A Note About CS5
If you have a previous version of the software, don't worry! Although we're teaching Adobe® Creative Suite® 5, our instructors will point out which features are new and which aren't.
So whether you're using CS5 or its predecessors, our classes will meet your needs.
Class Description
special offer: If you enroll in and take both this class and Digital Drawing Workshop, you'll be charged only $49 for the second one (saving $100)!
How do image editing programs, drawing programs, and page layout programs all fit together? What does each do? What do I do with my fonts? What the heck is "dpi" anyway?
In this class, we give you the bird's eye view of desktop publishing workflows. We'll go from image acquisition and manipulation in Photoshop, to the creation of a simple logo in Illustrator, and bring those elements together in InDesign for page layout. Along the way we'll cover those important but elusive concepts that everyone needs.
who should take this class?
- You! If you're new to computer graphics
- Those who are contemplating a job in desktop publishing
- Those preparing to learn Photoshop: get the basic concepts behind scanning, resolution, color, and pixel pushing, so you can focus on the program's tools in our Photoshop classes
- Those preparing to learn Illustrator: get the basic concepts of vector drawing, to focus on the program's tools in our Illustrator classes
- Those preparing to learn InDesign: understand what's behind page layout--combining images and text
- Those who want to get the most out of any single application in Adobe's Creative Suite--or all of them!
- Those of you already in the industry, but with lingering "basic" questions
what we cover
(always customized for the students in attendance):
- What is resolution and why should I care?
- pixels, scanning, and other digital capture understood
- dots and printing
- how much data is enough?
- how much is too much?
- Drawing vs Pixel-Pushing
- know when to use "vector" graphics or pixels
- why are JPEGs poor choices for my logos?
- Key concepts in Photoshop
- cropping images
- straightening
- basics of color correction
- resampling: changing how much data an image has
- Page Layout: laid out plain and simple
- fonts and basic typographic terminology
- combining text and graphics
- Ink on paper and lights in your eyes
- understand ink vs light: CMYK, RGB and other TLAs*
- what to ask your output vendor
- File formats
- TIFF, JPEG, EPS, and so many more: decoded
- Fonts and why they're cool
- which font technologies are there?
- which to use and when?
- what music downloads and fonts have in common
- Q & A
- other resources recommended
*TLA: Three Letter Acronym