InDesign

Adobe InDesign is a professional desktop publishing application you lets you create stunning page layouts, creative print media, e-books and other digital publications faster and more efficiently. InDesign is used to create things such as posters, brochures, flyers, magazines, newspapers, and even books. InDesign is a program that is commonly used by graphic designers and people in production; however, it’s also used by writers, publishers, and others who want to create their own material. Adobe InDesign makes this easy.

Course Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO):

Learners will learn that what Adobe InDesign is and how it can be used.
Learners will learn creating and viewing documents as well as navigating your workspace.
Learners will learn working with graphics and formatting objects and managing and transforming objects.
Learners will learn character and paragraph formatting and using styles.
Learners will learn Demonstrate packaging and printing with Adobe InDesign, Load and Interactive Documents.

Who should Attend:

Students and professionals who want to learn Graphic design
Diploma or Bachelor in media production or visual communication.
Those who want to improve career skill and career promotion.

Personal Impact:

Will be a professional Editorial
Can be create multipage books and any newspapers printing areas
Able to manage design client.
Certified and skilled
Enhancing career development.

Organizational Benefits:

Increase productivity
Works will be professional
New technology implementing
Time saving.
Increasing reputation.

Certificate and Professional Qualification:

TPI accomplished Certificate

Course Duration: 20 hour

Daily Outline:

Getting Start with InDesign

Looking at the workspace
Working with panels
Customizing the workspace
Changing the magnification of a document
Navigating through a document
Using context menus
Modifying Interface preferences
Exploring on your own

Getting to Know InDesign

Viewing guides
Preflighting as you work
Adding text
Working with styles
Working with graphics
Working with objects
Working with object styles
Viewing the document in Presentation mode
Exploring on your own

Setting up a Document and Working with Pages

Creating and saving custom document settings
Creating a new document
Switching between open InDesign documents
Working with master pages
Applying master pages to document pages
Adding new document pages
Rearranging and deleting document pages
Changing the size of pages
Adding sections to change page numbering
Overriding master page items on document pages and placing text and graphics.

Working with Objects

Working with layers
Creating and modifying text frames
Creating and modifying graphics frames
Adding metadata captions to graphics frames
Placing and linking graphics frames
Changing the shape of a frame
Wrapping text around a graphic
Modifying the shape of frames
Transforming and aligning objects
Selecting and modifying grouped objects
Creating a QR code
Finishing up

Working with Typography

Adjusting vertical spacing
Changing fonts and type styles
Fine-tuning columns
Changing paragraph alignment
Creating a drop cap
Adjusting letter and word spacing
Adjusting line breaks
Setting tabs
Adding a rule above a paragraph

Importing and Modifying Graphics

Adding graphics from other programs
Comparing vector and bitmap graphics
Managing links to imported files
Updating revised graphics
Adjusting display quality

Printing and Exporting

Preflighting files
Packaging files
Creating an Adobe PDF proof

Assessment Method:

Exams require candidates to engage in on-the-job types of problem-solving. Question types include multiple-choice single answer, multiple-choice multiple answer, drag-and-drop, fill-in-the-blank,simulations, and lab Exercises which is mapping the objectives of the course which will analyses the learners Indented Learning Outcome (ILO).

Job Role:

Graphic design.
Professional Art Director
Visual art director

Learning Path:

Bachelor in Fine Arts -> Adobe InDesign ->Graphic designer, Editorial designer
Bachelor in Multimedia ->Adobe Illustrator ->Graphic designer, Art director, Editorial designer.
Diploma in Graphics ->Adobe Illustrator ->Graphic designer, Editorial designer.
Personal Interest -> Adobe Illustrator ->Editorial designer