Computer WorkGroup Training

Adobe Creative Suite

The course is an integrated approach to InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat and Version Cue

Duration : 2 Days

Pricing : Basic - 1 person $1,500; 2 people - $1,700 for both (see pricing page for full details)

Pre-requisites : Understanding of Quark XPress, layout principles, Photoshop & Illustrator. .

For Whom: The course is intended for people who have been using QuarkXPress and earlier versions of Photoshp and Illustrator, or similar graphics programs.

Course Objectives: At the conclusion of the training participants will be able to -

• Create Creative Suite documents
• Understand the differences between Quark XPress and InDesign
• Integrate Illustrator & Photoshop files with InDesign
• Create vector artwork
• Apply special effects to artwork
• Add and format text in a document
• Create a variety of document types
• Apply colours and tints
• Control integration of their workflow
• Create and distribute Adobe PDF’s

COURSE OUTLINE

Creative Suite - Converting from Quark XPress - 2 Day Workshop

Comparing The Creative Suite Environment

• The Work areas compared
• Differing basic layout tasks
• Handling text differently
• Role of CS elements
• Viewing documents
• Palette views and docking

Version Cue

• Overview
• Integrating with Creative Suite workflow

File Formats

• Working with files
• Vectors vs Raster images
• Importing files
• Sharing files across applications

Correcting mistakes

• Undoing errors
• Working with history palettes
• Retrieving with Version Cue

Creating Documents

• Creating and importing in Photoshop
• Creating vector artwork
• Creating InDesign documents
• Creating PDF’s
• Optimising PDF’s

Colour, Tints and Gradients

• Applying colours to objects
• Colour models
• Fills and strokes
• Working with gradients
• Creating a spot colour & tint

Working with Transpaency

• Transparency overview
• Drop shadows
• Feathering
• Exporting and printing

Typography and the Creative Suite

• Selecting and editing text
• Formatting characters
• Formatting Paragraphs
• Using Styles
• Glyph palette and customising

Basic drawing tools

• Creating shapes
• Drawing with the Pen tool
• Editing nodes
• Arranging and combining objects

Working with Layers

• Layer overview
• Stacking layers
• Preserving layers
• Layer effects
• Hiding layers

Working with InDesign

• Pages and Spreads
• Margins and column guides
• Adding text
• Adding graphics
• Master pages
• Working with frames
• Tables
• Preflighting documents

Working with Photoshop

• New Features
• Preparing images for InDesign
• Selecting parts of an image
• Transforming images
• Applying Photoshop Special Effectst
• Correcting colours and tones

Working with Illustrator

• New Features
• Working with paths
• Transforming objects
• Type on a path
• Applying Illustrator Special Effects

Conversion Tips

• Terminolgy differences
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Converting documents