Learn the essentials of Adobe InDesign in this 1-Day hands-on workshop. Adobe InDesign is the industry standard tool used by artists, designers, and publishers for print and digital publishing. In this hands-on workshop, you will learn the core features and techniques of this powerful page-layout application including managing documents and pages, editing text and graphics, flowing text among pages and around artwork, working with styles, exporting for print and screen, and creating interactive documents.
Topics Covered
- Creating & Customizing Documents
- Page Setup & Layout
- Working With Parent Pages
- Working With Typography
- Applying Color
- Placing Linked & Embedded Graphics
- Sizing & Cropping Graphics
- Working With Vector Shapes
- Using Paragraph & Character Styles
- Using Object Styles
- Transforming Objects
- Exporting For Print
- Exporting For Screen
- Building interactive PDFs
- Packaging & Archiving
BRING YOUR OWN LAPTOP
Bring your own laptop with any version of the software installed. Each student works on their own laptop with course materials provided by the instructor at the start of class.
FREE FOLLOW UP SESSION
All Plexus Creative workshops include a complimentary 15-minute Zoom session to answer questions relating to workshop exercises. Follow up sessions can be booked within thirty days of workshop date.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Laura (she/they) is a New York City based multimedia artist. Her award winning projects incorporate a variety of tools and techniques including digital imaging, motion graphics, animation, video, interactivity, AI, 3D, and sound. She has taught new media art courses and studio practice workshops at Stanford University and numerous arts institutions and was a National Endowment of the Arts Digital Arts Fellow. For over two decades, she has provided creative technology training and consulting to clients including Apple, Spotify, Etsy, The New Museum, The New York Times, BET, Chanel, Havas Media, and numerous independent artists and designers.