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Design Graphic Design & Illustration InDesign

Adobe InDesign CC - Essentials Training Course

Build company newsletters, brochures, annual reports. Learn typography, color theory & graphic design skills in InDesign
Bestseller
Rating: 4.7 out of 54.7 (10,677 ratings)
41,334 students
Created by Daniel Walter Scott, Instructor HQ
Last updated 11/2020
English
English, French [Auto], 
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • You will be able to add InDesign to your CV
  • You will be able to start earning money from your InDesign Skills.
  • You will have over 5 of your own projects to add to your portfolio.
  • You will build a flyer in InDesign.
  • You will create a postcard design.
  • You will build a company brochure.
  • You will create a magazine layout.
  • You will create a company newsletter.
  • You will create your own business card.
  • You will build stationery for a business including letterhead & comp slip.
  • You will build a longer annual report document.
  • You will create & use corporate colors.
  • You will create your own colors to use in your designs.
  • You will learn how to pick complimentary fonts for you design.
  • You will resize, rotate & crop images.
  • 76 lectures 5+ hours of well structured content.
  • Learn how to create PDF files ready for printing.
  • You will get the finished files so you never fall behind.
  • Downloadable exercise files & cheat sheet.
  • Forum support from me and the rest of the BYOL crew.
  • Techniques used by professional graphic designers.
  • Professional workflows and shortcuts.
  • A wealth of other resources and websites to help your new career path.
Curated for the Udemy for Business collection

Requirements

  • You will need a copy of Adobe InDesign CC.
  • No previous design skills are needed.
  • No previous InDesign skills are needed.

Description

Are you scared to learn InDesign on your own? Does it look intimidating? Don't worry, I promise by the end of the first few videos you will realize InDesign is actually a simple to use program.

  • Kara: "This course definitely exceeded my expectations. I've stayed far away from InDesign because I THOUGHT it was difficult. Daniel explains things in a way that it's not frustrating and boring. If you're on the fence about Daniel's class, don't hesitate to purchase it. I've bought 2 courses from other people on here and his was the most straight-to-the-point course and it wasn't boring. I had fun learning InDesign and this course is worth so much more than you pay on Udemy. Thank you!"

Hi there, my name is  Dan. I am a graphic designer and Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI) for Adobe InDesign CC.

Together we will work through real life projects starting with a simple company flyer, then a brochure & a company newsletter. We’ll make business cards & take control of a really long annual report. You'll learn essential typographic, color theory & graphic design principals.

We will work with colour, picking your own and also using corporate colours. You will explore how to choose & use fonts like a professional. We will find, resize & crop images for your documents.

  • Margie: "This course has been a life changing experience for me! I’ve been unmotivated the past 2 years because of the fear of failure in my business endeavours. I realize now I was more afraid of not being able to comprehend what the instructor was teaching....now I’m eagerly waiting to enjoy the next course. Learning has been a positive uplifting journey for me now!"

There are projects for you to complete, so you can practise your skills & use these for your creative portfolio.

In this course I supply exercise files so you can play along. I will also save my files as I go through each video so that you can compare yours to mine - handy if something goes wrong.

Know that I will be around to help - if you get lost you can drop a post on the video 'Questions and Answers' below each video and I'll be sure to get back to you.

  • Damayanti: "So thankful for this! it's my first time learning this program, but I can confidentially say that Daniel is a great choice as an instructor. What I really love is that you guys are really teaching each and everything that new comers like me need to learn to become a pro. Zero to Hero is the right slogan you guys used! Glad I get to learn through here!"

I will share every design trick I have learnt in the last 15 years of designing. My goal is for you to finish this course with all the necessary skills to start making beautiful documents using Adobe InDesign CC.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who wants to start using InDesign in their career & get paid for their design skills.
  • This course is for people completely new to InDesign. No previous design or publishing experienced is necessary.
  • This is a relaxed, well paced introduction that will enable you to produce most common publications. Only basic computing skills are necessary - If you can send emails and surf the internet then you will cope well with our course.

