Post Description

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. 

Topics include: 

•Identifying the common parts of a newsletter
•Working with multiple stories and images
•Placing, scaling, and cropping images
•Using various typefaces and formatting text to fit the message 
•Establishing efficient workflows with paragraph styles, character styles, object styles, and master pages
•Designing mastheads, footers, and tables of contents 
•Preflighting and proofing documents
•Creating print-ready PDF files