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Hi there!

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In this video we’ll learn how to create
a simple postcard in InDesign, so let’s

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get started.

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First of all, I’m going to change the units
to inches, and then update the width to 4.25,

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and height to 6 inches.

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I’ll also update the pages to 2, as Ill
be creating both sides of the postcard.

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Let’s also reduce the margins to .25 inch,
and bleed of 3 millimeters, and hit create.

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Pick the rectangular frame tool, and make
a large frame, covering the entire artboard,

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as we’ll be inserting an image here.

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Let’s go to file, and then place, and locate
the image on the computer, and hit open.

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Once the image is placed, let’s right-click
the image, and go to fitting, and select ‘fit

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content to frame’ option.

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Let’s select the image, and drop a guide
to the center from the ruler above.

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Similarly, drop another guide at the center,
from the ruler on the left.

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Now that we’ve established the center of
the image, let’s grab the rectangle tool,

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and make a rectangular strip in the center
of the image.

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Let’s fill our rectangle with white.

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Ensure that you stretch the white strip till
the bleed zone, or even further, as long as

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it covers the entire width of the artboard.

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Let’s hit ‘W’ for a preview.

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I think it looks pretty promising, so let’s
come out of the preview mode, and grab the

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type tool, and make a text box, and type in
‘Painting Exhibition, 2021’, or any text

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of your choice.

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I’m going to change the font to Freehand,
and also right-align the text.

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Let’s also increase the font size to 14
points.

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Actually, let’s increase the size to 16
points instead.

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Also center-align the text to the white box.

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Now hold Option and Shift on a Mac, or Alt
and Shift on a PC, and click and drag the

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text box to the left, to make another copy
of it.

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Let’s left-align this text.

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Let’s also change the text to ‘ABC Art
Gallery, Toronto’, or any text of your choice,

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so basically to the right is the event, and
to the left is the name of the company that

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is hosting the event.

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Now select the text, and change the font to
something more serious, as it’s the name

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of the company, so I’m going to select ‘Raleway
Medium’ as the font.

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Let’s reduce the font size to 14 points.

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Actually let’s reduce the font size of the
city to 10 points, as it doesn’t need to

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be as big as the name of the company.

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Let’s hit ‘W’ for a preview.

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Actually, I need to thicken the font of the
company to balance it with the text on the

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right, so let’s select the name of the company,
and change it to bold.

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Let’s hit ‘W’ now.

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We need to lower the font size of 2021 as
well, for a perfect balance.

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So you see, while designing, you’ll have
to keep previewing your document at every

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stage for necessary assessments, and then
make adjustments, if required.

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Let’s select ‘2021’, and reduce the
font size to 12 points.

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Now it looks perfect, so let’s move on to
page 2.

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I want my page 2 to be in landscape mode,
like you find in postcards, that have the

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small rectangular area for a stamp, and then
some lines for writing address, and on the

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left is some blank space for typing in the
message, so let’s click the page tool, and

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from the toolbar above, change the orientation
of this page.

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Perfect!

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Now instead of placing the image from the
computer once again, I’d rather just copy

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the same image here, so let’s go to the
first page.

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Select the image, and hit Command C on a Mac,
or Ctrl C on a PC, to copy it, and then come

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to page 2, and hit Command V on a Mac, or
Ctrl V on a PC, to paste it.

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Since our image was in the portrait mode,
take your cursor to the top right corner of

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the image, and hold Shift, and then click
and drag down, and it will drag in 45 degrees increment.

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Now just place it in the center of the artboard.

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Next, let’s grab the rectangle tool, and
make a rectangle in the center of the image.

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Don’t worry about the alignment at this
point.

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With the rectangle still selected, let’s
add white as its fill color.

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Let’s hit ‘W’ for a preview.

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I think we need to shorten the size of our
rectangle, so let’s do that.

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How much of the design around the edges you
want to show is entirely up to you, so there

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is no right or wrong here.

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Now let’s select the rectangle, and drop
a guide from the ruler on the left, and grab

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the line tool, and make a line in the center,
as illustrated.

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Let’s change the point size to 1 point,
and fill color to black.

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Now let’s copy the name of the company from
the first page, and paste it here, and align

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it to the top left corner of the rectangle.

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Next, let’s pick the rectangle tool, and
make a small rectangle on the top right corner

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for the stamp, and fill the stroke color with
black.

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Now pick the line tool once again, and make
a line below the stamp, as we’ll need some

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lines for the address.

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Now fill the line with black.

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Let’s also change the stroke weight to .75
point.

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Now holding Shift and Option on a Mac, or
Shift and Alt on a PC, click and drag the

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line to make a copy of it, and don’t release
the mouse yet.

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Hit the right arrow twice to add two more
lines, and drag in to adjust the space in

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between the lines, and release the mouse.

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Holding Shift, select the lines, and hit Command
G on a Mac, or Ctrl G on a PC to group them,

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and then align them to the small rectangle.

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At this point, let’s add another guide from
the ruler on the left, and drop it at the

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right of the small rectangle.

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Now align the rectangle to the guide.

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Similarly, add another guide to the top of
the small rectangle, and another one to the

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left of the company’s name.

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The idea is that the space from the white
rectangle should be same, particularly on

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the sides, and on top.

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One last thing to do is to reduce the font
size of the text here, so let’s select the

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name of the company, and reduce the font size
to 12 points.

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Now let’s select the name of the city, and
reduce its font size to 8 points.

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Let’s push the text box a little above to
touch the guide.

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Now let’s hit ‘W’ for a final preview.

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Let’s also check the first page.

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Great!

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Congratulations guys!

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You’ve just learnt how to design a postcard
in InDesign.

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Alright guys!

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That concludes our session, and I’m going
to see you in the next one, in just a bit.

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Good bye!