Desktop Publishing Workshop Tutorials for Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

Here are four well written and illustrated Desktop Publishing Workshops from the Univeristy of Washington’s Walk-In Workshops. This Adobe Design workshop tutorial collection provides two Photoshop turoials, and one tutorial each for Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign. These tutorial workshops offer professional quality publishing results via dynamic, yet simple tools. You will learn to produce attention-grabbing vector graphics, vividly enhanced photographs, top notch text documents and how to incorporate the three together.

Desktop Publishing Workshops Tutorials for Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign


Introduction to Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is the industry standard for image editing. This robust program will help you enhance your photographs and images and give your work that professional edge. Here you will learn how to modify digital photographs, move, duplicate, and resize images, use painting tools to manipulate images, and perform adjustments to contrast and color balance. You will also learn how to correct red-eye, take advantage of layer transparency, and create simple-but-cool text graphics using filters.

  Intro to Photoshop
   What is Photoshop?
   The Workspace
   Preferences

  The Basics
   Creating New Images
   Type
   Drawing
   Painting

  Image Editing
   Working With Layers
   Selections
   Image Sizing
   Image Adjust
   Filters

Advanced Adobe Photoshop

In this advanced Photoshop class, you will learn some advanced features including saving for the Web, proper use of filters, how to use actions and automate processes, layer properties, and what Image Ready is. You are encouraged to bring your own digital images to work with in this class.

  Altering Images
   Crop Tool
   Clone Tool
   Heal Tool
   Patch Tool
   Extract Filter

  Advanced Layers
   Layer Masks
   Layer Styles
   Adjustment Layers

  Automation
   Actions
   Batches
   Droplets

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator is a graphic design and drawing program. This powerful program will help you create images that will give your work an artistic touch. This class will cover some new features of Adobe Illustrator 10 as well as some advanced functions including navigating the toolbar, creating vector-based graphics, and using drawing tools. Other topics include: specific stroking effects, color features, and layering techniques. Use these skills to create graphic artwork for posters, t-shirts, or even card designs.

  Introduction
   Vector Graphics
   Tools

  The Basics
   Creating Objects
   Altering Objects
   The Pathfinder
   Gradients

  The Pen Tool
   Introduction
   Editing Lines

  Type Tools
   Simple Text
   Path/Area Text

  Tutorials
   Creating a Bat Logo
   Creating a Key
   Biohazard

Adobe InDesign

InDesign, Adobe’s replacement for Pagemaker, is a new and comprehensive desktop publisher. This program enables you to design and develop your own publications. In this introductory workshop you will learn to use dynamic tools such as text wrap, precise image manipulation and placement, story editor, paragraph styles, and color handling. Other topics include: guidelines for templates and simple image creation to compliment your texts. This knowledge will allow you to make posters for class projects that look store bought.

  Intro to InDesign
   What is InDesign?
   The Workspace
   The Toolbox
   The Palettes

  The Basics
   Creating New Documents
   Guides
   Margins and Columns

  Type Tools
   Introduction
   Type Basics
   Paragraph Formatting
   Threading
   Story Editor

  Graphic Tools
   Introduction
   Grouping & Stacking
   Placing Graphics
   Rotating & Skewing

  Printing
   Exporting to PDF
   Exporting Postscript

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