Featured review

Lee Widegren Lundin
Lee Widegren Lundin
3 courses
2 reviews
Rating: 4.5 out of 5a week ago
It contained exactly what I expected and wanted to learn - and also some bits that I did not know I wanted to learn but that was super helpful! Really good foundational course and I think this will be very useful knowledge! I especially wanted to learn how to work in long document formats, but I can tell now that I will probably be able to use this for other things as well!

Course content

8 sections • 79 lectures • 7h 8m total length

  • Preview02:19
  • Preview02:42
  • What does Adobe InDesign do?
    Preview01:34
  • What are the differences between InDesign and PageMaker, Illustrator, Photoshop,
    Preview05:10

  • How to change MM to Inches & changing UK to US dictionary in InDesign?
    01:39
  • New document in InDesign - what is bleed & slug?
    08:08
  • How to create your own RGB & CMYK colors in Adobe InDesign
    08:39
  • How do I steal colors from a logo using InDesign?
    03:14
  • How to color the background of a page in InDesign
    03:33
  • Importing resizing rotating & flipping images & Logos inside InDesign
    07:53
  • How to Import text from Microsoft Word into Adobe InDesign
    05:46
  • How to group, ungroup & rotate images in Adobe InDesign
    05:12
  • How to make a dotted line, dashed line & borders in InDesign
    05:20
  • How best to preview your work in Adobe InDesign
    05:16
  • How to make a simple PDF from InDesign
    06:43
  • How to save your InDesign file as a JPEG
    03:18
  • Why should I use CC Libraries in InDesign?
    05:08
  • How to share your InDesign files with others by using package document
    04:26
  • Class Exercise 1
    03:24
  • Assignment 1: Page Flyer
    1 question

  • Ideas, Inspiration & starter templates
    04:59
  • Working with other people's InDesign documents, missing images
    03:12
  • How to find missing fonts in InDesign?
    04:27
  • How to replace images in InDesign?
    01:30
  • Opacity, transparency and see through ness in Adobe InDesign
    02:29
  • Why is InDesign adding [Converted] and making me save as
    01:06
  • What if I can’t find the InDesign file - can I open the PDF?
    02:37

  • Creating a new company newsletter or brochure, what are spreads
    06:58
  • How to use a Master Page in Adobe InDesign
    05:33
  • How do I add automatic page numbering to a InDesign file
    04:12
  • Removing a masterpage & deleting parts off the master page in InDesign
    02:30
  • Production Video 1
    02:53
  • What is Effective PPI & Image resolution in the InDesign links panel
    06:52
  • How to add drop shadows to an image or logo in InDesign
    04:20
  • What is TypeKit used for in Adobe InDesign?
    08:37
  • How to add the Copyright, Registered & Trademark symbols in InDesign
    05:08
  • Where can I find the different versions of letters in InDesign - Ligatures
    03:35
  • How to add placeholder text & lorem ipsum & get a word count in InDesign
    03:04
  • Importing Text from Microsoft Word & keeping or removing the formatting
    02:58
  • Creating Columns in a text box using Adobe InDesign
    01:46
  • How do I justify text & turn off hyphenation in InDesign
    03:59
  • What is a the space after & leading in Adobe InDesign
    05:22
  • How to underline text with a full width line in Adobe InDesign
    01:53
  • How do I make a paragraph style in Adobe InDesign
    06:06
  • How do I update a Paragraph Style in Adobe InDesign
    04:28
  • How to us Find & Change to remove double spaces after a period or full stop
    02:37
  • Stealing colours from images, is there a format painter in Adobe InDesign?
    03:09
  • InDesign Class Exercise 2 - Magazine Spread
    04:22
  • Assignment 2: Magazine Spread
    1 question

