Basic Graphic Design

INDESIGN TUTORIALS

InDesign Workspace

• Tour the new interface
• Create a new document
• Basic Tools overview
• Add text and art in frames

• Place text from a word-processing app in InDesign
• How to edit text
• Format text with Character Styles
• Format text with Paragraph Styles
• How to replace a missing font
• Work with fonts from Typekit in InDesign
• Wrap text around objects
• Bulleted and numbered lists
• Resolve missing fonts in desktop applications using Typekit
• Work with glyphs more easily

• Document fonts
• Create a PDF for print
• Package files for handoff

Working with graphics

• How to place images in InDesign
• Fitting graphics to their frames in InDesign
• Linking objects in InDesign
• Placing graphics
• Evenly distribute objects
• How to add placeholder text

• Apply color to an object
• Create and sync colors
• How to manage Color Groups
• Colorizing images
• Capture brushes, shapes and colors

• Draw basic shapes
• Creating gradients
• Colorizing images
• Adjusting transparency
• Add transparency effects
• Add drop shadows

Print Design

• The Dos and Don't of print design
• Essential of print design
• Setup a print bleed