InDesign Advanced

InDesign IconAdobe InDesign CS6 software speaks the language of professional designers, delivering unparalleled creative freedom, productivity, and precision for designing superb pages. It works seamlessly with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, providing a single integrated design environment that doesn’t interrupt your creative process.

This 2-day course provides a thorough overview of the interface, the tools, the features, and the production tips for page layout and design using InDesign. The course is an ideal combination of instructor-led demonstration and hands-on practice.

What You’ll Learn

  • Transparency and effects
  • Creating rich interactive InDesign documents
  • Color management
  • Preparing documents for printing
  • Working with long documents
  • Working with advanced path technology
  • Using scripts
  • Working with XML

Who Should Attend?

Professional designers who are familiar with the basics of InDesign.

Prerequisites:

Course Outline:

Note: The curricula below comprise activities typically covered in a class at this skill level. The instructor may, at his/her discretion, adjust the lesson plan to meet the needs of the class.

Lesson 1: Quick Overview of What’s New

  • Multiple page sizes (CS5)
  • Gap tool (CS5)
  • Paragraphs that span or split columns (CS5)
  • Balanced columns (CS5)
  • Drawing multiple frames in a grid (CS5)
  • Live captions from metadata (CS5)
  • Mini Bridge (CS5)
  • Alternate layouts (CS6)
  • Liquid layouts (CS6)
  • Linked content: Content collector and placer tools (CS6)
  • Digital publishing (CS6)
  • EPUB and HTML5 (CS6)
  • Interactivity (CS6)

 

Lesson 2: Working with Transparency

  • Importing and colorizing a grayscale image
  • Applying transparancy settings
  • Adding transparency effects to imported vector and bitmap graphics
  • Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that use transparency
  • Applying transparency settings to text
  • Working with effects

 

Lesson 3: Color/Color Management

  • The need for color management
  • Isolate Blending vs Knockout Group
  • Creating a Mixed Ink Swatch or Group
  • Synchronizing color settings in Adobe Bridge
  • Specifying color settings in original source file
  • Specifying color settings in InDesign
  • Defining printing requirements
  • Image Color Settings (why you won’t need this)
  • Assigning vs Converting a profile
  • Proofing colors onscreen

 

Lesson 4: Output and Exporting

  • Creating a custom Preflight Profile
  • Previewing separations and ink amounts
  • Setting up a custom trap
  • Changing your Attributes
  • Understanding the Flattener Presets
  • Understanding Transparency Blend Space
  • Understanding the PDF/X output formats

 

Lesson 5: Creating Adobe PDF Documents with Form Fields

  • Adding form fields
  • Exporting an interactive Adobe PDF file
  • Accessibility

 

Lesson 6: Creating Rich Interactive Documents

  • Setting up an online document
  • Adding buttons, page transitions, and hyperlinks
  • Exporting as Flash Player (SWF)
  • Adding advanced interactivity, animation, and video

 

Lesson 7: Exporting an EBook

  • Completing the booklet
  • Choosing the content of an ebook
  • Adding metadata
  • Exporting an EPUB file

 

Lesson 8: Working with Long Documents

  • Starting a book
  • Creating a running footer
  • Adding a footnote
  • Adding a cross-reference
  • Synchronizing a book
  • Generating a table of contents
  • Indexing a book

 

Lesson 9: Tips and Tricks from the Instructor

  • The instructor will share their favorite tips and secrets for InDesign