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Designing a Newsletter Hands-On Workshop with Nigel French
Creating a successful newsletter means spending less time on repetitive tasks and more time creating the design. In
Designing a Newsletter Hands-On Workshop, graphic designer and Adobe Certified Instructor Nigel French teaches effective design and production techniques. He uses Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Bridge to create an eight-page newsletter that?s eye-catching and impactful. Nigel establishes an efficient workflow using multiple programs, examines the aesthetics of integrating text with images, and teaches best practices for outputting a final document. Exercise files accompany the course.

Table of contents
Introduction
Welcome Using the exercise files Overview

1. Document Essentials

Saving a custom workspace
Deconstructing the document
Using a template
Setting up the workspace
Setting up the document
Creating layers
Creating the baseline grid
Creating text and picture frames

2. Working with Images

Choosing images
Placing images
Fitting images with object styles
Cropping images
Creating cutouts
Creating partial cutouts
Fixing a problem image

3. Working with Text

Placing text
Cleaning up text
Designing body text
Designing headlines: 36, 24, 16, 12
Loading styles
Applying styles

4. Designing Page Elements

Designing the nameplate
Designing footers
Choosing and creating colors
Designing color panels
Creating drop caps
Creating department heads
Designing a review section
Designing a calendar
Finessing text
Designing the masthead
Designing the feature spread
Creating pull quotes, captions, and photo credits
Designing a mailing area

5. Preflight, Printing, and Planning for the Next Issue

Using live preflight
Proofing and imposing pages
Making a print-ready PDF
Making a screen PDF
Packaging
Saving snippets
Saving as a template

Conclusion
Goodbye
Size 834.28 MB (874,807,154 bytes)

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