Designing a Restaurant Menu

Shows how to create cost-effective, elegantly styled menus with Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.In this course, author Nigel French shows how to create a cost-effective, elegantly styled restaurant menu with Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. The course develops three menu designs: folder, four-panel card, and single-page, exploring the design considerations for each, such as size, folding, typeface, and paper stock. The course also sheds light on incorporating logos, choosing appropriate color schemes, and producing menus online and in print. Topics include: Adding text and design elements Adding texture with a Photoshop brush Creating a proof Adding stylized headers Designing menu inserts Placing and cleaning up text Creating a template Adding a textured background Preparing a menu for print