by McCathran video2brain | Publisher: Peachpit Press | Release Date: July 2012 | ISBN: 9780133066593

This innovative product from Adobe Press and video2brain combines interactive video and a full-color printed reference to teach the fundamentals of InDesign CS6. Experienced instructor Kelly McCathran presents 9 hours of high quality HD video, complete with project files so viewers can practice what they've learned, and a printed book that provides supplemental material to enhance the video training.

1. The InDesign Interface and Workspace
   • InDesign's Workspace 00:07:25
   • Using InDesign's Tools 00:08:29
   • Navigating Documents and Panels 00:08:58
   • Setting the Best Preferences 00:15:32
   • Building a New Document and Saving a Preset 00:09:57
   • Creating and Formatting Text 00:10:54
   • Changing Text Color and Paragraph Settings 00:07:21
   • Working with Graphics 00:06:47
   • Working with Frames 00:11:59
2. InDesign Project Explorations
   • Placing and Formatting Text 00:09:05
   • Intro to Paragraph Styles 00:09:47
   • More Paragraph Styles 00:09:29
   • Editing Styles for Global Updates 00:06:59
   • Master Pages and Page Numbers 00:07:25
   • Creating or Adding Columns 00:07:43
   • Placing Images and Wrapping Text 00:07:44
   • Creating Letterhead 00:09:09
   • Building a Newsletter 00:09:25
   • Adding a Table of Contents and Jump Page Numbers 00:10:15
   • Using Selection Tools 00:06:39
   • Placing, Scaling, and Aligning Several Images with Multi-Place 00:06:30
   • Creating the Front of a Postcard 00:08:09
   • Creating the Back of a Postcard 00:06:56
3. Color Me Happy
   • Creating Colors and Adding Swatches 00:06:50
   • Creating a "Color Story" with the Kuler Panel 00:08:30
   • Adding "Spot" or Pantone® Colors 00:06:28
   • Drawing with Shapes and Lines 00:10:24
   • Creating Gradients 00:14:51
   • Creating Special Effects 00:08:23
   • Building Object Styles 00:07:35
   • Using a Clipping Path or Silhouette to Create Depth 00:03:10
4. High-End Text Handling
   • Building Character Styles 00:03:11
   • Creating Nested Styles 00:03:37
   • Nested Styles for the Power User 00:09:20
   • Removing Text Formatting and Relinking Word Styles to InDesign Styles 00:07:16
   • Hyphenation Settings and Widow/Orphan Control 00:07:54
   • Setting Tabs 00:09:18
   • Moving Beyond the Basic Tab Settings 00:09:12
   • Favorite Typography Keyboard Shortcuts 00:09:34
   • Using Find Font to Replace Missing Fonts 00:04:01
   • Custom Bullets and the Glyphs Panel 00:08:23
5. All About Pages
   • Using Custom Page Numbers 00:04:49
   • Creating a Section 00:06:19
   • Building a Table of Contents 00:10:37
   • Creating Facing-Page (Spread) Layouts 00:08:36
   • Building Libraries for Frequently Used Content 00:09:23
   • Working with Multiple Master Pages and Referenced Master Pages 00:07:38
   • Unlocking and Resetting Master Page Items 00:05:17
   • Adding Layers to Your Document 00:06:48
   • Isolating, Moving, and Selecting Objects with Layers 00:04:17
   • Layout Adjustment 00:03:03
   • Using Liquid Layout 00:05:40
   • Alternate Layouts 00:06:52
6. Fun with Images
   • Dragging and Dropping from Mini Bridge 00:04:20
   • Dynamic Captions and Adobe Bridge 00:03:20
   • Creating a Clipping Path (Silhouette) 00:05:45
   • The Align Panel 00:06:49
   • The Pathfinder Panel 00:08:04
   • Anchored Objects 00:04:49
   • The Links Panel 00:05:37
   • The Content Collector and Content Placer Tools 00:02:21
7. Book Features
   • Creating Document Templates 00:02:10
   • Building a Book 00:04:18
   • Synchronizing Colors and Styles in a Book 00:03:17
   • Building a Table of Contents for a Book 00:03:05
   • Creating Folding Spreads 00:04:40
8. Dynamic Content
   • Creating Hyperlinks and Building Buttons 00:07:14
   • Building Document-Wide Navigation 00:04:53
   • Animating Content 00:06:37
   • Creating Motion Paths 00:03:31
   • Adding Object States 00:04:13
9. Output
   • Preflight and Packaging 00:08:52
   • The Separations Preview and Ink Manager Panels 00:04:37
   • Printing 00:03:41
   • InDesign Color Settings 00:02:41
   • Exporting to PDF and Loading PDF Settings 00:07:40