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| It almost looks like a real magazine |
.... and I am enjoying every minute of the crazy. I love getting to be creative, and InDesign is giving can do 3D Effects? You can even put one image into multiple frames.
me new ways to achieve this. I remember looking at the magazine covers and wondering how
they made the headlines, articles, designs for ads. Now I know how to drive myself
mental attempting to perfect my page in an effort to accomplish the same task. InDesign
has several features to help you create pretty much anything you’d like to look
professionally printed. However, learning to use those features can be very
difficult without instruction. There are so many options with this program,
that it can really boggle the mind. Did you know you
I am still a beginner with this program, but I am really having fun getting frustrated by it. Starting from the beginning:
If you’re looking for something more in depth, namely
information on a specific tool or feature Layers Magazine has a tutorial on the Color Theme Tool. Once there, “You’ll learn how to create and change color themes from any
pixel- or vector-based image in your document.”
There is an archive of tutorials there as well, many of them several years old- which is good if you happen to have an older version.
Pluralsite also offers tutorials on InDesign from beginner
to pro with 23 courses and videos ranging from 45 minutes to 7 hours. The videos are broke down into sections so you
can pick and choose what you watch, and in what order. However, you have to be
a member to watch anything. (I didn’t
sign up)
I chose to look for magazine tutorials since that’s what
we were working on in class. I had a lot of trouble finding a photo I wanted
and creating what I wanted - how I wanted it. Therefore, I decided to see what I
could find. This was the 7th video I clicked on.
The others were
lacking something, often actual direction.
This is part 2:
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