Introduction to Adobe InDesign
Course 3 - Objects and Images: Drawing tools
By Javier Alcaraz , Editorial and Typeface Designer
About the video: Drawing tools
Overview
“Although InDesign is not a program designed for vector drawing you can do a lot with it. I will show you how basic shapes are created (rectangles, ellipses and polygons - even stars -) and how the pen tool is used. We will also see the pencil tool and the line tool. ”
In this video lesson Javier Alcaraz addresses the topic: Drawing tools, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 3 - Objects and Images. Master the tools to draw and work with objects in InDesign.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson I will show you the InDesign drawing tools. Although InDesign is not a program designed to draw as Illustrator, has many similar tools that will facilitate to create rectangles, ellipses, polygons. and I will also show you other tools that are for free hand drawing, as a Pen, or even to create single lines. We will see what it is about. First I must warn you that InDesign is not a drawing tool, is not Illustrator. Some colleagues judge as an Achilles' heel the use and drawing of vectors in InDesign. However, and without abusing it, you can make some simple drawings with vecto...”
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Course summary for: Course 3 - Objects and Images
Javier Alcaraz
By Javier Alcaraz
Javier Alcaraz is a graphic designer specializing in Typographic Design and Art Direction for Editorial Design. He began his design career for Argentina newspapers and worked on developing publications and institutional communication in Ecuador. In 2004, he left Argentina for Mexico, where he worked for important publishing houses like Grupo Media and Expansión.
In 2011, he founded elcerezo, a studio that works on editorial design, branding, and typeface design for clients in Latin America and Europe, including Google, the Mexican Ministry of Culture, TetraPack, and Forbes. He currently resides in Spain.
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