Designing a Brochure
1h 48mBeginner2020-09-29
Authors

Nigel French
Graphic Designer, Author, Artist, Trainer
Course details
Brochures are essential marketing tools, which establish brands and help them cut through the clutter from the competition. Here designer and educator Nigel French taps into his 20+ years of professional experience and shows how to use Adobe InDesign (with some help from Illustrator and Photoshop) to create a brochure. Throughout the course, Nigel puts each concept into context as he steps through the creation of a travel brochure. He explains how to prepare photos, create maps, place and fine-tune text, and even create a 3D mockup of the project that will fit nicely in your portfolio. Upon wrapping up this course, you'll be ready to produce a stylish brochure of your own.
Skills covered
Digital PublishingInDesignProjectGraphic DesignAdobe
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - Who is this course for
1. Planning the Brochure
- 03 - Deconstructing the finished brochure
- 04 - Planning the brochure
2. Setting Up the Document
- 05 - Calculating the size of the panels
- 06 - Setting up the brochure document
- 07 - An alternative approach to setting up the document
3. Working with the Brochure Text
- 08 - Placing the text
- 09 - Choosing the fonts
- 10 - Applying the basic text formats
- 11 - Text cleanup
- 12 - Additional text formats
4. Working with the Brochure Images
- 13 - Choosing the images
- 14 - Exporting the images
- 15 - Placing the images
- 16 - Designing the cover panel
- 17 - Creating the maps
- 18 - Adding a background color
5. Fine-Tuning the Text
- 19 - Creating the captions, part 1
- 20 - Creating the captions, part 2
- 21 - Finessing the text
6. Prepare for Print and Finishing Touches
- 22 - Send for review
- 23 - Preflight the document
- 24 - Make a print-ready PDF
- 25 - Make a 3D mockup
Conclusion
- 26 - Goodbye
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