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InDesign CC: Designing a Magazine Layout

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Adobe InDesign Courses Graphic Design Courses Typography Courses Publishing Courses

Course Description

Overview

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.

Syllabus

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

Taught by

Nigel French

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