Adobe CS5 Design Bootcamp

Adobe Authorised Courses

With our proven CS5 Design training you can improve your effectiveness, stand out from the crowd and boost your future career potential all in one go. Learn to harness the power of the worlds leading design packages with one of the UK's longest established Adobe training providers, and benefit from our 15 year track record and wealth of experience. The CS5 Design Bootcamp 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 course is made up of 5 days of classroom based training which can be completed either at our London centre or your own location. This is then supported and extended by 6 months access to our learning management system containing video tutorials, exercises, sample files and instructor led support forums

Course Description

Prerequisites
This course is a beginners training course. You should however be comfortable using a computer to perform functions such as copy and paste, and opening applications and files. You should also be comfortable using the internet, for example for browsing and interacting with websites.

Location
This course is available either at our London centre or onsite at your own location.

Core Course Topics

Days One and Two - Photoshop CS5

Exploring Photoshop
Painting and Retouching Images
Enhancing an Image
Working with Layers and Selections
Masks and Channels
Correcting and Enhancing Digital Photos
Typographic Design
Importing/Exporting
Basic Colour Theory
Working with Brushes
Shapes, Effects and Styles
Cloning, Healing & Content Aware Fill
Photoshop and Bridge
Vanishing Point

Days Three and Four - InDesign CS5

Exploring InDesign
Designing Documents
Managing text
Placing text
Organising boxes and the Gap tool
Live Corner Effects
Style Sheets
Columns
Placing Images
Colours, Swatches, and Gradients
Tables
Masters
Preparing a document for print
Basic object editing
OpenType
Creating PDF's
Keyboard shortcuts and Customisation

Day Five - Illustrator CS5

General Interface
Setting up your document
Creating shapes Part One
Colour
Creating Shapes Part Two
Editing Shapes
Combining Shapes
Layers
Using Type
Using graphics
Symbols - basics
Illustrator Effects - Basics
Tool options and Smart Guides

Proven Track Record
Established for over 15 years Highlander has a long established proven track record of delivering Adobe Certified Training courses. Our instructors include ex Adobe staff, well known authors and respected industry professionals, that are all Adobe Certified.

Typical delegate comment from our Creative Suite courses

"Very knowledgable and passionate about the subject. Definitely a user not just an instructor"
Analyst, Jones Lang Lasalle

If you have any questions, or you would like to find out more about this training course - please don't hesitate to contact us. We're here to help.