Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Adobe tutorial

How to create an Indesign layout from scratch.
1. Open Indesign
2. Create new doc
3. Go off of default size, facing pages, two pages, add bleed, half inch margins.
4. Turn off allow document pages to shuffle.
5. Put pages side by side.
6. Create frame, fill it with a color from swatches.
7. Lock frame
8. Grab image from mini bridge and drag into page.
9. Position image correctly.
10. Check to make sure all fonts needed are installed correctly or replace font with one you have.
11.  Place text into page.
12.  Enlarge text to desired size.
13.  Create new frame for title.
14. Add title, change to desired style, size and color.
15. Move to right hand size of the spread.
16. Create new frame.
17. Place letter that starts the paragraph in a frame to make it larger to add emphasis.  In this tutorial, I was used.
18. Discover desired size.
19. Add desired text that goes with large I.
20. Add text wrap onto image so that the text winds around it if needed.
21.  Make sure text wrap goes around only the image by selecting the choice, detect the edge of image.
22. Add any last desired text or images in any white spots.
23.  Figure out correct sizes for images and text.
24.  After completion, press command w to clear all background details and lines to view final project.

Beginning shot.

Final shot.


Source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4I809YXmZ4


 

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