Computer WorkGroup Training

Transparency

Duration : ½ Day

Pricing : Basic - 1 person $450, 2 people $500 for both (see pricing page for full details)

Pre-requisites : Familiarity with Photoshop and Illustrator.

For Whom: The course is intended for people who wish to create transparency in graphics. It covers transparency in Photoshop and Illustrator, and its use in various file formats, InDesign, GoLive and Acrobat.

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

• Create transparency in a Photoshop file.
• Create transparency in an Illustrator file
• Understand how transparency is handled in various file formats.
• Preserve transparency in Acrobat.
• Handle transparency in InDesign
• Control web transparency

COURSE OUTLINE

Transparency Workshop - ½ Workshop

Photoshop

• Backgrounds
• Deleting Selections

Alpha Channels

• Overview
• Saving
• Using in transparency
• Manipulating
• Calculations
• Greyscale properties

Illustrator

• Creating transparency
• Role of Pathfinder
• Paths from Photoshop
• Imported bitmaps

Paths

• Clippimg paths
• in Illustrator
• in Photoshop
• Transferring

InDesign

• Clipping paths
• Using Alpha Channels
• Feathering and cropping
• Native transparency from Photoshop

GoLive

• Transparency and web graphics
• Native formats
• Smart objects
• overriding transparency

File Formats

• EPS
• GIF
• JPEG
• PDF
• PSD

Transparency and Print

• Colour models
• White vs Paper
• Clipping paths
• Soft edges