CS4 Advanced Design Bootcamp is a blended learning course that combines 4 days of advanced instructor led classroom based training with a wide range of online training modules made up of video based presentations done by our instructors, sample and exercise files, instructor led support forums, and real world examples.
The course primarily focuses on advanced topics around Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator as these are the 3 core products in the CS4 Design Suite however it also touches on more advanced aspects of other parts of the suite such as Bridge, DreamWeaver, Flash and Fireworks.
The classroom based modules can either be completed at our fully equipped London training centre or at your own facility, whilst the online modules can be completed from anywhere with a suitable computer and internet connection.
Audience
Designers, pre-press professionals, production managers, Web designers and anyone who wishes to take their Creative Suite skills to the next level should attend this class. Graphic designers or people switching into a design job or taking on design responsibilities.
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, you should complete the following Highlander courses, or have equivalent knowledge:
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Course Overview
Advanced Photoshop Classroom Modules
Adobe Bridge
- Loupe
- Compare
- Stacking
- Colour management
- Rotations, Ratings, and Labels
- Batch re-naming
- Customising
- Slideshow
- Photoshop scripts within bridge
- Meta-data and your images
- Export to pdf
- Search and find
- Preview 3D images and panoramas (created by photoshop)
Camera Raw 5
- Interface
- White balance
- Saving changes
- Exposure
- Warnings
- Vibrance/Saturation
- Tone curve adjustment
- HSL controls
- Colours to Black and white
- jpgs and tiffs
Actions
- Running
- Loading
- Recording
- Editing
Advanced masking
- Background Eraser/Magic Eraser
- Extracting
- Layer Masks
- Masking Shortcuts
- QuickMask mode
- Refine Edge
Advanced cloning
- Clone source
- Healing Brush
- Spot Healing
- Patch
- Quick Masking
Editing brightness and contrast
- Curves, Brightness + Contrast
- Shadow/Highlight
- Levels - input and output
Advanced Compositing - Stacks
- Auto Align
- Auto Blend (Photomerge)
- Image stack processing
- Creating 360 Panoramas
- Extended Depth-of-field
Colour adjustment
- Colour balance
- Colour primaries
- Colour complements
- Hue-Saturation
- Hue Adjustment
- Refining the colour range
Sharpening
- Unsharp mask
- Smart sharpen
Advanced layers
- Layer Comps
- Layer Clipping
- Fills
- Adjustment layers
Smart Objects and Smart filters
- How to create smart objects
- How to use smart objects
- Smart filters
Vanishing Point
- Planes and perspective
- Multiple planes
- Gridlines - exporting
- Cloning
- Healing
- Blending
- Masking/Shading
- Adding type
- Swinging planes
- Wrapping art
- Measuring
Advanced filter techniques
- Displacement maps
- Lighting
- Patterns
Advanced InDesign Classroom Modules
More about Masters
- Basing masters on existing master pages
- Applying master pages to multiple document pages
- Different page sizes
- Page shuffling and moving pages
- Overriding page items
- Sections
Advanced Styles
- Local Overrides in Style
- Basing One Style upon Another
- Importing and Redefining Styles
- Object styles
- Nested styles
- Line styles
- GREP styles
Creating Interactive PDFs- Advanced
- Buttons, Links, Movies - Techniques
- Documents for Flash
- Page transitions
Text Flow Control
- Composition, Hyphenation, and Justification
- Tracking and Kerning
- Scaling Text
- Anchoring objects
- Story Editor
Page Elements and Graphics
- Item Duplication
- File Formats
- Libraries
- Placing multiple files
- Placing InDesign files within InDesign files
Document Sectioning
- Sectioned Documents
- Sectioned Document Navigation
- Footnotes
- Indexing
- Markers
Managing Long Documents
- Tables of Contents
- Indexing
