Who's the course for?
This course is for anyone interested to improve their skills and making the most of Adobe's most important print design applications.
On this course you will learn best practices, shortcuts, timesavers and general workflows using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Bridge and Acrobat.
Taking part in this hands-on workshop will provide you with techniques to be able to work faster, more efficiently and more professionally with these industry leading Adobe products.
All attendees are required to bring a laptop with relevant software loaded.
Course Syllabus
1. Getting familiar with the interface
Panels, Toolbar, Application Frame, Options bar
Workspaces, Menus, Panel menus, UI brightness
2. Useful preferences
Photoshop - Tools / Overscroll, Performance, Cursors, Layers panel
Illustrator - Transform panel options, Tool options (Magic Wand, Blend Tool)
InDesign - Display performance, Interface / Live Screen Drawing, Type
3. Keyboards shortcuts
Tools and menus to see default shortcuts
Navigation - Pan, Zoom, Rotate view, Fit to Screen
Photoshop - Brush size and HUD colour picker
Customize shortcuts: Undo / Redo
Shortcuts PDF
4. Pixels and vectors
Pixels: Resolution - Photoshop Image Size, InDesign Effective PPI
Vectors: Bezier curves - Anchor points, Paths
5. File formats
Native file formats
Compression (Lossy - JPEG or Lossless TIFF)
Transparency PNG
Layers PSD, TIFF
File formats PDF
Auto recovery option in each application
6. Colour modes
RGB and CMYK
ICC colour profiles - Proof colour in Photoshop
Color Settings in Bridge for Synchronized colours
7. Creating new documents
Photoshop - resolution, artboards
InDesign - Preview, Intent, Document setup and Margins and Columns, Pages
Illustrator - Profile, Raster Effects, Artboards
8. Working with Layers
Photoshop - Move tool, Opacity, Arrangement
InDesign - Images and text, selecting layers and objects is different to Photoshop
Illustrator - Objects
9. Working with Type
Photoshop - Text layer, Point type / Area type, Rasterize
Illustrator - Warp text, Type on a path, Touch Type tool, Outline
InDesign - Options bar for Type tool, Text wrap
Global typography shortcuts - Font size as example
10. Working with Images
Photoshop - Open, Browse in Bridge, Place Embedded / Linked
InDesign - Place, Embed, Layer Options for PSD and TIFF
Illustrator - Place, Embed, Trace
11. Working with Paths
Shape tools
Path and Direct Selection tools
Pen Tool - universal shortcuts and differences (Alt in Photoshop for convert)
Photoshop - Paths panel, Vector Mask
InDesign - Custom frames with Pathfinder
12. Swatches
Photoshop - New swatch, Foreground / Background swatches and shortcuts
Illustrator - Global swatch, Process / Spot colors, Gradient and Pattern swatches
InDesign - Applying swatch to Fill / Stroke, Container / Text
Adobe Swatch Exchange
Adobe Color aka Kuler
13. Rulers and Guides
Turn Rulers on/off, Change measurements, Change and reset origin, Create guides from Rulers
Photoshop - New Guide, New Guide Layout, New Guide from Shape
Illustrator - Make Guides, Artboard Rulers
InDesign - Ruler per Page / per Spread, Smart Guides
14. Alignment and Distribution
Photoshop - Move tool Options Bar
InDesign / Illustrator - Align panel, Spacing, Align to
InDesign - Live Distribute (Space)
15. Libraries Panel
Colors and Color Themes
Layer Styles
Brushes
Images
Text styles
3D models
To book please email
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