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Muse & Edge Combo Introduction

Short course

In London ()

£ 450 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Short course

  • Level

    Beginner

  • Class hours

    12h

  • Duration

    2 Days

ADOBE CERTIFIED TRAINING

Harness your visual-design skills as we show you how to build attractive, animated websites in no time. Our tour of Muse and Edge Animate will give you the tools you need to produce web layouts, and is the ideal way to create online pages without having to learn HTML and CSS.

About this course


Our goal is for you to understand the tools available to create effective visual designs for the web.


The course is intended for visual/graphic designers who already have some experience of Adobe Creative Cloud programs, and who wish to produce content for the web.

You will need basic PC or Mac skills, including a solid understanding of a computer's operating system (Windows or Mac OS). You will also need to know how to launch a program, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media. Some experience of Creative Cloud programs will be helpful.

Join us to learn the essentials of Muse and Edge Animate, the powerful tools that put web creativity back into the hands of visual designers. You will quickly understand how to build pages containing animated graphics, forms, and navigation. The course does not involve the use of any code and is an ideal way to get to grips with the graphical approach to web design.

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Subjects

  • HTML
  • Flash
  • Animation
  • Design
  • Graphics
  • Adobe
  • Web
  • Web Development
  • Key concepts
  • Web Page
  • Pages
  • Muse Interface
  • New Site

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Course programme

This 2-day Essentials course will give you the perfect grounding in the Adobe tools that can help you to build beautiful websites and animations without the need to touch a single line of code. Both Muse and Edge Animate have been built with visual designers in mind, and combine to give you a truly code-free environment in which to build your designs for the web. Find out how to put Muse's master pages and interactivity features alongside Edge's handy animation tools to create stunning, interactive websites in no time.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Create and structure a web page
  • Format your content through the use of master pages
  • Animate graphics in new and existing HTML files without using Flash
  • Understand keyframes, triggers, and easing
  • Add images and navigation to your pages
  • Import and control text
  • Use web fonts and deal with typography
  • Manage forms and slideshows
  • Publish a working web page with animated content
  • Integrate Edge into existing workflows

The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.

Adobe Muse Muse Key Concepts
  • Differences of web and print design
  • Understanding web graphics
  • Creating web graphics
Understanding the Muse Interface
  • Working with the different views
  • Previewing a site
A tour of the Muse interface
  • Understanding the tools
  • Switching between the tools
  • Understanding the current selection
  • Zooming and magnifying
Creating a New Site
  • Exploring the new site options
  • Creating a sitemap
  • Setting up master pages
Working with Pages
  • Changing page attributes
  • Creating a browser fill
  • Understanding page guides
  • Establishing headers and footers
  • Changing site and page properties
  • Adding page metadata
  • Creating a favicon
Working with Graphics
  • Importing graphics
  • Working with graphics
  • Using an image as a background
  • Understanding the Assets panel
  • Understanding asset size and resolution
Formatting Objects
  • Transforming objects
  • Locking objects
  • Working with groups
  • Understanding stacking order
  • Using ruler guides
  • Using the Align panel
  • Rounding Corners
  • Creating graphic styles
  • Wrapping an object around text
  • Pinning an object to the browser
Working with Text
  • Getting text into Muse
  • Formatting your text
  • Working with web-safe and system fonts
  • Working with Typekit fonts
  • Create paragraph styles
  • Creating character styles
  • Setting style export tags
Adding Colour to Your Site
  • Creating colour swatches
  • Working with stroke and fills
  • Using gradients
Using Hyperlinks
  • Working with link styles
  • Using link anchors
Understanding States and Dynamic Menus
  • Using the States panel
  • Importing a Photoshop button
Widgets, Slideshows, and Forms
  • Understanding widgets
  • Building an accordion panel
  • Setting up a tabbed panel
  • Creating a thumbnail slideshow
  • Creating a lightbox slideshow
Embedded HTML
  • Inserting a map
  • Embedding videos
  • Working with Twitter
  • Adding a Facebook Like button
Publishing a Site
  • Exporting your site to HTML
  • Uploading your site via FTP
  • Publishing your site to Business Catalyst Adobe Edge Animate
Introduction
  • What is Edge?
  • What is the Creative Cloud?
  • Why use Edge?
  • Installing Edge
  • The Edge workspace
Controlling the document
  • Document size and colour
  • Document overflow
  • Edge project files
  • The Elements panel
  • The Properties panel
  • The Timeline panel
Animation
  • Working with fonts
  • Adding web fonts
  • Text and typography
  • Working with images
  • Working with assets
  • The timeline
  • Working with keyframes
  • Auto keyframing
  • Use and understand the pin
  • Simple animation techniques
  • Create transitions and fades
  • Testing your animation
  • Use and understand triggers
  • Using labels
  • Use and understand easing
  • Symbols in animation
Interaction
  • Events for mouse interactions
  • Create looping
  • Create mask effects
  • Animate existing web pages
  • Creating hotspots
  • Creating hyperlinks
  • Creating navigation
  • Symbols and interactivity
  • Scripting syntax
  • Working with scripting
  • Element events
  • User events
  • Buttons
Publishing
  • Preview in browser
  • Publish settings
  • Publish your animation

Muse & Edge Combo Introduction

£ 450 + VAT