: Looking for InDesign Help I'm a decent PhotoShop artist, mostly using it for exhibition pieces of music artists I listen to and promotional flyers. I'm looking to take my craft to another level

@Si6392903

First if you want to do logos, you should consider Adobe Illustrator first.

Maybe have a look at the Adobe's website and learn about their different software before throwing yourself into focusing on learning one only. They work all together, so eventually you'll need to learn a few!

But if you need to learn InDesign from scratch... I'm not really sure where to begin actually. Doing design isn't just about placing elements in a software, there's much more to it. Your question is a bit like asking Mozart how to play music. (not that we're all Mozarts but lot are master designers here!)

Most designers paid for a training in a design school first and spent a few months or years learning. And then still keep learning since software evolve as well. Therefore you can't expect to learn everything easily on a video or online websites, and it would be hard to give you the best resource for this.

If you are visual, I strongly suggest you to look for a design school and teachers; it's respectful to the profession and to your future clients who will put trust (and money, and hope) that you know what you're doing!

For visual training videos, have a look at lynda.com. I can't tell you how good they are since I don't like watching tutorials but it's a good reference in general.

This is one series to get you started with Illustrator:
www.lynda.com/Illustrator-tutorials/Illustrator-CC-Essential-Training-2015/370378-2.html
This is one series to get you started with InDesign:
www.lynda.com/InDesign-tutorials/Introducing-InDesign/147822-2.html
PS: If you don't like reading or using books, it's possible you'll have a miserable life as a designer! Adobe have a big help file but not many videos, and the experts who create tutorials often don't create video versions.

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