  • How to bring in lots of text into InDesign at once
    08:11
  • How do I import paragraph styles from another document?
    12:45
  • How do I insert completely blank pages in Adobe InDesign?
    02:03
  • How do I create a gradient in Adobe InDesign?
    07:20
  • Do I need to use layers in Adobe InDesign?
    05:29
  • Opacity advanced, mater warks and Transparency Effects in Adobe InDesign
    04:24
  • How do I add rounded corners to an image or box in Adobe InDesign?
    02:53
  • How to add a large first letter to my text aka Drop Cap?
    02:16
  • How do I increase the space between letters in Adobe InDesign aka Tracking or Ke
    02:32
  • How do I get text to move around an image or shape using text wrap?
    03:57
  • Why can’t I put text over anything that has text wrap applied?
    03:25
  • How to draw an arrow or triangle or star in Adobe InDesign?
    06:40
  • How do I put an image inside other shapes like a circle - cropping?
    02:47
  • What is Adobe Stock?
    04:17
  • Where can I find free images & icons that I can use for my business?
    04:23
  • How do I add bullets and numbered lists in Adobe InDesign?
    00:51
  • How can I create a table inside Adobe InDesign?
    07:10
  • How do I convert tables from Microsoft Word or Excel into Adobe InDesign?
    04:26
  • How do I get images to move with the text in Adobe InDesign?
    03:22
  • How do I create a Line Break, Column Breaks & Page Breaks in Adobe InDesign?
    04:17
  • How do I make an automatic table of contents in Adobe InDesign?
    04:46
  • How do you change the tabs in Adobe InDesign?
    04:30
  • Can i change the numbering of my pages so 1 starts later in the InDesign file?
    03:26

  • How do I combine Microsoft Excel spreadsheet in InDesign?
    09:04
  • CLASS EXERCISE: Create your own business card
    01:16
  • Assignment 3: Create your own business card
    1 question

  • How to create a mockup for your portfolio using InDesign
    04:07
  • Preview40:41
  • Preview28:15
  • BONUS: Software Updates 2021
    20:07
  • What to do after this InDesign tutorial course?
    01:31
  • Class project for your own portfolio
    03:51
  • Assignment 4: Portfolio
    1 question

  • InDesign cheat sheet & shortcuts
    13:31

Instructors

Daniel Walter Scott
Adobe Certified Instructor & Adobe Certified Expert
Daniel Walter Scott
  • 4.7 Instructor Rating
  • 114,597 Reviews
  • 370,285 Students
  • 28 Courses

Sharing is who I am, and teaching is where I am at my best, because I've been on both sides of that equation, and getting to deliver useful training is my meaningful way to be a part of the creative community.

I've spent a long time watching others learn, and teach, to refine how I work with you to be efficient, useful and, most importantly, memorable. I want you to carry what I've shown you into a bright future.

I have a wife (a lovely Irish girl) and kids. I have lived and worked in many places (as Kiwis tend to do) – but most of my 14+ years of creating and teaching has had one overriding theme: bringing others along for the ride as we all try to change the world with our stories, our labours of love and our art.

I'm a certified Adobe instructor (ACI) in Ireland. I'm also an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) and have completed the Adobe Certified Associate training (ACA). And I don't just do Adobe. Remember, media is a very broad term – digital blew out the borders, so we are all constantly learning.

I've been teaching for 14+ years. I come from being a media designer and content creator – so I understand exactly where you're at now. I've been there. I love this stuff. Print, digital publishing, web and video. I can see how it all connects. And I can see how we can share those connections.

I built Bring Your Own Laptop in Ireland, New Zealand, Australia & online. I have a great team working with me to keep BYOL at the top of Adobe and digital media training. I understand business, I have one – so I know how important it is to get it right and make it work for you.

Now my focus is on Udemy. It's my mission to bring you the best training for digital media on Udemy.

Daniel Walter Scott

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We also offer courses detailing the production techniques necessary to begin and grow into a experienced and successful trainer. 

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