Art=Visual
235 E. Ponce de Leon Ave.
Suite 316
Decatur, GA 30030
Phone: (404) 693-0147
Email: info@art-visual.tv
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InDesign CS4 Level
1 Course
Length
3 Days
(24 actual hours of training)
Class Fees
1 Student $945
2 Students $1590
3 Students $2085
4+ Students Call
Note: Maximum class size at our Atlanta classroom is four students. Five or more students must train on-site at their place of business. For more information, please read about our class sizes.
Note on Fees: Multiple student discounts are for multiple students from one organization.
Class Times
Classes can be held at any time per the customer's schedule, but unless arranged otherwise, classes run from 9 AM to 6 PM each day, with an hour for lunch. This equates to eight total hours of training per day, which is one to two hours more than any other software training facility or private instructor.
Description
Our InDesign CS4 Level 1 course is for those who are completely new to the software, have limited knowledge of the software, or are PageMaker or Quark users converting to InDesign. The course was designed by Steve Markos and is based on his experience as the layout designer of a nationally distributed magazine. The course covers what Steve feels are the ESSENTIALS needed to use InDesign on a competent level, allowing designers to return to work with confidence to get basic jobs done. Students completing this course will be able to create advertisements, books, flyers, newsletters, magazines, and brochures.
We are often asked why our Level 1 class is a 3-day class while everyone else offers a 2-day class. The reason is because students learn by laying out parts of an actual magazine, and thus they have multiple chances to practice every day techniques so that they have better retention of the essential skills. A 2-day InDesign class breezes through the essentials and does not give students adequate time to practice what they learn.
After completing this course a student will be able to:
• Create new InDesign projects
• Import text and graphics
• Create solid and spot colors
• Understand advanced typography terms
and features
• Work with Master Pages
• Create Paragraph and Character styles
• Ready a project for print and PDF export.
Class materials
Steve uses an actual magazine and other written materials for the class, but also provides student's with their own copy of Deke McClelland's InDesign CS4 One-On-One book to use as a reference manual.
Art=Visual classes have plenty of hands-on practices that allow students to create real world art and compositions.
Course Outline
Lesson 1: InDesign Workspace
• Toolbar and Palettes
• Customizing the workspace
• Document navigation
Lesson: 2 Setting Up a New Document
• Program and document preferences
• Creating a new document
• Slugs and Bleeds
• Rulers
Lesson 3: Modifying Your New Document
• Modifying Bleeds, Page Size, and Page Structure
• Adding Column Guides
• Adding, deleting, and arranging pages
• Layers
Lesson 4: Master Pages
• Page Numbering
• Creating, Editing, and Applying Master Pages
• Master Page Overrides
Lesson 5: Graphics
• Vector vs. Bitmap graphics
• CMYK vs. RGB graphics
• Links Panel and Resolution
• Placing graphics into a document
• Resizing and Rotating graphics
• Frame Fitting options
• Adding Illustrator graphics
• Adding PDFs
• Object stroke and fill
• Text Wrap
• Aligning graphics
• Adding Ruler Guides
• Links--missing, updating, editing original graphic
Lesson 6: Creating Objects
• Object fill and stroke colors
• Shape Tools—Rectangle, Oval, Polygon, and Line
• Stroke options
• Grouping objects
• Object effects
Lesson 7: Typography
• Character and Paragraph panels
• Small Caps font considerations
• Ligatures and Open Type fonts
• Special characters
• Glyphs panel
Lesson 8: Adding Text
• Adding text
• Text stroke and fill colors
• Text Frame Options
• Text Effects
• Import options for MS Word documents
• Paragraph and Character styles
• Text Wrap on text boxes
• Dealing with missing fonts
• Flowing and Threading text
• Word and Character count
Lesson 9: Color
• CMYK, RGB, and Spot Colors Definitions
• The Color Palette and the Swatch Palette
• Creating a solid color swatch
• Creating a Gradient
• Creating a Tint
• Creating a Spot Color
• Using the Eyedropper to create colors
• Converting Spot and RGB colors to CMYK
• Editing and Replacing colors
• Creating a Color Library
Lesson 10: Final Output and Packaging
• Spell Checking and the Find/Replace function
• Story Editor
• Preflight and Preflight Panel
• Packaging
• Page Transitions
• Export to PDF
• Export to Flash
