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 ?

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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 Warwick

Warwick, the county town of Warwickshire lies upon the blend of the River Avon in the West Midland region of the England. It is located 11 miles south of Coventry with a population of around 31,345 according to 2011 census. The early settlement of the area was found in the Neolithic period. In the 9th century, it was the fortified settlement of the Saxons, also known as Saxon burh. During the Norman invasion of England, Warwick castle was built in the 11th century by William the Conqueror. An independent Warwick School is considered fifth oldest surviving boy’s school in the country. Many companies have set up their head offices in the town due to its close proximity to the motorway routes.

The human settlement of the area dates back to the Neolithic period. The area has been continuously occupied from the sixth century. A fortified settlement was developed at Warwick to protect the Kingdom of Mercia against the Danes. Warwick, due to its closeness with Avon and Fosse Way, was chosen as one of the ten burhs for fortification. In the medieval period, the earls of Warwick was established, and they had taken control of the city. The town walls or defensive walls were built to protect the town from the potential attackers, and presently only Westgate and Eastgate survive.

The Warwick castle became a famous tourist attraction, the castle was first converted into a stone fortress and then a country house. In 1694, the medieval town was severally affected by the Warwick Great Fire. The administration of the town is governed by Warwick District Council. The headquarters of the county council of Warwickshire is based in the town and controls the non-metropolitan county of Warwickshire. The town was affected by the Great Warwick Fire in the 17th century and destroyed much of the medieval town. Although, only older wooden buildings survive around the fringes of the town centre.

Transport

M40 motorway connects the town with the cities of Birmingham and London and A46 road connected to the Stratford-upon-Avon and Coventry. Several council off-street car parks are built in the town such as at the castle and the railway station. Warwick Railway Station serves the town and has direct rail services to London, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham. London Midland operates few peak hours trains to and from Birmingham. Parkway Railway Station is situated on the periphery of Warwick and provides commuter services to Birmingham and London. Bus services are operated in and around the county of Warwickshire by ‘Stagecoach in Warwickshire’.

Education

There are several secondary schools and state-run co-educational schools including Myton School, The King’s High School, Aylesford School and Warwick School. For higher education, the town is served by the University of Warwick lies on the southern edge of Coventry and several miles north of Warwick.

Attractions

The town is famous among the tourists for its historic charm and grand castle including the popular Literary and Folk Festivals as well as the well-known Victorian Evening. There are many museums and attractions from every era from the last thousand years include Warwick Castle, Lord Leycester Hospital, St Mary Collegiate Church, Royal Leamington Spa, The Mill Garden, Hill Close Gardens, The New Avon Bridge and much more exciting locations.  

Notable Residents

The well-known people of the town in the fields of politics, sports, architecture, journalists, artists, medical and education include:

  • John Rous
  • Anne Neville
  • Thomas Fisher
  • Edward Plantagenet
  • Abiezer Coppe
  • John Ryland
  • William Lambe
  • William Holland
  • George Greville
  • Thomas Smith
  • Farn Carpmael
  • Margaret Harrington
  • Aaron Philips
  • Naomi Phoenix
  • Paul Goodwin
  • Philip Bromley
  • Thomas Collins
  • Matty Blair
  • Josiah Court
  • Kevin R. Cox
  • Aaron Philips