InDesign & Related Classes:
Desktop Publishing Overview
$149 — Skill Level: Introductory — one–half day, 9:30am–12:30pm
Required knowledge for learning InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. Learn the terms and concepts required to build publications, edit images, and create logos and other graphics. We'll talk about and briefly explore each of these software applications as well as learn about color, file formats, resolution, and more. If you have some experience with these ideas and know the role each program plays, you may skip this class.
InDesign CS5.5 Essentials
$525 — Skill Level: 1 — two days, 9:30am–4:30pm
Get started with the page layout tool that is used to create everything from business cards to large books.
InDesign CS5.5: Publication Strategies
$275 — Skill Level: 2 — one day, 9:30am–4:30pm
Harness the complex and puzzling array of possibilities that InDesign offers, to create a more controlled workflow. Improve your design and production process by maximizing efficiency with its built-in tools. Many of these are features are unfamiliar to the casual user; this class will elevate your Indesign skills to the "power user" level.
InDesign CS5.5 ePublishing
$275 — Skill Level: 3 — one day, 9:30am–4:30pm
Build publications readable on iPads, Kindles, and other eReaders with the ePub and mobi formats and create iPad magazines with the tools used by Wired, Martha Steward, Lady Gaga and many more: Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite
Interactive PDFs in Acrobat and InDesign
$275 — Skill Level: 2 — one day, 9:30am–4:30pm
Acrobat 10 Pro has the ability to integrate JavaScript, multimedia, and Flash within interactive PDFs. In this class, we'll show you how to create a multimedia PDF, using InDesign and Acrobat's interactive features such as buttons, roll overs, and pop ups. We'll also teach you how to embed and enable multimedia files such as audio, video and Flash within the PDF.
Graphic Design Overview
$275 — Skill Level: Introductory — one day, 9:30am–4:30pm
A discussion-driven class on design principles and fundamentals for those who would like a quick but solid overview of compositional rules and principles.