InDesign Basics: Linking Files

Difficulty: Easy What you will learn: linking InDesign with other Adobe programs/files Download resources: download here Step 1 – Setup Open Adobe InDesign. Select New File at the top left side of the screen. In the new window, select Web, then the A4 preset and rename the document to something of your choosing. Select Create to make the…

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Neon Poster in Photoshop

Difficulty: Advanced What you will learn: Creating a neon poster for Vivid Sydney Downloads: SydneyHarbour Image Download the ‘HT Neon’ font here. Select the slider to activate it. You will be prompted to log into Adobe Creative Cloud. This font will now appear in your font list for all Adobe Products. Step 1…

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Formatting Publications in InDesign

Difficulty: Easy What you will learn: paragraph style, text properties, type tool, textboxes Note: the example format is based on the design from the journal article by Dedeoğlu et al. (2020). Step 1 – Setting up the document Open Adobe InDesign. Left-click on the blue New File button to create a new…

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Creating Diagrams in Illustrator

Difficulty: Easy What you will learn: textbox, type tool, paragraph styles, paths, appearances Results: Diagram based on a model by Bitner (1992). Bitner. (1992). Servicescapes: The Impact of Physical Surroundings on Customers and Employees. Journal of Marketing, 56(2), 57–71. https://doi.org/10.1177/002224299205600205 Step 1 – Creating the document Open Adobe Illustrator. To create a…

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GEOP 2040: Edit in Premiere Rush

Link to Assets: Download here Sample Video: This guide has been designed for students of GEOP2040, however it can be used by anyone interested in gaining a good foundation in video editing with Adobe Premiere Rush. Step 1 – Create your project Step 2 – Getting to know Adobe Rush Step…

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InDesign Infographic

Difficulty: Easy What you will learn: importing images, textbox and text formatting, paragraph styles, text wrapping, pages, guidelines Link to resources: download here Reference for resources: Colour Hex Codes: Results Video Guide

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Intro to Podcasting

Recording and Mixing a Podcast with Music Difficulty: Easy What you will learn: Recording in Waveform, noise cancellation, trimming, basic transitions, Multitrack effects Result: An audio file with background music and a voiceover What is Adobe Audition? Adobe Audition is used for recording and mixing audio, such as voiceovers, music, podcasts, or voice…

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Visualising Data in Illustrator

NOTE: Click on each screenshot to enlarge them. In each set of images, the first screenshot will be from Windows 10, the latter in macOS Big Sur. Interchange Ctrl/Cmd (⌘) keys for shortcuts depending on your operating system. Any further differences will be noted Configuring Your Artboard Once you open…

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Processing Photos in Lightroom

Difficulty: Easy What you will learn: Histogram, cropping and transforming, temperature, tone, saturation/vibrance, sharpening and noise reduction, distortion correction, metadata removal Download Reference Photos: guide-student-practice-0789.dng Result: Step 1 – Preparation Open “Lightroom Classic“. Note: do not use “Lightroom” (old name: Lightroom CC). Lightroom Classic is desktop-based with its photo library stored on the computer, meanwhile,…

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Tracing Technical Drawings

Traditionally, archaeologists would digitise illustrations of artifacts by scanning them as high-resolution images. However, a flaw to this method is the loss of detail when the pixel-based image is scaled. A more modern process has been digitising illustrations into vector graphics instead. Using this method, archaeologists can preserve the details…

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