United States Adobe InDesign CS4 Tutorials
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Course Description
By combining extraordinary production power and creative freedom with innovative cross-media support, Adobe® InDesign® CS4 takes page design and layout to new levels. Its advanced typography controls allow users unprecedented control over text and formatting. And with new advanced features such as Smart Guides, Spread Rotation and better interactivity for the Web, users will find endless design and delivery possibilities. In this VTC course, long time author and graphics guru, Brian White, teaches the fundamentals of InDesign before moving on to show professional hands-on document creation and manipulation. From novice to Pro, this course covers it all! Work Files from Photospin.com are included. To begin learning today, simply click on one of the video topics.
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Introduction
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| Introduction | (02:17) | T | |
| New Features Overview | (04:42) | T | |
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Interface Basics
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| The Welcome Screen | (04:13) | T | |
| Mac vs. PC Interfaces | (05:19) | T | |
| Interface Overview | (06:05) | T | |
| Panels | (04:40) | T | |
| Workspaces | (05:24) | T | |
| Control Panel | (05:31) | T | |
| Customizing Menus | (04:48) | T | |
| Customizing Shortcuts | (04:04) | T | |
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Navigating the Document
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| Tabbed Windows | (04:56) | T | |
| Changing the View | (06:08) | T | |
| Zoom Tool | (03:41) | T | |
| Hand Tool | (03:46) | T | |
| Power Zoom | (05:15) | T | |
| Navigating Pages | (04:57) | T | |
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Page Setup & Guides
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| New Documents | (06:53) | T | |
| Bleeds & Slugs | (06:08) | T | |
| Document Preset | (03:36) | T | |
| Document Measurements | (03:51) | T | |
| Document Window | (04:33) | T | |
| Pasteboard | (03:00) | T | |
| Margins & Columns | (04:59) | T | |
| Rulers Guides pt. 1 | (06:38) | T | |
| Rulers Guides pt. 2 | (03:51) | T | |
| Guides & Ruler Options | (03:39) | T | |
| Document & Baseline Grid pt. 1 | (02:43) | T | |
| Document & Baseline Grid pt. 2 | (04:47) | T | |
| Smart Cursor | (03:50) | T | |
| Smart Guides | (06:24) | T | |
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Pages & Masters
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| Pages Pallet pt. 1 | (02:40) | T | |
| Pages Pallet pt. 2 | (04:40) | T | |
| Adding Pages | (05:45) | T | |
| Duplicating & Deleting Pages | (04:24) | T | |
| Re-organizing Pages | (05:04) | T | |
| Rotating Pages | (02:34) | T | |
| Creating Master Pages pt. 1 | (04:07) | T | |
| Creating Master Pages pt. 2 | (03:09) | T | |
| Page Numbering | (05:44) | T | |
| Section Markers | (03:59) | T | |
| Multiple Master Pages pt. 1 | (03:26) | T | |
| Multiple Master Pages pt. 2 | (03:33) | T | |
| Overriding Masters | (05:43) | T | |
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Layers
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| Intro to Layers | (05:02) | T | |
| Creating Layers pt. 1 | (06:13) | T | |
| Creating Layers pt. 2 | (05:52) | T | |
| Move / Copy & Delete | (04:59) | T | |
| Text Wrap & Layers | (02:15) | T | |
| Layers & Master Pages | (03:43) | T | |
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Adobe Bridge
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| Intro to Bridge | (05:41) | T | |
| Viewing Files | (04:25) | T | |
| Organizing Files | (04:54) | T | |
| PDF & Web Output | (05:17) | T | |
| Opening Files | (05:18) | T | |
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Drawing Tools
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| Intro to Drawing Tools | (02:32) | T | |
| Line Tool | (02:56) | T | |
| Rectangle & Frame Tools | (05:41) | T | |
| Resizing Rectangles & Ovals | (04:33) | T | |
| Polygon Tool | (03:35) | T | |
| Pencil / Smooth & Erase Tools | (05:54) | T | |
| Pen Tool | (05:19) | T | |
| Curves in Action | (05:37) | T | |
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Selecting & Manipulating
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| Selecting Objects | (06:40) | T | |
