Drop Cap
- Changing Number of Columns
- Writing Text on a Path
- Using Kerning and Tracking
4. Working with Graphics
- Adding Graphics
- Modifying and Resizing Graphic Frames
- Managing Links to Imported Graphics
- Updating Graphics
- Wrapping Graphics
- Rotating and Aligning Objects
- Using Library to Manage Objects
5. Creating Tables
- Importing and Formatting a Table
- Formatting Borders and Alternating Row Colors
- Adding Graphics within Tables
- Formatting Text in Table
- Adjusting Size of the Columns
6. Working with Color
- Adding Color to Swatch Palette
- Applying Color to Objects
- Using Dash Stroke
- Using Gradient
- Using Tint
- Working with Spot Color
- Applying Color to Text
7. Working with Transparency
- Setting Transparency
- Setting Opacity of Objects
- Working with Blending Modes
- Using Feathering
- Using the Transparency Settings for EPS Images
- Adding Drop Shadow
8. Creating Interactive Documents
- Creating Bookmarks
- Creating Hyperlinks
- Creating Navigation divs
- Adding a Movie
- Adding an Action
- Exporting File to Pdf
9. Packaging and Printing
- Using the Preflight Feature
- Packaging
- Using Separation Preview
- Using Transparency Preview
- Using Transparency Flattener Preview
- Creating Printing Proof
9. Portfolio Development
- After the completion of this course, students are
required to develop a portfolio of their works
done in Adobe InDesign