InDesign Part 3 takes your page layout skills further by covering advanced graphic techniques, interactive document creation, and digital publishing workflows. In this session, you will explore how to import and modify graphics, create clipping paths, apply transparency effects, and enhance your layouts with special visual treatments. You will also learn advanced text formatting methods, along with the tools needed to build interactive E-books, animations, page transitions, and multimedia presentations. Topics include adding sound, video, hyperlinks, advanced navigation elements, and form fields to your projects.
Class Outline
Importing and Modifying Graphics:
- Getting started with graphic placement
- Adding graphics from external programs
- Understanding the differences between vector and bitmap graphics
- Managing and updating links to imported files
- Refreshing revised graphics in your layout
- Adjusting the display quality of placed images
- Importing, sizing, and editing placed pictures
- Working with dropped backgrounds and cutout images
- Importing native Adobe graphic files, such as Illustrator and Photoshop documents
- Filling type with a graphic for creative text effects
- Using an InDesign library to organize and manage objects
Working with Transparency:
- Importing and colorizing a grayscale image
- Applying and adjusting transparency settings to objects
- Adding transparency effects to imported vector and bitmap graphics
- Importing and adjusting Illustrator files that incorporate transparency
- Applying transparency settings to text elements
- Exploring and combining multiple effects for richer visual results
Creating Adobe PDF Files with Form Fields:
- Setting up a workspace optimized for form design
- Adding various form field types to your document
- Setting the tab order of form fields for usability
- Adding a submit button to the form
- Exporting an interactive Adobe PDF file
- Testing your completed form in Acrobat Reader
Creating a Fixed-Layout EPUB:
- Creating a new document configured for fixed-layout export
- Understanding the differences between reflowable and fixed-layout EPUB formats
- Adding animation to your digital publication
- Working with interactive buttons and controls
- Adding multimedia and interactive elements, including movies, sound, animations, and hyperlinks
- Exporting your project as an EPUB file
- Using InDesign Publish Online to share your work
