InDesign Level 2

IT Training Solutions Limited

Short course

In Washington

£ 295 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Location

    Washington

  • Duration

    1 Day

Adobe InDesign is Adobe's answer to QuarkXpress. This course, aimed at those who have attended the Introduction to InDesign, will introduce the advanced tools and techniques through hands on exercises and theory. Delegates will gain an understanding of InDesign's power features.

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Location

Start date

Washington (Tyne and Wear)
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Suite 13, Vermont, House Concorde, NE37 2SQ

Start date

On request

About this course

Good Mac or PC skills and have the InDesign Level 1 course, or have equivalent knowledge.

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Course Overview

Adobe InDesign is Adobe's answer to QuarkXpress. This course, aimed at those who have attended the Introduction to InDesign, will introduce the advanced tools and techniques through hands on exercises and theory. Delegates will gain an understanding of InDesign's power features.
Prerequisites
  • Good Mac or PC skills and have the InDesign Level 1 course, or have equivalent knowledge.
Related Courses
  • InDesign Level 1 ()
Whats Included
  • Comprehensive colour course manual and exercises
  • Use of a Modern Training suite with 19 inch flat screen monitors
  • 1 delegate per computer
  • Lunch (When at our training venue)
  • Refreshments (When at our training venue)
  • Relaxed refreshment area at our training room
Course Content
Overview of Basics
  • Formatting type
  • Placing graphics
  • Working with colour
  • Text wrap
  • Columns
  • Layers
  • Master pages
Drawing
  • About paths
  • Drawing basic shapes and lines
  • Drawing with the pen tool
  • Adjusting path segments
  • Using the scissor tool
  • Using the stroke palette
  • Using corner effects
  • Working with compound paths
  • Creating paths from text outlines
Images
  • About vector graphics and bitmap images
  • Resolution for bitmap images
  • Preparing graphics to be imported
  • Alternate methods for importing graphics
  • Exporting pages to EPS format
Colour
  • About spot and process colour types
  • Using the toolbox colour controls
  • Using the swatch palette
  • Using swatch libraries
  • Using the colour palette
  • About tints
  • Creating and updating tints and their base swatches
  • Adding colours from other documents
  • Working with gradients
  • Applying gradients to text
  • Trapping
Colour Management
  • Setting up colour management
  • Calibrating your monitor
  • Obtaining, installing and updating CMS profiles
  • Turning on CMS and setting up default source profiles
  • Colour-managing colours you create in your document
  • Preparing imported graphics for colour management
  • Importing images into a colour-managed document
  • Colour-managing documents for online viewing
  • Embedding profiles in output
Creating And Distributing PDF Files
  • About PDF
  • Exporting a document to PDF
  • Producing PDF files for high-resolution composite workflow
  • Preparing a document for on-screen viewing
  • Setting PDF export options
Printing
  • Preparing for commercial printing
  • Changing default print settings
  • Printing page marks
  • Ensuring your resolution and line screen produce 256 grays
  • Printing gradients
  • Specifying the emulsion and polarity
  • Performing pre-flight checks before printing
  • Packaging files for hand off
  • Proofing final output

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