Creative Cloud for Design

Who is this course for?

Designers, pre-press professionals, architects, production managers, marketing, small business owners, web designers and anyone who wishes to master the Creative Cloud should attend this class. Special attention is paid to learning production workflows used by professionals in industry, keyboard short cuts, automating workflow and special effects techniques.

Objectives

InDesign 101: Yellow Belt - 2 Days
Confidently use the essential feature of the application
Setup multiple page documents
Import and format text using paragraph and character styles
Place and arrange images
Prepare and publish documents for screen or print

Photoshop 101: Yellow Belt - 2 Days
Remove red eyes, blemishes, scratches, etc. using retouch technique
Improve image colours and adjust contrast and brightness settings
Create simple compositions by blending images together
Add text and modify type settings in your designs
Output artwork for web, print or video

Illustrator 101: Yellow Belt - 2 Days
Set up Illustrator projects and identify project requirements
Prepare graphics for web, print and video format text using various Typographical features and techniques
Apply design principles to create graphic compositions
Modify and apply colours
Create symbols, place images and organise artwork using layers
Archive, export, and publish graphics

Prerequisites

You should have a basic working knowledge of either the Windows or Mac interface as well as exposure to either Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint. You should know how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files.

Benefits

The ultimate class for those new to design software and desktop publishing. No matter what background or industry you are from - this class will give you the practical skills you need to jumpstart your talents as a designer. These are tools of choice for designer and marketers all across the world. Adobe Creative Cloud is the state-of-the-art graphics software collection that combines the best software in the publishing world. Packed full of hints and tips, short cuts and techniques, this Academy Class offers a full on 6 days of training on the latest versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
The package does not have a schedule of its own so simply pick which course you want to start with and check out the dates for that particular class.

Courses included in this package:
InDesign 101: Yellow Belt - 2 Days
Photoshop 101: Yellow Belt - 2 Days
Illustrator 101: Yellow Belt - 2 Days

Setting up InDesign projects

Identify project requirements
Establish target audience and needs
Define media format and publishing requirements

User interface

Identify user interface elements
Create and select Workspaces
Navigate and zoom documents
Rulers, guides and grids

InDesign documents

Setting up a single and multiple page document
Apply design principles to create a professional layout
Working with master pages
Selecting and Grouping objects
Transform and modify elements
Align and arrange content
Organise artwork using layers
Adding automatic page numbers

Working with Text

Creating and modifying text frames
Threading text frames
Managing overset text
Formatting text using paragraph and character styles
Placing text from a Word document
Spell checking
Adding special characters
Assigning text wrap

Images and graphics

Creating basic shapes
Assigning fill and stroke to objects
Placing images
Frame fitting options and frame shapes
Collecting and placing content using the conveyor tool

Colours

Selecting and applying colours
Creating colour swatches
Applying and modifying gradients
Working with spot colours
Adding transparency to elements

Publishing

Identifying common file formats
Using the packaging feature
Create a template
Prepare page layouts for print
Export InDesign projects for multiscreen devices

Digital Imaging Foundation

Image quality and resolution
Bitmap and vector graphics
Image and canvas size
Colour spaces and bit depth
Design theory principles
Files formats and media

Interface

Controlling the workspace
Screen layout and window arrangements
Navigation and zoom shortcuts
Guides, grid and ruler

Selections

Creating selections using the selection tools
Refining selections
Transform, scale and distort selections
Saving and loading selections

Painting and Retouching

Saving and sharing colour pallets and swatches
Creating and controlling Gradients
Effective use of Brush tools
Understanding Retouching tools

Colour Correction

Levels and curves
Hue and saturation
Shadow and highlights

Compositing

Creating and grouping Layers
Cropping images
Transform and distort layers
Add filters from the Filter gallery
Effective use of Adjustment layers
Creating Layer masks
Working with text
Applying and controlling Layer effects
Blending and transparency settings

Setting up Illustrator projects

Identify project requirements
Establish target audience and needs
Define media format and publishing requirements

User interface

Identify user interface elements
Create and select Workspaces
Navigate and zoom documents

Creating artwork

Understanding difference between vector and bitmap formats
Apply design principles to create artwork
Using pen and shape tools to create basic geometry
Selecting and Grouping objects
Transform and modify elements
Create and manipulate text
Organise artwork using layers
Create symbols

Colours

Selecting and applying colours
Creating colour swatches
Applying and modifying gradients
Working with spot colours

Effects and transparency

Apply transparency to objects
Blend elements using blend effects
Working with bitmaps
Placing raster images
Using the links panel to relink and update images
Tracing images using live trace presets

Publish artwork

Identifying common file formats
Choose appropriate settings to optimise graphics on the screen, print and video
Creating JPEG, PDF, PNG, SVG