Lessons: 21Length: 1.7 hours
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1.1 Introduction
In this brief introduction, I’ll show you how easy and fun it can be to create project proposals. Whether you choose to adapt a proposal template or create your own layouts from the ground up, you’ll be sure to get into your design groove in no time.
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1.Introduction
1.1Introduction01:53
1.2What Is a Project Proposal?04:03
1.3What You'll Need to Create Proposal Documents01:41
2.How to Adapt a Proposal Template
2.1How to Choose a Suitable Proposal Template04:03
2.2Getting to Know Your Template06:23
2.3How to Adapt Your Template (The Easy Way)03:21
2.4How to Redefine Styles in Your Template05:44
2.5How to Format Color in Your Template03:07
2.6How to Edit Master Pages in Your Template03:33
3.How to Create and Design Your Own Proposal Layouts
3.1Setting Up Your Proposal: Part One03:14
3.2Setting Up Your Proposal: Part Two05:41
3.3Styling Your Proposal: How to Find Inspiration08:07
3.4How to Create an Effective Cover for Your Proposal08:01
3.5Styling Your Proposal: How to Create Type Styles06:25
3.6How to Create a Contents Page for Your Proposal07:03
3.7How to 'Map Out' Your Proposal09:42
3.8Styling Your Proposal: Shapes and Stats02:31
3.9Styling Your Proposal: Images07:26
3.10Preparing Your Proposal for Print: Preflight04:00
3.11Preparing Your Proposal for Print: Exporting03:45
4.Conclusion
4.1Conclusion03:08
1.1 Introduction
Hi there, welcome to this, Tuts+ course, How to Design A Project Proposal in Adobe InDesign. If you're looking to win new projects as a freelancer or for your business, beautifully designed proposals can really help you to leave a lasting impression on your clients. My name is Grace Fussell, I'm a graphic designer based in the UK and I'm going to show you how designing creative proposals doesn't need to be intimidating or time consuming. Once you know a few design tips and techniques for good practice. So you may be thinking, what exactly is a proposal? So proposals are smartly designed brochures which introduce a client to your business, and let them know how you would approach a design brief that they've set for you. Proposals can either supplement or replace face to face pitching and can be sent as printed documents or as PDF attachments. In this course, you'll learn how to create proposal designs that are super professional and look amazing. We'll learn how to edit proposal templates in design, adapting them to make them unique, and completely tailored to your own purposes. You'll also learn how to design beautiful creative proposal documents from scratch using InDesign, creating attention grabbing cover, formatting, awesome typography, and working with content pages, masters, color pallets, and textiles. Whether you're a seasoned user of InDesign, or you're relatively new to the software, you'll build up your familiarity of the program slowly. By the end of the course, you'll know exactly how to create a proposal document at the drop of a hat. As well as having picked up lots of transferable print design skills that you can use to create magazines, brochures, books, and other print media. So if you're looking for a new creative way of winning exciting new projects as well as honing your publishing design skills, this course will be a brilliant fit for you. I'm really looking forward to welcoming you on board and I hope you're excited to get started.
