InDesign Introduction Course
This InDesign Introduction Training course teaches you the tools and techniques to create, design and publish professional and attractive spreads and layouts for both digital and print output.
It’s available both as an online InDesign Course held virtually with a live instructor or hosted onsite at your premises.
It’s ideal for anyone wanting to update /edit existing documents /templates or create new documents from scratch.
Who is this InDesign Introduction Training Course for?
This is perfect for complete beginners to InDesign or those with limited knowledge looking to refresh their existing skills. It is perfect for anyone who needs to upgrade their skills for a new position or to learn it for education or business.
It’s currently very popular with small business owners, the construction industry, designers and most other industries. Over the years the course has been delivered to a wide range of delegates including marketeers, designers, content creators, educators, publishing, administration, construction, finance to name a few.
What do you learn on this InDesign Introduction Training Course?
Set up new documents from scratch using professional print settings such as slug & bleed, set document size etc depending on its destination ie. digital or print. The course is very hands on and during your training course you will work with different types of text, placing & flowing text and how to set up styles for type consistency throughout a document /or series of documents. You will also work with things such as Master Pages & Grids to give your spreads exact positioning, page numbering and layouts in the documents.
During the InDesign Course you will find out how to purpose documents for both print, web and social media and understand the different file formats and processes for output. The course also covers various design techniques and shows you how to make publications look both professional and elegant.
So with this in mind we work with images, shades, colours and typefaces to add sheen to your designs.
InDesign & PDF
The course dips into InDesign’s interactive side and shows you how to repurpose content /create new content to publish an interactive InDesign documents containing links, video and bookmarks.
The full InDesign Course content can be viewed at the bottom of the screen but in short you will learn to:
- Work with the InDesign Interface, Tools, Panels & Window Menu
- Edit & Update Existing Inherited Documents
- Create New Documents for Digital & Print Output
- Work with Type (threaded & placed)
- Create, Edit Character & Paragraph Styles
- Add & Edit Bulleted /Numbered Lists
- Work with Links Panel
- Work with Colour, Swatches & Gradients
- Work with CC Libraries
- Publish for Print
- Export to PDF (Interactive & Print)
How do online InDesign Introduction Training Courses work?
Our Online InDesign Training Courses are delivered virtually to you at a time and date to suit your diary.
All of our virtual InDesign training runs with a live instructor who you can interact with throughout your course via video, chat and sharing screens in real time. All our digital design courses are available online.
Do you run InDesign Training Courses at the weekends?
Our Online InDesign Courses are available on any time zone so we can offer 24 hour availability and over the weekend.
We run our online training sessions via the most popular video conferencing software including Zoom, Teams, Google and WebEx. It’s your choice which one you prefer.
We are happy to record your training session for you to refer back to after the training.
How do onsite InDesign Training Courses work?
This InDesign training is also hosted on your premises for either individuals or small company groups. You benefit from this more personal approach to InDesign training as:
- The training is focused entirely on your and your company requirements
- No traveling involved for you or your team
- The approach is focused specifically on you and your specific needs this is not a generic one size fits all course.
- Prior to the training we organise a meeting to discuss the course and then tailor it to suit you /your team.
- Flexible dates and times to suit you
Do you run online Adobe Courses at the weekends?
Our Online Photoshop Courses are available on any time zone so we can offer 24 hour availability and over the weekend.
We run our online training sessions via the most popular video conferencing software including Zoom, Teams, Google and WebEx. It’s your choice which one you prefer.
We are happy to record your training session for you to refer back to after the training.
All our digital design courses are available online.
Added Bonus about Online Training Courses
An added bonus of our online courses is there’s no travel involved meaning less stress on the planet so environmentally it makes great sense.
No fighting traffic or public transport first thing in the morning just get up, have tea /coffee, something to eat, then turn on the computer and we’ll be there ready to deliver your course.
And by the way we don’t care if you’re wearing your Jim-Jams or last nights lop-sided party hat.
All our digital design courses are available online. If you have any questions about any of our Online Adobe Training courses please do not hesitate to pick up the phone or drop us an email.
Photoshop Introduction Course, what will I learn?
On this Introduction to Photoshop Course learn how to retouch, recolour and repair your photographs and learn the techniques needed to produce professional images for both business and personal objectives.
You also learn good practice by finding out how to include Adobe’s non destructive workflows such as Adjustment layers and SmartObjects
Please note for the AI part of the course you will need to have a later version of the software as earlier ones don’t support this feature.
