Welcome to our Adobe InDesign unit! Adobe InDesign is the industry-standard software for page layout. It’s what professionals use to produce all kinds of online and hardcopy publications. Today we will begin learning about the Adobe software suite, and the properties of the InDesign page layout software.
Objective:
- Identify and effectively use the Toolbar, Control Panels and default Palettes.
- Produce and modify shapes and photo frames.
- Place a picture into a photo frame using multiple techniques.
Vocabulary Words:
- Default Settings
- Toolbar
- Control Panel
- Palette
- Shape Tool
- Photo Frame Tool
- Stroke
- Fill
- Place Command
Links:
- Google Classroom
- Video: What is InDesign?
- Video: Create a New Document
- Video: Apply Text and Art in Frames
Topics Discussed:
- Adobe InDesign CC 2017
Assignment:
- Follow along with the in-class demonstration, or watch the attached videos under the Links header.
- Produce a new InDesign document featuring the following:
- At least (1) one picture of you
- Four (4) pictures of anything else (school appropriate!)
- Your name in 24pt type or larger
- One (1) text frame per picture, in 10pt type, explaining what the picture means to you (captions)
- Save the file as “Your Name – InDesign Day 1.indd” and upload a copy to the Google Classroom assignment titled “InDesign Day 1 – Interface and Tools”.
Assigned: August 18th, 2017
Teacher Pacing Due Date: August 21st, 2017