Adobe InDesign: Page 2

This software tutorial shows you how to create 3D shapes in Illustrator CS3. Corey learned this from a fellow designer. He shows us how to use Illustrator to create a stroke and apply 3D effects to it and then bring it over to Photoshop to use as an interesting background graphic.

Dave Cross shows us how to take advantage of InDesign's paragraph rules by creating and applying new styles to your text. See how to use paragraph rules in InDesign CS3 in this software tutorial.

Before InDesign CS4, placing image content and aligning it on the page without the use of guides and frames would be difficult, but with the new smart guides feature, InDesign has given users the tool to accomplish these tasks without a lot of layout preparation. Watch and see how easy it is to place content with smart guides in InDesign CS4.

Adobe instructor A.J. Wood shows viewers how to export a Flash presentation from InDesign CS4. This page presentation will include hyperlinks and buttons, created with the buttons panel in InDesign, whose action will be to move through the pages of the presentation once it has been exported to Flash. Learn how to setup the controls in InDesign CS4 and then export everything to Flash in this video.

Join renowned InDesign expert David Blatner as he shows you how to use the feathering transparency feature of Adobe InDesign CS3.

This tutorial with David Blatner shows you how to create and control drop shadows on text in InDesign.

With InDesign's Dynamic Spelling you can check/correct your spelling as you go. Also with Autocorrect you can correct your common mistyped words automatically as you type them. In this video Terry White will show you how to enable Autocorrect and enter your own Autocorrect words.

If you like designing using InDesign, why not offer your service to design business cards at home? In this Indesign video tutorial you will learn to create a setup ready to make business cards. Learn to set margins, and set bleed for proper printing.

In this InDesign video tutorial you will learn to apply a drop cap to a letter. With a drop cap, the initial sits within the margins and runs several lines deep into the paragraph, pushing some normal-sized text off these lines. This keeps the left and top margins of the paragraph flush.

Adobe InDesign is the clear leader in typographic sophistication, object handling, multilingual publishing, and transparency effects for text and graphics. In this InDesign CS video tutorial you will learn to use text wrap. Learn how to import an image, use the pen tool to make a box, apply text wrap, and then make the text flow around box.

Is it possible to adjust a photo within InDesign without having to go to Photoshop? In this video tutorial Adam Hay will show us how to adjust Adobe Photoshop files from InDesign and QuarkXPress. Check out the powerful Layer Comps function!

This tutorial on Adobe InDesign CS2 looks at a variety of ways that fonts can be formatted. We will learn about terms such as kerning and tracking. Kerning is the adjustment of space between pairs of letters, while tracking is the adjustment of space for groups of letters and entire blocks of text.

Some text, like a time schedule, looks cleaner if lines are added. In this video tutorial we will take a look at how to add a rule above or below your type in Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress. Learn how to copy attributes from one line to another quickly by using the eye-dropper tool.

At the end of the day it's all about what we get OUT of InDesign that matters. Whether you're printing proofs to your printer or exporting to PDF, you have specific settings for your environment. In this video you'll learn to take advantage of InDesign's Presets to streamline your daily output.

InDesign's Eye Dropper Tool offers more than meets the eye. With InDesign CS2 you can sample just about anything thing and re-apply it over and over again. In this video we'll learn how to sample colors from images and apply those colors to text, and we'll also see a neat trick that allows you to sample frame attributes and apply them to other frames.

OpenType fonts are the new standard! Any new fonts you buy today will most likely be in OpenType format and the beauty is that InDesign CS2 takes complete advantage of them. In this video you'll see how to unlock the power of the OpenType fonts you already have!

Are you tired of manually number you pages in InDesign CS3? This video shows you how to automatically number pages and chapters in multiple InDesign documents. Check out this cool video by David Blatner.

This video shows you how to create and update a table of contents for one or more documents in InDesign. You learn how to manage formatting options and how to hide text that needs to appear in a table of contents but not on the referenced document page. Check out this cool video from David Blatner now!

