$199.00 per person
$189.00 for 4 or more
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In The Conference for Adobe® Creative Suite® Users, you'll learn...
- How to enhance 3-D objects and designs with shadow creation, image-based lights and other easy-to-use techniques
- How to create and edit vector and bitmap images, and import and edit native Photoshop® and Illustrator® files in Fireworks®
- How to create and develop animated, interactive content with Flash®
- How to use the most powerful InDesign® features—like the text formatting feature and many others—to expand your creativity
- And much more!
Adobe’s Creative Suite is the next wave of innovation. Why? Because, hands down, it contains the absolute BEST software available for the creative professional. And the phenomenal integration among its applications is unprecedented, meaning you work smarter. After attending this conference, you’re guaranteed to change the way you work by increasing your efficiency, and that’ll lead to a surprising bonus for you—a big boost in your creativity. And we haven’t forgotten to include tips on the very latest release either. We’ll be sure to show you exciting features like: The intuitive interface … enhanced tools in each application … the incredible advances made in integration among the applications … and much, much more.
The conference is set up in a convenient two-track format, with 10 dynamic sessions to choose from. Attend one track from start to finish, or mix and match sessions to meet your needs.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
Program hours: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
TRACK 1
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Session 1: InDesign®+
- See how to override master page items like strokes, fills, frame contents and even text wraps
- How to create different page sizes in a single document
- Find out how to quickly create text that spans or splits into multiple columns in just a few simple clicks of the mouse
- Learn how to export your InDesign content to XHTML and then open it in Dreamweaver® to create a Web site
- How to apply basic, directional and gradient feathering to objects and how to manage the feathering options
- Learn how to use the powerful object and paragraph styles features to apply styles to objects or text
Session 2: Photoshop® for Print Professionals+
- How to enhance 3-D objects and designs with shadow creation, image-based lights and other easy-to-use techniques
- How the Vanishing Point tool is better than ever, and how it allows you to copy or paint within the perspective planes of an image, adjust plane angles with measurement tools and wrap images around multiple planes
- How to easily change a photograph into a painting for a stunning visual effect
- How the Auto-Align Layers feature allows you to align similar images on multiple layers and how to use the Auto-Blend Layers to correct misalignments in a panoramic display
- How the Smart Objects feature allows you to group a logo and text and manipulate it just like any layer
- How to use the Refine Edge feature to get a nice clean edge
Session 3: Illustrator® for Print Professionals+
- Tips on using the Live Paint feature to create Live Paint groups and how to use the options for painting faces and edges of overlapping objects
- Learn how to paint with vectors that resemble natural-media brush strokes
- How to create transparent text effects using ghosted text, transparent drop shadows with soft edges and more
- How to draw shapes and scenes in accurate 1-, 2- or 3-point linear perspective to create the look of realistic depth and distance
- How to create multipage PDF files that can be easily viewed by your customers using Acrobat® or the free Adobe Reader®
- Learn how to convert a sketch to a vector drawing using Live Trace, manage tracing options and convert a Live Trace object into a traditional Illustrator shape
Session 4: Acrobat®+
- Discover the streamlined interface which includes customizable toolbars that show only the buttons you choose
- See how to easily create PDF forms that can be filled in by anyone with Adobe Reader software so you can collect and analyze important data
- Find out how to create PDF files that comply with most industry standards, including PDF/X and PDF/A
- Learn how to allow users to share and review projects, see one another’s comments and track the status of the review—all without IT assistance
- Discover a way you can locate form fields in static PDFs and convert them to interactive fields with the Auto-recognize form fields
- How to enhance your PDF documents with embedded video, audio and more
Session 5: Visual Media Management With Adobe® Bridge+
- How to use Adobe Bridge as your complete file manager to view thumbnails and enlargements, rename, delete and move files, and rotate, rank and sort images
- How to copy Camera Raw settings and apply them to other photos