- The course shows you how to design and prepare for print, digital and social media using the same methods as professional designers & photographers.
- Work with Photoshop Tools, Panels & Interface
- Understand Layers, Adjustment Layers and None-Destructive workflows
- Smart Objects & Smart Filters
- Neural Filters /Generative Fill /Generative Prompts
- Work with Colour
- Gradients & Swatches
- Selection Tools & Techniques
- Selections & Masks
- Learn to prepare images for both print and digital output
The full Photoshop Training overview is at the bottom of the screen
Onsite Photoshop Courses, what are the benefits?
There are a number of benefits to onsite Photoshop training courses but the main ones are and always have been that:
The training is focused entirely on your and your company requirements.
There is no traveling involved for you or your team saving travel and expenses.
Onsite Creative Cloud training courses tend to be cheaper than the more traditional training.
Once booked in we organise an online meeting where we discuss your aims, content preferences and any logistics for the course making sure the time runs smoothly.
Our courses are all flexible over dates and times so please get in touch to discuss both availability in your area and how we can help with your training objectives.
Is this Photoshop Course suitable for beginners?
Being an Introduction to Photoshop this course is ideal for complete beginners to the software or those with minimal experience but looking to increase their current skill level
Do I need any experience of Photoshop before taking the course?
Absolutely not for this course all you need is computer skills on either a MAC or a PC.
How does Online Photoshop Training Work?
This introduction to Photoshop is also run online in a virtual classroom which means you have constant contact with your own live instructor.
All of our virtual Photoshop training courses are hosted with a live instructor who you can interact with throughout your course via video, chat and sharing screens in real time. All our digital design courses are available online.
Added Bonus about Online Training Courses
An added bonus of our online courses is there’s no travel involved meaning less stress on the planet so environmentally it makes great sense.
No fighting traffic or public transport just get up, have tea /coffee and something to eat, turn on the computer and we’ll be there ready to deliver your course.
And by the way we don’t care if you’re wearing your Jim-Jams or last nights lop-sided party hat.
All our digital design courses are available online. If you have any questions about any of our Online Adobe Training courses please do not hesitate to get in touch for an informal chat.
We travel extensively across the UK to deliver Onsite InDesign Training Courses. This includes all cities & their surrounding areas such as Derby, Leicester, Nottingham, Liverpool, York, Leeds, Sheffield, Oxford, Cheltenham, Chester, Crewe
Please get in touch to discuss InDesign Training in your area.
InDesign Introduction Course - Overviews
Getting started
Creating and saving a document
New document setup
Tools / panels
Document navigation
Print /Web /Mobile Options
InDesign & AI Tools
Using ChatGPT & Jasper with InDesign
Prompts & Knowledge Based
AI Generated Images & Templates
InDesign Style Packs
InDesign Working with Images
Placing images
Editing Images /Image Frames
Image Formats
Graphic Manipulation
Working with Photoshop
Editing Existing Documents
Open Existing Documents
Work through & Edit Existing Documents
Update Documents
Replace Missing Fonts
Replace Missing Images
Update Running Headers etc
Type Handling & Manipulation
Placing & Threading Text
Adding /Updating Character styles / Paragraph styles
Typography and Professional Layouts
Type Families & Pairing
Links Panel
Working with Links
Replacing Missing Links
Updating Links
Working with Smart Layouts
Guides
Baseline Grid /Document Grid
Rulers (zero point)
Columns & Rows
Bulleted & Numbered Lists
Add Bullets
Bullets & Hanging Indents
Adjusting Horizontal /Vertical Spacing
Changing Bullet Styles
Creating Character Styles for Bullets
Combining Type and Imagery
Text and Images
Text Wrap
Text Wrap Options
Text Outsets
Clipping paths
Working with Text Frames
Text Frames
Formatting Text frames
Text Frame Options
Text Frame /Columns /Baseline Grid
Interactive PDF’s in InDesign
Interactive Panel
Adding Hyperlinks & Bookmarks
Transitions
Animations & Timings
Publish Online
Print & Exporting Files
Preview
Preflight
Export (print) to .PDF
PDF Print Options
PDF Interactive Options
Export Menu
Colour Working
Colour models, RGB, CMYK, Spot & Pantones
Colour Management
Edit Existing Colours
Accurate Colour for Print
