Course Highlights
  • You will be able to add InDesign to your CV
  • You will be able to start earning money from your InDesign Skills.
  • You will have over 5 of your own projects to add to your portfolio.
  • You will build a flyer in InDesign.
  • You will create a postcard design.
  • You will build a company brochure.
  • You will create a magazine layout.
  • You will create a company newsletter.
  • You will create your own business card.
  • You will build stationery for a business including letterhead & comp slip.
  • You will build a longer annual report document.
  • You will create & use corporate colors.
  • You will create your own colors to use in your designs.
  • You will learn how to pick complimentary fonts for you design.
  • You will resize, rotate & crop images.
  • 76 lectures 5+ hours of well structured content.
  • Learn how to create PDF files ready for printing.
  • You will get the finished files so you never fall behind.
  • Downloadable exercise files & cheat sheet.
  • Forum support from me and the rest of the BYOL crew.
  • Techniques used by professional graphic designers.
  • Professional workflows and shortcuts.
  • A wealth of other resources and websites to help your new career path.
Curriculum

4 Topics
InDesign Tutorial Basics Course Introduction
Exercise files & projects
What does Adobe InDesign do?
What are the differences between InDesign and PageMaker Illustrator Photoshop

16 Topics
How to change MM to Inches & changing UK to US dictionary in InDesign?
New document in InDesign - what is bleed & slug?
How to create your own RGB & CMYK colors in Adobe InDesign
How do I steal colors from a logo using InDesign?
How to color the background of a page in InDesign
Importing resizing rotating & flipping images & Logos inside InDesign
How to Import text from Microsoft Word into Adobe InDesign
How to group ungroup & rotate images in Adobe InDesign
How to make a dotted line dashed line & borders in InDesign
How best to preview your work in Adobe InDesign
How to make a simple PDF from InDesign
How to save your InDesign file as a JPEG
Why should I use CC Libraries in InDesign?
How to share your InDesign files with others by using package document
Class Exercise 1
Assignment 1: Page Flyer

7 Topics
Ideas Inspiration & starter templates
Working with other people's InDesign documents missing images
How to find missing fonts in InDesign?
How to replace images in InDesign?
Opacity transparency and see through ness in Adobe InDesign
Why is InDesign adding [Converted] and making me save as
What if I can’t find the InDesign file - can I open the PDF?

22 Topics
Creating a new company newsletter or brochure what are spreads
How to use a Master Page in Adobe InDesign
How do I add automatic page numbering to a InDesign file
Removing a masterpage & deleting parts off the master page in InDesign
Production Video 1
What is Effective PPI & Image resolution in the InDesign links panel
How to add drop shadows to an image or logo in InDesign
What is TypeKit used for in Adobe InDesign?
How to add the Copyright Registered & Trademark symbols in InDesign
Where can I find the different versions of letters in InDesign - Ligatures
How to add placeholder text & lorem ipsum & get a word count in InDesign
Importing Text from Microsoft Word & keeping or removing the formatting
Creating Columns in a text box using Adobe InDesign
How do I justify text & turn off hyphenation in InDesign
What is a the space after & leading in Adobe InDesign
How to underline text with a full width line in Adobe InDesign
How do I make a paragraph style in Adobe InDesign
How do I update a Paragraph Style in Adobe InDesign
How to us Find & Change to remove double spaces after a period or full stop
Stealing colours from images is there a format painter in Adobe InDesign?
InDesign Class Exercise 2 - Magazine Spread
Assignment 2: Magazine Spread

23 Topics
How to bring in lots of text into InDesign at once
How do I import paragraph styles from another document?
How do I insert completely blank pages in Adobe InDesign?
How do I create a gradient in Adobe InDesign?
Do I need to use layers in Adobe InDesign?
Opacity advanced mater warks and Transparency Effects in Adobe InDesign
How do I add rounded corners to an image or box in Adobe InDesign?
How to add a large first letter to my text aka Drop Cap?
How do I increase the space between letters in Adobe InDesign aka Tracking or Ke
How do I get text to move around an image or shape using text wrap?
Why can’t I put text over anything that has text wrap applied?
How to draw an arrow or triangle or star in Adobe InDesign?
How do I put an image inside other shapes like a circle - cropping?
What is Adobe Stock?
Where can I find free images & icons that I can use for my business?
How do I add bullets and numbered lists in Adobe InDesign?
How can I create a table inside Adobe InDesign?
How do I convert tables from Microsoft Word or Excel into Adobe InDesign?
How do I get images to move with the text in Adobe InDesign?
How do I create a Line Break Column Breaks & Page Breaks in Adobe InDesign?
How do I make an automatic table of contents in Adobe InDesign?
How do you change the tabs in Adobe InDesign?
Can i change the numbering of my pages so 1 starts later in the InDesign file?

3 Topics
How do I combine Microsoft Excel spreadsheet in InDesign?
CLASS EXERCISE: Create your own business card
Assignment 3: Create your own business card

8 Topics
How to create a mockup for your portfolio using InDesign
BONUS: Software Updates 2019
BONUS: Software Updates 2020
BONUS: Software Updates 2021
BONUS: Software Updates 2022
What to do after this InDesign tutorial course?
Class project for your own portfolio
Assignment 4: Portfolio

1 Topic
InDesign cheat sheet & shortcuts

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