- Find out about metadata and how to apply keywords to your image files
- How to quickly access the components of your page layouts and browse linked files in InDesign documents within Adobe Bridge
- View Camera Raw images as thumbnails, enlargements or slide shows and edit the white balance and exposure settings right in Adobe Bridge
- How to convert any graphic, image or document in Adobe Bridge to JPEG format to post on Web sites or send via e-mail
TRACK 2
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Session 1: Dreamweaver®+
- How to design, develop and maintain content within Dreamweaver while taking advantage of the intelligent integration with the other Adobe® tools like Flash®, Fireworks®, Photoshop®, Contribute® and Adobe Device Central for creating mobile device content
- How the CSS support takes full advantage of visual CSS tools to make it easy to view, edit and move styles within and between files and see how those changes will affect your design
- Ways to add typical interface components such as lists, tables and form validation to Web pages with widgets from the Spry framework for Ajax
- How to disable and re-enable CSS properties directly from the CSS Styles panel
- How to easily add FLV files to your Web pages in just five clicks even if you’ve never used Flash
- Discover the Site Setup dialog box and how easy it is to set up a local Dreamweaver site so that you can start building Web pages right away
Session 2: Flash®+
- Choose where to dock the timeline and other panels or let them float outside the main window and simply drag features to the toolbar
- How to use Flash® Catalyst® to design interactive content without writing code
- How to design and preview content created for mobile devices using Adobe Device Central
- How to take complete control over your text using the new Text Layout Framework
- How to use the Code Snippets panel to insert prebuilt code into your projects and reduce the ActionScript® learning curve
- Import Photoshop and Illustrator® layers right into Flash
Session 3: Fireworks®+
- How image optimization allows you to preview and optimize your graphics for virtually any scenario with cross-platform gamma preview, selective JPEG compression and a vast range of export control options
- How to organize and manage your prototypes with the hierarchical layer structure, similar to the one in Adobe Photoshop, that enables you to easily organize Web pages and layers
- How the Pages panel lets you create multiple pages in a single document and share layers across multiple pages, making it easy to simulate a Web site flow for each page
- How to use the common library to help you jump-start your prototyping with a library of graphic symbols, text symbols and animations frequently used in Web applications, forms, interfaces and Web sites
- Intelligent scale buttons and graphic symbols (in vector or bitmap) with 9-slice scaling and how to combine this with the Auto Shape library
- How you can match colors precisely with designs from other Adobe graphics software with Adobe Swatch Exchange
Session 4: Photoshop® for Web Professionals+
- How Smart Filters can now be applied in a similar way to Adjustment layers and can be removed or re-edited at any time
- How to use the Auto-Align Layers feature to combine two overlapping images into one almost magically
- How to use 3-D compositing and texture editing which allows you to render and edit textures on 3-D images, change lighting effects and see your results live
- Amazing techniques for creating and editing animations by converting frames to video, onion skinning and exporting to multiple formats
- How to use Adobe Repoussé technology to create incredible 3-D items from any text layer, selection, path or layer mask
- How to use Vanishing Point to paste a texture and watch it bend around planes in your image
Session 5: Illustrator® for Web Professionals+
- See how the user interface lets you scroll and zoom faster plus take advantage of the single column toolbar to avoid having to juggle your panels to see the image you’re working on
- How to use Live Color on any artwork to interactively edit the colors and see results immediately, plus how to use the color guide panel to quickly choose tints, shades or harmonious color combinations
- See how the Eraser tool lets you erase parts of your artwork without worrying about which points belong to what—just like Photoshop
- How you can copy symbols directly from Illustrator into Flash and how your vector art is preserved, to include paths, anchor points, clipping masks, layers and groups
- Preview your work on almost any device and even see what it looks like in different lighting conditions using Device Central
- Learn how to apply raster effects like blurs and textures that maintain a consistent appearance across media
- CPE Credits: 7
- Field of Study: Computer Science
- NASBA #: 107719
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| New London, CT | May 23, 2012 |