Seattle InDesign classes

in our beautifully equipped Seattle computer lab

InDesign is the heart of publishing. Documents of any size benefit from its powerful and nuanced approach to document building.

Our Adobe InDesign classes not only discuss the various features, but help you strategize their use.

Keep up with other users and new developments by attending the Seattle InDesign User Group.

Unfamiliar with terms like "resolution", "RGB", or "CMYK"? Not sure if InDesign or Illustrator is more appropriate to what you do?
Check out our Desktop Publishing Overview class.

InDesign classes—and related ones, too

Desktop Publishing Overview

$149 — Skill Level: Introductory — one–half day, 9:30am–12:30pm

Required knowledge for learning InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. Learn the terms and concepts required to build publications, edit images, and create logos and other graphics. We'll talk about and briefly explore each of these software applications as well as learn about color, file formats, resolution, and more. If you have some experience with these ideas and know the role each program plays, you may skip this class.

InDesign CS6 Essentials

$525 — Skill Level: 1 — two days, 9:30am–4:30pm

Get started with the page layout tool that is used to create everything from business cards to large books.

InDesign CS6 Strategies

$275 — Skill Level: 2 — one day, 9:30am–4:30pm

Harness the complex and puzzling array of possibilities that InDesign offers, to create a more controlled workflow. Improve your design and production process by maximizing efficiency with its built-in tools. Many of these are features are unfamiliar to the casual user; this class will elevate your Indesign skills to the "power user" level.

InDesign CS6 to ePub

$275 — Skill Level: 3 — one day, 9:30am–4:30pm

Build publications readable on iPads, Kindles, and other eReaders with the ePub and Kindle formats. We tackle the entire workflow from print-ready InDesign document through previewing on a device

Interactive PDFs in Acrobat and InDesign

$275 — Skill Level: 2 — one day, 9:30am–4:30pm

Acrobat 10 Pro has the ability to integrate JavaScript, multimedia, and Flash within interactive PDFs. In this class, we'll show you how to create a multimedia PDF, using InDesign and Acrobat's interactive features such as buttons, roll overs, and pop ups. We'll also teach you how to embed and enable multimedia files such as audio, video and Flash within the PDF.

Graphic Design Overview

$275 — Skill Level: Introductory — one day, 9:30am–4:30pm

A discussion-driven class on design principles and fundamentals for those who would like a quick but solid overview of compositional rules and principles.