Design a Newsletter
2h 48mBeginner2017-09-08
Authors
Nigel French
Graphic Designer, Author, Artist, Trainer
Course details
Creating a successful newsletter means spending less time on repetitive tasks and more time creating your design. In this project-based course, Nigel French shares effective design and production techniques by taking you from start to finish through the process of designing a newsletter. He uses Adobe InDesign—with some help from Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop—to craft an eye-catching and impactful design. Nigel covers how to set up a document, work with text, and choose and manipulate images. Plus, he shows how to create both a print-ready PDF and a screen PDF of your finished newsletter.
Learning objectives
Planning a newsletter
Choosing a color palette
Using a template and library items
Placing and cleaning up text
Creating and applying styles
Working with images
Evaluating, choosing, and placing images
Working with inline images
Preflighting the document
Creating a print-ready PDF
Creating a screen version of the newsletter
Learning objectives
Planning a newsletter
Choosing a color palette
Using a template and library items
Placing and cleaning up text
Creating and applying styles
Working with images
Evaluating, choosing, and placing images
Working with inline images
Preflighting the document
Creating a print-ready PDF
Creating a screen version of the newsletter
Skills covered
Digital PublishingInDesignGraphic DesignAdobe
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - What you should know
- 03 - Using the exercise files
1. Planning the Newsletter
- 04 - Logistics and document setup
- 05 - Create a nameplate
- 06 - Create the master page and add page numbers
- 07 - Add layers and create a wireframe
- 08 - Choose a color palette
- 09 - Add page furniture
- 10 - Use a template and library items
2. Working with Text
- 11 - Types of articles and paragraphs
- 12 - Place and clean up text
- 13 - Flow text
- 14 - Create and apply styles
- 15 - Work with a baseline grid
- 16 - Design the table of contents
3. Working with Images
- 17 - Evaluate, choose, and place images
- 18 - Fit images
- 19 - Improve images
- 20 - Create and text wrap cutout images
- 21 - Create partial cut outs
- 22 - Text wraps and finesse image positioning
- 23 - Add captions and credits
- 24 - Work with inline images
4. Printing the Newsletter
- 25 - Preflight the document
- 26 - Create a print-ready PDF
- 27 - Create printer spreads
- 28 - Archive the project
5. Creating a Screen Version of the Newsletter
- 29 - Create a screen PDF
- 30 - Create a Publish Online document
- 31 - Using an online distribution service
Conclusion
- 32 - Next steps