Adobe InDesign fundamentals

This four-morning (16 hours in total) intensive hands-on InDesign training will familiarise you with essential concepts and skills and then go beyond to incorporate best practices, workflows and invaluable time-saving tips and tricks.

Whether a designer, prepress professional, or even a beginner, this class will give you the skills to use InDesign effectively and efficiently. Learn to flow and format text, incorporate graphics, use Paragraph, Character, Object Styles, apply Effects, and so much more.

We train using the latest version of software: CS5.5, but will revert back to CS4 if requested.

Below is a synopsis of what is covered on a Level 1:

• Setting workflow systems for page layout
• Getting to know the work area
• Getting comfortable with the InDesign workspace
• The control panel
• Customising your workspace
• Navigating your document

• InDesign selection tools and techniques
• Setting up your document
• Creating and saving custom page preset settings
• Working with guides

• Wrapping text around a graphic
• Sections and page numbering
• Adding, arranging and deleting pages
• Placing text and graphics on the document pages

• Working with master pages
• Overriding master page items

• Working with frames
• Working with colour, creating CMYK, Gradient and Spot colour swatches
• Creating and editing text frames
• Resizing and positioning images within a frame
• Changing the shape of a frame

• Importing and editing text
• Working with fonts
• Finding and changing a missing font
• Flowing text

• Changing the number of columns on a page
• Drawing vector graphics
• Setting up the document grid
• Working with guides

• Using the drawing tools
• Changing the shape of existing segments
• Creating compound paths

• Creating and working with Character, Paragraph and Object styles
• Loading styles, swatches, etc. from another document

• Finding and changing text
• Using spell check
• Using the story editor

• Live Pre-flight of pages
• Saving PDF presets for Print and Web

Training is provided by the 2B Studio team-a collaboration of trainers who have had years of real world experience in their chosen fields and are industry experts. These range from working in Advertising agencies, film product on, publishing. editorial and repro houses.

If preferred, for groups of three or more. 2B Studio will send an Instructor to your premises for training on-site.

Please log onto our website and download our brochure: http://www.2bstudio.co.za/includes12BCS5Courses2010.pdf

Date: 04 October 2011 to 07 October 2011
Venue: Cape Town
Cost: R 3200.00 per level, per person (incl)

Date: 08 November 2011 to 11 November 2011
Venue: Cape Town
Cost: R 3200.00 per level, per person (incl)


 
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