Conferences: The InDesign Conference: 2007: Melbourne: Schedule : MOGO Media

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Wednesday Aug 29th, 2007

Time	PRE-CONFERENCE FULL DAY COURSE
8:00am - 9:00am	Registration
9:00am - 4:30pm	Mastering the Creative Suite Tutorial ($195 AUD) Sandee Cohen Now that you know each individual application, this class -- led by internationally known author and trainer Sandee Cohen -- will show you the insider tips and tricks of how to make the applications work even harder together. Discover: The secrets of making Bridge work for you as a page layout tool How to move paths and type easily between InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator How PDF is your complete translation medium for all sorts of things How to use Smart Objects and styles to automate changes to projects Maintain consistent colour between the applications How to understand the do's and don'ts of transparency Where to find and how to use meta data Tips and tricks for working with OpenType The secrets of the Adobe interface The pros and cons of InDesign's preflight feature and where to get a better one This one-day class is geared to designers, production managers, print providers, and others who work with more than one Creative Suite 2 application.

Time

PRE-CONFERENCE FULL DAY COURSE

8:00am - 9:00am

Registration

9:00am - 4:30pm

Mastering the Creative Suite Tutorial ($195 AUD)
Sandee Cohen
Now that you know each individual application, this class -- led by internationally known author and trainer Sandee Cohen -- will show you the insider tips and tricks of how to make the applications work even harder together.

Discover: The secrets of making Bridge work for you as a page layout tool
How to move paths and type easily between InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator
How PDF is your complete translation medium for all sorts of things
How to use Smart Objects and styles to automate changes to projects
Maintain consistent colour between the applications
How to understand the do's and don'ts of transparency
Where to find and how to use meta data
Tips and tricks for working with OpenType
The secrets of the Adobe interface
The pros and cons of InDesign's preflight feature and where to get a better one

This one-day class is geared to designers, production managers, print providers, and others who work with more than one Creative Suite 2 application.

Thursday Aug 30th, 2007

Time	Track A	Track B
8:00am - 9:00am	Breakfast and Registration
9:00am - 9:50am	InDesign CS3: The Wait is over! Noha Edell Yes, the wait is over. . . and you’re about to be rewarded for your patience. The new features of InDesign CS3 empower creativity, increase efficiency and flexibility, and introduce opportunities for automating design and production workflows. Adobe’s very own acclaimed Noha Edell will introduce the coolest features of this release. Among the many new features she will showcase are: Finer transparency controls Creative object effects, including feathered gradients Multi-file Place Faster frame fitting Placed InDesign documents Nested style looping Table and cell styles And many more!	InDesign CS3: A Look at What's Hot! Sandee Cohen Adobe is fond of showing their favourite sexy features. Now join us for an InDependent and InDepth look at InDesign CS3! In this fast-paced session we'll provide an overview of what's hot (and what's not) in this new version, including: Photoshop-like transparency effects, such as Bevel and Emboss, Inner Shadow, and Glow Variable text Find/change object attributes Importing InDesign files into InDesign files And more!
9:50am - 10:00am	Break
10:00am - 11:00am	Essential InDesign Tips & Tricks Sandee Cohen Learn how to make your pages fly with the essential shortcuts and techniques that top InDesign demons use every day. Super-charging InDesign for a real-world production setting Hidden and undocumented productivity features Vital keyboard shortcuts for navigation and formattin
11:00am - 11:15am	Break
11:15am - 12:30pm	Colour Management Fundamentals David Harradine The colour on screen doesn't match the colour in print? The colour in Photoshop doesn't match the colour in InDesign? You need colour management! Learn the basics in this fast-paced tutorial on one of the most important features in desktop publishing. Getting colour to match across all your Creative Suite programs Softproofing: Trusting what you see on screen The 5 most important rules of colour management in InDesign Best practices for embedding profiles Why synchronising with the Suite may not be the best solution for you	The Sweet Suite Mike McHugh Why leave InDesign and use another application when you don't have to? InDesign has plenty of Photoshop- and Illustrator-like features that you may not even know about. Become a file info maniac. The secret glue behind productive workflows. Phindistrator Tips. Shortcuts that work in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Turn on and off Photoshop layers in InDesign Use Illustrator like a cool Plugin. PLUS The InDesign VS Photoshop smack down. Re-color images Create reflections Make jelly text ...and more!
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch
1:30pm - 2:30pm	Images: In and Out Mike McHugh If you don't understand how InDesign handles images, you're going to end up banging your head against a wall. Stop the pain and learn it here. What is the best format to use? Learn all about making your artwork flexible fast and fun. When you should use PSD instead of PDF, TIFF instead of EPS Editing and creating (and avoiding) clipping paths Tricks for picture linking and the Links palette Exporting JPEG and EPS images Linking versus embedding images Why you should import InDesign files into CS3 documents Smart Objectives. Moving images from Illustrator to Photoshop to InDesign and then to InDesign again. How Bridge can help you maximise your workflow.	Anchored Objects Kevin K Kayani Learn how to get the most out of anchored and inline objects, arguably one of CS2's most powerful and underutilised features! Placing objects that flow with text anywhere on a spread Optimising anchored objects with object styles Special effects
2:30pm - 2:40pm	Break
2:40pm - 3:40pm	Styles on Steroids Sandee Cohen Explore dozens of tips and techniques for getting the most out of your character, paragraph, and object styles. This session is a must for seasoned production artists who need to boost their productivity. Power searches with style sheets Automating run-in heads and formatted drop caps with nested styles Format an entire story with dozens of styles with a single click Object styles: The secret efficiency weapon	Mixed RGB/CMYK Print and PDF Workflows Fraser Crozier If you are still converting all your images to CMYK before you import them into InDesign, you may not being as efficient as you could be. Learn how to mix RGB and CMYK into a single workflow. Understanding how InDesign handles RGB images How to get high-quality CMYK output when you have RGB images Best practices for ensuing your PDFs are created properly
3:40pm - 3:50pm	Break
3:50pm - 5:00pm	Tables Eliot Harper Aren't you glad you don't have to make tables out of lines and boxes anymore? InDesign's elegant table-creation tools allow you to easily create great-looking tables without pulling your hair out (or someone else's). Importing (and updating!) Word and Excel tables Automatic header rows Making tables that don't even look like tables InDesign CS3's table styles	Advanced Find/Change Cari Jansen If you deal with a lot of text, there are all kinds of find/change tricks you should know about. Delve into searching like you've never searched before! INX: The searches you never thought you could perform, such as find/change colours! GREP: How to search your text with regular expressions using InDesign CS3's built-in find/change Hidden text formatting features

