Indesign vs. Illustrator

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    • #109418

      I am a marketing professional with little design experience but am interested in learning some graphic design skills to do basic design work – fliers, brochures etc. What would you recommend to get started? Thanks!

    • #109446

      https://www.lynda.com
      https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/tutorials.html
      https://tinytutorials.wordpress.com

      -Find printed pieces and try to re-create them in InDesign
      -both take a lot of time to understand, so don’t get frustrated.
      -do a lot of googling, you’ll often end up back at this website

    • #109442

      Remember that InDesign is for layouts and Illustrator is for (you guessed it) illustrations. Focus on InDesign first.

      https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/tutorials.html
      https://www.lynda.com – you may have free access through your public library’s website

      A good exercise is to take a printed piece and try to recreate it in InDesign. One way is to place a PDF in a Layer, lock it, then make a new Layer on top and use it as a guide to create a new design.

      It takes some time to learn both of these, so don’t expect to understand it all in a week.

    • #109495
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      Colleen: Sorry your first message was held for moderation… not sure why. I’ve released it above.

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