Technical Training Video - Summary and Critique

Technical Training Video - Summary and Critique

http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/

- Making Selections: This feature is similar to that in the other Adobe programs, as there is a regular and direct selection tool. Using these two tools, you are able to resize and crop images or objects, or change their shape. While cropping an image you can get a ghost image, so that you are able to move the picture and put a specific section of the photo into the crop box.

- Working With Text: You are able to apply a specific style to text. By saving the style you can easily access it and apply the same style to other areas of the document. Also you can change the case of a word if you would rather have it all in upper or lower case. At the beginning of a paragraph you can create a character drop, where a large letter is placed at the head of the paragraph.

- Working With Text Styles: When you save a style if you hold down the option key, the panel pops up and you are able to save a specific name for the style.

- Creating Bullets and Numbering: Bullets and numbering can be made by selecting the paragraph you want the bullets and numbering added to, and then selecting the icon from the overhead panel. InDesign automatically will change numbering if you add or delete something.

- Using the Text Wrap Panel: Text can be changed so that it wraps around an object. The text can be manipulated so that it directly surrounds the picture, rather than a square around the photo.

- Managing Pages: By turning the vertical display off, you are able to see pages in a more manageable fashion. Pages can be added to the layout, or if you like a setup you are able to duplicate pages.

Which video was most helpful? What do you think of the different presenters? i found the managing pages video to be most helpful, through my brief encounters with Adobe InDesign, I have had difficulties figuring out how to change the display so you can see multiple spreads. From this video I now understand how to change the layout, so that I can see the various pages desired. I greatly enjoyed Terry White's presentation, as his text was the steps he was describing. This allowed the viewer to not only listen to what he was saying and presenting, but also to read the steps as well. I also found Anne-Marie Concepcion's presentations to be enjoyable as she became excited about the different features she was discussing.