The frenzy of creativity is immersed in every corner of the virtual world. Ingenuity and vigor can be transmitted through art and design, thus capturing endless ideas that constantly renew the way of admiring and appreciating the digital age.
There are different programs, designed to facilitate and promote creativity in the world of graphic design. One of them has managed to position itself as the great ally of professional designers and layout designers, we are talking about InDesing.
With an arsenal of incredible tools, it offers its users the ability to carry out amazing projects from scratch or using default designs. This program designed for editorial editing enhances creativity by taking digital typography to another level.
InDesing functions
This application has a very simple and friendly interface, which helps to develop incredible projects without any difficulty. Among the creations that you can carry out with this program are:
- Creation of web page prototypes.
- Interactive PDF.
- Books, book covers and magazines in digital or print formats.
- Creation of interactive buttons.
- Flayers.
- Digital newspapers.
- Publications for mobile devices.
InDesing is a really complete program, it stands out for its incredible versatility, providing creative freedom to its users.
It offers the best instruments that will undoubtedly enhance and position your project. This multiplatform application guarantees astonishing typographic elaborations, in addition to adapting to professional demands.
InDesing allows you to add multimedia files such as audio and videos to projects, in addition, you can also download the content of your creations in EPUB, JPG, HTML formats, among others.
Create paths and shapes
Within the arsenal of tools that Adobe InDesing offers, such as inserting images into shapes and letters, you can also find the pen tool. This precision instrument allows to elaborate by means of segments joined by vertices, lines, curves and to draw simple or complex shapes.
To carry out any creation using this tool, first, you must:
- Locate it in the options on the left side of the panel, between the pencil tool and the straight line, select it.
- Next, you must position yourself on the project sheet and click to mark the first point.
- Click on a segment of the creation sheet and one parallel to the first point created, in this way you will create a straight line.
- You can make several clicks in different areas of the sheet to make a shape with straight lines.
- To close a shape, go back to the starting point.
In case you want to draw curved lines, you just have to:
- Click in the worksheet with the pen tool
- Position yourself and hold down the left mouse button, so that the anchor point controls appear in this way.
- If you want to make a shape, go back to the starting point to close.
If you are not satisfied and want to modify the curvature, select the direct selection tool located in the upper left part of the options menu, press the curve positioning yourself on the handles, and configure your design to your style.
Straight to curved points
If you want to convert straight points to curved, the process is as simple as following the steps below:
- Using the “ convert direction point ” tool located in the drop-down menu that will appear when selecting the pen tool.
- Next, you must position yourself on the point you want to modify and select it.
- By holding down, you can move the cursor so that the handles appear.
- Modify the curvature you want the section to have by holding down the left mouse button.
- To undo the curvature of the line, you just have to click again and it will return to its initial shape.
Drawings and colors
To draw a closed shape, you just have to, after marking the points of the lines that you want it to have, go back to the starting point. In this way, you will obtain a closed figure which you can change and apply gradients of fill colors, contour, apply shadow effect and much more.