InDesign Tutorial | How to Design Magazines for Beginners to Print & Publish Spreads

[@theworldaccordingtorockett]

Gotta say...dayum you're good! Being a voracious consumer of tutorials for 15 yrs, you are one of the best. Can't wait to use this knowledge.

[@ThressaWillett]

That is encouraging, thank you!!!

[@Candies4Christ]

For personal enrichment I like to learn new things. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@ThressaWillett]

My pleasure!

[@scotthannan8669]

Great tutorial. I can’t watch it all right now but I am bookmarking it for later

[@ThressaWillett]

Great to hear! I hope you enjoy the entire watch. :)

[@Bevon-j3h]

I am new to InDesign, like how you labelled the name of what every term men, thank you

[@ThressaWillett]

So glad it was helpful!

[@halierami]

One of the best tutorials I've ever seen. So pleasing to watch too!

[@ThressaWillett]

I appreciate you!!

[@tashaquinn4781]

This was a wonderful tutorial. I learned so much

[@ThressaWillett]

So glad it was helpful!

[@DarkGamer72]

This is so helpful for a beginner of indesign and someone looking to create independant zines, thank you!

[@ThressaWillett]

I'm so glad!

[@_jw_harper]

Excellent teachings! Your efforts are very much appreciated!!

[@ThressaWillett]

Thank you for saying so!

[@djc.l.b]

Damn! You just covered the essentials course in 12 minutes.

[@ThressaWillett]

I'm probably not doing myself any favors with the KZbin algorithm! I don't think they reward efficiency necessarily... lol.

[@GriffinMoore-z7d]

Thank you so much for creating and sharing this tutorial. I teach graphic design at the high school level and would love for my students to do this tutorial. Could you share the fashion image and quotation image that you used? I look forward to watching your other videos. Thank you!

[@ThressaWillett]

I am so glad this tutorial was helpful! I downloaded those photos from Canva dot com. Teachers get the "Pro" version for free! I found the photo from searching "fashion" under the PHOTO tab, and "quotation mark" under the GRAPHICS tab.

[@GriffinMoore-z7d]

Thank you so much! :)@@ThressaWillett

[@PatriciaCurty]

Thank you so much, what I great video. Do you use canva also?

[@ThressaWillett]

Yes, I use Canva for simpler projects. Thanks for the feedback!

[@shashankg4238]

Killer tutorial and on point!

[@ThressaWillett]

So glad you think so!

[@EditHambuch]

Hi, What keywords can I use to find this photo on Canva? I think your tutorial is really great, I would love to follow it.

[@EditHambuch]

Hello, I think your tutorial is really great, I would love to follow it. What keywords can I use to find this photo on Canva?

[@ThressaWillett]

Thanks for the feedback! In Canva, under Elements, type in "fashion woman purse" and it should pop right up. It is in the paid "PRO" version. I think I used Canva's background remover feature as well. I wish I had now used a free photo for folks!

[@EditHambuch]

@@ThressaWillett Thank You:) found the photo!

[@m.j.mcintear793]

i have a question. i put together many templates. tried to make them all letter size but some are custom, 5A, etc. how to make each the same size without taking them a part. next time it seems easier to change each size first.

[@ThressaWillett]

Hmmm. I think I need more information to fully understand your question. Are you not able to resize in the Document Setup section? I am referring to the Document Setup located under the File drop down navigation.

[@m.j.mcintear793]

@@ThressaWillett I’ve tried but I noticed when apply master pages to all pages it still shows a few different sizes besides letter. Could really use your help. When I hit apply parent pages I see iPhone 8/7/6 V, Letter V 4, Custom V 2, A4 V 4, then all pages. I guess I could make a master page to choose each one at a time to find which pages are what because my idea was to bring templates together to change them all at the same time to what I want but have prebuilt different styles on all to make my own template. However you just broke down building this one page so good I am more confident to do at least that much from scratch now but still trying to salvage this. Also if you had a indesign magazine course I’d buy and help in some way I can even providing the platform.

[@ThressaWillett]

Oh man, I wish I knew how to help you with this. With any luck, someone else will read this and know how to save you time. In this predicament, I would likely find myself re-creating from scratch. I don't have any established courses at this time, but perhaps soon. :)

[@veonatechi]

How did you make the black background of the actual image disappear in 1:37

[@ThressaWillett]

The fashion image I used had a transparent background. If you are referring to the black background you see when my cursor is loaded with the photo, right before I click and place it, I think that is because it's InDesign's way of indicating the background is transparent.

[@anataboadaarnold]

THANK YOY, VERY HELPFUL

[@ThressaWillett]

You're welcome!

[@myronachtman4304]

The body text is not aligned to a baseline grid. Therefore, the baseline of the text on page 3 does not align with the baseline of the text on page 2. This is never the case in professionally produced magazines.

[@ThressaWillett]

Thanks for your feedback.