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Jacob Herper
94,150 PointsWhy are there no InDesign courses available?
Is it just me, or is anyone else interested in InDesign courses? I am usually working with InDesign and Photoshop and thought I was a pro with those tools, but especially the Illustrator course showed me some very useful things.
I just started working on a clients project with InDesign and to be honest I am not very comfortable using the program. Therefore I'd really love to see something about InDesign here in order to improve my workflow and general knowledge.
3 Answers
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsI think why there isn't any InDesign courses here is that InDesign is really primarily designed and used for print document creation. Treehouse is geared towards web design and development. Illustrator and Photoshop do play a role in that industry.
I've used InDesign for document creation, and it has some incredibly powerful tools for layout, text, and image use in print. I'm not sure how I'd use it in web design that Illustrator wouldn't be able to do just as well, or even better. Just my unofficial thoughts.
James Barnett
39,199 PointsYou might be interested in checking out Lynda's InDesign course
http://www.lynda.com/InDesign-tutorials/InDesign-CC-Essential-Training/120609-2.html
Jacob Herper
94,150 PointsThank you for the link James, I'll definitely check it out later. I am aware, that Treehouse is geared towards web design, but I've always seen it as a source of knowledge for all design matters. The Illustrator foundations course deals with some print related topics as well, so I thought an InDesign course would be a great addition to that.
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsNow that I've thought about it, I could see some InDesign courses tied in with the "business courses" if anything. There are some unique features in there that could carry over to other aspect of design, and that course would seem like a good fit.
James Barnett
39,199 PointsInDesign is sometimes used for Wireframing as well.
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsNever thought about using it for that James, but not that it's been said, I could see it would be possible. I might give it a go next time. I've just always wireframed on Illustrator just because
James Barnett
39,199 PointsCheck out Smashing Magazine's article on Creating Wireframes And Prototypes With InDesign
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsAlright I'm on board now. Thanks for the link James