Adobe Suite Masterclass
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In London-City
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London-city
This five-day masterclass covers all of the most commonly used features of the three main products in the Adobe suite - Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign - used to produce printed documents. Whether the aim is to produce flyers, adverts, brochures or tender documents then this course teaches all of the key skills required. The course will be taught using the Adobe Creative Suite (CS6), but is suitable for those using CS5, CS6 or Creative Cloud. Learning Objectives Delegates will learn how to Navigate around the products' environmentsUnderstand resolution and colour modesUse Photoshop to prepare images, including working with selections, layers and retouching of imagesUse Illustrator to create vector artwork, including working with and formatting pathsUse InDesign to create publications, including working with text, styles and graphical objectsOutput content from all three products in formats best suited for their intended audiences
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About this course
This five-day masterclass covers all of the most commonly used features of the three main products in the Adobe suite - Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign - used to produce printed documents. Whether the aim is to produce flyers, adverts, brochures or tender documents then this course teaches all of the key skills required. The course will be taught using the Adobe Creative Suite (CS6), but is suitable for those using CS5, CS6 or Creative Cloud.
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Subjects
- Retouching
- InDesign
- Illustrator
- Adobe
- Photoshop
Course programme
Module 1 - Introducing the Suite
- The applications and interfaces
- Zooming and navigating
- Introducing image types and resolution
Adobe Photoshop
Module 2 - Introducing Photoshop
- Creating a new document
- Image resolution
- Rotating and cropping images
Module 3 - Selections
- The Marquee tools
- The Lasso tools
- The Quick Selection tools
- Color Range
- Refining a selection
- Saving and loading selections
Module 4 - Introducing layers
- Combining images using layers
- Creating and managing layers
- The Eraser tools
- Transforming layers
- Common adjustments
Module 5 - Taking layers further
- Layer styles
- Blending modes
- Working with Adjustment layers
- The Type Tool
Module 6 - Retouching tools
- The Spot Healing Brush Tool
- The Patch Tool
- Content-Aware Fill
- Content-Aware Move
Module 7 - Working with History
- History basics
- Configuring History
- The History panel
- The History Brush
Module 8 - Filters
- The Filter Gallery
- Gaussian Blur
- Sharpening
Module 9 - Outputting from Photoshop
- Colour modes
- Exporting other file types
Adobe Illustrator
Module 10 - Introducing Illustrator
- Vector graphics versus raster graphics
- Creating a new document
- Managing artboards
Module 11 - Basic shapes
- Illustrator terminology
- Drawing simple lines and shapes
- Modifying paths
Module 12 - Formatting paths
- Working with colour
- Fill
- Stroke
Module 13 - The Pen Tool
- Creating simple line paths
- Creating curved paths
- Combining straight and curved paths
- Modifying paths
Module 14 - Working with text
- The Type Tool
- Formatting type
- The Area Type Tool
- The Type on a Path Tool
Module 15 - Using layers
- Working with layers
- Managing layers
Module 16 - Outputting from Illustrator
- Outputting from Illustrator
- Adobe Swatch Exchange
- Exporting artwork from Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Module 17 - Introducing InDesign
- Creating a new document
- The newly-created page
- Guides
- Working with frames
Module 18 - Working with type
- The Type Tool
- Importing text
- Linking text frames
- Character formatting
- Common paragraph formats
- Using Notes
- Creating simple tables
- Other useful text options
- Special characters and symbols
Module 19 - Working with styles
- An introduction to styles
- The styles panels
- Creating styles
- Applying styles
- Editing and managing styles
- Overrides
Module 20 - Working with graphics
- Importing images
- Scaling and moving
- Text wrapping options
Module 21 - Working with multiple frames
- Grouping, aligning and distributing objects
- Stacking objects
- Converting shapes
- Transforming objects
- Layers
Module 22 - Working with colour
- Working with colours
- Creating tints and gradients
Module 23 - Preparing a document for output
- Resolving errors in a document
- Printing a document
- Exporting files for printing
- Packaging a document
- Exporting a file in another format
Certification/Exams
This will provide delegates with most skills required to sit the Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) exams in the respective applications, and will serve as a good grounding for those who wish to work towards the Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) exams
Adobe Suite Masterclass