Training Vancouver

Adobe InDesign is the premiere page layout tool and a joy to use. Designed for seamless integration with other Adobe products, InDesign is changing the standards of editorial, catalogue and advertising production. In this series of hands-on courses, students learn the secrets of InDesign at every level.

InDesign Complete3 days | $995 + HST

Our most popular InDesign course. We found that the majority of people using Indesign need to know more than can reasonably be learned in a two-day session so we combined our Level One and Level Two classes to provide greater value to students. The result? A 3-day "complete" course and some very satisfied customers. The extra day makes a big, big difference. Prerequisite: familiarity with computer/mouse and proficiency in at least one software application.

• the toolbar
• the work area
• the palettes
• setting up a new document
• navigation and adobe bridge
• creating margins, columns, guides and setting up rulers
• creating and editing master pages and templates
• creating frames for graphics and text
• feathering, shadows and corner effects
• organizing elements in the layers palette
• creating colours, tints and gradients
• importing, pouring, flowing and autoflow of type
• editing and formatting type
• typography basics and opentype fonts
• creating paragraph and character styles
• managing links and libraries
• integration with illustrator, photoshop, acrobat
• importing content from microsoft office
• creating functional and editable tables and forms
• preflight, package
• creating web and press ready pdf files
• converting quark express and pagemaker files
• transparency techniques
• advanced typography and formatting
• creating nested styles and snippets
• compound paths and pathfinder
• working with the pen tool
• text and image tables
• story editing and glyph sets
• sections, books and auto pagination
• grouping documents and generating book lists
• generating an index and table of contents
• advanced clipping paths, transparency and feathering effects
• generating an index and table of contents
• crop marks, slugs
• colour mapping

Interactive Documents 1 day | $475 + HST

The movement towards interactive documents and presentations is exploding. It’s not hard to see why. Interactive documents are incredibly user-friendly, allowing readers to go directly to specific content without scrolling page by page. Interactive documents save time too – now you can convert existing documents to presentations without having to re-create everything in PowerPoint. Designers love InDesign's interactive features because it allows them to create stunning presentations so easily. Learn how to add movies, sound clips, interactive buttons, hyperlinks and bookmarks to InDesign documents to create sensational slide presentations, style guides, mood boards, and more. Prerequisite: familiarity with InDesign.

• digital publishing ideas and trends
• preparing your workspace
• creating an rgb colour palette
• creating a font palette
• design basics
• creating a slide presentation
• choosing the document size
• when to use layers
• preparing your images and graphics
• automatic page numbering
• how master pages can be helpful
• creating navigation buttons
• creating bookmarks
• adding url hyperlinks
• page transitions
• rollover effects
• advanced techniques
• adding a button to enter full screen mode
• creating bookmarks
• navigating to specific pages
• using effects and transparency
• creating a reflection effect
• placing multiple files as a grid of images
• assigning actions to the navigation buttons
• creating a button to reveal and hide objects
• toggling visibility of several objects with one button
• embedding video and sound
• finishing touches
• exporting to PDF and Flash

InDesign QuickStart 1 day | $475 + HST

Need to get up to speed on InDesign fast? This one-day class is for people who only need to know a small part of InDesign’s many features. The incredible popularity of InDesign means that more and more people are using it to perform routine tasks like editing copy or replacing an image within a layout supplied by their ad agency or marketing department. If you are among them, this course is for you. Prerequisite: familiarity with computer/mouse and proficiency in at least one software application.

• introduction to indesign
• setting general preferences
• managing document presets
• creating a new document
• working with an existing template
• working with master pages
• managing text and graphic placement
• understanding layers
• adding and editing text
• using spellcheck
• linking text frames
• formatting text manually
• formatting text with paragraph and character styles
• using colours, swatches and gradients
• re-sizing objects
• placing and re-sizing images
• editing information within a table
• basic table modifications
• printing documents
• creating acrobat pdf files

InDesign for eBooks 1 day | $475 + HST

eBooks now routinely outsell their hard cover cousins. What's more, eBooks are exciting! You can include movies and revolving 3D objects in your eBook, for example. They also cheaper to produce and easier to update. This one-day class takes you through every step in the process of creating and refining your eBook. Prerequisite: proficiency in InDesign.

• types of eBooks
• eBook production basics
• structure and content of eBook files
• preparing your InDesign file
• modifying text and images
• what happens in the conversion process
• working with cover images
• adding a custom Table of Contents
• adding meta data
• eBook bugs and how to fix them
• validating your eBook files
• editing and updating ePubs
• editing page flow
• converting your eBook to Kindle format
• exporting for the iPad
• technical tips
• getting an ISBN number
• crucial resources
• getting your work into the Kindle store
• getting your work into the Nook book store
• getting your work into the iBook store
• a look at Apple's new Author app