How to Wow InDesign Advanced
with Mike McHugh/Wayne Rankin DVD-ROM Learn how to produce cutting-edge documents using features including the updated Story Editor, Nested Styles, Separation Previews, Converting QuarkXpress Files, Advanced Tables, Long Documents, Transparency, Special Colors, Varnishes, Vector Artwork, Master Pages and Templates. How to Wow InDesign Advanced
with Mike McHugh/Wayne Rankin DVD-ROM Learn how to produce cutting-edge documents using features including the updated Story Editor, Nested Styles, Separation Previews, Converting QuarkXpress Files, Advanced Tables, Long Documents, Transparency, Special Colors, Varnishes, Vector Artwork, Master Pages and Templates. Lessons Chapter 1 : InDesign CS Advanced 1
Lesson 1 : Converting Quark Files
If you have been Using Quark for many years or you need to open any Quark documents, you will need to check a few things first and follow a few simple steps.
Lesson 2 : Setting Cool Headings
Learn some special tips for kerning and setting fonts. Also use the eyedropper tool to copy cool heading styles from one place to another.
Lesson 3 : Setting Cool Body Text
This lesson looks at bad line breaks and hanging punctuation among a host of typographic treats.
Lesson 4 : Advanced Tables 1
Just creating a table is easy, but there are some things about creating tables that’s not so easy. In this example, we add rounded corners to a table.
Lesson 5 : Advanced Tables 2
In this comprehensive lesson, we add several photos and style text with style sheets to a table. Chapter 2 : InDesign CS Advanced 2
Lesson 6 : Drag and Drop Template
This template uses master pages and place holders for images to create a great contact sheet template.
Lesson 7 : Newsletter Template
This template may be applied to many different applications and updated very easily with style sheets and master pages.
Lesson 8 : Long Documents
When your documents get longer than just a few pages, you need a few extra tricks. Learn auto page numbers, sections, chapters, etc.
Lesson 9 : Special Documents
Learn to set up documents with two folds and shuffle pages around using the pages palette to create any kind of document format.
Lesson 10 : Creating a Folio
We create an Interactive PDF folio with movies, buttons and more. Chapter 3 : InDesign CS Advanced 3
Lesson 11 : Using Transparency
Creating this CD cover, we use just about the whole bag of tricks with transparency. Learn drop shadows and feathering, as well as opacity and blend modes.
Lesson 12 : Special Colors
Special printing inks can make your job really sing. Here we create varnishes and mixed ink groups, as well as use other special inks.
Lesson 13 : Vector Art
Packaging jobs often requires some fancy vector artwork and on this wine label, it does not get any fancier. We show how to use Illustrator and InDesign hand in hand.
Lesson 14 : Printing and PDF
We show you how to save print settings as well as choosing the right PDF settings for the right job.
Lesson 15 : Preparing Artwork
This lesson covers a few simple rules to follow when getting documents ready for press by looking at layers as well as transparency settings.
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