Working with Transparency - Adobe InDesign CC - page 429

Getting started
The project for this lesson is the cover of a menu for a fictional restaurant, Bistro Nouveau.
By applying transparency effects and using a series of layers, you'll create a visually rich
design.
1. To ensure that the preference and default settings of your Adobe InDesign program
match those used in this lesson, move the InDesign Defaults file to a different
folder following the procedure in “ Saving and restoring the InDesign Defaults file ”
on page 3 .
Note
If you have not already downloaded the project files for this lesson to your
computer from your Account page, make sure to do so now. See “ Getting
Started ” at the beginning of the topic.
2. Start Adobe InDesign. To ensure that the panels and menu commands match those
used in this lesson, choose Window > Workspace > [Advanced], and then choose
Window > Workspace > Reset Advanced. To begin working, you'll open an
InDesign document that is already partially completed.
3. Choose File > Open, and open the 12_a_Start.indd file in the Lesson12 folder,
which is located within the Lessons folder in the InDesignCIB folder on your hard
drive. (If the Adobe Typekit dialog box displays, click Sync Fonts.)
4. Choose File > Save As, name the file 12_Menu.indd , and save it in the Lesson12
folder.
The menu appears as a long, blank page because all of the layers are currently hid-
den. You'll reveal these layers one by one as you need them, so it will be easy to
focus on the specific objects and tasks in this lesson.
5. To see what the finished project looks like, open the 12_b_End.indd file in the
Lesson12 folder.