Video description
This innovative product from Adobe Press and video2brain combines interactive video and a full-color printed reference to teach the fundamentals of InDesign CS6. Experienced instructor Kelly McCathran presents 9 hours of high quality HD video, complete with project files so viewers can practice what they’ve learned, and a printed book that provides supplemental material to enhance the video training.
Table of contents
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The InDesign Interface and Workspace
- InDesign's Workspace 00:07:25
- Using InDesign's Tools 00:08:29
- Navigating Documents and Panels 00:08:58
- Setting the Best Preferences 00:15:32
- Building a New Document and Saving a Preset 00:09:57
- Creating and Formatting Text 00:10:54
- Changing Text Color and Paragraph Settings 00:07:21
- Working with Graphics 00:06:47
- Working with Frames 00:11:59
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InDesign Project Explorations
- Placing and Formatting Text 00:09:05
- Intro to Paragraph Styles 00:09:47
- More Paragraph Styles 00:09:29
- Editing Styles for Global Updates 00:06:59
- Master Pages and Page Numbers 00:07:25
- Creating or Adding Columns 00:07:43
- Placing Images and Wrapping Text 00:07:44
- Creating Letterhead 00:09:09
- Building a Newsletter 00:09:25
- Adding a Table of Contents and Jump Page Numbers 00:10:15
- Using Selection Tools 00:06:39
- Placing, Scaling, and Aligning Several Images with Multi-Place 00:06:30
- Creating the Front of a Postcard 00:08:09
- Creating the Back of a Postcard 00:06:56
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Color Me Happy
- Creating Colors and Adding Swatches 00:06:50
- Creating a "Color Story" with the Kuler Panel 00:08:30
- Adding "Spot" or Pantone® Colors 00:06:28
- Drawing with Shapes and Lines 00:10:24
- Creating Gradients 00:14:51
- Creating Special Effects 00:08:23
- Building Object Styles 00:07:35
- Using a Clipping Path or Silhouette to Create Depth 00:03:10
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High-End Text Handling
- Building Character Styles 00:03:11
- Creating Nested Styles 00:03:37
- Nested Styles for the Power User 00:09:20
- Removing Text Formatting and Relinking Word Styles to InDesign Styles 00:07:16
- Hyphenation Settings and Widow/Orphan Control 00:07:54
- Setting Tabs 00:09:18
- Moving Beyond the Basic Tab Settings 00:09:12
- Favorite Typography Keyboard Shortcuts 00:09:34
- Using Find Font to Replace Missing Fonts 00:04:01
- Custom Bullets and the Glyphs Panel 00:08:23
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All About Pages
- Using Custom Page Numbers 00:04:49
- Creating a Section 00:06:19
- Building a Table of Contents 00:10:37
- Creating Facing-Page (Spread) Layouts 00:08:36
- Building Libraries for Frequently Used Content 00:09:23
- Working with Multiple Master Pages and Referenced Master Pages 00:07:38
- Unlocking and Resetting Master Page Items 00:05:17
- Adding Layers to Your Document 00:06:48
- Isolating, Moving, and Selecting Objects with Layers 00:04:17
- Layout Adjustment 00:03:03
- Using Liquid Layout 00:05:40
- Alternate Layouts 00:06:52
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Fun with Images
- Dragging and Dropping from Mini Bridge 00:04:20
- Dynamic Captions and Adobe Bridge 00:03:20
- Creating a Clipping Path (Silhouette) 00:05:45
- The Align Panel 00:06:49
- The Pathfinder Panel 00:08:04
- Anchored Objects 00:04:49
- The Links Panel 00:05:37
- The Content Collector and Content Placer Tools 00:02:21
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Book Features
- Creating Document Templates 00:02:10
- Building a Book 00:04:18
- Synchronizing Colors and Styles in a Book 00:03:17
- Building a Table of Contents for a Book 00:03:05
- Creating Folding Spreads 00:04:40
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Dynamic Content
- Creating Hyperlinks and Building Buttons 00:07:14
- Building Document-Wide Navigation 00:04:53
- Animating Content 00:06:37
- Creating Motion Paths 00:03:31
- Adding Object States 00:04:13
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Output
- Preflight and Packaging 00:08:52
- The Separations Preview and Ink Manager Panels 00:04:37
- Printing 00:03:41
- InDesign Color Settings 00:02:41
- Exporting to PDF and Loading PDF Settings 00:07:40
Product information
- Title: Adobe InDesign CS6 Learn by Video
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2012
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 0133066592
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