Course : Publishing with InDesign, PhotoShop and Illustrator CC/CS6

Publishing with InDesign, PhotoShop and Illustrator CC/CS6

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This course will provide you with the essential knowledge to use the tools needed to produce your own image editing, vector drawings and professional page layouts for print and digital distribution. You’ll be using InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.


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Practical course in person or remote class

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Price : 2010 € E.T.
  5d - 35h00




This course will provide you with the essential knowledge to use the tools needed to produce your own image editing, vector drawings and professional page layouts for print and digital distribution. You’ll be using InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.

Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
  • Master page layout for print and digital publishing in InDesign
  • Create photomontages and edit images with Photoshop
  • Understand the differences between vector and bitmap images
  • Draw logos and vector images with Illustrator
  • Produce files for print and the Web

Intended audience
Graphic designers, layout artists, and illustrators in charge of professional publication of corporate materials. Assistant(s) and secretaries who need to create elaborate layouts.

Prerequisites
Good knowledge of a graphical operating system.

Course schedule

InDesign: the key to professional page layout

  • Notions of page layout. Interface and workspace.
  • Ruler guides. Customizing the menus.
Hands-on work
Discover the interface and create personalized spaces.

Blocks.

  • Types of frames. Entering and importing texts.
  • Lettering, typographic lines, tabs, bullets and numbering. Vectorization of text.
  • Inserting images. Adding text to an object.
Hands-on work
Create a two-page leaflet.

Paper and digital publishing

  • Gathering linked files. Color separation and four-color process configuration.
  • Export to other formats.
  • Adapting a PDF for the Web. Export to XHTML.
Hands-on work
Create a PDF for the Web.

Photoshop: Image editing and photomontage

  • Introduction to Photoshop. Colorimetry.
  • The digital image. Resolutions and image sizes.
  • Selection: lasso, magic wand, select color range. Layers.
Hands-on work
Create a photomontage.

Creation, touch-up and correction

  • Drawing and touch-up tools.
  • Transformations, symmetry, rotation.
  • Brightness and contrast settings.
  • Color corrections.
Hands-on work
Restore an old photo.

Illustrator: Vector illustration, the essential complement to pixels

  • Difference between vectors and pixels.
  • Principles of vector drawing and characteristics of an Illustrator document.
  • Environment. Workspaces.
Hands-on work
Discover the interface and create personalized spaces.

Drawing and editing tools

  • Drawing tools. Pen tool and Brush tool.
  • Attributes (colors, patterns, gradients, etc.).
  • Transformation (rotate, scale, symmetry, etc.).
  • Vectorizing text, open type, area type, curved text.
Hands-on work
Create an advertising poster with a new logo.

Formats and exchanges for print and the web

  • Recording formats and links with other software. Export to PDF format.
  • Export to InDesign. Save for the Web.


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Dates and locations
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