Adobe Creative Suite 4/5 in Action Training in Sydney 
Just bought Adobe Creative Suite 5 (or using CS3 or CS4) and want to have an overview of how InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop & Acrobat work together? Then the Adobe Creative Suite in Action course is for you. Conducted over 2 days, the focus is on InDesign and Photoshop, with smaller sessions on Illustrator, Acrobat and Bridge. The course is conducted using the latest versions – CS4 & CS5.
This course is ideal for clients who want to organise custom / private training.
What is the difference between the Creative Suite in Action and Essentials courses?
If you are going to be using the software everyday and working on a range of artwork, then it is more suitable to attend the 2 day Essentials courses for the individual Adobe Programs. We currently have a 20% discount if you book into the 3 most popular courses: InDesign Essentials, Illustrator Essentials and the Photoshop Essentials.
Adobe Creative Suite in Action Course Outline
About Adobe InDesign
- - Getting Started
- - Essential preferences - InDesign
- - Essential preferences - Illustrator
- - Essential preferences - Photoshop
- - Essential preferences - Bridge and Acrobat
- - Saving workspaces for InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
- - Keyboard shortcuts for InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
- - Customizing Bridge
- - Synchronizing color settings with Bridge
- - Setting application default styles in InDesign
- - Creating an application default Rich Black swatch
Creating a New Project
- - Creating a new InDesign document
- - Setting up margin and column guides
- - Creating and applying master pages
- - Organizing with layers
- - Setting document default text frame options
- - Adding text frames to pages (including threading)
- - Using Libraries and Snippets with Master Pages
Adding Text
- - Setting document default styles
- - Importing text from Microsoft Word
- - Formatting
- - Creating styles based on formatting
- - Positioning text
- - Applying styles
- - Nested and linked styles
Preparing Photos in Photoshop
- - Viewing and opening images with Bridge
- - Resizing and resampling
- - Utilizing smart objects
- - Photoshop clipping paths vs. transparent graphics
- - Batch RGB to CMYK conversion
- - Utilizing layer comps
Preparing Vector Graphics in Illustrator
- - Benefits of creating vector print graphics in Illustrator
- - Drawing and tracing with the Pen tool
- - Converting bitmaps to vectors with Live Trace
- - Utilizing layers
- - Exporting a layered PDF
- - Editing Illustrator paths in InDesign
Creating Vector Graphics in InDesign
- - The Pen and Shape tools
- - Creating shapes with Pathfinder
- - Making and releasing Compound paths
- - Converting text to outlines
- - Drawing your own frames
- - Utilizing object styles
- - Creating type effects in InDesign
Placing Graphics in InDesign
- - Importing graphics
- - Drag and drop from Bridge
- - Understanding image scaling and resolution in InDesign
- - Updating and relinking
- - Embedding links
- - Anchored objects
- - Applying and editing text wraps
- - Object layer options and layer overrides
- - Object layer options and layer comps
Tweaking the Text
- - Using the Story Editor
- - Drag-and-drop text editing
- - Spelling and the Dictionary
- - Using Find/Change
Tables
- - Formatting an imported Microsoft Word table
Client Reviews with Acrobat
- - Exporting a PDF for review
- - Enabling a PDF for commenting in Adobe Reader
- - Other PDF options
- - Emailing a PDF for reviewing and commenting
- - Making PDF comments
- - Importing and exporting comments from multiple reviewers
Finalising Your Layout
- - Master page edits
- - Style edits
- - Utilizing Version Cue versions
Output
- - Printing and print presets
- - Flattener/Separations preview
- - Preflight and package
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