From the course: Introduction to Graphic Design: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
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Adding guides
From the course: Introduction to Graphic Design: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
Adding guides
- [Instructor] Now what we need to do is to add a couple of ruler guides to help us out when we are putting the layout together. If you can see the rulers around your document already, then that's just great. If you can't, then Command-R or Control-R is the quick way to do it. Otherwise, you can go to the View menu, okay, and you can find Show Rulers there. If it already says Hide Rulers, that means they're already there. You're just not looking hard enough. Right, so let's go ahead then and we'll go to the guide on the left or the ruler on the left and click and drag to bring out a guide. And I want you to drop it straight over. It should snap to the edge of the first part of the spread. Now it's there. However, we need to move it. Now, if we look at the top of the control strip, there's very little in the control strip. If there isn't, you need to make sure your guide is selected. And if you can't select it, then go…
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Project overview1m 5s
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Document setup5m 28s
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Setting margins5m 15s
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Adding guides2m 49s
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Challenge: Layout guides2m 31s
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Solution: Layout guides5m 27s
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Choosing and pairing fonts5m 8s
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Challenge: Using in-app capture for colors4m 46s
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Splitting images for the covers3m 42s
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Creating tints for the cover flaps5m 40s
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Adding image content5m 23s
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Importing and organizing text5m 31s
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Styling the title block7m 30s
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Styling the cover quote6m 4s
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Optical margin alignment3m 38s
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Setting the back cover text6m 53s
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Adding character style overrides3m 45s
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Challenge: Set flap texts54s
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Solution: Set flap texts4m 32s
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Creating the spine content4m 27s
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Adding the publisher's assets5m 25s
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Exporting assets3m 14s
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Creating a print finish5m 54s
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