| Direct Select Tools pt. 1 | (03:33) | T | |
| Direct Select Tools pt. 2 | (03:38) | T | |
| Toggling Selection Tools | (04:06) | T | |
| Moving & Positioning | (07:16) | T | |
| Rotating & Shearing | (05:44) | T | |
| Scaling Objects pt. 1 | (03:59) | T | |
| Scaling Objects pt. 2 | (04:19) | T | |
| Free Transform | (03:24) | T | |
| Transform Options Menu | (04:06) | T | |
| Transform Again | (05:14) | T | |
| Copy & Paste | (04:37) | T | |
| Duplicating / Step & Repeat | (05:24) | T | |
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Working with Objects
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| Aligning within a Frame | (06:41) | T | |
| Aligning Objects | (06:15) | T | |
| Distributing Objects | (05:00) | T | |
| Order & Locking Objects | (04:55) | T | |
| Grouping | (05:28) | T | |
| Clipping Paths pt. 1 | (03:17) | T | |
| Clipping Paths pt. 2 | (04:00) | T | |
| Photoshop Layers | (04:45) | T | |
| Object Layer Options | (02:33) | T | |
| Pathfinder pt. 1 | (03:26) | T | |
| Pathfinder pt. 2 | (03:42) | T | |
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Working with Frames
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| Creating Text Frames | (03:37) | T | |
| Moving & Resizing Text Frames | (03:24) | T | |
| Importing Text Files pt. 1 | (03:16) | T | |
| Importing Text Files pt. 2 | (03:22) | T | |
| Text Frames pt. 1 | (04:56) | T | |
| Text Frames pt. 2 | (04:03) | T | |
| Automatic Text Flow | (04:41) | T | |
| Text Frame Options pt. 1 | (05:10) | T | |
| Text Frame Options pt. 2 | (03:01) | T | |
| Master Text Frames | (06:12) | T | |
| Smart Text Reflow | (03:31) | T | |
| Frame Text Wrap pt. 1 | (03:11) | T | |
| Frame Text Wrap pt. 2 | (03:36) | T | |
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Character Formatting
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| Introduction | (02:53) | T | |
| Selecting Text | (04:30) | T | |
| Applying Fonts | (04:02) | T | |
| Font Size & Leading | (04:55) | T | |
| Changing Case | (03:30) | T | |
| Kerning | (03:45) | T | |
| Tracking | (03:31) | T | |
| Scaling / Skewing & Baseline | (04:04) | T | |
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Paragraph Formatting
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| Paragraph Alignment | (05:33) | T | |
| Setting Indents | (05:07) | T | |
| Paragraph Spacing & Drop Caps | (05:36) | T | |
| Baseline Alignment | (03:36) | T | |
| Hyphenation | (04:58) | T | |
| Rules Above & Below | (05:45) | T | |
| Setting Tabs & Indents pt. 1 | (05:49) | T | |
| Setting Tabs & Indents pt. 2 | (02:40) | T | |
| Bullets | (04:10) | T | |
| Eyedropper Tool | (02:58) | T | |
| Setting Default Type | (03:40) | T | |
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Other Text Features
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| Missing Fonts | (04:04) | T | |
| Special Characters pt. 1 | (03:57) | T | |
| Special Characters pt. 2 | (03:38) | T | |
| Footnotes pt. 1 | (04:48) | T | |
| Footnotes pt. 2 | (01:54) | T | |
| Spell Checker & Dictionary | (04:50) | T | |
| Story Editor | (05:58) | T | |
| Glyphs | (03:11) | T | |
| Type on a Path pt. 1 | (05:13) | T | |
| Type on a Path pt. 2 | (03:55) | T | |
| Conditional Text pt. 1 | (01:48) | T | |
| Conditional Text pt. 2 | (03:17) | T | |
| Conditional Text pt. 3 | (03:25) | T | |
| Conditional Text pt. 4 | (03:14) | T | |
| Conditional Text pt. 5 | (02:35) | T | |
| Find & Change Text pt. 1 | (03:00) | T | |
| Find & Change Text pt. 2 | (04:11) | T | |
| Find & Change GREP | (06:26) | T | |
| Find & Change Glyphs & Objects | (05:29) | T | |
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Stroke & Fill
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| Intro to Color | (04:34) | T | |
| Color Panel | (03:32) | T | |
| Color Modes | (04:22) | T | |
| Swatches pt. 1 | (05:23) | T | |
| Swatches pt. 2 | (02:28) | T | |
| Swatches pt. 3 | (03:46) | T | |
| Swatches pt. 4 | (03:45) | T | |
| Applying & Exporting Colors | (05:27) | T | |
| Stroke & Corner Options pt. 1 | (03:20) | T | |
| Stroke & Corner Options pt. 2 | (03:31) | T | |
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Special Effects
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| Transparency | (06:20) | T | |
| Applying Shadows pt. 1 | (02:44) | T | |
