Mon, Mar 16

InDesign intro

Quiz

Quiz 2

Quiz: 6:00 PM, Mon, Mar 23
Quiz preparation

The quiz covers all topics dealt with from Mon, Feb 09 to Mon, Mar 16, inclusive. Review all handouts, videos, presentations and other materials.

This includes:

  • Photoshop
    • "non-destructive" editing
    • Adjustment layers (Adjustments)
    • Filters (basic concept only, not individual filters)
  • Illustrator: Techniques and tools
    • Vector concepts
    • Clipping, compound paths, blends and gradients
    • Basic layers and creation of template layers for tracing
    • InDesign: Basic tools and techniques
    • Basic typography

Handouts include:

Today's objectives

  • Intro to page layout
  • InDesign basics
  • Type and terminology
  • Page layout concepts
  • Linking and embedding
  • Basic type
  • Styles and parent pages

Preparation and resources

Download the InDesign sample files Samples.

Download the working file for InDesign practice task Task file.

Handouts

Understanding type PDF handout

Presentations

indesign-2

Additional resources