Since that horrendous story, I’ve been working closely with InDesign Nearly every day, I work on many different projects for tons of clients. I realized quickly how many creatives are uncomfortable using this method. InDesign — for lots of reasons . . .
The InDesign Field Guide – Update
Learn how Adobe can be used InDesign like a pro for your business… without the overwhelm.
Learn how Adobe can be used InDesign like a pro for your business… without the overwhelm.
What if you could design exactly what you need for your business, right when you need it, with Beyoncé-level confidence?
❌ It’s possible to design any graphic or idea without hiring a designer
❌ without waiting to fit into a designer’s schedule when you need to make sales yesterday
❌ You don’t have to feel ashamed about your design abilities and wish they looked better.
❌ Without being ugly-You can cry your way through vague instructions or never-Ending search results
With the one tool you’ve been avoiding, you can do it!
Adobe InDesign
Good news, my Internet friend.
I predict that you will fall in love with Adobe. InDesignThat you will put a ring around it by the end this page scroll.
BUT FIRST, A EMBARRASSING STATEMENT.
A client asked me to design a book from cover to cover using Adobe. This was back when I was just starting out as a freelancer. InDesign. I accepted the job but had one problem.
I have never opened anything before. InDesign In my entire life. I have never clicked the little pink icon in my entire life.
This book took me hours to design, page after page. It was my attempt to help others. InDesign As I moved. I had no idea what styles or master pages were — the two most time-Saving features InDesign — and laid out every single page manually, one at a time.
I felt extremely proud that I had finally completed the book.
Only one thing was missing, and I made a terrible rookie error that led to me ruining the entire project.
While I was preparing the file for printing, I accidentally changed ALL of the text to outline. Then, I saved the file and closed it. I panicked. My mistake was obvious, but I didn’t know how to fix it.-It’s possible.
If you don’t realize my mistake, here it is: converting text to outlines makes the text uneditable. Because I accidentally saved my file with the outline text, I wouldn’t be able edit any text in the entire book. All those hours of work were basically thrown out the window.
To make a long story short, I couldn’t find the solution to my problem and ended up hacking through six more editions of this book over the course of the next few decades. I re-evaluated the book.-To change one word, I had to type entire pages manually. It felt so unprofessional to have to explain to a printer what I meant. no, I didn’t have the original, editable file.
I was embarrassed by my silly error and resolved to never make it again. InDesign Take the best of me once again.
Since that horrible story, I have been working with InDesign Nearly every day, I work on many different projects for tons of clients. I quickly learned how many creatives don’t like using the same tools. InDesign — for lots of reasons . . .
- You feel like your missing out on big projects because you don’t know how to create them.
- you’re scared to open the software, thinking you’ll make a costly mistake like I did
- You’re overwhelmed with all the buttons, icons and menus that you can see when you open a file. InDesign
- You’ve tried your hand at it. InDesign You’re just looking for entertainment, but not enough confidence to tackle real projects.
No matter the reason, keep it! InDesign You may have it hidden deep within your computer. I will help you get it out and show you how it can make a difference in your business. I want you not to make the same costly mistakes that I made. I will share everything I know about the program.
Personal experience has shown me the importance of having a working knowledge InDesign My arsenal. It’s helped me land jobs, book clients, create my own passive income digital products, and design anything I need for my business — all with the confidence that I know what I’m doing.
I would love to show you how to use this powerful program using my simple instructions-To-Take an online course
The InDesign Field Guide.
InDesign It can do so much more than you might think.
It’s possible to use it for almost any purpose. Anything For your business.
Take a look at some student work!
Downloadable PDFs Optogenetics are like lead magnets-Incentives, content upgrades for blogs, free downloads of worksheets, cheat sheets and checklists, among other things.Digital products like e-Books, guides, workbooks and printables.
Print products like books, magazines, journals, day planners, stationery, etc.
Sales + promo materials like portfolios, catalogs, brochures, sales sheets, order forms, invoices, contracts, proposals, resumès, media kits, pricing guides, sales slides, questionnaires, banners, event signage, etc.
On-screen graphics Like social media profiles + covers and promo + announcement images, Instagram Stories, website graphics, email heads, blog post graphics slideshow presentations, webinar slides decks, Facebook Ads, etc.
*all work shown is by past INDFG students and a few pieces from my own portfolio
This is not the time to be reckless-This is-The-Online course at mill
I teach InDesign It is used in a very specific and practical context.
So you can retain what you see, and work smarter.
38 video tutorials
8 VIDEOS OF STYLING DEMO VIDEOS
65-PAGE WORKBOOK
VIDEO REFERENCE GUIDE
HOMEWORK THAT IS ACTIONABLE
PRACTICE PROJECT
INDESIGN TEMPLATES
LIFETIME ACCESS
The icing on the cake – This will save you thousands of dollars Learn
The exact same software that you would hire a designer to use.
What’s the practice project?
IT’S WHAT SETS INDFG APART — LEARNING THE TOOLS IN CONTEXT, NOT ON A BLANK SCREEN.
When I created this course, I wanted the tools to be taught. InDesign I wanted to make it easy and understandable. This is why I created a real-To practice life, you can use this document.
