Adobe CS4: Design Workflow

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    Flexible

  • Start date

    Different dates available

By the time you’ve finished watching this video series, you’ll be very proficient and confident in the new CS4 Design products. The chapters begin with a look at Adobe Bridge, and then show you all about raster image editing with Photoshop, vector image editing with Illustrator and how to create a professional layout with InDesign.

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About this course

In Adobe CS4: Design Workflow, you’ll also learn how to add multimedia with Acrobat, animate with Flash, edit web graphics with Fireworks, and design a web layout with Dreamweaver. Before you’re done, you’ll have all the tools you’ll need to give your next design project a professional polish and stay competitive in today’s fast paced marketplace.

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Subjects

  • InDesign
  • Image
  • Adobe
  • Photoshop
  • Flash
  • Multimedia
  • Workflow
  • Design
  • Image Editing
  • Layout
  • Illustrator
  • Threading Text
  • Masking
  • Vector image editing
  • Importing Text

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Course programme

Chapter I: BRIDGE: THE HUB OF CREATIVE SUITE 4 (23 min)
  • A Quick Tour of the Bridge Interface
  • Browsing Images & Previewing Thumbnails
  • Metadata, Keywords, Filtering & Collections
  • Moving, Copying & Deleting Images
  • Establishing the Creative Suite Color Settings
  • Using Additional Bridge Tools & Adobe Services
Chapter II: RASTER IMAGE EDITING WITH PHOTOSHOP® (63 min)
  • Introducing Photoshop CS4
  • Basic Color Correction
  • Selection Techniques
  • Quick Mask Mode & the Masks Panel
  • Working with Layers & Compositing
  • Using Illustrator® Objects in Photoshop
  • Adding Layer Styles & Creating Layer Comps
  • Saving & Outputting from Photoshop
Chapter III: VECTOR IMAGE EDITING WITH ILLUSTRATOR® (60 min)
  • Introducing Illustrator CS4
  • Setting Up Multiple Artboards
  • Working with Shapes, Fills & Strokes
  • Tracing a Pencil Drawing with the Pen Tool
  • Working with Live Trace
  • Adjusting Colors & Gradients
  • Working with Effects
  • Outputting from Illustrator
Chapter IV: LAYING IT ALL OUT WITH INDESIGN® (62 min)
  • InDesign CS4 Interface & Navigation
  • Drawing Shapes & Working with Color
  • Managing Master Pages & Variables
  • Inserting & Scaling Graphics
  • Object Layer Options, Links & Edit Original
  • Importing Text & Threading Text Frames
  • Creating Paragraph Styles
  • Adding Interactive Elements
  • Outputting Your Work
Chapter V: ADDING MULTIMEDIA WITH ACROBAT® (30 min)
  • Introducing Acrobat 9 Professional
  • Adding Interactivity to PDF Layers
  • Inserting Sound & Video into a PDF
  • Merging Files & Creating a Full Screen Slideshow
  • Assembling a PDF Portfolio
Chapter VI: GETTING ANIMATED WITH FLASH® (43 min)
  • Introducing Flash CS4
  • Importing Illustrator Files
  • Importing Photoshop Files & Layer Selections
  • Creating & Animating Flash Symbols
  • Applying an Action to a Button
  • Motion Tweens, the Motion Editor & Motion Presets
  • Creating a Banner Layout & Publishing to .SWF
Chapter VII: EDITING WEB GRAPHICS WITH FIREWORKS® (16min)

I. Opening Photoshop Files in Fireworks CS4
  • Resizing Images
  • Optimizing Images
  • Setting Hotspots
Chapter VIII: DESIGNING A WEB LAYOUT WITH DREAMWEAVER® (56 min)
  • Getting to Know Dreamweaver CS4
  • Slicing an Image in Photoshop
  • Creating a CSS Layout from Scratch
  • Centering a CSS Layout
  • Hyperlinks & CSS
  • Using a Class Style to Control Layout
  • Inserting Flash Video
  • Integrating Photoshop Smart Objects
  • Finishing Touches
  • Credits

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Highlights

Learn how to make the best use of Photoshop’s color correction tools
Find out how to set up and manage multiple artboards in Illustrator
Discover how to add interactivity and multimedia to a PDF in Acrobat
See how to build a Flash movie for use in a Dreamweaver layout
Learn how to build a CSS-based layout from scratch in Dreamweaver

LENGTH

Total Run Time: 6.8 hours

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Adobe CS4: Design Workflow

£ 37.80 VAT inc.

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Original amount in USD:

$ 47

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