ONLINE COURSE

InDesign: Beyond the Basics for Photobooks and Zines

Interested in this class? Email us and we'll notify you next time it runs.

This class is for students who know the basics of InDesign and want to dive deeper and develop their understanding of layout options, typography, fonts, RGB vs. CMYK, speaking the language of printers and designers, as well as tools to improve your workflow including text and object styles, how to troubleshoot a document, and prepare your project for printing. We’ll examine each student’s individual project to help tweak the design and improve it, taking it to the next level. This class is limited to only 6 students.


Presented in conjunction with Photobook Intensive: Structure and Meaning and InDesign Basics for Photobooks and Zines — register for two and save $65 or all three and save $90!

  • REGISTER: InDesign Basics + InDesign: Beyond the Basics (reg $590, special $525)
  • REGISTER: Photobook Intensive + InDesign: Beyond the Basics (reg $590, special $525)
  • REGISTER: Photobook Intensive + InDesign Basics + InDesign: Beyond the Basics (reg $885, special $790)

 

Please note: Students should have a basic knowledge of InDesign and a project ready to develop into a book or zine.
 
I loved the class and learned so much — not just InDesign technical stuff, but also design and photography aesthetics… it was awesome!
—Bobby (Washington DC)
Edward is a lovely person who gives his time and skills generously and is committed to maximizing the results of the book or zine. It was exciting to start the class knowing nothing about InDesign and to end with a book at the printers! Thank you Edward!
—Ilene (New York City)


Edward Ratliff
photo by Anja Hitzenberger
Edward Ratliff

Edward Ratliff is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator. In the visual realm, he’s a graphic designer who works in print and digital media with clients ranging from individual artists to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His film, video, and installation work has been exhibited internationally.

As a composer and multi-instrumentalist, he’s led bands in clubs, theaters, and festivals across New York City and in Europe and Asia, and has received numerous commissions and grants for dance and theater scores. His music has been heard in shows on Netflix, HBO, Nickelodeon, Hulu, PBS, and more — everything from a biography of Dostoyevsky to Real Sex Xtra. He “is best known for making richly cinematic music that captures New York City’s momentum and diversity” (The Wall Street Journal) and has been called “a wonderfully spunky and imperturbable trumpet player” (The New York Times).

Edward teaches movies as inspiration and using InDesign to create zines and books for StrudelmediaLive.