Every student is going to work on one single project throughout the entire course, and you’ll finish with a tangible, functioning document you can use in your business right away.
This project will use every technique that you have learned in the course. We’ll practice on it, try out tools on it, and polish it into InDesign Every lesson that you take is a success.
The The course practice project is called Your Business Guidebook, and it will serve as the central hub for all your internal business documents (see the pages on the right for a preview).
Download immediately The InDesign Field Guide – Update
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS
- You’ll be able to Access to my entire finished InDesign File Right from the beginning, you can see exactly where you’ll be working.
- In Lesson 1, you’ll make your own document. Practice every tool we discuss in your own file.
- Your perfectionism will be yours InDesign File with every lesson create your own guidebook, unique to your business.
- You’ll You can assign homework to each lesson in your own guidebook. So you will know exactly what you need to do before moving on to the next lesson.
- After the five lessons, All your new skills will be practiced. InDesign Skills in this file You can then turn around and work for real clients, and get paid real money.
- This allows you to: tangible, finished, 20-Page PDF to Finish with, plus see how the program’s tools apply in a real setting, not just on a blank screen.
What exactly is covered in this course
THE COURSE IS COMPLETELY SINGLE.-PACED.
SOME BINGE IT ALL IN ONE WEEK. OTHERS TAKE IT LOWER THAN 4 WEEKS.-6 WEEKS.
Lesson 1 — Logistics
+ Intro to InDesign — How to use each program, as well as basic terms and tools that you should be familiar with before you begin using them InDesign
+ Preparing Your Workflow — My personal method of working smarter. InDesignFor longer projects,
+ File Setup — How to create a new document and a quick tour of how it works InDesign Workspace and preference
Lesson 2 — Pages
+ Page Setup — how to set up margins, bleed, grids & guides, a tour of the pages pane, adjusting your page count, and organizing your content
+ Parent Pages (formerly called Master Pages) — What parent pages are and how they can help you streamline your workflow. How to set up + design parent pages for your project pages. Working with automatic page numbering + sections. Using bookmarks + other tools, to navigate your document more quickly
Lesson 3 — Typesetting
+ Text + Typefaces — How to make and correctly flow text boxes across multiple pages. Also, how to insert breaks to help organize your content. InDesignHow to choose the correct typefaces to use in any project you are working on
+ Characters — Get into the character panel and refine your text with custom features such OpenType, glyphs and special characters
+ Paragraphs — the big world of paragraph settings, spacing, indents, lists, drop caps, adding borders + shading, and more – plus detailed typesetting standards used by real publishers
+ Styles — How to use paragraph styles and character to speed up your design process.
+ Footnotes + Endnotes — How to format and edit footnotes. InDesignAutomated tools
+ Styling Demonstrations — this lesson includes 3 styling demo videos that show me designing different pages in the guidebook from start to finish so you can see how all the tools you’ve learned so far come together and how I make design decisions on the fly.
Lesson 4 — Objects
+ Shapes + Color — How to add new elements into your layout such as shapes, lines and fill; how color + gradients work and how to create your own swatches. How to apply special effects such as drop shadows and gradient feathers in an elegant way
+ Objects— To align, arrange and group objects, to copy and transform them, you can use shortcuts. InDesign’s new object styles tool and properties tool
+ Images + Files — How to add photos or other images into the links pane InDesign It integrates with Illustrator and Photoshop. You can add text to images, wrap them around, and insert clickable links. Which interactive tools are worthwhile and which ones you can do faster elsewhere?
+ Tables — How to use tables to your layout. I have a faster way to change the look of tables by using table + cells styles. Also, how to design tables to suit planners, pricing guides and worksheets.
+ Styling Demonstrations — this lesson includes 5 styling demo videos that show me designing different pages in the guidebook from start to finish so you can see how all the tools you’ve learned so far come together and how I make design decisions on the fly.
Lesson 5 — Production
+ Finishing Your Workflow — The final workflow steps that you must take to proof and refine the document. How to use preflight to ensure nothing slips through.
+ File Prep + Organization — How to organize your files and folders in an organized way-To-Navigate InDesign package that’s a breeze to edit later and pass on to clients + printers; standards for prepping your file for print and for on-screen usage; and which other file types can you export from InDesign
Who’s teaching this thing?
Hey-o! I’m Kelsey, the owner + designer behind Paper + Oats, where I teach creatives how to organize, design, and market their digital products so they can share what they know, and look good doing it. I have my InDesign I worked in stripes at a design office where I was hanging around in InDesign all day, er’day – including laying out 20+ published book interiors, averaging 250 pages each… so that’s like 5,000 pages, right?! Whoa, math. After completing the first few projects, my workflow was established. InDesign The publisher can catch fewer errors and reduce duplicate work, which makes projects run more quickly. InDesign It became second nature and I was able to transition into full employment.-Time for self-Without employment, I could not run my business or grow it. InDesign.
I’m also a single mom in Missouri to my pigtail sidekick, Poppy, and our sheep dog, Cooper, forever in search of our next ice cream cone.
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 10 weeks
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 195
- Assessments Yes
