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SUMMARY:Adobe Creative Suite CS5 Introduction
DESCRIPTION:The Adobe Creative Suite CS5 Introduction course is targeted at those who are new to the CS5 Design suite and looking to learn the basics of working with Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator.
The full course is made up of 5 days of classroom based training which is supported by 6 months email support, course materials, and held in a central Bristol location. Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator can be taken as individual courses.
Two day Photoshop CS5 course £440 plus vat
Two day Indesign CS5 course £440 plus vat
One day Illustrator CS5 £220 plus vat
The full five day course special promo price £999 plus vat
The Instructors
Our CS5 instructors all have years of experience working with Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator in a professional capacity and have all attained Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Instructor status.
Target  Audience
The CS5 Introduction is aimed at anybody who wants to learn to use Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator but has no previous experience.
Course outline
Day one and Two Photoshop CS5
Day one
1. The Photoshop interface
2. Creating, saving and navigating documents
3. Using Adobe Bridge
4. Using colours
5. How to choose a colour and use it in a composition
6. Type and text
How to add text to a Photoshop document and type
on a path
7. Image sizing
Learn how to resize and crop your images
8. Photoshop actions
Learn how to automate your workflow using actions
9. Making selections
Understand how to make, transform and save a selection from an image
10. Retouching
Learn how to use the various retouching tools to enhance your images, and how to remove the background from an image
Day 2
1. Layer styles
Exploit the power of layer styles to add exciting
design effects
2. Correction of tone and colour
Learn how to use levels and curves to correct colour
3 Photoshop creations
Create a simple animation, a web photo gallery and a PDF presentation
4. Using brushes
Loading and using brushes and making your own
5. Using layers
How to creatively use layers in Photoshop
Learn about adjustment layers and quick masks
6. Shapes
Creation of vector shapes and fill layers
7. Using the filters
Learn how to creatively use the filter gallery
Day threeand Four -InDesign CS5
1. The InDesign Interface
Creating, saving and navigating documents
Understanding the work area
2. Importing Text
How to import text and flow it through a document
3. Styles
Object, paragraph and character styles
How they work and how to use them
4. Transparency
Learn how to colourise images and add transparency to imported graphics
5. Transforming Objects
Learn how to scale and transform objects in InDesign
6. Setting up
Understand how to set up your document with guides
7. Typography
Learn how to work with type and add special features
How to use tracking and kerning, drop caps and pull quotes
Day Four
1. Graphics
Using Photoshop and InDesign and Illustrator
How to import graphics
2. Master Pages
Learn how to use master pages to speed up your workflow
3. Table of Contents
Create a TOC complete with hyperlinks
4. Frames
Learn about frames and how they work for images and text
5. Colour
How to use the swatches palette and how to apply colours to objects, learn about the stroke and fill of text
6. Tables
Creation of tables and how to format them and insert graphics and text
7. PDF Exporting
Export a PDF for the web or for print, complete with password protection for security, learn about preflighting
Day Five Illustrator CS5
1. Creating Logos
Using Simple Shapes Choose New Document Settings, Create a Custom Workspace, Draw Basic Shapes with the Shape Tools and Draw Paths with the Pencil Tool.
2. Enhancing Logos
Format Objects, Manipulate Objects and Insert Type.
3. Creating Logos
Using Custom Paths Draw Paths with the Pen Tool, Modify Existing Shapes to Create New Shapes and Duplicate Objects, create symbols, colours.
4. Apply Graphic Styles
Creating a Logo with Type Special Effects, Apply Gradients to Type, Create Type on a Path andApply an Envelope to Type.
5. Creating an Advertisement
Import a Graphic, Align Objects, Apply Spot Colours, Wrap Text and Export a File. Multiple artboards.
6. Manipulating Body Type
Import Body Type, Format Type with Styles, Fix Spelling Errors, Find and Replace Text and Insert Typographic Characters
7. Managing Assets with Adobe Bridge
Explore the Adobe Bridge Environment and Apply Metadata and Keywords to Assets in Adobe Bridge
More info and courses at http://www.leopardrockmedia.co.uk
LOCATION:Central Bristol location, Central Bristol location,  BS1 5JG
CATEGORIES:Bristol Media event, Digital / InteractiveDesignPhotographyDigital / InteractiveDesignPhotography
URL:http://www.bristolmedia.co.uk/diary/2010/9/27/adobe-creative-suite-cs5-introduction
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ORGANIZER;CN=Roland Drewell:mailto:roland.drewell@gmail.com
ATTENDEE;RSVP=true:mailto:roland.drewell@gmail.com
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