Beginner/Introductory, Intermediate & Advanced (6 or 12 hour class*)

Acrobat CS3: Beginner/Introductory - General Overview

Intermediate - Comments, Privacy and Feedback

Advanced - Forms, Forms, Forms

What's New in Acrobat CS3?

Acrobat CS3: Tips, Tricks & Troubleshooting

Acrobat CS3: Beginner/Introductory - General Overview

• Learn the Acrobat Environment
• Create, Save, and Edit PDF's
• Hyperlinks and Autoflows
• Sizing, Adding and Deleting pages
• Using Tags & Thumbnails
• Optimizing File Size
• Converting Microsoft, and other program files to PDF's & vice-versa

Intermediate - Comments, Privacy and Feedback

• Enable anyone with the free Adobe Reader® software plug-in to participate in reviews.
• Use intuitive commenting and markup tools to articulate feedback.
• See and respond to other reviewers' feedback for better collaboration.
• Sort comments by type, page, author, date, and checkmark status.
• Use digital signatures to verify authenticity and obtain approvals, and to verify that a document is authentic and has not been modified.
• Protect documents by requiring passwords.
• Apply permissions so that those receiving the information will be allowed only appropriate access to the information based on their role within the project.
• Permanently remove sensitive information and hidden metadata from a document so it cannot be viewed.
• When distributing files over the Internet, protect your information with the highest level of encryption.

Advanced - Forms, Forms, Forms

• Design an electronic form from scratch, leverage an existing form template, or convert a static PDF form to a fillable form.
• Enable anyone with free Adobe Reader® software to type information directly into an Adobe PDF form or save it locally to work offline at a later date.
• Export all information from a filled form into a spreadsheet for analysis or import into a data system.

What's New in Acrobat CS3?

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Acrobat CS3: Tips, Tricks & Troubleshooting

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Beginner/Introductory, Intermediate & Advanced (6 or 12 hour class*)

Illustrator® CS3: Beginner/Introductory - General Overview

Intermediate - The Skills To Create

Advanced - Advanced Skills

What's New in llustrator® CS3 ?

llustrator® CS3 : Tips, Tricks & Troubleshooting

Illustrator® CS3: Beginner/Introductory - General Overview

• Learn the Illustrator CS3 Environment
• Create, Save, and Edit pages
• Add and Format Type
• Create Shapes
• Transform Shapes
• Create Complex Shapes Using the Pen Tool
• Paint Shapes
• Work with Color

Intermediate - The Skills To Create

• Organize with Layers
• Blend Shapes and Colors
• Create Symbols
• Brushes and Patterns
• Layer Styles
• 3-Dimensional Effects

Advanced - Advanced Skills

• Advanced typography
• Live Color
• Live Trace
• Live Paint
• Custom workspaces
• Integration with Adobe design applications
• Web and interactive tools

What's New in llustrator® CS3 ?

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llustrator® CS3 : Tips, Tricks & Troubleshooting

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Beginner/Introductory, Intermediate & Advanced (6 or 12 hour class*)

Flash® CS3 Professional: Beginner/Introductory - General Overview

Intermediate - The Skills To Create

Advanced - Advanced Flash Options

What's New in Flash® CS3 Professional ?

Flash® CS3 Professional : Tips, Tricks & Troubleshooting

Flash® CS3 Professional: Beginner/Introductory - General Overview

• Learn the Flash® CS3 Environment
• Create, Save, and Edit Flash Documents
• Work with panels, and set initial movie characteristics using the
  Property Inspector
• Intorduction to Flash movie layers
• Use Flash's basic drawing and painting tools
• Create and Warp Shapes
• Format and Warp Text
• Create Objects
• Basic Timelines
• Simple Flash Movie

Intermediate - The Skills To Create

• Learn line and shape interaction
• Transform and group objects
• Import a bitmap image and convert to a vector object
• Convert text blocks into shapes
• Work with multiple layer movies
• Create frame by frame tweened and motion-tweened animation
• Motion guide

Advanced - Advanced Flash Options

• Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator import
• Frame-based timeline
• Easily create pie wedges, round off rectangle corners, define an inner circle radius, and do much more. Visually adjust shape properties on the stage.
• Introduction to ActionScript™ 3.0
• Overview of Video Tools & MP3 Audio support
• Visually adjust shape properties on the stage with smart shape drawing tools, create precise vector illustrations with the new Pen tool
• Convert animation to ActionScript
  

What's New in Flash® CS3 Professional ?

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Flash® CS3 Professional : Tips, Tricks & Troubleshooting

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General Overview (12 hour class*)

Adobe® After Effects® CS3: General Overview

This program is used in conjunction with Adobe® Photoshop® and Adobe Illustrator®. Student should be proficient in both.

