2-Day Adobe Creative Cloud Crash Course

Immerse yourself in the amazing world of Adobe Creative Cloud applications that help designers create a variety of brilliant print and digital media. The Adobe Creative Cloud is composed of three industry standard design applications that seamlessly connect with each other. Becoming proficient will set you on a path to success with the design industry’s latest tools and techniques.

This two-day workshop will provide step-by-step instruction leading you through three of the most-used Adobe applications. We'll spend the weekend learning the ins and outs of Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator.

InDesign is the professional publishing software used to create and design books, brochures, magazines and newspapers. Photoshop is the professional digital imaging software, that has evolved from a photographer’s tool and is now used to design websites and create interfaces and original iconography for digital screens on any device. Illustrator is the industry-standard vector graphics software for creating logos, illustrations and original typography.

This is a hands-on crash workshop and through step-by-step instruction, you will be led through the most important tools, concepts and techniques for all three programs.

If you want to level up your design skills and master the most used creative software out there, join us for an incredible weekend of learning. You'll walk into Monday with a refined, powerful skillset!

The well-being of our employees, students, clients, instructors, and guests is our number one priority here at General Assembly. We are monitoring the COVID-19 situation very carefully and are adjusting delivery of our programs.

Due to the current health concerns, all GA short-form events, workshops & bootcamps will temporarily be held online - including this one.

Registered students will be notified 24 hours in advance of this program with information on how to log in to the Zoom Meeting Room and other tools you’ll need for the session. Registration for this class will close 2 hours prior to the session start in order to allow all students ample opportunity to have the technology enabled.

Takeaways

InDesign:

• Learn the basics of the Adobe InDesign interface
• Learn the master and local pages features for large scale project
• Format content and learn the character, paragraph and styles panels
• Construct and modify single or multiple layouts and spreads
• Import images and assets from Illustrator or Photoshop
• Package files for professional printing

Illustrator:

• Learn the basics of the Adobe Illustrator interface
• Learn and become familiar with the pen and shape builder tools
• Prepare and export branding assets for clients and projects
• Create logos and iconography

Photoshop:

• Learn the basics of the Adobe Photoshop interface
• Understand and work with layers and adjustment panels
• Transform and maximize smart objects layers and objects
• Manipulate, modify and color photographs
• Create a website landing page

Preparation

• This course will occur completely online using Zoom and Slack
• You will need access to a laptop or computer with a working webcam and microphone as well as a strong internet connection
• Pre-work and course set up information will be emailed to all students signed up around 24 hours before (and again an hour before) your course launches

What to bring to class: All participants bring a laptop for each day, preferably a Mac. You will need to have Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop version CS6 and above installed prior to class. The full version of Adobe applications CS6 or the free trial version of it can be found here.