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Introduction To Indesign

Adobe InDesign is graphic design software used by publishers to layout magazines, newspapers, and books, allowing integration of text, photos, and graphics from other Adobe programs like Photoshop and Illustration; designers use InDesign along with database programs to compile and arrange stories, photos, and other elements on a page; InDesign works with InCopy to allow editors to make changes to stories as the designer is building out the page layout.

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Introduction To Indesign

Adobe InDesign is graphic design software used by publishers to layout magazines, newspapers, and books, allowing integration of text, photos, and graphics from other Adobe programs like Photoshop and Illustration; designers use InDesign along with database programs to compile and arrange stories, photos, and other elements on a page; InDesign works with InCopy to allow editors to make changes to stories as the designer is building out the page layout.

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Introduction to Adobe InDesign

What is InDesign?
 Graphic design software used
by newspapers, magazines,
book companies, advertising
agencies and online
developers.
 Evolved from Adobe
PageMaker which was used
by newspapers for basic
layout purposes.
 Works seamlessly with other
Adobe products, such as
Photoshop, InCopy,
Illustrator, Acrobat and
DreamWeaver.
 Often used in conjunction with
database software such as
DTI or News Edit Pro.
How we use InDesign
Getting started

Blank page

Compile text from writers and editors Compile photos and graphics Determine priority of material

• Stories may • “Art” is often • Designers are


come from local listed with encouraged to
reporters, AP, stories but use “news
NYT, or OHNO. sometimes can judgment” when
be gathered placing stories
• All have their based on a and photos high
own “budgets” particular topic. or low on page.
Elements of a page
Every page is a simple combination of
text and photos

Text color can be modified

“Kickers” sit above “headlines”

“Typography” is important for


“centerpiece” design, but should be
avoided for all other stories

“Briefs” often support the rest of the


page, are shorter, quick reads and get
smaller headlines.
All of these items can be stored in a
“library” for use all the time.
Editing a page
 Writers and Copy
Editors use Adobe
InCopy with InDesign
to edit stories.
 Running both
programs at once
allows the editor to
make changes to the
story while the
designer is still
working on the page.
Adobe integration
 Files created in
Photoshop (photo
editing) and Illustrator
(graphics, charts) and
PDFs can be dropped
directly into InDesign
documents. They
maintain all of their
attributes, including
transparencies.
Bringing them together

Text and lines from InDesign Photos edited, cut


out in Photoshop

Graphic from library


Use outside newspapers
 Magazine, book
and yearbook
layouts.
 Graphic elements
and charts.
 Resumes
 PDFs, static
elements for Web
sites.
So let’s build a page

Magazine-style layout with “lead”


story, “centerpiece” and
Photoshop elements.
Careers / Who should know?
 In newspapers, a familiarity with
InDesign is crucial for writers,
designers, copy editors, advertising
agents, photographers and editors.
 Knowing the softwares capabilities
allows you to see how your job affects
the final product and give advice to
those laying out a document.
Other career
possibilities
 Magazine designer,
editorial assistant
 Web producer
 Journalism teacher
 Photo studio, and
album production
 Design/PR firm
 Athletics department
Questions?
 About tricks in InDesign or how to do a
particular task?
 About what we can do in the Creative
Content?
 About what is expected of you in a
particular job?

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