CS3 Design Bootcamp
Categories: Adobe Creative Suite
CS3 Design Bootcamp

Highlander's CS3 Design training is a blended learning solution which combines our 5 day instructor led CS3 Design Bootcamp course, with 6 months access to our Learning Management System (LMS) including the CS3 Design training slides and demos, course discussion forums, extensive glossary, additional exercises and samples, and other online learning support.

The 5 day CS3 Design course is run monthly at our London centre or available at your own location, and is a great way to get up and running with the Adobe CS3 Design bundle. The course is suitable for anybody new to the Adobe CS3 Design bundle.

Audience
Designers, pre-press professionals, production managers, Web designers and anyone who wishes to master the Creative Suite should attend this class. Special attention is paid to keyboard shortcuts, automating workflow and special effects techniques.

Prerequisites
Basic PC skills are necessary to complete this course. These skills include: a basic understanding of a computer's operating system, launching an application, creating and saving files, and copying files from CDs and other media.

Course Overview
Exploring Photoshop
- Explore the Photoshop Environment
- Customize the Photoshop Workspace with Presets
- Customize Menus
- Explore Adobe Bridge
- Work with Photoshop File Properties
- Painting and Retouching Images

Paint an Object
- Retouch an Image
- Create a Gradient
- Create a Pattern
- Create a Vector Object
- Apply Metadata and Keywords
- Output to Print
- Enhancing an Image

Adjust the Tonal Range of an Image
- Use the Exposure Dialog Box
- Work with Filters
- Working with Layers and Selections

Create and Use Layers
- Create and Use Smart Objects
- Create Layer Styles
- Work with Multiple Layers
- Create and Modify Selection
- Managing the InDesign Environment

Introduction to InDesign
- Customize Your Workspace
- Set General Preferences
- Manage Document Presets
- Designing Documents

Create a New Document
- Alter a Document's Layout
- Create the Structure of a Document
- Develop Master Pages
- Manage Text and Graphic Placement
- Develop Layers
- Managing Text

Add Text
- Edit Text
- Spell Check Text
- Thread Text
- Change Text Threads
- Format Characters
- Format Paragraphs
- Manage Styles
- Utilizing Colors, Swatches, and Gradients

Utilize Color
- Utilize Swatches
- Apply Fills, Gradients, and Strokes
- Managing Transparency

Apply Transparency
- Apply Transparency Flattener Presets
- Utilizing Tables

Create a Table
- Modify a Table
- Format a Table
- Preparing for Handoff to a Service Provider

Check Documents for Problems
- Print a Document
- Package Files
- Preview Output
- Creating Acrobat PDF Files

Prepare PDF Files for Web Distribution
- Manage PDF Presets
- Export PDF Files for Printing
- Creating Logos Using Simple Shapes

Choose New Document Settings
- Create a Custom Workspace
- Draw Basic Shapes with the Shape Tools
- Draw Paths with the Pencil Tool
- Enhancing Logos

Format Objects
- Manipulate Objects
- Insert Type
- Creating Logos Using Custom Paths

Draw Paths with the Pen Tool
- Modify Existing Shapes to Create New Shapes
- Duplicate Objects
- Apply Graphic Styles
- Creating a Logo with Type Special Effects

Apply Gradients to Type
- Create Type on a Path
- Apply an Envelope to Type
- Creating an Advertisement

Import a Graphic
- Align Objects
- Apply Spot Colors
- Wrap Text
- Export a File
- Manipulating Body Type

Import Body Type
- Format Type with Styles
- Fix Spelling Errors
- Find and Replace Text
- Insert Typographic Characters
- Managing Assets with Adobe Bridge

Explore the Adobe Bridge Environment
- Apply Metadata and Keywords to Assets in Adobe Bridge

 
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Key Details
Provided by:
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Duration5 days
 
£1,250
per delegate
 
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