Stealing colours from images, is there a format painter in Adobe InDesign?
Lesson 48 from: Adobe InDesign FundamentalsDaniel Walter Scott
Stealing colours from images, is there a format painter in Adobe InDesign?
Lesson 48 from: Adobe InDesign FundamentalsDaniel Walter Scott
Lesson Info
48. Stealing colours from images, is there a format painter in Adobe InDesign?
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Overview
1InDesign Tutorial Basics Class Introduction
01:50 2Exercise files & Projects
02:39 3What Does Adobe InDesign do?
01:34 4What are the differences between InDesign and PageMaker, Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark?
05:10PROJECT 1: One page flyer
5How to change MM to Inches & changing UK to US dictionary in InDesign?
01:39 6New document in InDesign - what is bleed & slug?
08:08How to create your own RGB & CMYK colors in Adobe InDesign
08:39 8How do I steal colors from a logo using InDesign?
03:14 9How to color the background of a page in InDesign?
03:33 10Importing resizing rotating & flipping images & Logos inside InDesign
07:53 11How to Import text from Microsoft Word into Adobe InDesign
05:46 12How to group, ungroup & rotate images in Adobe InDesign
05:12 13How to make a dotted line, dashed line & borders in InDesign
05:20 14How best to preview your work in Adobe InDesign
05:16 15How to make a simple PDF from InDesign
06:43 16How to save your InDesign file as a JPEG
02:27 17Why should I use CC Libraries in InDesign?
05:08 18How to share your InDesign files with others by using package document
04:26 19Class Exercise 1
03:24 20Quiz - One Page Flyer
PROJECT 2: Other people's files
21Ideas, Inspiration & starter templates
04:59 22Working with other people's InDesign documents, missing images
03:12 23How to find missing fonts in InDesign?
04:27 24How to replace images in InDesign?
01:30 25Opacity, transparency and see through ness in Adobe InDesign
02:29 26Why is InDesign adding [Converted] and making me 'save as'
01:06 27What if I can’t find the InDesign file - can I open the PDF?
02:37 28Quiz - Other people's files
PROJECT 3: Company Newsletter/Brochure
29Creating a new company newsletter or brochure, what are spreads in InDesign
06:58 30How to use a Master Page in Adobe InDesign
05:33 31How do to add automatic page numbering to a InDesign file
04:11 32Removing a master page & deleting parts off the master page in InDesign
02:30 33Production Video 1
02:53 34What is Effective PPI & Image resolution in the InDesign links panel
06:52 35How to add drop shadows to an image or logo in InDesign
04:20 36What is TypeKit used for in Adobe InDesign?
08:37 37How to add the Copyright, Registered & Trademark symbols in InDesign
05:08 38Where can I find the different versions of letters in InDesign - Ligatures.
03:35 39How to add placeholder text & lorem ipsum & get a word count in InDesign
03:04 40Importing Text from Microsoft Word & keeping or removing the formatting
02:58 41Creating Columns in a text box using Adobe InDesign
01:46 42How do I justify text & turn off hyphenation in InDesign?
03:59 43What is the space after & leading in Adobe InDesign?
05:22 44How to underline text with a full width line in Adobe InDesign?
01:53 45How do I make a paragraph style in Adobe InDesign?
06:06 46How do I update a Paragraph Style in Adobe InDesign?
04:28 47How to use Find & Change to remove double spaces after a period or full stop.
02:37 48Stealing colours from images, is there a format painter in Adobe InDesign?
03:09 49InDesign Class Exercise 2 - Magazine Spread
04:22 50Quiz - Company Newsletter/Brochure
PROJECT 4: Long Business Document
51How to bring in lots of text into InDesign at once
08:11 52How do I import paragraph styles from another document
12:45 53How do I insert completely blank pages in Adobe InDesign
02:03 54How do I create a gradient in Adobe InDesign
07:20 55Do I need to use layers in Adobe InDesign
05:27 56Opacity advanced, mater marks and Transparency Effects in Adobe InDesign
04:24 57How do I add rounded corners to an image or box in Adobe InDesign?
02:52 58How to add a large first letter to my text aka Drop Cap
02:16 59How do I increase the space between letters in Adobe InDesign aka Tracking or Kerning
02:32 60How do I get text to move around an image or shape using text wrap
03:57 61Why can’t I put text over anything that has text wrap applied?
03:25 62How to draw an arrow or triangle or star in Adobe InDesign
06:40 63How do I put an image inside other shapes like a circle - cropping
02:47 64What is Adobe Stock
04:17 65Where can I find free images & icons that I can use for my business
04:23 66How do I add bullets and numbered lists in Adobe InDesign?
