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ahhh InDesign....I actually just finished a class using that program. I hate it! You almost just have to play around with it. Anyway...here is the website that we used in class when we were first learning.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/InDesign/6.0/WS136D91ED-FAC8-4f4e-82A7-CF406D0131BB.html
If you have used other Adobe programs such as Illustrator or Photoshop I think you'll be fine. There is enough similarities between them all. I would say practice formating some type and know how to place an image and you'll be good to go!
@ILuvDance thank you for the link! what do you think is the best indesign advice you can give me?
@Lola I have used photoshop in classes but not Illustrator...I feel like I'm very UNSAVVY with these types of programs. ahhh I'm nervous :P
I am actually a graphic designer and if you have managed to use photoshop I think you can fake Indesign :) Just play around with it in the next 2 weeks and practice making a poster like they said you'll be doing. There are also youtube videos on Adobe programs as well so you could always watch them to pick up some of the basics like placing an image, editing text etc. GOOD LUCK I am sure you'll do great!
Go to adobe.com & download a free 30 day test trial of it :)
play around with it. Its pretty similar to photoshop. She knows you've only used it once, so she's probably just wanting to see if you'll learn it pretty fast. I'm sure you'll do fine if you're familiar with the other adobe programs!
@lola good idea with the youtube videos! I'm doing that right now
@serabell I tried downloading it and it all loaded fine and installed but now I am not sure how to open the actual program? It seems like a "duh" thing but i don't see it...maybe I'll ask FH later :X
Here's and idea for you- pay someone for a one hour lesson! You can check Craigslist for graphic designers, or go to your nearest art school. I paid my graphic desinger to teach me a few things, and if you work with someone who knows what they are talking about I have a feeling you will be much more confident about your own skills. I don't use ID at all now, but at least after the lesson I understood how to. Basically it uses small images to stand in for big ones, and you drag photos in from Bridge. It has a lot of tools and settings, so get the lesson asap and practice practice practice. Good luck!
if you have a pc, click on the start key, go to all programs & it should be listed there & click on it to open it
@artstarbee!!! Oooooh that is so genius!!! I am gonna try that! ahhh! I hope I can find someone to meet me next week (darn graduations!)
@serabell I have a mac :( thank you so much tho! you are all so helpful...keep it coming! I'm so clueless :X
I have a mac, I just don't have it with me. I know along the bottom of the screen, towards the left, one of them shows you all the programs you have.
At work I use a pc, at home a mac. it can be so confusing!
@serebell that is confusing! hehe
I've been looking on the bottom but can't seem to find it...I'm hoping that I can keep working on it tonight and ask FH for help when he is home (hes more computer savvy) and get me started. He hasn't used indesign tho...darnit!
its the applications folder, and its in the dock... well, it should be
you can click on the photo of the harddrive of your comp & click on the applications folder. is it there?
I'm sorry :(. On mine, if you move your mouse on the bottom of the screen, a few things pop up, that's the "dock" & you click on one of the icons... I think its a folder. That's what mine has, but I don't have it with me now :(
I shouldn't be a computer teacher, that's for sure!! I can show you in person, but I have the hardest time describing it.
Sry for the multiple posts, that photo above shows you how to drag your Applications Folder (the one holding all your computer programs, photoshop, indesign, etc) to your Dock (what's at the bottom of the screen). So whenever you want to open a program, click on the Applications folder that's now in your Dock & the program you want to open should be in there. I know PCs you sometimes have to do a restart after installing, but I can't remember if Macs require that too.
You're super lucky that you have time, practice, practice, practice. If you're playing around with it for the next few weeks you'll sound like a pro, not to mention it'll be fresh when you go in. You can also pick up Adobe's Classroom in a Book. I'm pretty sure they have one for InDesign too but those are really great I learned photoshop that way and it was really awesome! Good luck!
I did years ago... but FI has before, he helps promote local concerts. I usually use photoshop for everything. I'll see what I can find out online...
http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/
On the right side of the screen, under "Indesign Home" click on "Support & training" & I'm sure they'll give you the best help :). Plus, Adobe is trusted... I worry about giving out random websites cause you can get viruses that way, but Adobe.com is safe :)
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Hi everyone!
I really need your help! I *finally* got an interview for a job I really want that fits very well into my schedule. I actually applied for a more "basic" desk job but this one has to do with my major, advertising and marketing, so i am even more pumped!! Only problem? The interview (part 1) is May 11th and I need to be able to make a poster using the program InDesign WHICH I HAVE NEVER USED! I have used photoshop, dreamweaver, and a few other programs but my focus of studies was the business side of marketing...NOT the computer program side.
I have tried to find some helpful links/videos/free trials but really want to see if any of you have any ideas or tips? I told the lady who will be conducting the interview that I only used in once (which is true except it was more like my group in college use it and I watched.hah!) so she isn't expecting amazing skills but i want to be aware of the basics and be able to make a simple poster. I also have to write a press release based on text/info given and working with the team and those two things, I can handle! Indesign? I feel like I'm gonna get sick just thinking about it...
HELP!!! please :) :) any advice, websites, free downloads, tips, etc are welcome and wanted NEEDED.