Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign Training - 3 Days

Platform: Windows PC and Apple Mac

Courseware: Comprehensive training manual provided per person

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Windows or Apple Mac operating system

Software version: Training available for Adobe versions CS5.5, CS5, CS4, CS3, CS2, CS

Course Overview:
This 3 day training course has been developed to give you a basic grasp of the three main Adobe applications required for Desktop Publishing. You will learn how to prepare and edit a variety of digital
imagery with Adobe Photoshop, create vector based graphic artwork with Adobe Illustrator and set up
a range of simple but professional print ready layouts with Adobe InDesign. You will also learn how
the applications can work best together for various projects.

This training course is ideal if you want to quickly learn the fundamental features of these essential
design applications.

Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign 3 Day Training Outline

Training Course Introduction - Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign Overview

About Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
Working with bitmap and vector images
About various graphic types and formats
Various design workflow's and how the applications fit in
How to plan a DTP project

Day 1 - Working with Photoshop

The Interface

Using the menu bar
Opening and importing images/graphics
Creating new documents
Navigation and magnification

Basic Image Manipulation

Cropping
Resizing the image
Working with image resolution
Making greyscale images
Saving formats

Image Enhancement

Basic Levels
Using Hue and Saturation
Sharpening images

Correcting Mistakes

Undo shortcuts
Using the History palette

Working with Selections

Using the range of selection tools
Working with selection options
Editing selections

Working with Layers

About Photoshop layers
Creating/deleting layers
Adding Illustrator Files to Photoshop
Adding text layers
Hiding/locking layers
Transforming layers
Using the Flatten Image command

Exporting and Saving Photoshop Artwork

Creating PSD documents for future editing
File formats for use in Illustrator
File formats for use in InDesign
Print based file formats

Day 2 - Working with Adobe Illustrator

Introduction to Illustrator

Setting up general preferences
Document and page set up
Selection tools
Magnification and reduction
Using rulers and guides

Drawing Tools

Working with the line tools
Working with the shape tools
Cutting and editing paths
Using the Pen tool
Cutting, copying and pasting elements

Working with Colour

Creating custom colours
Working with swatches
Using the paint/colour tools

Working with Text

Typography and formatting
Text on a path
Wrapping text and graphics
Outlining type

Working with Objects

Duplicating
Object drag copying
Moving, rotating, scaling elements
Grouping/ungrouping objects
Working with strokes and fills
Creating masks

Using Layers

Working with the layers palette
Creating/deleting/hiding layers
Locking layers
Layer options

Creating Effects

Working with Pathfinder commands
Using the Effects menu

Export and Save Options

Saving editable Ai and PDF files
File formats for use in Photoshop and InDesign
Pasting Illustrator content into Photoshop and InDesign
Suitable formats for various print scenarios

Day 3 - Working with Adobe InDesign

The InDesign Environment

Using the tools and palettes
Control palette
Using Context menus
Opening and closing documents
Navigating a document
Using the multiple undo feature

Document Layout

Setting up pages and basic layout options
Using rulers, guides, grids and layers
Working with pages and spreads
Using master pages

Laying Out Pages with Frames

Creating and using frames
Using the frame tools
Creating text and graphic frames
Setting frame properties

Working with Text

Importing and exporting text
Placing text in frames
Threading text through frames
Setting text frame properties

Formatting Type

Formatting characters
Formatting paragraphs

Importing Illustrator Graphics and Photoshop Images

Placing graphics and images
Fitting content to frames
Fitting frames to content

Selecting and Transforming Objects

Moving Objects
Grouping and Ungrouping objects
Align

Using Colours

Defining and applying colours from colour libraries
Creating and applying gradients

Printing

Preparing for commercial printing
Performing a pre-flight check before printing
Packaging files for hand off
Creating printable PDF files
Handing off to a prepress service provider

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If this DTP outline does not match your requirements bespoke training is available.

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