Adobe InDesign 101: Getting Your Layout Right | FREE Livestream | Edinburgh

About this workshop

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Our Free Friday Livestreams are here to give you a bite-sized sample of what you’ll learn in our Workshops, Part Time and Immersive courses.

Are you looking to use Adobe InDesign to design your creative assets, but aren’t sure where to start? This Adobe InDesign 101 Livestream is perfect for you!

In this free, two-hour Adobe InDesign livestream tutorial, we’ll teach you to bring your creative ideas to life with Adobe InDesign. You’ll learn why InDesign is the industry-standard page layout software used by designers and production professionals to design, preflight, and publish a broad range of documents such as brochures, catalogs, magazines and book design. Then, we’ll cover the basics like file creation, setting up master pages, image placement, text formatting, and layers. All in real time, taught by an industry pro.

Join us for Adobe InDesign 101 to learn the basics, and perfect your layouts.

As an added bonus, a member of our Admissions Team will be joining this livestream to talk to you about the enrollment process for our Part Time and Immersive courses and answer your questions regarding course pacing, payment options, career development, and more!

What will the livestream learning experience be like? - Ask questions and build your online network by interacting with fellow classmates and an expert instructor — all in real time via live chatbox and Q&A. - Complete optional classwork to give you a hands-on taste of the subject. - Learn new skills in the comfort of your own home, or on the go! All participants will be automatically muted with no video.

Takeaways

• Learn Adobe InDesign basics like setting up master pages, placing images, formatting text and paragraph styles, using layers, creating print-ready files, and more.
• Understand the basics of typography and page layout design.

Prereqs & Preparation

• Adobe InDesign 101 is taken completely online, and requires a computer and a strong internet connection.
• We will provide a Zoom link on the day of the class. If you want to complete the in-class exercise...
• A second monitor is strongly recommended.
• Have Adobe InDesign version CS4 or higher downloaded before class.

NOTE: Some domains block our automated emails, so If you don’t receive sign-in instructions within 1 hour of the livestream, please reach out to help@generalassemb.ly and we’ll send sign-in instructions right away!