Center for Lifelong Learning

Experience the Adobe ultimate creative toolset with

• Adobe® InDesign® CS5 for page layout,
• Photoshop® CS5 Extended for specialized image editing,
• Illustrator® CS5 for vector graphics creation,
• Flash® CS5 Professional for interactive design
• Dreamweaver® CS5 for web design and development, and
• Acrobat® 9 Professional for Adobe PDF workflows.

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Desktop Publishing with Adobe InDesign CS5

Use the brand new Adobe InDesign CS5 software to create your catalogs, brochures, flyers and other items. Lay out your text and graphics like the pros and avoid having to send these items out to an expensive designer. Easily coordinate with professional printers, publish in your own office, or output to multiple media. Create rich full-featured documents with easy integration with Photoshop and other programs. The instructor will get you started and help to demystify the many features incorporated in this professional page layout program. Text provided. Prerequisite: Intro to Computers 1 & 2 or similar experience is absolutely necessary to participate in this class. Sign up today!

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Beginning Course

As an aspiring graphic designer, familiarize yourself with image creation and editing using this software. Understand the different tools and features to maximize your creative potential. Learn to use layers and to apply layer effects and filters to create special effects. Use painting tools and blending modes to create shading effect. Save images in print and web formats. Text provided. Prerequisites: Familiarity with basic computer functions including creating folders, launching programs, copying and pasting objects, formatting text, saving files, etc. Students may wish to bring a USB drive to save class work.

Photoshop CS5 Level 2

Move on in your exploration of Photoshop features as you learn how to use color fills and overlays as well as gradients. Explore various ways to extract an object from an image using a mask. Experiment with vector paths by creating vector masks and converting type into editable shapes. Learn to apply custom brushes, warping, and Smart Filters along with other creative image effects. After producing images for video end the course by automating tasks and customizing Photoshop. Text provided. Prerequiste: Photoshop CS5 Level 1 or similar experience.

Adobe Illustrator CS5

Adobe Illustrator CS5 is a sophisticated graphics application that helps you to create complex and attractive designs with type effects. Create logos, advertisements, and other illustrations with ease using this software. Learn to use Adobe Illustrator CS5 by drawing and manipulating simple shapes to create logos. You will also combine text and graphics to create advertisements. Illustrator is a great companion for Flash and integrates throughout the Adobe Suite. Text provided. Prerequisite: Intro to Computers 1 & 2, or equivalent knowledge is absolutely necessary to participate in this class. Students may wish to bring a USB flash drive to save class work.

Create a Great Website with Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 - Level 1

Let an experienced instructor walk you through the process of creating an intuitive, attractive, and accessible website with the brand new version of Dreamweaver. (Macromedia version users also welcome.) Learn the Dreamweaver interface basics, work with text and images, create links and anchors, create successful navigation and maintain the site. Lots of hands-on practice at your own workstation and plenty of time for questions. Prerequisite: Intro to Computers 1 & 2, or equivalent knowledge is absolutely necessary to participate in this class. Students may wish to bring a USB flash drive to save class work. Text provided.

Creating Websites with
XHTML & CSS

Let an expert show you how to create web pages using CSS/XHTML coding. You don’t need any special software as all the coding and markup is done in Notepad, a text program that is included in the Microsoft Windows program. At the end of five weeks you will have a basic understanding of XHTML and CSS standards, be able to write and manipulate code and create and format web pages. No previous knowledge of HTML is necessary. It would be helpful to have some knowledge of Photoshop or other software for creating and editing images. Lots of hands-on practice writing and testing the code. Text provided.