ADOBE INDESIGN
BASIC INDESIGN SKILLS
• Find your way around Indesign/why use it?
• Creating new documents/pages
• Importing images
• Importing text
• Editing text
• Basic layout skills using margins and grids
• [editing other peoples files – potential diffulculties]
• Export as a PDF file
INTERMEDIATE INDESIGN/CS SKILLS
• make your work look good
• creating tables/importing other files
• Style sheets
• question and answer
• troubleshooting
• How indesign works with Photoshop & Illustrator
• further areas to be discussed
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
This course will show you how to use this industry standard design software. It allows you to create and edit images for both print and web. You will gain an understanding of prepping images for print and web.
Run by highly experienced PhotoShop trainers and experienced designers. Our training means that you will leave with practical experience as well as useful tips and tricks.
Indesign Training South West can help you develop these skills.
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
This course will show you how to use this industry standard design software. Illustrator provides a wide range of sophisticated drawing tools and special effects. Creating your own vector images as well as editing existing files – exporting for print and web uses.
Run by highly experienced Illustrator trainers and experienced designers. Our training means that you will leave with practical experience as well as useful tips and tricks.
Indesign Training South West can help you develop these skills.
PRE-PRESS
Learn how to prep files for print avoiding typical pre-press issues.
E-PUBLISHING
A basic understanding of producing e-Pubs for using on portable devices
WHY ATTEND?
Whether you are a beginner or used Indesign before. We’ve worked with established marketeers, marketing managers, sole traders and even people just wanting to know a little more about design software. We will guide you through basic principals of typographic do’s and dont’s as well as simple layout and design tips to get the best from this software according to your skills; finally output your files and prepping for print. If you are more skilled with any of Adobe’s creative suite we’ll pass on time saving shortcuts and expert tips to achieve professional documents, that not only save money but also time. Our tutorials offer a great return on investment from expensive design fees.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
In-house marketeers often have access to agency produced design files – we can advise and teach you how to adapt, save, export as pre-press files and even create your own professional documents. We often work with start-ups looking to save money in their marketing and also established marketing personnel aiming to improve their skills.
WHO TEACHES YOU?
All our training staff have creative industry experience and Teacher Training qualifications to City & Guilds stage 1 & 2. We assess your needs and produce a schedule that suits you, we will not run-through a list and hope it would be relevant to you. Often we work in small groups 1 to 1 or 1 to 2 where you’ll achieve a greater learning outcome and retention of information. This in turn provides a great return on your investment in training, you’ll cover the tuition easily with the money saved on design fees.
