| Time | Mastering the Adobe Creative Suite |
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| 9:00am - 9:30am | Registrations
Check in and grab a good seat. |
| 9:30am - 9:45am | Welcome and Ground Rules
Introduction from Sandee and logistics for the day. |
| 9:45am - 10:15am | Interface Tips, Tricks. Creating custom Workspaces
Here's where you discover what's similar in the suite applications as well as what's different. Discover the cool shortcuts to quickly control palette clutter. |
| 10:15am - 10:45am | Using Bridge for Page Layout
Bridge is much more than just a file browser. Discover how Bridge can automate your work, provide information about files, and help layout your InDesign pages. |
| 10:45am - 11:00am | Coffee Break
There are loads of coffee areas and places to grab a snack around the campus. |
| 11:00am - 11:45am | Type Magic
OpenType is more than just a cross-platform font format. Discover the benefits of OpenType for working with fractions, small caps, and number formats. And learn the inner workings of Illustrator's and InDesign's Glyphs palette. And discover how to get the benefits of the Glyphs palette in Photoshop! |
| 11:45am - 12:30pm | Moving Paths, Layers, and meta data between the apps
How do you get the layers from Illustrator into Photoshop? How can you convert Photoshop's paths into InDesign? And how can you find the meta data from Photoshop files while still in InDesign? This is the session that answers all these questions, and more. |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch- On Your Own
No school cafeteria for you! There are plenty of restaurants and snack shops just a block or two from the classroom. We'll have a list of them in the room. Even better, there's a Whole Foods down the street where you can pick up some great food and bring it back to the class. |
| 1:30pm - 2:00pm | Mastering Transparency
Transparency effects don't have to be frightening. Here's your guide to working safely and creatively with transparency. Learn what transparency effects do (and don't) work between the suite applications. Discover the simple steps to make sure your transparency effects print correctly. |
| 2:00pm - 2:30pm | Smart Objects & Productive Styling
Discover the smart objects in Photoshop and how they work with Illustrator. Learn the similarities and difference between the styles in each of the apps. |
| 2:30pm - 2:45pm | Coffee Break
Better grab another cuppa joe. We'll be heading into the last lap and you don't want to fade out. |
| 2:45pm - 3:30pm | The Power of PDF
Is it a print? |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Colors and Color Management
How do you get the colors in all the suite applications to match onscreen as well as in print? What’s the easiest way to set color management? And how can you swap colors between the various applications? |
| 4:00pm - 4:15pm | Preflight
How much can you discover from the built-in preflight in InDesign? And how can you use Acrobat to give you much more information. |
| 4:15pm - 4:30pm | Wrap up
Here's your chance to ask any last-minute questions. |
