InDesign CC: Designing a Magazine Layout

Learn how to design a dynamic magazine layout—from concept to completion—using InDesign CC. Explore how to set up a document, work with images and typography, and copyfit text.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Overview

1. Document Essentials

• Setting up the document
• Margins and grids
• Layers and master pages
• Thumbnails and wireframe

2. Laying Out the Article

• Placing low-resolution images
• Placing dummy text
• Creating and applying paragraph styles
• Tidying up
• Inserting high-resolution images
• Replacing dummy text

3. Finessing the Layout

• Addressing captions, cropping, and image sizing
• Text composition
• Designing the drop cap
• Designing the sidebar
• Copyfitting text

4. Preparing for Print

• Preflighting and exporting to PDF
• Packaging and archiving the project

Conclusion

• Goodbye