Adobe® After Effects® CS3: General Overview

• We will create high-impact communications by combining moving imagery, still images and graphics, text, and sound in 2D or 3D space and then animate virtually any aspect of each element.
• Learn the streamlined workflow with support for importing Adobe® Photoshop® images that include video layers as well as Adobe Illustrator® graphics that maintain image integrity.
• Create text and vector graphics in After Effects using familiar Adobe tools, and then animate these elements to create visually innovative new motion graphics.
• Manipulate moving and still images using hundreds of effects such as stylize, distort, and shatter. Create grids, radio waves, 3D particles, film grain, fractal noise, and more.
• Control which portions of a layer are visible by importing, manipulating, and animating masks. Flexible auto-tracing options and RotoBezier masks make it easy to get precise results. Key bluescreen and greenscreen mattes with the Academy Award-winning Keylight and a host of supporting tools.
• Animate graphics and text using the Puppet tool. Apply motion blur to produce more realistic animations, or use Timewarp to slow down and speed up footage. Precisely match the motion of source footage using Motion Tracker, and get the look of a locked-off shot using Motion Stabilizer.
• Use standard color management tools with enhancements for film and video workflows.

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General Overview (6 or 12 hour class*)

Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom®: General Overview

• Perform nondestructive editing
  • Enjoy robust support for more than 150 camera raw formats, and experiment with confidence. Adjustments you make to images in Lightroom won't alter the original data, whether you're working on a JPEG, TIFF, DNG, or camera raw file.
• Ease the learning curve and be productive quickly. Task-oriented modules whisk you through typical workflow tasks by putting just the tools you need at your fingertips.
• Fine-tune your photographs with precise, easy-to-use tools for globally correcting white balance, exposure, tone curves, lens distortion, and color casts.

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Beginner/Introductory, Intermediate & Advanced (6 or 12 hour class*)

Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 Extended: Beginner/Introductory - General Overview

Intermediate - This program is unbelievable!

Advanced - Advanced is still only the beginning!

What's New in Adobe® Photoshop® CS3?

Adobe® Photoshop® CS3: Tips, Tricks & Troubleshooting

Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 Extended: Beginner/Introductory - General Overview

• Learn the Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 Extended Environment
• Create, Save, and Edit Photoshop Documents
  • Most common file types include PSD, PDF, JPEG, GIF, PNG
• Format & Warp Text
• Create layered logo/art
• Learn to use basic photographic tools for adjusting, correcting and fixing digital images
• Understand the importance of size and weight ratios for printing
• Create shapes & edit them
• Apply layer styles
• Apply multiple images in one document (panorama and more)
• Learn the tool for the job at hand
• Use Adobe® Bridge® for quick file accessability and handling

Intermediate - This program is unbelievable!

• Advanced environment options
• Transform and group objects in multiple layers
• Take text effects to the next level
• Using filters
• Fix torn, tattered and/or stained photographs
• Use more advanced tool options
• Use more advanced layer effects

Advanced - Advanced is still only the beginning!

• Advanced layer effects
• Advanced text effects
• Advanced filter effects
• Advanced Tools
• Advanced Workspace Options
• Extended Plug ins
  

What's New in Adobe® Photoshop® CS3?

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Adobe® Photoshop® CS3: Tips, Tricks & Troubleshooting

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Beginner/Introductory, Intermediate & Advanced (6 or 12 hour class*)

Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS3: Beginner/Introductory - General Overview

Intermediate - Layout, Links and CSS Extended

Advanced - Forms, JavaScript and CSS Layouts

What's New in Adobe® Dreamweaver ® CS3?

Adobe® Dreamweaver ® CS3: Tips, Tricks & Troubleshooting

Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS3: Beginner/Introductory - General Overview

• Learn the Adobe® Dreamweaver ® CS3 Environment
• Create, Save, and Edit HTML Documents
• Create Templates
• Format Text using Dreamweaver's CSS
• Place images & use basic editing tools
• Learn to create hyperlinks, email links, and image links
• Understand the importance of size and weight ratios for images and documents
• Create basic tables for design layout and content
• Understand basic accessibility features in design
• Import text and Word documents to Dreamweaver
• Define and learn to upload finished Website

Intermediate - Layout, Links and CSS Extended

• Advanced environment options
• CSS: Create style sheets, edit and create new styles
• Take Tables to the next level
• Library items
• Create more complicated templates
• image hot spot hyperlinks
• Add basic javascript to pages

Advanced - Forms, JavaScript and CSS Layouts

• Learn to create email forms for your Website
• Learn how to use CSS for page layout
• Learn quick tricks and super tips to do your work faster and more effeciently
• Use Spry data, Widgets, and Effects
  

What's New in Adobe® Dreamweaver ® CS3?