Friday Aug 31st, 2007

Time	Track A	Track B
8:00am - 9:00am	Breakfast and Registration
8:30am - 9:00am	Special Sponsored Presentation I.T.I.P. presents their newest InDesign tools. Stop by with a cup of coffee and get the day started with one of the leading InDesign developers. *Note this session is presented by a third party solutions provider.
9:00am - 10:30am	Bulding Interactive PDF Mike McHugh Join us as we demystify InDesign's confusing interface for making hyperlinks, bookmarks, and other essentials elements for interactive PDF files. Making your table of contents clickable Using hyperlinks and bookmarks for navigation inside InDesign InDesign is quickly becoming the world's best tool for building "rich media" PDF files, full of audio, video, Flash, and hyperlinked buttons. Learn how to build interactive PDF files and what pitfalls might await you. Supercool rollovers Using transparency effects to your advantage Dual-purpose files that play and print!	XML Fundamentals Cari Jansen XML sounds like something for geeks, but it can truly become a "one-click .. done! technology." Come and see why you could care about smart and easy automatic document creation. The important link between styles and XML tags The tremendous power of separating content and form
10:30am - 10:45am	Break
10:45am - 12:00pm	Fundamentals of Document Construction Kevin Kayani Take the time now to build a solid foundation for your document so you can save much more time down the road. Explore the mysteries of master pages and how you can make them work for you. Why master pages appear sometimes not to work Basing one master page on another Automating page numbering and section headers Fast and efficient text-flow New InDesign CS3 master page features	Automating Your Workflow with Scripts Shane Stanley Stop using your computer like a manual paste-up tool and start making it do some of your work for you! Remember: You don't have to know how to script in order to use scripts! Adding your own custom features to InDesign Scripts versus macros Automating your workflow and page production Where to get cool scripts and how to customise them to your workflow.
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm - 2:00pm	Exporting PDF for Print Michael Stoddart If you're not using PDF as the basis of your workflow, you're not being efficient. Period. But using PDF doesn't mean you're getting the most out of PDF. Learn the secrets of the PDF masters in this intense tips, tricks, and techniques session. Why PDF is the "new EPS" Getting great PDFs out of InDesign Using InDesign's previewing and preflighting features to create a print-ready file Best ways to create PDF: Export vs. Distiller Communicating with Your Printer about what kind of PDF to create for print Customising your PDF presets — which settings to use for different workflows Loading PDF presets from a print service provider New PDF preset choices: PDF/X-4 supports layers and transparency The new Adobe PDF Print Engine will revolutionise PDF handling Working with a printer to automate workflow with JDF (Job Definition Format) How and why to set up a PDF-JDF workflow Watching out for the "gotchas" What you should not trust to PDF	Adobe Bridge for InDesign Users Sandee Cohen Bridge CS3 is a significant update to Adobe's asset management tool, and understanding it is key to being efficient in the Suite. Why Bridge makes managing your assets a breeze Common keyboard shortcuts you just have to know Organising InDesign snippets and templates Automating the Suite Demystifying metadata
2:00pm - 2:10pm	Break
2:10pm - 3:10pm	Acrobat 8: What It Means for Creative Professionals Noha Edell Acrobat 8 is the most "Suite-like" version of Acrobat yet, and offers dozens of important features to creative professionals—unfortunately, many of these are still hard to find. Come discover the cool stuff and learn to get the most from this crucial tool. Packaging PDFs Workgroup collaboration Presentations Preflighting (better than InDesign's!)	File > Print Fraser Crozier No matter how hard you work on your design, it doesn't count if it doesn't print. Join us for a deep dive into InDesign's print dialog box to learn its secrets and learn what you (and your output provider) need to know about this powerhouse. Managing transparency Drivers: The unknown variable What really happens to image data? How hidden PPDs alter the equation.
3:10pm - 3:20pm	Break
3:20pm - 4:20pm	Tips! Tips! Tips! Mike McHugh, Sandee Cohen, and Cari Jansen The show's not over 'til the last tips sings! Join the presenters as they bring everything and the kitchen sink in an end-of-show, all-out tip frenzy.