OUGD405 (Studio Brief 3) InDesign Tutorial

For this brief we are required to make our double page spreads on the adobe programme InDesign. I have not really used this adobe programme before, and it is mandatory that we use this programme for this brief, the tutorials we've had so far have been very helpful, here are some of my notes I took during these sessions.

• columns section the pages and act as guides
• the gutter is the space between columns
• the margins are the spaces from the edges
• usually set the bleed at around 3mm 
• the slug area contains the print marks
• when producing a booklet/book we need to set the document to facing pages
• file then place, and the rectangle tool to prepare text frames

Type = fill with placeholder

The red square = overflow indicator

Images

• on InDesign images are referred to as links
• save the InDesign folder in the same place as other folder, and use the whole folder
• right click then edit with to edit an image

Applying colour

• rectangle tool
• colour palette: fill/stroke
• eye dropper tool
• swatches palette

type tool: select text, swatch palette, then apply colour

Image & text

• window - text wrap
• combine text & image
• contour options - alpha channel
• object - text frame options, insert spacing

When printing

• spreads
• setup, landscape
• centre
• marks and bleed