An introduction to the principles of designing, laying out and planning books and magazines using Adobe InDesign. Learn how to use InDesign’s various functions and tools to create these types of publications. Follow along step by step as you are shown how to go from a blank page to creating a beautiful book or similar publication. This intermediate course is suitable for those with some InDesign experience.
What you'll learn:
- How to set up a basic double page spread
- Populate your double page spread with images, text and colour
- How to select colours, images and typefaces to create a professional-standard design
- Apply editorial design principles to your layout
- Add headers and footers to your pages
- Create a cover
- Identify how to run a basic error / pre-flight check on your document
- Save and prepare your work for a printing press
You will need to have access to Adobe InDesign for the course.