Elstree Film Studios - Training Courses - Complete Adobe InDesign
Discover Adobe InDesign, the popular alternative for Quark Express, in this unique course, which covers the use of InDesign for desktop publishing, page layouts, magazines, newspapers and brochures. Adobe InDesign - the next generation in desktop publishing.
This course teaches from the ground up all major aspects of the product, looking at real world examples and creating them in the most effective, efficient and print-friendly way. You will discover new levels of creative freedom and productivity using Adobe InDesign software. It is tightly integrated with all the Adobe applications used most in businesses. InDesign delivers faster production workflows and a more fluid creative environment for designing professional layouts with sophisticated graphics and typography.
Duration: 2 days.
Location: 21st Century New Media Ltd, Elstree Film Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 1JG. [
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Times: 10.00am to 4.30pm. For security reasons, further details are only provided upon booking.
Software Versions: All of our Adobe courses include lessons generic to CS3, CS4 and CS5 versions of the Adobe suite: whichever version you use is covered in detail. Our Apple training courses utilise Final Cut Studio HD (also known of as version 3 or FCS 2009).
Equipment: Our fully featured training room includes six top-of-the-range iMac computers configured to work in both Macintosh (OSX) and PC (Windows) modes, ensuring you the maximum familiarity with your chosen operating system.
Accommodation: Details of local accomodation can be found
here.
Further assistance: Our
FAQ help page contains the answers to many popular questions. Alternatively please call
0844 844 2428 to arrange to speak to our training manager.
COURSE CONTENT
Converting QuarkXPress Legacy Files
- Procedure for converting files
- Pitfalls and considerations
- Customising keyboard shortcuts
The InDesign Environment
- Using the tools and palettes
- Control palette
- Using Context menus
- Opening and closing documents
- Navigating a document
- Recovering a document after failure
- Using the multiple undo feature
- Document presets
Document Layout
- Setting up pages and basic layout options
- Using rulers, guides, grids and layers
- Working with pages and spreads
- Automatic page numbering and sections
- Using master pages
Laying out pages with Frames
- Creating and using frames
- Using the frame tools
- Creating text and graphic frames
- Converting frame types
- Setting frame properties
Working with Text
- The Story
- Linking text
- Importing and exporting text
- Placing text in frames
- Threading text through frames
- Setting text frame properties
- Editing text
- Finding and changing text
- Checking Spelling
- Baseline Grid
Formatting Type
- Formatting characters
- Formatting paragraphs
- Working with tabs
- Working with composition
- Controlling hyphenation and justification
Working with Styles
- Creating and applying paragraph styles
- Nested Styles
- Overriding local formatting
- Copying styles from other documents
Importing Graphics
- Placing graphics
- Fitting content to frames
- Fitting frames to content
- Managing links and embedded images
- Introduction to working with clipping paths
- Importing native Photoshop files
- Full resolution preview
Combining Text and Graphics
- Drawing shapes
- Drawing and modifying straight lines
- Drawing basic shapes
- Drawing basic freeform shapes
Transparency
- Creating transparency
- Drop shadows
- Blends
- Flattener Preview
- Importing files with transparency
- Printing transparency
Selecting and Transforming Objects
- Moving Objects
- Using the transform palette
- Grouping and Ungrouping objects
- Align
- Pathfinder
Using Colours
- Defining and applying colours from colour libraries
- Importing colours from colour libraries
- Mixed inks
- Loading colours from other applications
- Creating and applying gradients
Tables
- Creating tables
- Merge/Unmerge
- Flowing tables across pages
- Table headers and footers
- Viewing cell frame edges
Outputting InDesign Documents
Printing
- Preparing for commercial printing
- Installing and selecting a PPD
- Separation Preview
- Printing a document
- Performing a pre-flight check before printing
- Packaging files for hand off
- Handing off to a prepress service provider
