Learn Adobe InDesign CC essentials and editorial design. Master Adobe InDesign for beginners by designing a magazine.
InstructorChad Neuman, Ph.D.
Editorial course preview
These 4 complementary views highlight concrete, legible examples from the course presentation.
This magazine table of contents page demonstrates effective use of grid systems and visual hierarchy to organize feature articles, navigation elements, and editorial information.
This magazine spread demonstrates advanced InDesign layout techniques, including flowing multi-column text around a large circular shape and integrating photography.
This editorial spread demonstrates how to balance a full-bleed photograph with a clean text column, using high contrast to ensure legibility over complex visual backgrounds.
This magazine spread demonstrates advanced InDesign layout techniques, showcasing text flowing along a curved path on a graphic element while integrating columnar body text and photography.
Instruction covers complete publication cycles, including magazine cover design, table of contents construction, and feature stories.
The curriculum emphasizes essential typography skills such as character/paragraph styling and text flow, alongside technical print preparation like packaging and preflighting.
One signal from 2023 suggests the curriculum contains significant preparation that may lack sufficient real-time project application; note that the 2026 update label does not prove this has been corrected.
A 2022 signal indicates the instructor moves quickly, which may require frequent pausing to follow along; note that the 2026 update label does not prove this has been corrected.