Adobe InDesign from Beginner to Advanced
Course 1: Overview and First Steps: Preferences and initial settings
By Leandro Rodrigues , Graphic Designer and Art Director
Joined March 2020
About the video: Preferences and initial settings
Overview
“In this unit, with Adobe InDesign already installed, we will navigate through the main options in the "Preferences" window, configuring the tool to start the course. We will also go through the InDesign workspace by making pre-configurations before creating a document.”
In this video lesson Leandro Rodrigues addresses the topic: Preferences and initial settings, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 1: Overview and First Steps. Get to know Adobe InDesign, its interface, and the basic tools.
Partial transcription of the video
“CLASS 4 Preferences and initial settings INTRODUCTION TO INDESIGN / COURSE 1 In this unit, we will navigate through the main options in the Preferences window and configure the tool to continue with the course. We’ll go through the Desktop, making pre-settings before creating a new document. Come on. The InDesign interface, as with most Adobe tools, presents a cohesive and coherent form as a whole. So, for those who already know an Adobe tool, it’s easier to migrate to another Adobe tool. On the InDesign splash screen, we can see, in this top bar, the suggestion bar with some document forma...”
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Leandro Rodrigues
By Leandro Rodrigues
Through his extensive professional and academic experience, Leandro Rodrigues combines his passions for graphic design, publishing, and art direction to help bring life and personality to large-scale graphic content and digital projects.
With studies in graphic design and a postgrad degree in Art Direction for Communication from the Centro Universitário SENAC in São Paulo, Leandro has worked for over ten years in publishing and as a professor.
He has held art director and graphic design positions at the publishing house Maquinaria Studio and the digital marketing agency AgMN. He is a visiting Digital Design professor at SENAC São Paulo, as well as a director and art editor for Oeste magazine. Today, he is a Senior Designer in a branding consulting studio.
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