InDesign is a publishing software application produced by Adobe Systems. It's the ultimate tool for designing professional page layouts. InDesign can be used to create posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers and books. InDesign can also publish content suitable for tablet devices or the web.

During this course, we will cover the following topics:

• Exploration of the InDesign application window including tools and panels
• Setting document preferences
• Placing and sizing images
• Placing multiple images with the Mini Bridge
• Creating text frames and linking
• Creating paragraph and character styles
• Saving and printing your InDesign document

This workshop covers several techniques that can be used to create innovative, high quality marketing materials such as flyers, handouts and business cards. You will learn how to utilize layers and layout features, work with design tools and incorporate high quality graphics into your layout.

Objectives:

• How to organize layers
• Using rulers and guides
• Working with shape tools
• Adding text and applying styles
• Introducing existing images into a design layout
• How to use the marque tools
• Finding and using logos and graphics from the internet
• Creating and adding QR codes to a layout
• Exporting designs as a PDF

This workshop covers some advanced features of Photoshop. You will learn how to work with masking styles, use layer styles to create special effects, work with filters and the Filter Gallery and create vignettes to enhance photographs.

Objectives:

• Identifying when to use Image Size versus Canvas Size
• Using text masking
• How to create a vignette using selection techniques
• Understanding the feathering effect on selections
• Creating a and manipulating a layer mask
• Creating a clipping mask
• Working with layer styles
• Experimenting with filters

Adobe Photoshop is a image editing software application. This course is designed to cover the basic image editing features of Adobe Photoshop. Understanding the different tools and features available in Photoshop will help you to maximize your creative potential. In this course, you'll use the several tools and features of Photoshop to work with and enhance images.

During this course we will cover the following topics:

• Exploration of the Photoshop application window including pallets and tools
• Image areas: magnification and scrolling techniques
• Layers and layer styles
• Repairing images that maybe too dark, faded or damaged
• How to save images in the web, print, and PDF formats

Adobe Premiere Pro is a powerful, feature-rich, cross-platform, non-linear video editing application built for modern file-based creative video production.

During this course we will cover the following topics:

• Exploration of the Premiere Pro application window
• Importing media
• Adding media to the timeline
• Creating titles
• Using transitions
• Rendering video

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Create a chart from data in an Excel spreadsheet
• Choose from the various chart types
• Apply built-in chart layouts and styles
• Save a chart as a template
• Print a chart

Who should use Adobe Illustrator?
Adobe Illustrator is ideal for faculty, staff, or anyone that's in the position of creating vector based graphics. Graphics that can be scaled to any size without losing quality. Graphics that include anything from posters for displaying to print, from brochures to billboards.

During this course we will cover the following topics:

• Getting acquainted with the Adobe Illustrator workspace
• Developing new documents and page setup options
• Creating multiple Artboards.
• Understanding what makes up a Vector graphic
• Editing paths
• How Layers work within Illustrator
• Printing and exporting documents

After completing this class, you should be able to:

• Use relative and absolute references
• Apply sorting and filtering tools
• Use conditional formulas and other functions
• Apply defined names and formula auditing tools
• Apply hyperlinks
• Apply conditional formatting and cell styles

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Insert clip art and shape objects
• Browse the clip art gallery
• Create unique graphics by modifying clip art elements
• Apply and modify Shape Styles and Effects
• Use the Lasso technique to select objects
• Move, group and align objects
• Adjust an object's order and rotation
• Assign entrance, emphasis, and exit effects to objects
• Animate objects with motion paths

Prerequisite skills: Basic familiarity with a computer mouse, keyboard, and the Windows 7/XP operating system.

After completing this class, you should be able to:

• Identify parts of the Excel user interface
• Navigate a worksheet and a workbook
• Enter and edit data
• Build simple formulas
• Format cells
• Format worksheets
• Save and print worksheets