Mar. 30, 2009
I have found a great resource I thought I’d share with you to help you get the most from your InDesign experience.
By now you’ve probably figured out I’m a no fuss guy with a no fuss approach to training. I love training, learning new things and improving my skills, however I also want to do these things with the least amount of time possible. That’s really why Creative Mentor was born, to provide training for people on a need to know, how do I do it, and how do I do it now basis. Thats also why I want to introduce you to Apex Web Media.
I’m often approached by people who will ask me where they can get an A-Z of video tutorials covering all things InDesign, from a beginners to intermediate perspective. Until finding Apex Web Media I hadn’t come across a great resource for people at this level.
Anyone who is a InDesign newbie or has been working in InDesign for a while needs to checkout to Apex Web Media. Apex Web Media offers both Online Training and Content Rich Training CDs covering InDesign and all the other Creative Suite applications. Their InDesign content alone covers over 244 different InDesign topics with a duration of 13.5 hours. You also receive the course working files so you can follow along with the author.
Some other advantages of Apex Web Media’s two training options (Online Training and Content Rich Training CDs) are listed here:
- Works on both PC and Mac platforms
- Suitable for beginners / intermediates
- The courses are equipped with closed captions
- Self-paced, users can control the speed at which they learn, the movies can be stopped,
rewound or fast-forwarded at anytime - The training aims to create a practical, hands-on learning environment in which the user can
master real life skills - Users can evaluate the training for free, the first three chapters are available online and no registration is required to view the videos
- The training starts by covering the absolute fundamentals. Once the user is familiar with the
basics the training moves forward to cover topics of a more complex nature. The lessons are sequential with each one building upon the last, however users are free to navigate to any potion
of the course as they wish
The best part for me though is their extensive coverage of all the topics that are presented in a need to know, how do I do it, and how do I do it now format. This is something I’m sure people will appreciate greatly.
To take a look at their current InDesign Course check out this link Adobe InDesign CS3 Tutorial Videos
To see a full list of the Adobe based courses they cover see the following link All Adobe Tutorials
Posted by Neil Oliver in News | No Comments
Mar. 19, 2009
It’s official, Im now an Adobe Certified Instructor!
Well I’ve been an Adobe Certified Expert for some time now, and have finally ticked the box that allows me to officially call myself an Adobe Certified Instructor. I’m glad that process is over, however… now it’s time to take the CS4 recertification exams for InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. I cant wait (Sigh…). Experience doesn’t seem to count much in these exams so my head will no doubt be stuck in a book for the next few weeks. The one upside to that is I always come up with great ideas for video tutorials that end up as training content for creativementor.com.au, YAY!
Posted by Neil Oliver in ACE Exams, News | 1 Comment
Mar. 10, 2009
How do you create outlines of text in an InDesign document?
There a quite a few options available when creating outlines of text in InDesign. You can create outlines of a frame, or a selection of text, you can create outline of text and retain the original text frame maintaining the original text or even worry about creating outlines at the end when you export to PDF. Lets take a look at these options.
To create outlines of all text within a frame, first select the frame with the selection tool then choose “Type > Create Outlines”. If you want do create outlines of text within a frame and maintain an original version of the text within the frame hold “Option” (Mac) / “Alt” (PC). You now have an outlined copy of the text directly on top of the original live text. Use your selection tool to drag either the outlined or live text away.
To create outlines of selected text within a frame, first use your type tool to select some text then choose “Type > Create Outlines”. When you do this the selected text which has now been outlined becomes an inline anchored object. You will not be able to change any formatting attributes now as it is outlined text. Be sure to make a duplicate of any text you might need for later use before you go ahead and do this.
Now, I did mention creating outlines of your text when creating a PDF. This really needs a post of its own so check back soon for instruction on doing this.
Video Instructions (all videos are quicktime movies): 1. Click on the “CLICK HERE TO WATCH TUTORIAL” hyperlink, a new window appears, once the video has downloaded completely (speed varies depending on internet connection) the video will commence. 2. Right click on the “CLICK HERE TO WATCH TUTORIAL” hyperlink and choose “DOWNLOAD LINKED FILE AS” to save the video to your computer. Once downloaded open the .mov file in Quicktime to watch. 3. Subscribe to the creativementor.com.au now Podcast through iTunes.
Posted by Neil Oliver in Text | No Comments
Mar. 9, 2009
How do you place a particular page of a PDF in InDesign?
When placing a PDF make sure from the “Place” dialogue that you choose “Show Import Options”, it is located at the lower right of the dialogue. Now that “Show Import Options” has been check when you choose “Open” you are confronted with a new “Place PDF” dialogue that allows you to specify the actual page of the PDF you are wanting to place. Once you choose “Ok” you can place that page in your document.
When relinking you can choose the same “Show Import Options” check box from the relink dialogue to relink to another page in the PDF.
Video Instructions (all videos are quicktime movies): 1. Click on the “CLICK HERE TO WATCH TUTORIAL” hyperlink, a new window appears, once the video has downloaded completely (speed varies depending on internet connection) the video will commence. 2. Right click on the “CLICK HERE TO WATCH TUTORIAL” hyperlink and choose “DOWNLOAD LINKED FILE AS” to save the video to your computer. Once downloaded open the .mov file in Quicktime to watch. 3. Subscribe to the creativementor.com.au now Podcast through iTunes.
