The Advanced InDesign Course (ID300)
Course
In Manchester
Description
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Type
Intensive workshop
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Level
Advanced
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Location
Manchester
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Class hours
16h
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Duration
2 Days
An advanced course for users who want to know everything about what InDesign is capable of and how to get the best out of that capability. This course uses the CC (Creative Cloud) version of InDesign, and so it also serves as a good introduction to the changes in the latest version of the software and how they can help you work smarter and faster.
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About this course
- Interactive Functions
- Layers, Managing Styles
- Long Documents
- Handling Page Elements
- Advanced Graphics
- Developing Complex Paths
- Administering External Files.
This 2 day Advanced InDesign course is suitable for people with good InDesign experience who want to gain extensive knowledge of the software.
Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:
- Knowledge of OS X and basic computer navigation
- A good knowledge of InDesign, preferably you will have taken our Adobe InDesign intermediate course.
Whilst there is no Adobe certification for this course, our trainers are industry-experienced Adobe Certified Instructors and Soho Editors is an Authorised Adobe Training Partner. Additionally, the course is based upon Adobe’s CIAB guidelines, so you will receive a certificate from Soho Editors upon completion of the course.
Firstly, we are long established as part of the post-production industry, and therefore have an excellent understanding of the market, and the skills that post-production staff need to have. We are not purely a training company, with other divisions of the group having a huge presence in the industry.
Secondly, unlike a lot of our competitors that provide training to the post-production industry, many of the courses we run are fully approved and certified, and will give you a recognised qualification if you pass the exam (more on this later).
We do not do general training – our courses are all industry specific, and we are experts in this field.
Thirdly, we're situated in the heart of London's post-production district – where better place to train on post-production technology?
Fourthly, the team here is friendly, helpful, efficient, understanding, flexible and approachable, and the trainers, as well as being all of the above, are fully qualified and certified, and all have significant industry experience and kudos as editors / talent in their own right.
We offer a no quibble Satisfaction Guarantee. We are so sure that not only will you enjoy the experience, as well as learn what you need from the course, that if you are not satisfied, we will give you the same course again FREE of charge. It’s as simple as that, no argument*.
We are very proud to be recognised by so many of the world's leading post production software manufacturers for consistently high standards and customer satisfaction.
Through our manufacturer accreditation we are able to offer a full range of quality assessed certified courses, however we have also developed our own industry specific courses designed to release the creative person inside.
We can also fully bespoke and tailor any course to your liking. Take a look at our bespoke training section.
We are the preferred training provider for many leading media organisations including Viacom, ITV, BBC, Channel Five, Channel 4, BSkyB, Wall to Wall, Nomura Bank, to name but a few.
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Subjects
- InDesign
- Adobe
- Text
- Graphics
Teachers and trainers (1)
Alan Bradbury
Trainer
Course programme
The Advanced InDesign Course (ID300)
Lesson 1: Interactive Functions
- Create and export interactive mouse-driven documents
- Create and export animations
- Create and export interactive web pages
- Create interactive PDF forms
- Create QR codes
- Create mobile device content
- Update InDesign to be mobile content ready
Lesson 2: Layers
- Layers Panel
- Create layered multi-lingual document with selective output
- Create or import cutter forms using layers
- Moving across layers
- Advanced layer options
Lesson 3: Managing Styles
- Manage style overrides
- Base one style on another
- GREP and Nested styles
- Import styles
- Redefine Styles
- Advanced 'find and replace' searches
Lesson 4: Long Documents
- Page palette and working with pages
- Text flow and links
- Multiple master pages
- Numbering pages and sections
- Making, synchronising & packaging books
- Indexes
- Off-page control features
Lesson 5: Handling Page Elements
- Place inline graphics
- Handle text layout
- Create duplicate items
- Create anchored objects
Lesson 6: Advanced Graphics
- File types
- Multiple image placement
- Importing options
- Create custom gatefold documents
- Adobe Photoshop support
- Adobe PDF layer support
- Selectively display layers and layer comps
- Image frames simple
- Compound & custom
- Fitting images
- Control Palette and shortcuts
- Custom uses for Anchored objects
- Clipping Paths
- Alpha channels
- Importing Indesign and Quark Xpress documents
Lesson 7: Developing Complex Paths
- Create Bezier Paths
- Create Compound Paths
- Create Clipping Paths
- Create Type Outlines
Lesson 8: Administering External Files
- Locate assets using Adobe Bridge
- Merge data
- Import layered files
- Export PDF files
- Export XHTML files
- Advanced print, export and ooutput options
- Animation and web page creation
- Nesting animations in PDFs.
The Advanced InDesign Course (ID300)