This critically-acclaimed interactive training program from Adobe Press offers exceptional quality high-definition video to teach the fundamentals of Adobe Indesign CC. Including more than 10 hours of video tutorials, the course comes complete with lesson files. Experienced instructor Chad Chelius presents a comprehensive introduction to InDesign, including best practices as well as fundamental layout and document styling …
This critically-acclaimed interactive training program from Adobe Press offers exceptional quality high-definition video to teach the fundamentals of Adobe Indesign CC. Including more than 10 hours of video tutorials, the course comes complete with lesson files. Experienced instructor Chad Chelius presents a comprehensive introduction to InDesign, including best practices as well as fundamental layout and document styling concepts. Topics covered include working with text, graphics, and objects. Chad explores InDesign in a real-world layout workflow that includes assembling books, creating alternate layouts, preflighting files, creating final output as PDFs or ePubs, and much more.
Lesson Files
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InDesign CC 2015 Introduction 00:02:20
Lesson Getting Familiar With InDesign
1.1 Working with the exercise files 00:00:54
1.2 Installing the 2015 release of InDesign 00:01:54
1.3 Seamless update 00:03:28
1.4 The all new Welcome Screen 00:03:28
1.5 Getting familiar with the InDesign interface 00:04:27
1.6 Manipulating and customizing panels in InDesign 00:06:39
1.7 Customizing menus and keyboard shortcuts 00:06:05
1.8 Saving and activating workspaces 00:05:29
1.9 Sync settings 00:03:36
Lesson Working With Documents
2.1 Opening an InDesign document 00:06:00
2.2 Navigating and zooming in InDesign 00:07:40
2.3 Creating new InDesign documents and document presets 00:08:46
2.4 Creating, selecting, and modifying content in InDesign 00:06:29
2.5 Creating a new document using Adobe Comp 00:07:11
2.6 Taking advantage of master pages 00:08:57
2.7 Using the Primary Text Frame 00:05:33
2.8 Previewing documents 00:05:12
2.9 Saving InDesign documents 00:05:45
2.10 Specifying InDesign preferences 00:05:50
Lesson Working With Text in InDesign
3.1 The elements of a text frame 00:06:54
3.2 Placing text 00:04:22
3.3 Flowing text in InDesign 00:07:06
3.4 Adjusting text frame options 00:07:06
3.5 Inserting characters using the Glyphs panel 00:06:53
3.6 Spell check and dynamic spelling 00:06:04
3.7 The Find/Change feature 00:05:07
3.8 Type on a path 00:07:55
3.9 Converting text to outlines 00:05:42
Lesson Applying Character Formatting in InDesign
4.1 Understanding character formatting 00:03:17
4.2 Using TypeKit fonts 00:04:51
4.3 Formatting text using the font menu 00:03:17
4.4 Adjusting point size and leading 00:03:53
4.5 Using the character formatting buttons 00:05:04
4.6 Adjusting kerning and tracking 00:06:05
4.7 Applying baseline shift 00:03:14
4.8 Using the Eyedropper Tool 00:03:42
Lesson Applying Paragraph Formatting in InDesign
5.1 Understanding paragraph formatting 00:03:08
5.2 Aligning text 00:03:43
5.3 Applying indents 00:03:33
5.4 Using space before and space after 00:03:45
5.5 Applying a drop cap to text 00:03:39
5.6 Spanning and splitting text 00:05:34
5.7 Applying rule above and rule below 00:05:03
5.8 Applying paragraph shading 00:04:11
5.9 Bulleted and numbered lists 00:06:32
5.10 Adjusting hyphenation 00:07:58
5.11 Setting tabs 00:06:09
Lesson Working With Graphics in InDesign
6.1 Placing graphics in InDesign 00:04:50
6.2 Using multi-file place and frame-fitting options 00:05:05
6.3 Clipping paths and import options 00:05:11
6.4 Applying text wrap to a graphic 00:06:00
6.5 Inserting a QR code 00:02:46
6.6 Inline graphics and anchored objects 00:07:47
6.7 Utilizing Adobe Bridge and Mini Bridge 00:04:54
6.8 The Links Panel 00:07:11
6.9 Using Adobe Stock 00:04:22
Lesson Working With Color
7.1 Applying color to objects 00:04:39
7.2 Creating swatches and color groups 00:06:36
7.3 Using the Color Theme tool 00:04:58
7.4 Creating gradients 00:05:33
7.5 Reusing and repurposing swatches 00:04:21
7.6 Applying color using the Eyedropper tool 00:04:32
7.7 Using Adobe Color 00:06:11
Lesson Efficient Formatting Using Styles
8.1 Creating and applying paragraph styles 00:06:37
8.2 Creating and applying character styles 00:05:24
8.3 Creating a nested style 00:05:14
8.4 Using the Next Style feature 00:05:03
8.5 Creating Object Styles 00:05:26
8.6 The power of Quick Apply 00:04:28
8.7 Organizing styles into style groups 00:02:44
8.8 Reusing styles from other documents 00:02:59
Lesson Working With Objects
9.1 Creating and modifying frames, lines, and guides 00:07:52
9.2 The Stroke panel 00:06:26
9.3 Adjusting frame corners 00:04:20
9.4 Understanding layers and stacking order 00:07:36
9.5 Grouping and ungrouping objects 00:04:40
9.6 Aligning and distributing objects 00:06:48
9.7 The Gap tool and Live Distribute 00:04:33
9.8 Making copies of objects 00:04:19
Lesson Working With the Effects panel
10.1 Adjusting opacity of objects 00:03:35
10.2 Changing the blending mode of objects 00:05:45
10.3 Applying an effect 00:05:54
Lesson Working With Tables
11.1 Creating and populating a table 00:07:04
11.2 Modifying and formatting a table 00:07:08
11.3 Working with graphic cells 00:04:53
11.4 Working with header and footer rows 00:04:29
11.5 Taking advantage of table styles 00:07:59
Lesson Creative Cloud Libraries
12.1 Creating a Creative Cloud library 00:02:56
12.2 Adding colors to a CC library 00:02:38
12.3 Adding text styles to a CC library 00:04:42
12.4 Adding graphics to a CC library 00:04:48
12.5 Sharing and collaborating with a CC library 00:04:07
Lesson Preparing for Output
13.1 Save time using Live Preflight 00:06:19
13.2 Packaging 00:04:28
13.3 Taking advantage of Document Fonts 00:02:43
Lesson Interactivity in InDesign
14.1 Creating hyperlinks 00:06:11
14.2 Adding bookmarks 00:02:57
14.3 Adding buttons and video 00:04:20
14.4 Exporting to an interactive PDF 00:05:05
14.5 Exporting reflowable EPUB 00:08:18
14.6 Creating a table of contents 00:05:15
14.7 Adding animation and adjusting timing 00:07:45
14.8 Creating a Multi-State object 00:06:52
14.9 Exporting to fixed-layout EPUB 00:04:25
14.10 Using Publish Online 00:03:41
Lesson Printing and Exporting
15.1 Exporting to PDF for print 00:03:48
15.2 Exporting to image formats 00:02:53
15.3 Printing from InDesign 00:03:49