Introduction to Graphic Design: InDesign

Introduction to Graphic Design: InDesign

1h 23mBeginner2021-03-09

Authors

Tony Harmer

Tony Harmer

Educator, Illustrator, Adobe Creative Suite Master

Course details

Graphic design is a complex art that touches everything from digital marketing campaigns to the packaging of your favorite snacks. The Introduction to Graphic Design series covers the concepts and software that every designer needs to know and explains how they fit into a typical graphic design workflow. In this installment of the series, instructor Tony Harmer delves into Adobe InDesign, providing an overview of the InDesign skills that every graphic designer should have in their tool kit. To lend these concepts a real-world context, Tony shows how to apply these skills to create a project: a brochure for a fictitious vehicle. Learn all about working with layers, creating guide layouts to aid the creation of a balanced design, importing data, styling tables, and much more.

Skills covered

Digital PublishingInDesignIntroduction toGraphic DesignAdobe

Concepts

Introduction

  • Introduction to graphic design using InDesign
  • InDesign setup
  • Project overview

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

Wrapping Up

  • Object layer options
  • Adding a shadow
  • Export a PDF

Conclusion

  • Where to go from here
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