Instant InDesign

About this original series

The Instant InDesign Video Podcast is dedicated to helping you become more productive with Adobe InDesign with a particular focus on template design and sound document construction. Created for both novices and seasoned designers, it showcases a wide range of subject matter—from basic template architecture and streamlining routine tasks to creating a fully automated publishing workflow. It's also a perfect companion to the book, 'Instant InDesign: Designing Templates for Fast and Efficient Page Layout', available from Adobe Press. After watching an episode, you can read more about that topic in the book. And to gain an even better understanding of what you've already read, you can turn to the video podcast to see the information in action.

  • # Episodes

    10 episodes

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Episodes of Instant InDesign

    • Play Instant InDesign 10: Creating an eBook with InDesign (Part 1) - Instant InDesign on Blip Instant InDesign episodes on Blip

      Instant InDesign 10: Creating an eBook with InDe...

      eBook publishing is becoming increasingly popular. More and more publishers are providing content in the eBook format. Major bookstores such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Borders are selling thousands of eBooks every day. And as more people become savvy with eBook readers, eBooks will become even more popular. This new and different way of distributing and accessing book content expands the opportunities for reading, just as the MP3 file did with digital music.Adobe InDesign lets you create e...

      • Release date
        Nov 11, 2009
      • Runtime
        16:50
    • Play Instant InDesign 9: Automating Layouts with the EasyCatalog Plug-in for InDesign (Part 3) - Instant InDesign on Blip Instant InDesign episodes on Blip

      Instant InDesign 9: Automating Layouts with the ...

      In Episode 7, I introduced EasyCatalog. In Episode 8, I demonstrated how to use EasyCatalog to import data into InDesign and configure it. In this episode, I show you how to create a catalog template from start to finish. I start by creating the product style, which is a prototype of a typical product in the catalog. Then I test pagination by dragging data from the Data panel to the product style. This important step ensures that the product style works correctly. Once I finish testing, I fina...

      • Release date
        Jul 15, 2009
      • Runtime
        18:25
    • Play Instant InDesign 8: Automating Layouts with the EasyCatalog Plug-in for InDesign (Part 2) - Instant InDesign on Blip Instant InDesign episodes on Blip

      Instant InDesign 8: Automating Layouts with the ...

      In Episode 7, I introduced you to the amazing capabilities of EasyCatalog. Now I'd like to show you how to create a template that automates the production of a product catalog. Originally, this episode was going to demonstrate the entire process from start to finish, but I quickly discovered that there just wasn't enough time in one episode to teach you everything. So I've created a third part, which will be covered in Episode 9. In this episode, I demonstrate the first two steps involved in c...

      • Release date
        Jul 6, 2009
      • Runtime
        13:43
    • Play Instant InDesign 7: Automating Layouts with the EasyCatalog Plug-in for InDesign (Part 1) - Instant InDesign on Blip Instant InDesign episodes on Blip

      Instant InDesign 7: Automating Layouts with the ...

      I've been using and teaching EasyCatalog for the past four years and I'm still amazed at how powerful and easy it is to use. This amazing plug-in allows you to publish content directly from a database or a spreadsheet into InDesign and it makes it easy to keep all of your information up-to-date. You don't even need any programming or scripting skills! This episode introduces you to EasyCatalog. I first automate the production of a product catalog and then I demonstrate how the same data can be...

      • Release date
        Jun 20, 2009
      • Runtime
        14:08
    • Play Instant InDesign 6: Using InDesign CS4's New Conditional Text Feature - Instant InDesign on Blip Instant InDesign episodes on Blip

      Instant InDesign 6: Using InDesign CS4's New Con...

      This is the second in a series of video podcasts dedicated to teaching you my favorite InDesign CS4 features. In this episode, you'll learn how to use the Conditional Text feature. This powerful new feature allows you to create several versions of a publication—such as a brochure with multiple languages or a catalog with several pricing variations—all within one document. Watch this episode to see how the Conditional Text feature can greatly simplify the production of a training manual that ha...

      • Release date
        Dec 19, 2008
      • Runtime
        10:49
    • Play Instant InDesign 5: Getting Cooler Color with InDesign CS4's Kuler Panel - Instant InDesign on Blip Instant InDesign episodes on Blip

      Instant InDesign 5: Getting Cooler Color with In...

      This is one of a series of video podcasts dedicated to teaching you my favorite InDesign CS4 features. In this episode, you get an introduction to Kuler, an online community dedicated entirely to color. You'll also learn how to use InDesign CS4's new Kuler panel, which makes it easy and fun to create the perfect colors for any project.

      • Release date
        Dec 19, 2008
      • Runtime
        14:00
    • Play Instant InDesign 4: Creating an Automatic Numbered List - Instant InDesign on Blip Instant InDesign episodes on Blip

      Instant InDesign 4: Creating an Automatic Number...

      Numbered lists provide an excellent way to organize information, but producing them can be demanding work. Thanks to InDesign, you can entirely automate the list creation process. This episode teaches you how to use the Bullets and Numbering feature to create a complex multilevel numbered list. You'll also learn to create a series of paragraph styles that can be used together to automatically number and format the list. If you produce technical manuals or textbooks, you definitely want to chec...

      • Release date
        Dec 19, 2008
      • Runtime
        18:13
    • Play Instant InDesign 3: Creating a Basic XML-ready Template - Instant InDesign on Blip Instant InDesign episodes on Blip

      Instant InDesign 3: Creating a Basic XML-ready T...

      If you've been using InDesign for a while, chances are you've heard at least some of the buzz surrounding XML. It seems that everyone is using it lately. Web developers, database developers, programmers, scientists, and even desktop publishers are taking advantage of XML. What is this "magic" that XML seems to have? Should you care about it? Well, with all the hype going around, you can't afford to ignore XML any longer. In my opinion, every graphic designer should have at least a basic unders...

      • Release date
        Dec 19, 2008
      • Runtime
        16:16
    • Play Instant InDesign 2: Automating a Catalog with Data Merge - Instant InDesign on Blip Instant InDesign episodes on Blip

      Instant InDesign 2: Automating a Catalog with Da...

      What do Data Merge, an Excel spreadsheet, the Running Header text variable, the section marker, and Layout Adjustment all have in common? They are just a handful of InDesign tools that can be combined together to create a powerful page production machine. Watch this episode to learn how you can use these five tools to design a template that automates the layout of a product catalog. I recently delivered a version of this presentation to the New York InDesign User Group. It was so well received...

      • Release date
        Dec 19, 2008
      • Runtime
        20:43
    • Play Instant InDesign 1: Combining Style Sheets to Automate Formatting - Instant InDesign on Blip Instant InDesign episodes on Blip

      Instant InDesign 1: Combining Style Sheets to Au...

      If you haven't ventured far beyond the basic use of paragraph and character styles, you'll be impressed by InDesign's ability to combine multiple types of style sheets into a magic button that can apply several levels of formatting in just one click of the mouse. Formatting text and objects can be a tedious and time-consuming process. When setting up a template, it's important to strategically setup its style sheets to automate as much formatting as possible. The more predictable the design, t...

      • Release date
        Dec 19, 2008
      • Runtime
        10:22
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