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Interior Design Photography
Lesson 01Lesson 01 InDesign Tips
Lesson 02Lesson 02Music L2
Lesson 03
Downloads lesson 1 Resources Try Quiz InDesign Quiz

Lesson 1 Link

https://e.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=kZ5l7DZXIr6fkHTdphfvjOFv6cP3pWdMVq7

Lesson 1.

Introduction

What is Indesign?

 a layout program . Primarily for Text – Images – Graphics -video

for making Books – Magazines- Posters- Newsletters – Brochures . For print or digital use.

Prepare for  inDesign. Plan your project , get inspiration       https://dribbble.com/search/indesign

How do you organize InDesign files?

Name your folder after your project or a unique name. Typical folder structure would be : Images Text & Fonts . However for Video create a Video folder. Suggested structure, very useful when dealing with a lot of files.

Suggested Folder Structure

Use folders and subfolders – group them by project, client, or category

Interior Design Photography InDesign

Lesson 01      Interior Design & Photography

What will you learn in this session

Setting up a Document , creating a Preset – Workspaces & Panels -The Control Panel -Creating & Saving New Workspace –Zoom & Navigation -Rectangle /Elispse Tool – Drawing -Shapes – Selection Tool Fill & Stroke Tool

InDesign Work Spaces & Panels

Workspaces  – Panels  – Controls Panel – Make New Workspace

What Are Workspaces for   i.e Each Workspace for a different Project.

 Explain panels Add Remove Panels

 Control Panel and its Relationship to Properties Panel  

Create New Workspace  With Panels :

Control – Layers – Properties – Style Packs- Links and Pages Panel at the Bottom.

Save Workspace As “ Quick Poster

Then Choose File > Users Settings > Export Users Settings ( to Export User Settings to Import to another location File > Users Settings > Export Users Settings

Panels ,Tools , Navigation

Tools & Navigation

Open example indesign file

Lesson 1 part 2

Zooming . Page Navigation Essential with large documents

Shapes Colour & Stroke Fill

Lesson 1 part.    4

Drawing Change ruler settings , Shapes filling with colour

End of Lesson 01

Lesson 2 Interior Design

Lesson Files here

https://e.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=kZ5l7DZXIr6fkHTdphfvjOFv6cP3pWdMVq7

Fonts Can be Added ViA Creative Cloud or from other Trusted sources

Option 1 Adobe Creative Cloud

Option 2 Google Fonts

Download Google Fonts

For the Header : Play Font

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Play

For Sub Header : Playpen Sans Font

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Playpen+Sans?query=playpen

For Paragraphs: Gupter Font

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Gupter

  • Mac OS X: Applications/InDesign/Fonts
  • Windows: Program Files/Adobe/InDesign [version]/Fonts

What Will Be Covered

Installing New Fonts & Saving

Character & Paragraph Styles

Creating A Style Pack

Object Styles

Text Wrapping Objects

Place Images In Text Type – Create Outlines  (Ctrl + Shift + 0 )

Combining Frames Place one image in Three Frames Object – Path- Make Compound Path

Inserting Page Numbers

Placing A Text Document

Re-naming layers Adjusting layers.

Object Opacity.

Locking & Show Hide Layers .

Selecting Multiple Images & Placing in Multiple frames. 

Creating a Basic Table

Saving As PDF for Online Pages Spread

Printing on Local Printer as a Booklet.

Saving As PDF for Print Shop

Printing On Uni Printers Follow Me

Note You must have a connection to the Printer to see the Print Settings!

Lesson 03 Templates

Click Link Here

https://e.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZpDSsZk3kBXbSura48ueGiStCoYyfqd7CX

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Lesson 2

Photography InDesign Part 2

Lesson Files here

https://e.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=kZ5l7DZXIr6fkHTdphfvjOFv6cP3pWdMVq7

Download Google Fonts

Play

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Play

Playpen Sans Font

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Playpen+Sans?query=playpen

For Paragraphs Gupter Font

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Gupter

What Will Be Covered

Installing New Fonts & Saving

Character & Paragraph Styles

Creating A Style Pack

Object Styles

Text Wrapping Objects

Place Images In Text Type – Create Outlines  (Ctrl + Shift + 0 )

Combining Frames Place one image in Three Frames Object – Path- Make Compound Path

Inserting Page Numbers

Placing A Text Document

Re-naming layers Adjusting layers.

Object Opacity.

Locking & Show Hide Layers .

Selecting Multiple Images & Placing in Multiple frames. 

Creating a Basic Table

Saving As PDF for Online Pages Spread

Printing on Local Printer as a Booklet.

Saving As PDF for Print Shop

Lesson 03 Templates

Click Link Here

https://e.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZpDSsZk3kBXbSura48ueGiStCoYyfqd7CX

Blank

Download blank

Lesson 3

Download Fonts https://fonts.google.com/

InDesign Tips

Editing Bleed Area and Columns After Document is Created

Editing Bleed Area and Columns

Creating Columns In A Text Box

Creating Columns In A Text Box

Inserting A Footnote Word Count Placed Document or Text Area Info Panel Features

Pages Adding Removing and Moving

Adding Page Numbers To Document or Booklet InDesign

Removing Hyphens Fixing Overset Text InDesign