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How Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign work together.

Learn how to turn the individual programs in the Creative Suite into a more powerful super-application!

Now that you’ve got the basics down for the individual applications in the Adobe Creative Suite, it’s time to discover how the programs are even more effective when they are combined together.

Discover the insider tips and tricks that will help you expand your creativity as well as improve your productivity.
Whether you’re working on single-page ads, design projects, or long-document publications, this intensive one-day seminar will help you pick the right tool for each project as well as seamlessly transfer assets between applications.


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Who should attend

>> Art Directors
>> Graphic Designers
>> Production Artists
>> Publishers
>> Print Service Providers

  • About the Instructor

  • After a successful career in advertising, Sandee Cohen has been teaching computer graphics for 20 years. A popular and exciting speaker, she has taught at Macworld Expo, the Creative Suite Conference, The InDesign Conference, as well as conferences in Australia, England, Denmark, Sweden, and South Africa.

    She has written over 20 books for Peachpit Press, as well as articles for CreativePro.com, InDesign Magazine, InDesignSecrets.com, and Seybold Reports.

    She is the co-author of Real World Creative Suite and the senior editor for InDesign Magazine. Sandee is also a frequent contributor to the AskMogo video podcasts. She has provided training to private corporations, ad agencies, publishers, as well New York University, Parsons School of Design, Cooper Union, and University of Hawaii.


      • Workshop Schedule

    • Registration opens at 8:30am


    • Welcome and Introductions (9:15-9:30)

      Sandee provides an overview of the topic and the day's lessons.

    • Understanding the Adobe Interface (9:30–10:00)

      To become effcient with the Suite, you need to understand how the applications are similar... and different! Discover cool shortcuts to quickly control palette clutter, how to customize keyboard shortcuts and even menus.

      Moving Paths and Layers between the Applications (10:00–11:00)

      How can you move layers from Illustrator into Photoshop? How can InDesign recognize Photoshop’s Layer Comps? How can you convert Photoshop’s paths into InDesign? Or the paths from InDesign into Illustrator? And how can you use Smart Objects from Illustrator into Photoshop? We've got answers to all these questions, and more.

    • Type Magic (11:15–12:15)

    • OpenType is more than just a cross-platform font format. Discover why all the Creative Suite applications thrive on OpenType fonts. Find out the benefits of OpenType for working with fractions, small caps, and number formats. Learn the inner workings of Illustrator's and InDesign's Glyphs panels.

    • LUNCH ON YOUR OWN (12:15–1:15)


    • The Power of Bridge for Layout and Design (1:15–1:45)

      Discover what makes Bridge much more than just a file browser for images. Discover how this incredible (but underused) program can automate your work, provide information about files, and even help you layout your InDesign pages. Plus, see how to use Bridge to manage Photoshop's metadata and use it in InDesign.

      Mastering Transparency (1:45–2:30)

      Transparency effects are cool, but you need to learn to use them properly. 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 will print correctly before you send them to the print shop.

      Consistent Colors (2:30-3:15)

      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 controls? And how can you swap colors between the various applications? This session will color you brilliant!

    • Preflight, PDF, and Print (3:30-4:30)

      Don’t send your precious projects off until you make sure they’re set up correctly for either print or PDF output. Armed with these steps, you’ll never have to worry “But will it print?”

  • Wrap up (4:30-4:45)

    Here’s your chance to ask those last-minute questions or go over your own workflow issues.


  • Location

Bunker Hill Community College

June 12th, 2008 09:00am-4:30pm

Charlestown Campus room E175
250 New Rutherford Ave.
Boston, Massachusetts 02129

The main campus of this multi-campus urban institution is situated on 42 acres in the historic Charlestown section of Boston in the shadows of the historic Bunker Hill Monument and the spectacular Zakim Bridge. The campus is literally steps away from the MBTA Community College stop on the Orange Line and is accessible from all major thoroughfares; it is also equipped with parking facilities for over 500 vehicles. This ideal location is minutes from downtown Boston.

For a PDF of detailed directions and maps, click HERE.