InDesign | Time: Composition

Making a book in InDesign – make a smaller PDF

When you create a booklet in InDesign (using the Print Booklet feature) it doesn't give you many options to create…

Posted on: February 16, 2015
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InDesign Tutorials – Adobe.com

Adobe has many InDesign tutorials on their site. https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/tutorials.html Here are just a few tutorials available. Add Text and Art…

Posted on: February 10, 2015
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Creating a 2-sided booklet in InDesign

These are directions to create a small booklet in InDesign. The details are specific to the project we are doing…

Posted on: January 3, 2015
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Create a precise image grid in Indesign

This handout describes one method of creating an image grid in InDesign. There are many ways to create a grid,…

Posted on: December 18, 2014
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Creating a Text Grid layout with InDesign (columns)

1. Here's my introductory handout in creating a 12 column grid: indesign 12 column grid 2. Here's a PDF about…

Posted on: April 28, 2014
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InDesign – Adding cropmarks to an object. Great for book-making

There are times when you need to add marks to a layout so you can trim the elements, but you…

Posted on: February 12, 2014
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Blending modes in InDesign

So what ARE all of those blending modes in InDesign? Here's the Adobe Help page on the modes and their…

Posted on: February 10, 2014
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inDesign – Gridify

Courtesy of pone of your classmates Morgan Moore: "Knowing how smart Adobe is, i thought that there must be a…

Posted on: February 4, 2014
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InDesign – Placing graphics + Fitting graphics automatically

The Place command is the primary method used to insert graphics into InDesign because it provides the highest level of…

Posted on: February 3, 2014
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InDesign Basics – handout

Here's a nice handout created by Parsons faculty Wendy Letven. A good resource for the basics of InDesign. Indesign Basics…

Posted on: January 31, 2014
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Making things move in InDesign – creating animations – video

Posted on: January 31, 2014
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Creating masks in InDesign – video tutorial

Here's a 5min 32sec video tutorial on creating masks. In this case the example is placing a photo inside text.…

Posted on: January 31, 2014
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