- Creating a Book
Print Settings
- Print Presets
- Colour Separations Print Settings
- Colour Management
- Colour Proofing
Advanced tables
Advanced Illustrator Classroom Modules
Using Illustrator within CS4
- How to use Illustrator with Photoshop CS4
- How to use Illustrator with InDesign CS4
- How to use Illustrator with Flash CS4
Using the Appearance panel
- Hide/Show attributes
- Editing multiple object characteristics
- Same appearance attribute
- Copy and paste attributes
Creating Complex Illustrations
- Create Shapes Using the Pathfinder Commands
- Create Compound Paths
- Offset Paths
- Creating Symbols
- Organize Objects with Layers
- Envelope distort
- Creating 3D Shapes
- Clipping paths
- Using isolation mode
Effects and Styles
- Applying Effects
- Graphic styles
- More on the Appearance panel
Colour
- Global Colors
- Spot Colours
- Colour and Kuler
Brushes
- Customising brushes
- Creating Custom Pattern Brushes
- Creating Custom Art brushes
Tracing graphics - Live Trace Advanced
- Live Trace
- Adjust the Results of a Tracing
- Apply a Custom Preset
- Convert a Tracing Object to Paths
Coloring Artwork Using Live Paint
- Apply Paint Using Live Paint
- Correct Gaps in Objects
- Convert Objects to Live Paint Groups
Symbols - Advanced
- How to create your own symbol
- Symbol tools and their preferences
- Editing symbols
More about paths
- Simplify Paths
- Create Clipping Masks
- Create 3D Effects
- Share Graphic Styles
Color
- Decide When to Use Color Management
- Set Up Color Management
- Separations preview
- Colour proofing
Advanced Photoshop Online Modules
Photoshop Animation - Advanced
- Editing Animations
- Animating 3D objects
- Animating Camera position
- Exporting Animations
Photoshop Video - Advanced
- Preview/Export audio
- Advanced Keyframes
- Advanced Editing
- Video Effects
- Using Filters
- Using Styles
- Cloning Video
- Healing Video
- 3D and Video
Photoshop and Devices
- For the WII
- For the PSP
- For mobiles
- Using Device Central
Photoshop and 3D
- Paint directly onto 3D models
- Convert 2D images/gradient maps into 3D objects
- Volume Rendering
- Wrap a 2D design onto a 3D object
- Use video layers as textures
- Presets
- Export 3D layers
Using Photoshop files with the rest of the CS4 suite
- Placing photoshop files into Dreamweaver
- Placing photoshop files into InDesign
- Placing photoshop files into Illustrator
- Placing photoshop files into Flash
Advanced InDesign Online Modules
Transparency
- Adding Transparency
- Blending Colours
- Flattening
Using InDesign within CS4 - Advanced topics
- InDesign with Photoshop CS4
- InDesign with Illustrator CS4
- InDesign with Flash CS4 - using XFL
Advanced Textual techniques
- Cross-referencing
- Conditional Text
InDesign and data
- Datamerge with InDesign
- Structuring InDesign Documents with XML
- Importing XML
Customising
- Important preferences
- Customising the menus, palettes, and keyboard shortcuts
- Text variables
Bézier Shapes
- Bézier Paths
- Compound Paths
- Clipping Paths
- Type Outlines
GREP
- What is GREP
- How to use it
Advanced Illustrator Online Modules
Outputting Documents
- Printing a Composite Proof
- Creating Color Separations
- Transparency issues
- Preflighting
Blending shapes
- Blending shapes
- Blending colour
- Blending paths
- Examples
Exporting Graphics for the Web
- Convert Colors to Web-Safe Colors
- Create Slices
- Add Interactivity
- Export Web Graphics
Gradient Mesh tool
- Using the Gradient Mesh tool
- Creating sophisticated shading with the gradient mesh tool
- Examples of the Gradient Mesh tool at work
- Fruit and the gradient mesh
- Leaves and the Gradient mesh
- Other examples
Using Illustrator for Flash
- Creating a simple Illustration
- Setting up the layers properly
- Setting up the symbols
- Exporting to Flash
- Using the file within flash
- Finished result
Creating an Interactive PDF
- Buttons
- Links
- Exporting to PDF
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