| Applying Shadows pt. 2 | (04:04) | T | |
| Applying Shadows pt. 3 | (04:26) | T | |
| Inner & Outer Glow | (02:37) | T | |
| Other Effects | (06:07) | T | |
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Tables
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| Intro – Getting Data | (03:59) | T | |
| Importing Tables | (04:00) | T | |
| Moving & Selecting Cells | (06:16) | T | |
| Inserting Columns & Rows | (04:33) | T | |
| Merging & Resizing pt. 1 | (04:46) | T | |
| Merging & Resizing pt. 2 | (02:50) | T | |
| Cell Formatting pt. 1 | (05:56) | T | |
| Cell Formatting pt. 2 | (04:25) | T | |
| Formatting Strokes | (04:53) | T | |
| Adding Graphics & Scaling | (04:05) | T | |
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Styles
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| Intro to Styles | (05:45) | T | |
| Paragraph Styles pt. 1 | (04:36) | T | |
| Paragraph Styles pt. 2 | (03:07) | T | |
| Creating a Character Style | (04:24) | T | |
| Nesting a Drop Cap | (06:25) | T | |
| Nesting Styles pt. 1 | (07:13) | T | |
| Nesting Styles pt. 2 | (04:24) | T | |
| Adding GREP Styles | (02:51) | T | |
| Setting Next Style | (05:11) | T | |
| Style Based On | (04:20) | T | |
| Bullet Styles | (05:46) | T | |
| Object Styles pt. 1 | (06:49) | T | |
| Object Styles pt. 2 | (04:26) | T | |
| Table & Cell Styles | (05:22) | T | |
| Overriding / Deleting & Groups | (04:49) | T | |
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Working with Graphics
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| Graphic Displays Options | (05:07) | T | |
| Graphic Types | (04:37) | T | |
| Placing Graphics pt. 1 | (03:31) | T | |
| Placing Graphics pt. 2 | (02:25) | T | |
| Perils of Cut & Paste | (04:38) | T | |
| In-line Graphics | (03:57) | T | |
| Anchored Objects | (07:09) | T | |
| Managing Links pt. 1 | (04:38) | T | |
| Managing Links pt. 2 | (02:42) | T | |
| Managing Links pt. 3 | (03:09) | T | |
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Interactive InDesign
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| Export to PDF pt. 1 | (02:26) | T | |
| Export to PDF pt. 2 | (03:03) | T | |
| Export to PDF pt. 3 | (04:34) | T | |
| Adding Page Transitions | (04:26) | T | |
| Buttons & Hyperlinks pt. 1 | (04:33) | T | |
| Buttons & Hyperlinks pt. 2 | (03:27) | T | |
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Creative Suite at Work
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| Overview | (01:03) | T | |
| Introduction | (03:34) | T | |
| ID & Bridge | (05:38) | T | |
| ID & Photoshop | (05:17) | T | |
| ID & Illustrator | (06:25) | T | |
| ID & Dreamweaver pt. 1 | (06:18) | T | |
| ID & Dreamweaver pt. 2 | (01:23) | T | |
| ID & SWF Movies | (05:14) | T | |
| ID & Flash | (02:42) | T | |
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Other Document Features
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| Templates | (04:04) | T | |
| Libraries | (05:16) | T | |
| Snippets | (02:22) | T | |
| Importing ID Files | (04:01) | T | |
| Notes | (03:14) | T | |
| Creating a Book pt. 1 | (03:06) | T | |
| Creating a Book pt. 2 | (03:15) | T | |
| Creating a Book pt. 3 | (03:11) | T | |
| Table of Contents | (05:11) | T | |
| Connect Now | (02:52) | T | |
| Kuler | (03:48) | T | |
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Previewing & Printing
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| Live Pre-flight | (06:48) | T | |
| Output Options pt. 1 | (05:41) | T | |
| Output Options pt. 2 | (03:36) | T | |
| Packaging for Print | (04:40) | T | |
| Print Basics | (05:40) | T | |
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Final Thoughts & Considerations
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| Using the Included “Work Files” | (02:09) | T | |
| Closing Remarks | (02:06) | T | |
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Credits
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| About the Author | (01:07) | T | |
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| Course: | Adobe InDesign CS4 |
| Author: | Brian White |
| SKU: | 33978 |
| ISBN: | 1-935320-36-X |
| Release Date: | 2009-03-31 |
| Duration: | 16.5 hrs / 222 tutorials |
| Work Files: |
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| Captions: | Available on CD and Online University |
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