

My students have become page designers, creative specialists, and creative directors at newspapers, magazines, and media companies after graduating.

I have also taught InDesign for the past decade as a university professor, teaching classes like Digital Layout and Design as well as Magazine Design and Production. process colors, and I show example brand books and how they communicate their Pantone, CMYK, RGB, and Hex colors for graphic designers, and of course, how to apply those in InDesign. Whether it was laying out a newsletter for a client while working at an ad design firm, or laying out advertisements and using CMYK plates at a newspaper, having this professional experience has enabled me to relate these InDesign video lessons to real-world applications.įor example, when we go over everything about adding and applying swatches, you learn when we would use spot colors vs. I've worked as internet development director at an award-winning advertising design firm, webmaster and advertising designer at a regional newspaper, and managing editor of two graphic design magazines. I'm Chad, and I'm a graphic designer and full-time university professor. Adobe has made these programs so compatible, they work seamlessly together. You will also learn how to use both Photoshop and Illustrator with InDesign, in their own special sections. In fact, this course contains a complete guide to tables in InDesign as well as the complete guide to color in InDesign. So, you will learn by designing a poster for a local business, a lookbook for a ski resort, and an annual report for a camera company.īy the time you have completed this course, you will have mastered InDesign! And you will have projects to add to your portfolio.īesides the essentials and fundamentals of InDesign, such as placing and editing images, threading and formatting text, and using master pages, you will also learn more advanced topics, including advanced color and the preflighting/printing process. Instead of listing the tools and techniques in a list and going through them devoid of a context or project, I cover all the tools and techniques comprehensively, but in the context of projects. Are you new to Adobe InDesign, or have you used it for a while but have wondered what certain tools and functions do? Well, you've come to the right course. In this complete guide to InDesign CC, you will learn everything you need to know about the world's industry-standard graphic design and publication software.
