InDesign Course in Durban

INDESIGN ESSENTIAL TRAINING

Learn the powerful publishing suite, InDesign, so that you can design professional multi-page layouts for magazines, catalogs, inserts, newspapers, posters, and books. This InDesign course in Durban is led by Adobe Certified Instructors ensuring you get international level training.

is this course for you ?

AUDIENCE

InDesign is a staple of the desktop publishing world. It is used to create a variety of digital and printed materials such as magazines, catalogs, manuals books, and even interactive PDF documents

This InDesign course in Durban will equip you with essential skills so that you can create all manner of publications- even if you’re completely new to InDesign.

You will discover how to efficiently create documents using advanced typographic controls and intuitive graphic features. You will also discover techniques that will help to make your InDesign publications look polished and professional.

skills you will acquire

OUTCOMES

As the course progresses you will develop your InDesign abilities, so that you can bring your ideas and designs to digital reality.
By the end of the course you will be able to :

Layout Complex Documents: Setup documents with Master-Pages, sections, styles and automatic page numbers.
Work Efficiently :Use InDesigns tools to automated tedious tasks and speed up your work.
Create and Use Styles : Create custom styles to format text, vector objects and image frames with a single click.

COURSE FEE

R 6 200

what you will learn

OUTLINE

This course has been designed by our Adobe Certified Instructors to equip you with the InDesign skills you need, in the shortest amount of time. This is a brief outline of what you will learn- we often cover much more(depending on the class dynamic and needs)

1 Introduction to InDesign

Working with InDesign
InDesign User Interfaces
Tools and Panels
The document window
Screen Modes
Display Performance
Navigating through a document

Structuring Documents

Planning your document
Creating a New Document
Formatting master pages
Adding child pages
Managing pages
Placing formatted text
Adding images & text to master pages
Applying Masters to Child Pages
Auto Page Numbering
Document Sections
Layers
Path Tools
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Typography

Creating a text frame
Creating text columns
Changing character attributes
Changing paragraph attributes
Finding and changing text
Numbered lists
Bulleted lists
Checking and correcting spelling
Using the Glyphs panel
Flowing text and threading text between frames
Text Wrap

The Pen Tool

Strokes
Filling Colour
Creating New Colours
Global Colours
Spot Colours
Tints
Converting Colours
Gradients
Patterns
Clipping Masks
Blend Tool
Expanding Appearances

Typography

Strokes
Filling Colour
Creating New Colours
Global Colours
Spot Colours
Tints
Converting Colours
Gradients
Patterns
Clipping Masks
Blend Tool
Expanding Appearances

Create and Apply Styles

Creating paragraph styles
Creating character styles
Over-riding styles
Updating Styles
Object styles

Working with Colour

The swatches panel
Creating new colours
Colour to text and frames
Tinting colours
Working with gradients
Using the Eyedropper
Updating and editing colors
Using and saving spot colors

Drawing Graphics

Drawing vector shapes
Modifying Shapes
Pen-tool
Pathfinder
Corner options
Effects
Placing graphics from Illustrator

Placing and Managing Images

Linked vs embedded images
The Links panel and Link badge
Placing images
Position and fit images to frame
Photohop clipping paths

Output

Saving Documents
Creating a book
Exporting PDFs
Separation preview
Packaging documents
Exporting Print Images

Course outline is subject to change.

Pixel Craft is accredited by Adobe as an Adobe Authorised Training Centre . Our instructors are internationally certified as experts to deliver training in Adobe products.

provisional dates *

SCHEDULE

* Provisional dates are subject to change.
If you wish to query availabilty please call : 031 207 3900

Top reasons to

STUDY @ PIXEL

PRACTICAL TRAINING

Learn with hands-on training that gives you the practical experience required for the design industry.

CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS

Pixel Craft instructors are industry experienced professionals, and certified instructors.

ACCREDITED INSTITUTE

Established in 2013, Pixel Craft in an Adobe Authorised Training Centre and a Seta accredited company.

PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT

Learn on industry standard computers, software, photography and video production equipment.

PROFESSIONAL STUDIOS

Pixel Craft labs and studios have been designed to simulate the professional design environment.

SMALL CLASSES

We guarantee individual attention and a cohesive learning experience with no more than 12 per class.

CAREER PREPARATION

Our courses are designed to prepare you with the knowledge. skills and confidence to succeed in your career in the design industry.

STUDENT SUPPORT

We provide student support via live consults, email and whatsapp so that you don’t fall behind.

JOB PLACEMENT

We are regularly contacted by design companies for graduates. When these opportunities arise, we recommend our best learners for these positions.

Pixel Craft has a process where they take you through building your knowledge one step at a time. By the end of the course, you won't remember who you were before you started!

Nicolene Gush

The rich knowledge that Pixel Craft has instilled us with has been an absolute game changer during this creative journey! I highly recommend the Graphic and Media Design Course for all ambitious creatives .

Sarada Mahabeer

Joining this course was the BEST decision I could have ever made. Throughout the course, we were not only taught how to use the programs needed but as well given guidance on how to start our career as a graphic designers.

Michael Dormehl

I've always been passionate about art and design but I was afraid of pursuing it as a career. I'm glad to say that we were taught everything we needed to needed to know. this is a professional, fast-paced well organised course. It's the best graphic design course in Durban!

Sunira Manilal

From going in and knowing next to nothing about design, and how to use the software, the instructors and course material had prepared me to be able to start and build my career in graphic and media design.

Caitlin Lankcaster

Doing the graphic and media design course at Pixel Craft was the best decision i made. I started as a beginner and am now able to design anything for my clients! Highly recommended.

Sneh Nbonambi

I was greatly impressed by the excellent training I had received from this institution. The training offered at this institute was both practical and on par with industry standards. I would highly recommend this course to all aspiring graphic designers.