Want more control of your transparencies? This video shows you how to apply independent opacity settings for objects, fills, strokes, and text in InDesign. Check out this video by Anne-Marie Concepcion now!

This video shows you how to apply opacity effects to an object in InDesign, such as drop shadow, directional feather, and gradient feather. You learn how to separately control the opacities of stroke, fill, and text in an object, and create an object style from you transparency effect.

This video shows you how to place an image into a table cell in InDesign. It also explains what to do if the image doesn't fit in the cell on the first try.

This video shows you how to create, edit, and delete header rows and footer rows in a table in InDesign. The exercise files in this tutorial use special fonts, including Memphis LT Std Bold and Bell Gothic Std Light. If you do not have these fonts installed on your computer, please substitute them with a font of your choice.

This video shows you how to use the InDesign Find/Change command. You learn how to search for characters and formats in text, and search for attributes and effects in objects, glyphs, and patterns. You also learn how to save a search to reuse later.

This video shows you how to use the Text Wrap panel to make text automatically flow around pictures or other objects in InDesign. You also learn how to control the way text on document pages interacts with items on master pages. Check out this cool video created by David Blatner now!

This video shows you how to create bulleted and numbered lists in InDesign. You learn how to customize bullets, save bullet formatting as a character style, and control bullet and number position. You also learn how to create and format sublists, create a numbered list as a paragraph style, and number items sequentially across text frames or multiple documents in a book.

This video shows you how to control character and paragraph formatting using the Control panel in InDesign. You learn how to save specific formatting as a style, set optical margin alignment, and create even spacing throughout a paragraph. David Blatner talks pretty fast so be ready to pay attention.

This video shows you how to insert anchored objects into an InDesign text frame. You learn how objects retain their position relative to the surrounding text, even as you edit that text. Check out this cool video created by Anne-Marie Concepcion now!

Objects are important building blocks in InDesign. This video shows you how to create and manage the four basic types of objects in InDesign: filled shapes, graphics frames, text frames, and vector graphics. Check out this video created by Anne-Marie Concepcion now!

This video demonstrates keyboard shortcuts for frequently-used tools in InDesign, as well as the basic uses of those tools. You learn how to use Quick Apply to style text and images, or to apply menu commands. Watch this video, and start learning from the expert now!

This video shows you how to use and organize panels, customize keyboard shortcuts, customize menus, and use workspaces in InDesign. You also learn about new features in InDesign CS3 by using the workspaces called "New And Improved In CS3". Check out this video created by Colin Fleming now!

What is a master page, and how is it used? This video shows you new features of master pages in InDesign, including the ability to override master page items, and text wrap on a master page. Check out this how-to video created by Colin Fleming now!

This video shows you how to synchronize master pages, styles, and swatches in InDesign. This will help you maintain a consistent look and feel across different documents. Check out this cool video created by David Blatner now!

In this InDesign video tutorial you will learn to add single & double page spreads. Learn also how to delete and reorder pages. All you need to do is to click and drag!

Numbering hundreds of pages manually is the least thing you want to do, especially if you are using desktop publishing software like InDesign. In this InDesign CS2 video tutorial you will learn to add auto page numbering. The example shows you how to create a 10-page document, and edit the master pages.

In this InDesign video tutorial you will learn to link text boxes to let the content flow between the boxes. This is a nice trick to let you have a better control over your text on a page. Experiment with different box sizes to get the effect you want!

Now you can create really sophisticated tables in InDesign CS2. Your tables can contain text or graphics and best of all they can be created dynamically by importing tables from Microsoft Word or Excel. In this video you'll see how to create tables from scratch as well as how to create them in Excel.

inDesign has some hidden special effects that will make your type on a path much more compelling. Granted Type on a Path is not a new concept and has been around in Illustrator for years. However, no other application out there can handle Type on a Path as well as InDesign CS2.

In this NEW CS3 version, InDesign's transparency effects become even more powerful. InDesign borrows some of our most favorite effects from Photoshop. In this episode we'll take a look at the new Effects Panel.