Adobe InDesign Masterclass

Navigating Adobe InDesign software

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The Adobe InDesign Masterclass course equips the delegates with the essential knowledge and skills required to produce and publish digital magazines, brochures, flyers and interactive online document for mobile, print and desktop. The delegates will gain a solid understanding of the industry-leading page design and layout application and learn best ways of doing everything in InDesign. The course introduces delegates to the various tips and tricks to handle long and complex documents without any sign of delay and refine the copy to the last tiny detail. The powerful and time saving typographic features of Adobe InDesign allows the users to become more efficient and productive at work.      

  • Become Adobe Certified with MSP Training

  • Learn how to create professional quality print material

  • Learn various tips and tricks of Adobe InDesign in one day

  • Course delivered by highly experienced and well certified instructors

WHAT'S INCLUDED ?

Find out what's included in the training programme.

Includes

Key Learning Points

Clear and concise objectives to guide delegates through the course.

Includes

Tutor Support

A dedicated tutor will be at your disposal throughout the training to guide you through any issues.

Includes

Certificate

Delegates will get certification of completion at the end of the course.

PREREQUISITES

No formal prerequisites are required for attending the Adobe InDesign Masterclass course.

TARGET AUDIENCE

The Adobe InDesign Masterclass course is targeted at individuals who want to gain knowledge of InDesign. These include:

  • Graphic Designers
  • Marketing Managers
  • Brand Managers
  • Creative Professionals
  • Web Designers
  • Web Developers

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

  • Layout text and graphics in a document
  • Learn typographic and typesetting techniques
  • Automate the workflow with master pages
  • Modify the appearance of documents using colours
  • Work with Character and Paragraph formats
  • Share text and object styles between users

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Adobe InDesign is the desktop publishing application that enables the users to place text and images, apply text styles, work with colour and multiple frames, scale, crop and reposition images and create an automatic table of content. The Adobe InDesign Masterclass course helps in gaining essential skills and knowledge on working with Adobe InDesign. The InDesign training takes less time, fast-track work process and more of visual effects. It is also supportive in getting desktop publishing jobs easily and give thrust to your career. By the completion of the course, the delegates will be able to use tools and techniques of Adobe InDesign more effectively and confidently and see an exceptional difference in the quality of their templates.  


PROGRAM CONTENT

Introduction to Adobe InDesign

  • Overview of InDesign Interface
  • Overview of the toolbox
  • Create and save workspaces
  • Specify page attributes
  • Document setup
  • Adjust document setup
  • Create Shapes
  • Use ruler guides
  • Set Margins and columns
  • Lock a point in the proxy box
  • Use x and y references
  • Show hidden characters
  • Rotate, resize and reposition

Text Frames in InDesign

  • Specifying frame options
  • Text frame properties
  • Frame alignment options
  • Fitting content to a frame
  • Changing a frames content
  • Locking and unlocking
  • Grouping and ungrouping
  • Magnification and views
  • Placing text files
  • Linking and unlinking text frames
  • Introduction to typography

Functioning of Multiple Frames

  • Grouping and alienation of different objects
  • Objects distribution
  • Loading objects
  • Conversion and transformation of shapes
  • Use of various layer panels
  • Using objects in layers

InDesign Master Pages

  • Creation and editing Master Pages
  • A number of Master Pages
  • Locking/ unlocking of Master pages
  • Master page section and page numbering

InDesign long documents

  • Creating and editing TOC’s
  • Applying independent styles to TOC’s
  • Books and Chapters
  • Indexing, creating/Editing/updating
  • Indexing working with cross reference

InDesign pen tool

  • Use pen tool
  • Use of pen tool to create angles and curves
  • Work with compound path
  • Freehand shapes
  • Know the Bezier Pen
  • Bezier Curves

Type and Images

  • Work with Text and images
  • Work with the text wrap
  • Remove backgrounds from the text wrap and text insets

InDesign Interactive Panels

  • Interactive media
  • Use of multi-media for digital devices
  • Transitions of page
  • Object states
  • Rich media

InDesign and Photoshop Roundtripping

  • Photoshop and InDesign techniques
  • Work with Photoshop images
  • Combine Photoshop with InDesign

InDesign art tools

  • Colours dropping or colour matching
  • Type on a path
  • Transparency panel
  • Objects, styles, 3D
  • Working with External artwork

InDesign advanced image handling

  • Dynamic text wrapping
  • Alpha channels from Photoshop
  • Clipping paths
  • Image formatting

InDesign Print

  • Preview
  • Export to .PDF
  • Preflight and package
  • PDF options including security
  • Export from one format to other format options

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ABOUT Luton

Luton is a large town in the historic county Bedfordshire in the East of England with a population of around 216,800 according to 2011 census. It is situated 30 miles northwest of London and 22 miles southeast of Milton Keynes. London Luton Airport, one of the major airport of United Kingdom is located 1.7 miles east of the town centre and was opened in 1938. The town is home to the University of Bedfordshire and the English Football League Two team or League Two team is also based in the city. The town remained popular for its hat making business for many years. The headquarters of the Vauxhall Motors, one of the oldest vehicle manufacturers in Great Britain is based in the town. The largest one day carnival of Europe ‘Luton International Carnival’ is held every year in the Luton.

History

The traces of the early human settlement of the area was found at Mixes hill and Round Green. The 250,000 years old Palaeolithic encampments were also found at the same place. The remains of the Neolithic period included Waulud’s Bank is much more common. It has been believed that the town is discovered by the Anglo-Saxons in the 6th century and named the city after River Lea. The town’s population was around 800, and the economy was based on the agriculture. The work of the St Mary’s Church was completed in 1137. In 1139, a motte and bailey castle was built, later on, it was demolished in 1154. The place of the castle is now occupied by British fashion and homeware retailer, Matalan. There were six watermills in the town during the Medieval Period.  

In the 13th century, a market for surrounding villages was held in the town every year. The second fair was granted to the town from 1338 with the growth of the town. The town was severally affected by the large fire in 1336. However, the town was rebuilt rapidly after the fire. The agriculture base of the town was replaced by brick making industry in the 16th century, and many older wooden houses were rebuilt in brick. The Royalists entered the town during the English Civil War and demanded goods and money in the 17th century. The royalists were attacked by parliamentary forces, and most of the royalists escaped from the town. The hat making industry dominated the economy of the town by the 18th century. The hat making business is still into operations but on the very smaller scale. In 1722, the first Luton Workhouse was built on Dunstable Road.

The population of the town was recorded 3095 in 1801. The town saw a large expansion in the 19th century resulted in the population of around 39,000 by 1901. The gas was supplied to the town in 1834 and gas street lights were elevated in 1847. The work of water and sewerage system was completed in 1860 followed by the major epidemic cholera spread in the town in 1848. The town gained the status of the borough in 1876. The hat making industry was replaced by other industries in the 20th century. The largest car plant was opened by Vauxhall Motors in 1905 and employed 30,000 people. The production of cars was ended in 2000, and the plant closed in 2002.   

Economy

Traditionally, the town’s economy has been based on Car manufacturing and engineering sector. The focus of the economy is now shifting to service industry particularly in the retail and airport sectors. However, the light industry still operates in the town. The town is home to the headquarters of the well-known firms including Monarch Airlines, EasyJet, Vauxhall Motors and Impellam Group. The principal employers in the town include Luton Borough Council, Aircraft Service International Group, Menzies Aviation, University of Bedfordshire and Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.