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Adobe InDesign Advanced
Complete your page design journey with this Advanced InDesign course.Preview the first lesson free — get full access to all 34 lessons.
Advanced Provider : Patti Scully-Lane 7 chapters · 34 Lessons · 3h 48m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese
Course Description
In this advanced course, the student will learn how to work with more advanced features in Adobe InDesign. You will learn how create, save, and edit templates and create documents from those templates. You will explore color further with the Adobe color website, the color theme tool and transparency and blending modes. You will use advanced imagery techniques such as clipping paths, anchored graphics and the grid features and the gap tool to enhance your layouts. You will build interactive documents, which will include videos, animations, hyperlinks, buttons. You will export your documents as interactive PDFs and Epub files and learn the best practices for these types of files.
Learning Objectives
What You'll Learn
- Create, save, and edit templates and build new documents based on those templates
- Work with advanced layers techniques and load fonts from Adobe Fonts
- Adjust colors and create unique color palettes using the Adobe Color website and Color Theme Tool, including RGB to CMYK conversion, transparency, and blending modes
- Apply and edit graphics using clipping paths, anchored graphics, grid tools, and the gap tool
- Build interactive documents with videos, audio, animations, hyperlinks, buttons, and interactive forms
- Export documents as interactive PDFs and ePub files (fixed-width and flowable) following best practices
Key Takeaways
- This advanced course covers working with more advanced features in Adobe InDesign, building on prior knowledge of the program.
- Learners explore color further through the Adobe Color website, the Color Theme Tool, and transparency and blending modes.
- Advanced imagery techniques such as clipping paths, anchored graphics, grid features, and the gap tool are used to enhance layouts.
- Interactive documents created in the course can include videos, animations, hyperlinks, and buttons.
- The course teaches exporting documents as interactive PDFs and ePub files along with best practices for these file types.
Frequently Asked Questions
What will I learn in the Adobe InDesign Advanced course?
You will learn how to create, save, and edit templates and create documents from them; explore color with the Adobe Color website, the Color Theme Tool, transparency and blending modes; use advanced imagery techniques such as clipping paths, anchored graphics, grid features, and the gap tool; build interactive documents with videos, animations, hyperlinks, and buttons; and export documents as interactive PDFs and ePub files.
Is this an advanced-level InDesign course?
Yes. This is an advanced course in which the student learns how to work with more advanced features in Adobe InDesign.
What skills does this course help develop?
The course focuses on Adobe InDesign and works toward Adobe InDesign Certification.
Does the course cover creating interactive and exportable documents?
Yes. You will build interactive documents that include videos, audio, animations, hyperlinks, buttons, and interactive forms, and you will export your documents as interactive PDFs and ePub files (both fixed-width and flowable), learning best practices for these file types.
Does the course teach working with color?
Yes. You will explore color using the Adobe Color website and the Color Theme Tool, convert colors from RGB to CMYK, and work with transparency and blending modes to create unique color palettes.
