Alease calls this presentation her Quick and Dirty design lessons. In this lesson she teaches you how to create a simple one page magazine ad with InDesign. This lesson is for those with some design experience with Adobe. http://aleasemichelle.com

1. How to Create a Magazine Ad
in Adobe InDesign
Quick & Dirty Design Lessons
From
Alease Michelle
School of Creative Business.com
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2. Creating a New Document
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3. Setting Up Document Size
Your Document :
Intent: Print
Number Pages: 1
Facing Pages: Unchecked
Page Size: Letter
Width: 8.5in
Height: 11 in
Orientation: Portrait
Columns: 3
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4. Your One Page Document
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5. Selection
(select, resize or move an object)
Direct Selection
( select just part of an item, or modify its
shape )
Eye Dropper
(to select color
from an image )
Type
(to type letters and words )
Document View
Picture frame Normal
(to place an image inside shape) Preview
Rectangle
( To create shapes )
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6. Create A
Picture Frame
Click on Picture Frame tool
Create a picture frame box
A Picture Frame
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7. To Place An Image
• Select picture
frame
• File tab
• Click on Place
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8. Select an image
Open
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9. To size
picture in
Frame
• Right Click on image
• Select Fitting
• Fill frame proportionally
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10. If your image
isn’t clear
• Right click on image
• Display Performance
• High Quality Display
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11. Use the Direct
Selection
To move image over
(a white hand will appear
over the image )
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12. Text Tool
Make a text box
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13. To change text and size
Highlight to change
text and text size
Change Text :Modern No. 2
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14. This is what your
Ad with Text
should look like ..
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15. View document
In Preview mode
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16. Click on File Tab
Select Export
To Print Ad
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17. Select
Adobe PDF
(print)
• Name File
• Save as type:
Adobe PDF
(print)
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18. Click Export
Document
Document is now
saved as a PDF
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19. Your PDF
Whatever is on this page
will actually print
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