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Introduction to Graphic Design: InDesign

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Adobe InDesign Courses Graphic Design Courses Typography Courses Text Formatting Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn the Adobe InDesign skills that every graphic designer needs to know, as well as how to apply these skills in a real-world workflow.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Introduction to graphic design using InDesign
  • InDesign setup
  • Project overview
1. Building the Project
  • Document setup
  • Create guides
  • Master pages
  • Layers
  • Typography
  • Place images
  • Moving assets between layers
  • Place an Illustrator file
  • Add a character style
  • Reposition an image
  • Formatting text
  • Threading text
  • Columns and span
  • Challenge: Center heading
  • Solution: Center heading
  • Add inset spacing
  • Grid drawing and gaps
  • Challenge: Grid drawing
  • Challenge: Thread text
  • Importing data
  • Styling a table
  • Object layer options
  • Gradient feather
2. Wrapping Up
  • Object layer options
  • Adding a shadow
  • Export a PDF
Conclusion
  • Where to go from here

Taught by

Tony Harmer

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