Design and desktop Publishing

These easy to follow, in-depth lessons show you how to create top quality artwork using Adobe Illustrator CS3. Our lessons focus on best practices for producing better images easier and faster – ensuring the most unique and professional work for print or the web. Get up to speed on the unique capabilities of Adobe Illustrator CS3 today!

Running Time: 6 hours.
Format: DVD-ROM.

Unlock the secrets of Adobe Illustrator CS3 as you learn advanced tricks and techniques in this video series. Showcasing his sense of design and creativity, your host, Geoff Blake teaches you how to make eye-popping special effects, and how to use modern techniques to produce startling results. Learn about Illustrator’s advanced path manipulation commands, and how to use blends and clipping masks for amazing visual effects. You’ll also learn about Live Paint, 3D techniques, templates, and Illustrator CS3’s new Flash animation and export options.

Running Time: 9 hours.
Format: DVD-ROM.

Expand your creative vision by learning how to express your ideas in print and on the web with Total Training for Adobe® Illustrator CS2. The comprehensive videos provide you with valuable tips on essential design techniques and ways to improve workflow with other Adobe products.

Deke McClelland, a Photoshop Hall of Famer, leads you through lessons that are peppered with helpful insights, tips, and tricks that develop good habits in beginners and enable experienced professionals to become more effective and efficient with Illustrator. Also, learn how Matthew Richmond at The Chopping Block, Inc. creates cool projects with Illustrator for clients.

Running Time: 18 hours.
Format: DVD-ROM.

Click here for a free preview of this title, the Fractions & Numerals clip (2 min 36 sec), where you will learn how to use the open type features of Illustrator CS2 to make proper looking fractions from within the open type palette, and how to create old style numerals as well as proper ordinals.

Adam Pratt's combination of real-world design experience, technical expertise, and training background make him an ideal InDesign CS3 software guide. In Part 1, he shows you how to navigate the new Adobe InDesign CS3 interface as well as all the paragraph, text, and character options available. In Part 2 you'll learn how to insert Photoshop, Illustrator and PDF files into your work and how to create and transform shapes and effects. Plus, you’ll learn necessary skills for using color, working with layers, and preparing your designs for final output.

Running time: 7.5 hours Format: DVD-ROM

Total Training for Adobe® InDesign CS2 helps you advance your skills of the latest page design and publishing application.

With more than 16 hours of instruction, Adobe Certified Expert, Steve Holmes helps you develop and advance your design, typography, and layout skills needed to become an InDesign expert. Watch videos and practice tutorials based on real-world scenarios to effectively sharpen your publishing skills and give documents a professional polish. Plus, access a free custom font from Mucca Designs and stock photography from iStockphoto, Inc. as an added bonus to your training.

Running time: 16 hours.
Format: DVD-ROM.

Click here for a free preview of this title, the Build Table clip (1 min 56 sec), where you will learn how to build a quick table using the insert table function, and then to space the cells and rows evenly across the page.

Click here for a second free preview of this title, the Display Performance clip (2 min 45 sec), where you will learn how to adjust your display settings to show high resolution versions of images in your spread, and to change the display performance settings so that only a single image displays a high resolution version of an image.

Click here for a third free preview of this title, the Transparency and Tint clip (3 min 37 sec), where you will learn how to use the Transparency palette to adjust the Opacity of an object, and how to use the Swatches palette to adjust a colour Tint.

Discover how InCopy can help you streamline design projects by allowing editors to work on parts of pages, spreads, or an entire document in parallel with designers. The presenter, Adam Pratt, is an Adobe Certified Expert in every application in the Creative Suite as well as a Certified Print Specialist and a Certified Web Specialist.
Highlights
Bring your editorial process to a new level of efficiency with the knowledge of a seasoned professional.
Learn how to create assignments, track changes, and insert tables from Excel or Word.
Understand how the LiveEdit Workflow is designed to prevent conflicts.
Experience Level: Beginner to advanced
Running Time: 6 Hrs, 1 DVD (ROM)

Total Training Presents: Adobe® Creative Suite 2 From Design to Delivery focuses on ways to help users master the entire product line workflow. Led by Adobe Certified Expert, Steve Holmes, you’ll receive step-by-step instruction on how to combine the common tools for Photoshop® CS2, InDesign® CS2, Illustrator® CS2, and GoLive® CS2. Plus, you’ll uncover valuable techniques to maximize the creative print and web design process and give your projects a professional finish.

Plus, as an added bonus enjoy free stock photography and Steve's personal 40-Step Production Workflow Checklist.

Running time: 10.2 hours.
Format: DVD-ROM.

Click here for a free preview of this DVD, the Gradient clip (5 min 20 sec), where you will learn how to sample colours in a Photoshop file with the Eyedropper tool, how to select a gradient type with the Gradient tool, how to create a custom gradient using sampled colours, and how to extend a gradient seamlessly in InDesign by using the gradient created in the original Photoshop file.

Click here for a second free preview of this DVD, the Trace Path clip (5 min 22 sec), where you will learn how to draw a Path with the Pen tool in Illustrator, how to apply a default black Stroke to a path, how to constrain & curve a Path as you draw it, and how to trace a template with the Pen tool.

Master the most powerful document management software with Total Training For Adobe® Acrobat® 7 Professional. We unveil the software’s many capabilities to simplify sharing spreadsheets, presentations, brochures, and graphics across different hardware and software platforms. You’ll get the job done faster and maximize your investment with comprehensive lessons on how to create and combine multiple PDF files, add bookmarks for quick navigation, secure documents with passwords, and integrate multimedia movies and sounds. The dynamic presentation format, applicable to both Mac and Windows users, is led by Tim Plumer, Jr., an Adobe Acrobat Evangelist. Tim covers more than eight hours of lessons, including two hours dedicated to advanced techniques.

Running time: 8.6 hours.
Format: CD-ROM.

Click here for a free sample form this title, the Calculations in PDF's clip (3 min 43 sec), where you will learn how to create fields in a PDF document that will auto sum when you input data, and how to use the Text Field Properties to add calculation properties to you PDF documents.

Click here for a second free sample form this title, the Tracker clip (3 min 00 sec), where you will learn how to use the Tracker that comes with Acrobat to keep track of all pending reviews of any document, and how to use the Tracker to send a reminder to any recipient who still have reviews pending.

Unlock the full power of Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional with this 12 hour training series for Mac and Windows. Join Tim Plumer Jr, as he demonstrates how to use the tools in Acrobat and shares his tips and tricks for getting a great application to work harder and smarter for you.
Tim shows you how to collect many items into a project that goes beyond PDF, and then use Acrobat to collaborate around the project. You will also learn how to control the documents to ensure the authenticity and integrity of your work.
Highlights
Learn how to enable a form so Reader users can save it after they complete it
Discover a new form distribution workflow and tracker to enable data collection
Generate automatic PDF archival of eMail from Outlook
Use Word mail merge for PDF creation and email
Find out how to share comments in a PDF directly in Acrobat over a network