THE CONFERENCE FOR ADOBE® CREATIVE SUITE® USERS

In this conference you'll learn...

How to use the Quick Selection tool instead of the Magnetic Lasso tool to save time and frustration when selecting objects

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.

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OPENING SESSION: 8:30 – 9:25 a.m. — Application integration
TRACK 1: Designer´s Dream Kit

Session 1: 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

InDesign

In this session, you´ll learn the most efficient way to prepare and print even the most complex files and improve your workflow efficiency using industry standards. You´ll discover some of the great Adobe InDesign features such as powerful text formatting, object styles and much more. Also in this session ...

See how to override master page items like strokes, fills, frame contents and even text wraps

How to automate routine tasks such as creating running headers and footers

Make your productivity soar by using Snippets, an easy way to share and export InDesign objects

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: 10:45 – 11:45 a.m.

Photoshop for Print Professionals

Photoshop has become the application of choice for working with raster images. In this session, we´ll show you some enhanced Photoshop tools that´ll take your efficiency and productivity to a higher level. We´ll show you some "tricks of the trade" for creating stunning visual effects that will have people wondering just how you did it. In this session, you´ll learn ...

How to correct common lighting issues in your photos using the Camera Raw feature

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 use the measurement feature in Photoshop Extended to set a measurement scale, manage the measurement log and export the data to a spreadsheet

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 Quick Selection tool—it´s way beyond the Lasso tool

Session 3: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Illustrator for Print Professionals

In this session, you´ll learn about transparency, the Illustrator text engine, powerful user interface features and improved spot color support. You´ll also discover how you can reliably proof, print and create Adobe PDF files directly from Adobe Illustrator, including PDF/X support. Also in this session ...

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 use the Workspace feature to create customized palette layouts to increase efficiency in your projects

How to create transparent text effects using ghosted text, transparent drop shadows with soft edges and more

How to use the Anchor Point options with the Pen tool to draw any shapes that you want with ease

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: 2:15 – 3:15 p.m.

Acrobat

In this session, you´ll discover how to use Acrobat software as an important tool in creating richer documents. We´ll show you how you can create and distribute interactive, media-rich Adobe PDF files that can include text, graphics, photos, videos, spreadsheets and much more. Plus ...

Discover the streamlined interface which includes customizable toolbars that show only the buttons you choose

See how you can give permissions for commenting and reviewing tools to Adobe Reader users without Standard or Professional versions of Acrobat

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 save headers, footers, watermarks and backgrounds and reuse them in other files

Session 5: 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Visual Media Management With Adobe Bridge®

The newly enhanced Adobe Bridge allows you to easily organize, browse, locate and preview assets, and that´s the focus of this informative session. You´ll find out about its faster performance, customizable workspaces, nondestructive batch-editing of TIFF, JPEG and Camera Raw files, playback of SWF and FLV files and how to utilize its direct access to useful services such as Adobe Stock Photos. Also in this session ...

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 use the search feature to find images that contain keywords and other metadata

View Camera Raw images as thumbnails, enlargements or slide shows and edit white balance and exposure settings right in Adobe Bridge

How to use Bridge to display your InDesign file´s fonts and colors

TRACK 2: Web Designer´s and Developer´s Kit

Session 1: 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Dreamweaver

In this session, you´ll see why they say that Dreamweaver is built for both designers and developers with its choice of working in an intuitive visual layout interface or a streamlined coding environment. Our expert instructor will show you how to get the most out of Dreamweaver to create truly stunning, highly interactive Web sites, mobile content and more. You´ll also learn ...

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 take advantage of the support for leading Web development technologies, such as HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript^TM, Ajax, PHP, ColdFusion®, ASP, ASP.NET and JSP^TM

How to easily add FLV files to your Web pages in just five clicks even if you´ve never used Flash

Session 2: 10:45 – 11:45 a.m.

Flash

In this session, you´ll experience the fast, fluid workflow of Adobe Flash. Flash is the most advanced authoring environment for creating rich, interactive content for digital, Web and mobile platforms, but to really take advantage of it you need to know how to get the most from it. You´ll also get Flash "how-to´s" like these ...

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 create animated, interactive content and instantly convert timeline animations into ActionScript^TM 3.0 code that can be edited and easily reused by you or other developers

How to design and preview content created for mobile devices using Adobe Device Central

Tips on how to improve the quality of your Flash videos

How to take advantage of the Import Video wizard

Session 3: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Fireworks

In this session, you´ll see why Adobe Fireworks is the perfect tool for creating and optimizing images for the Web and quickly prototyping Web sites. You´ll find out how to use the vector and bitmap editing feature to create and edit native Photoshop and Illustrator files right in Fireworks. You´ll also learn about ...

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

Session 4: 2:15 – 3:15 p.m.

Photoshop for Web Professionals

In this session, you´ll find out how to take Photoshop to the next level when working on your Web images. You´ll discover how to use Photoshop Extended to edit 3-D and motion-based content and perform an image analysis to make sure you´ve got it right. In addition, you´ll learn ...

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

Which ImageReady® features were ported over to Photoshop and where you can find them

Session 5: 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Illustrator for Web Professionals

In this session, you´ll discover how Illustrator offers even more functionality when it comes to producing extraordinary graphics for Web, mobile and motion design. You´ll see how to get a handle on the enhanced interface, work with Live Color and much more. Plus ...

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

CEU Credits: 0.6
CPE Credits: 7
Field of Study: Computer Science
NASBA#: 107719

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