NYIM Training Rated #1 InDesign Class Training in NYC, New York

Jan. 4, 2012 - PRLog -- NYIM Training offers the most complete InDesign training in NYC, New York. Whether it's for marketing, printing/ publishing, or media design, our InDesign training will give you the skills you need to save time and money. We train all levels: Basic & Advanced. We have a new class Creating Ebooks Using InDesign CS5.5.

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http://www.newyorkinteractivemedia.com/indesign_courses_new_york_city_classes.html

Class Type:

-"Free Retakes for Life!" of that version
-Any Upgraded version of the class taken is offered at 75% off Original Price!
-Manual to keep w/ access to student files
-Access to Online Video Training Tutorials (NEW!)
-Free forum support for after class
-Mousepad with shortcuts to keep
-Hands on, goal based
-Small Classes of 4 to 9 people
-Fast NEW computers! (Windows w/ 8GB of ram or MacBook Pros)
-Comfortable chairs, convenient location
-Patient, Fun, Experienced Trainer
-We provide coffee, tea, water

Included Materials

-Adobe InDesign CS5 Printed Manual
-Extra examples and resource guide
-Shortcut sheet

When you are finished with this class you will be able to:

-Lay out a multiple page document
-Insert photos
-Create text styles
-Master documents and pages
-Flow in copy from Microsoft Word
-Send a document off to print

Examples of people who will benefit greatly from this class:

-Those seeking to feel comfortable with most InDesign tasks and duties
-Those looking to interview for positions that require up to an advanced level of InDesign
-Those going into the Print, Advertising, Graphic Design or Business Industry
Note:
We train using InDesign CS5, as it is currently the most popular version in NYC businesses. Most modules are applicable to versions CS4 and CS3.



COURSE OUTLINE
Lesson 1—Getting to Know the InDesign Work Area
Tools, sub menus and palettes
Setup up a new document
Creating document
Viewing the Document

Assignment 1: New Document Set up

Lesson 2—Working with Typography
Creating Text Frames
Flowing copy
Changing fonts and paragraph alignment
Importing copy and entering it into frames
Text frame options
Spell Checking  

Assignment 2: Text Ad  

Lesson 3—Working with Color
Applying color to objects
Creating dashed lines
Working with gradients
Creating and applying swatches and gradient swatches
Creating a tint
Multicolor gradient

Assignment 5: Create Coupon

Lesson 3—Working with Images
Placing graphics
Stacking and text wrap
Align multiple objects

Project 1: Nightclub Postcard

Lesson 4—Master Pages and Grids
Creating Master pages
Linking Master pages
Editing master page items
Keep spreads together and deleting pages
Guides, preferences baseline grid
The Layers palette

Assignment 4: Set up Master Pages for Newsletter

Lesson 5—Style Sheets and Fine-Tuning Text
Different text flow options
Creating and applying styles
Importing Styles from another document
Creating a footer and Special Characters
Finding and changing formatting and special characters
Finding and changing a missing font
Creating text on a path
Working with tabs
Drop shadows

Assignment 4: Update Newsletter

Lesson 6—Image Manipulation in InDesign
The Links palette and how to update and edit graphics in other applications
Changing display settings
Clipping Pages (Removing a white background)
Examining Photoshop paths and alpha channels
Importing Illustrator files
Placing PDF files

Assignment 6: Adjust Images for Catalog Spread


Assignment 7: Apply Color Blends to Brochure

Lesson 7—Preparing Files for Print

Preflight
Transparency flattener preview
Ink Manager
Determining how graphics print
Setting options for fonts
Creating a PDF preset
Exporting to PDF
Packaging an InDesign File

Project 2: Four Page Magazine Layout

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