Adobe Creative Suite 4: Overview for Print Designers

Duration: 1 Day

Objectives

This Adobe certified course is aimed at Designers who are experienced in working in print using CS3 or earlier and want an overview of CS4. The course provides hands on experience of the most useful new features that print designers make use of on a day-to-day basis, with an overview of Photoshop CS4 Extended’s Anaysis, 3D file manipulation and Animation commands. Attend this course and get inspiration for new projects and increase your productivity.

Pre-requisites

Before taking this course, student should be familiear with the basic functions of their computer’s operating system. Knowledge of CS3 or earlier.

Course includes

A comprehensive set of reference notes covering course topics, follow-up telephone support and, for training on Transmedia premises, lunch and refreshments.

This course is available as a private or customised course. Please phone us on 0208 269 4260 or email us for further information and to customise this course to your exact requirements.

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Course outline

Bridge
• Managing your files
• New Interface
• Using Stacks
• Folder Management - pinning and filtering

Illustrator CS4
• Eraser Tool Improvements
• Symbols and Flash Integration
• Creating different crop areas with the Crop Tool
• Live Colour
• The Colour Guide Panel
• Accessing Kuler

Adobe Photoshop C4 Standard
• New Workspaces and Panels
• Creating and Refining Selections with the Quick Selection Tool
• Redefinable Effects
• Applying and Editing Smart Filters
• Using Automatic Layer Alignment with Layer Masks
• Vanishing Point Feature
• Exporting for Web using Zoomify

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended
• Using the Analysis Commands to measure area
• Create data files
• Adding a Scale Marker to images
• 3D Features
• Opening 3D files and applying surface textures
• Using the 3D toolbox, applying lighting effects and creating cross-sections
• Overview of the new animation features

InDesign CS4
• New Interface
• Useful New Find and Change Features
• Using Quick Apply
• Fitting Commands now in Object Style
• Placing multiple files
• Table Styles
• Using Variable Text
• Export to XHTML
• Effects Panel

Preflight and Package
• New Features for pre-flighting in Acrobat and comparisons with InDesign’s Preflight and Package commands