Adobe Print
Digital Bootcamp provides an extensive series of classes for all Adobe print applications including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, and Lightroom. For everything from brochure layout to photography, corporate graphic design to identity systems, the Adobe print programs are indispensable.Take an 8-week Bootcamp or 1-day beginner, intermediate or advanced training.
Courses
Adobe Print Bootcamp
8-Week Bootcamp covering the basics of InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
Illustrator Basic Training
Need a logo? Or some signage? How about cartoon characters or a sophisticated layout? Then Adobe Illustrator is for you. In this first level, you'll learn how Illustrator thinks and how to set up the interface to suit your needs. You'll utilize half the tools in the toolbox to create shapes both simple and complex. You'll be introduced to your new best friend the Appearances palette and then learn how to prepare your files for use in other programs.
Illustrator Level II
Graphic Designers choose Illustrator for one reason: control. From advanced typography to the development of a scientifically sound color palette, you will learn how to create highly polished professional graphics. The Appearance Panel will add heft to your objects and Live Objects will give you the ability to create variations on a theme almost instantly.
Illustrator Level III
Layers and selections are as critical in Illustrator as in Photoshop. Students will also investigate the how Effects improve your document and also complicate it. Advanced Live Objects take vector art to the next level. The course will also cover transparency settings and ways to ensure your document is ready for print or digital.
InDesign Basic Training
Adobe InDesign has become the clear choice for production professionals when mocking up a new ad, catalog, or any project that is longer than one page. Learn the basics of getting content on the page and positioned accurately. Also learn the ins-and-outs of the interface and how to package a document for print.
InDesign Level II
In this course students will learn how to plan and execute long documents using one of InDesign's most important techniques: styles. This includes Master Pages, Paragraph Styles, Character Styles, and Object Styles. In addition, students will also learn how InDesign excels as a vector-based program.
InDesign Level III
There's no piece if there's no production. Learn important production techniques relating to layers, fonts, and layout. Many specialty styles are also covered, including those pertaining to lists and tables. Students will also learn how to create complex shapes using InDesign’s various path commands.
Photoshop Basic Training
You've taken photographs, you've drawn up layouts, but something is missing. Photoshop is all about finishing your work, detailing it, and polishing it up for the final presentation. You'll learn about blending layers together to create spectacular illusions and then save them for any medium. You'll learn the basics of selecting portions of an image and correcting. You'll also learn new ways to "see" an image, discovering along the way that Photoshop can do just about anything you'd like it to do.
Photoshop Level II
The key to mastering Photoshop lies in how it sees your image. If you can think like Photoshop, you can do anything. Explore the anatomy of a digital image and use that knowledge to create perfect selections, quickly and easily. You'll learn about color, how it's captured and accurately reproduced. You'll also learn about Camera Raw and the principles of scanning a high quality original.
Photoshop Level III
Photoshop is a dangerous tool and like any tool it requires some finessing to work effectively. You'll learn the basics of non-destructive editing, from smart objects to adjustment layers. You'll never erase anything again once you learn the power of masks. You'll also receive the finest instruction for color correcting and enhancing your images.