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Adobe® Dreamweaver ® CS3: Tips, Tricks & Troubleshooting

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Beginner/Introductory, Intermediate & Advanced (6 or 12 hour class*)

Adobe®InDesign® CS3: Beginner/Introductory - General Overview

Intermediate -Advanced: InDesign Advanced Skills

What's New in Adobe® InDesign ® CS3?

Adobe® InDesign ® CS3: Tips, Tricks & Troubleshooting

Adobe®InDesign® CS3: Beginner/Introductory - General Overview

• Learn the Adobe® InDesign ® CS3 Environment
• Create, Save, and Edit Documents
• Create and Modify Frames
• Import and Edit Text
• Typographic Text Controls

Intermediate -Advanced: InDesign Advanced Skills

• Advanced environment options
• Work with Color
• Text and Styles
• Import Graphics from Illustrator and Photoshop
• Organize Text with Tables
• Generate a PDF
  

What's New in Adobe® InDesign ® CS3?

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Beginner/Introductory (6 or 12 hour class*)

Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 6: Beginner/Introductory - General Overview

Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 6: Beginner/Introductory - General Overview

• Easily download and organize your photos
• Automatically organize your downloaded photos by date.
• Tag groups of related photos according to a time or the name of the event where they were taken.
• Scan several photos at once, and automatically divide, straighten, and save each photo separately.
• Group photos into Smart Albums
• Zero in on the best of many similar photos while viewing them side by side using Photo Compare.
• Flip through photos in full-screen mode, making it easy to rate your favorites, rotate them, and mark them for printing.
• Instantly fix common flaws with one-click fixes
• Perform a full range of common photo adjustments — including color, contrast, and lighting — with just one click.
• Easily adjust skin tones for a more natural look, even in poorly lit photos.
• Photoshop Elements eliminates red eye automatically as you download photos from your camera. Or you can remove red eye from individual shots without even clicking on the photo.
• Correct camera lens distortion at photo edges and keystone effects that exaggerate perspective.
• Perform advanced editing
• Easily adjust color, brightness, and contrast in a photo with the enhanced Brightness/Contrast control, which creates vibrance while preserving much of the original photo information, or use color curves adjustments to get the perfect exposure.
• Cover up unwanted elements or minor imperfections by using the Clone tool to copy one portion of an image and apply it over another portion. And easily get exactly the results you want with a new option that lets you preview changes to the original photo before you commit them.
• Easily brush away wrinkles and unwanted objects using the Spot Healing Brush for instant results and the Healing Brush for finer control. And now when using the Healing Brush, you can preview your changes prior to committing them to get the best results possible.
• Control color temperature and tint with easy slider controls.
• Easily lighten shadows and reduce the glare of highlights in photos taken in poor lighting conditions.
• Adjust the exposure of specific areas in your photos using professional darkroom tools like dodge, burn, and sponge.
• Adjust the color range of any photo and see real-time changes in the Histogram palette.
• Artistically enhance photos - Dramatically transform your color originals by converting them to elegant, nuanced black-and-whites. Larger preview images make it faster and easier to get desired results.
• Add depth with drop shadows, bevels, glows, and other effects, which can be automatically applied to any element placed on a layer.
• Give your photos a classic look by instantly converting them to sepia tone.
• Stylize your photos with hundreds of cool special effects. Easily mix multiple effects, change their order, and preview them in the Filter Gallery.
• Apply tint filters that simulate colored filter lenses on a camera.
• Transform your photos with realistic paintbrush effects to simulate oils, watercolors, charcoals, pastels, and different canvas textures.
• Have fun liquifying your photos by easily twisting, warping, stretching, and pulling different areas.
• Create amazing composites
• Create seamless panoramas (Enhanced)
• Easily combine elements from different photos
• Add text and graphics
• Decorate your photos with geometric shapes, symbols, stamps, and thought bubbles from the built-in library.
• Crop your photos into fun shapes with a single click of the Cookie Cutter, or frame them with hundreds of decorative edge designs.
• Get started quickly with flexible layout options including professional-looking photo books with flexible new options that allow you to view spreads, flip through your book, and rearrange pages
• Drop photos into flexible layouts, drag to resize images, and move photos anywhere on the page with ease.
• Browse hundreds of frames, themes, backgrounds, clip art, and effects in the Artwork palette, which now offers larger thumbnails and an expanded viewing area.
• Create and save multipage documents
• Add captions, dates, or other text to your print layouts with just a few clicks.
• Instantly print a contact sheet of your photos for future reference, or print sheets of labels using standard layouts.
• Quickly and easily share your photos in a variety of ways — including e-mail, online galleries, and burning to CD — from the convenient new Sharing Center. Save favorite e-mail sharing options as presets so you can send photos to your family or slide shows to the soccer team in just a couple of clicks!

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