A solid introduction to the Adobe InDesign Creative Cloud for print and digital materials. This class addresses the tools and skills used to prepare electronic pre-press art for print reproduction with a goal of economy, neatness and faithfulness to the designer's layout or written instructions.

What you’ll learn by the end of this course:

• Apply fundamentals of page layout
• Use typographic terminology and specifications
• Practice importing text and graphics into page layout programs
• Discuss file formats and file management.
• Integrate tools and techniques analyzing elements to produce final product
• Interpret art director’s instructions
• Communicate with industry specialists
• Apply real world production skills used by graphic designers and production personnel
• Appraise basic design problems related to advertising art
• Differentiate CMYK and spot color in single and multicolored reproduction
• Develop discipline in neatness, presentation, and accuracy of work
• Define the terms and language of page layout and design.

To see course prerequisites, check the ACC Course Catalog.