InDesign CS5 Training: Level 1

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Hands-on InDesign CS5 Adobe certified training: Level 1

With CS5, InDesign has crossed the threshold into a hybrid world of print and interactive (printeractive) design, all in the same interface! Right in InDesign, you can create interactive buttons, animate almost anything, add video and audio, and then output to Interactive PDF and SWF. Of course CS5 has continued to improve and evolve its unparalleled page-layout features, seamless integration with Photoshop and Illustrator, and overall ease of use. This absolutely winning combination makes this release of InDesign the most compelling and versatile ever. In this 2-day intensive hands-on Level 2 InDesign training you will maximize InDesign's rich feature set to create interactive documents. This class will give you the skills to use InDesign effectively and efficiently to create animation, buttons, interactive PDFs, and Flash SWF output. Topics include:

Setting up interactive documents
Buttons and navigation
Learning to animate
Adding audio and video

Bookmarks and Hyperlinks
Libraries and Snippets
Animation timing
Maximizing effects and styles

adobe course curriculum

DESINGING FOR INTERACTIVITY

Print vs. Web and iInteractive
Color: RGB vs. CMYK
Designing for interactivity

IMAGE RESOLUTION AND FILE SIZE

Page orientation and document dimensions
Font and font size
Margins and bleeds
Interactive design guidelines

USING THE INTERACTIVE INTERFACE PANELS

Animation panel
Bookmarks panel
Buttons panel
Hyperlinks panel
Media panel
Object States panel
Page Transitions panel
Preview panel
Timing panel
Align panel
Effects panel
Object Styles panel
Pathfinder panel
Preflight panel
Links panel
Mini Bridge

SETTING APPLICATION PREFERENCES AND DEFAULTS

Setting preferences in the Preferences dialog
Creating a document preset
Customizing the Control panel
Arranging document windows
Customizing the Preflight panel for interactivity
Customizing the Links panel
Working with Mini Bridge
Bridge: keywords, advanced search, and smart collections

WORKING WITH BUTTONS

Anatomy of a button
Button Events
Button appearances
Button Actions
The Sample Buttons Library
Using buttons to control visibility
Multi-object buttons
Invisible buttons
Compound multi-button groups
Simple image-based buttons

ADDING NAVIGATION

Creating a navigation bar with dropdown menus
Working with Hyperlink Destinations
Creating email and web links

ANIMATION

Understanding animation
Working with Motion Presets
Working with Motion Paths
Timing, triggering events, and buttons
Animating text
Custom Motion Paths, transitions, and cool effects
Simulating 3D motion
Continuous loops
Creating a continuous scroller
Animated buttons
Off-center animation
Animating multiple objects and open paths
Creating presentations using Multi-state Objects
Creating a banner ad
Bookmarks, hyperlinks, and cross-references
Working with transitions

WORKING WITH MEDIA IN INDESIGN

Video basics
Interlaced and progressive video
Frame rates and standards
Compression basics
Video and audio compression
Import & export file formats
Decoding Adobe Media Encoder
Trimming and cropping video
Working with video cue points
Using cue point navigation
About media export
Adding media in InDesign
Adding sound for export to SWF and PDF

MANAGING TEXT

Replacing missing fonts
Managing styles
Nested styles
Type on a path
Anchored objects
Multi-page document layout
Working with master pages

USING THE INDESIGN GRAPHICS TOOLS

Playing with color
Tips to mastering the Pen tool
The Pathfinder panel
Working with effects

PREPARING FOR OUTPUT

Packaging Your document
Adding animation to an Interactive PDF
PDF peculiarities
PDF Show/Hide anomalies
Optimizing buttons in an exported PDF
Adjusting a SWF HTML page
Export to SWF
Export to Interactive PDF
Export to Flash Professional (FLA)

Hands-on InDesign CS5 Adobe certified training: Level 1

Mira Images

Adobe InDesign Training Level 1

2 day class, cost: $799

Students receive a course text, Interactive InDesign CS5 with companion class files. These resources provide students with a valuable tool for post-training practice, using familiar files and lessons.

All Mira Images Adobe authorized training is provided by certified instructors at our location or yours. Because we know your time is valuable,

We will never cancel your class.

The Mira Images Classroom is located just outside of Philadelphia, PA and is convenient to Harrisburg, PA, New York, NY, New Jersey, Baltimore, MD, Wilmington, DE, & Washington DC.