00:51 67How can I create a table inside Adobe InDesign?
07:10 68How do I convert tables from Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel into Adobe InDesign
04:26 69How do I get images to move with the text in Adobe InDesign using anchored objects?
03:22 70How do I create a Line Break, Column Breaks & Page Breaks in Adobe InDesign?
04:16 71How do I make an automatic table of contents in Adobe InDesign?
04:46 72How do you change the tabs in Adobe InDesign?
04:30 73Can I change the numbering of my pages so 1 starts later in the InDesign file?
03:26 74Quiz - Long Business Document
PROJECT 5: Conference Name Badge
75How do I combine Microsoft Excel spreadsheet in InDesign?
09:04 76CLASS EXERCISE: Create your own business card
01:16 77Quiz - Conference Name Badge
What next
78How to create a mockup for your portfolio using InDesign
04:07 79InDesign cheat sheet & shortcuts
12:45 80BONUS: Software Updates
40:41 81What to do after this InDesign tutorial class?
01:07 82Quiz - What Next
Final Quiz
83Final Quiz
Lesson Info
Stealing colours from images, is there a format painter in Adobe InDesign?
Hi there in this video, we're going to look at using the eyedropper tool and we've stolen a color out of there and put it into our box. We've stolen a color from this that matches exactly. We've also stolen the subheading font and color and size and reused it a couple of times, completely bypassing the complex paragraph styles. A nice quick, easy way. We love the eyedropper tool. Let's go and do it. Okay, first thing is let's open up our exercise files. So go to file open. We're going to use one in our in design exercise files. There's one called eye dropper tool. Open it up. Okay, so a couple of things we can do with the eyedropper one is we can steal colors from images. We kind of do this with logos earlier. So I've got this box selected here, grab my eyedropper tool. Now we don't want the color theme tool at this stage. We want to grab the eyedropper tool which is underneath the, hold, hold, hold down on the color theme tool and then select the eyedropper tool. And what we can do is...
you make sure this is selected first with the black arrow, then just pick a color from here and we're gonna pick that one. And if it doesn't work okay, it has actually worked. If I click off and click in the background, it's actually pulled it for the stroke. The reason it did that is if I have it selected, grab my eyedropper tool, it's because down here my stroke is at the front end design things. I mean to put it there. So what I can do now is I can click this double error which switches it around or before I do it. Okay. Which is probably more useful and undoing until it was back to normal is I'm gonna bring the field to the front. Okay, so that's at the front. They're now telling in design, I mean ugh the fill and I'm going to pick a color this one. Okay, same with this black arrow click on this guy, grab the eyedropper tool, make sure that fills it front if that's what you want to work on. I'm gonna pill color from this. Boom. Okay, those are horrible colors that are very close to each other. So I'm going to pick a different one, maybe a red from in here game. Another thing we can do is with the eyedropper is using fonts. Okay, we looked at paragraph styles earlier on, which is really cool, but say you're not using paragraph styles because you're just working on something small, little flyer, you don't need all that extra level of complexity with styles. So what you're going to do is highlight the subheading here. Okay, this guy and I want to steal this. So grab the eyedropper tool and say I want you, which is really cool. It gets even better because I don't have to then select this text here and try and do it again. The cursor has changed. Okay, so it's kind of like full of that style now. So I can keep using it. Which is this? You I like you. Okay. And I can keep going through and doing that. So I drop a tool is great for stealing both colors. Okay. And stealing fonts and sizes and colors. One last use if I go off my black arrow and back to my eye dropper tool, that kind of like gets rid of that thing that I had. Actually. I want to grab the type tool, highlight this text here. Okay, grab the eyedropper tool and I want to steal this color here. Brown. Okay. And highlight this text again with the type tool, grab the eyedropper tool and I want to steal the red. Great. So the eyedropper tool can be used for stealing colors and faults. That'll be it for this video. Let's go and do the next one.
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Jerome Clark
I think Dan is very good at explaining and breaking down complex content. I like the way there are lots of small sessions which is good for keeping focus. I would advise anyone who does this course and is taking notes to label which session the notes are referring to as I have struggled to find a few looking back and this helped me. It really made me realise how much I didn't know and had been fudging. Thank you Dan I will be taking plenty more of your courses in the coming months it's been a great help.
Giuseppe Lipari
Excellent course, instructor is great well spoken, clear and a great teacher. I highly recommend this class for beginners and those who learned indesign on their own.
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