Adobe Classes Ottawa

In this 18-hour class, participants will learn the important fundamentals of Photoshop to start using it right away. Attendees will work on a variety of projects from photo editing to creating graphics for web and print. Students will learn how to retouch photos, correct color, combine photos, use layers, start working with masks, use filters, save files properly for print, web, and more. The class includes a free retake and a step-by-step workbook.

In this 18-hour class, participants will learn the important fundamentals of InDesign to start using it right away. Attendees will work on a variety of projects: 1 and 2-page advertisements, a double-sided brochure, a magazine layout, and even an entire book! Students will learn how to work with type, graphics, manage large files using paragraph and character styles. Students will also master pages, learn how to prepare files for printing, and how to export to a PDF. The class includes a free retake and a step-by-step workbook.

In this 18-hour class, participants will learn the important fundamentals of Illustrator so they can start using it right away. Attendees will create a variety of graphics such as logos, icons, patterns, and more. Students will learn how to use the Pen tool to draw custom vector graphics, convert hand-made drawings to vectors, use the Pathfinder feature to merge basic shapes into complex shapes, create patterns for fashion design, save files appropriately for web or print, and much more. The class includes a free retake and a step-by-step workbook.

In this 18-hour class, participants will learn the important fundamentals of Adobe After Effects so they can start creating incredible motion graphics and visual effects right away. Attendees will learn to animate graphics, text, and photos. Students will learn to import designs (created in Photoshop and Illustrator) into After Effects, animate those designs, work with a timeline, keyframes, basic and custom easing (including the graph editor), and export the final animation as a video or animated GIF. Students will also learn to work with null objects, hold keyframes, start working with 3D objects, use video footage to create a movie title sequence, and more. The class includes a free retake and a step-by-step workbook.

In this 18-hour class, participants will learn the important fundamentals of Adobe Premiere Pro so that they can start using the industry-leading video editing software right away. Students will learn how to import video footage, use the timeline, create titles, use audio, and perform multicam editing. Attendees will also learn basic color correction techniques, adjust the speed of video (speeding it up or slowing it down), remove a background with green screen removal, add video transitions, and more. The class includes a free retake and a step-by-step workbook.

This 1-day Photoshop course was built with beginners in mind and aims to teach students the basics of working with Photoshop. The course covers a range of beginner Photoshop concepts and tools, including an introduction to Photoshop, how to make basic photo corrections, working with selections and layers, formatting and editing type, and how to use the various brush tools available in Photoshop.

This comprehensive 2-day Photoshop course was built with beginners in mind and aims to take students through the basics of working with Photoshop as well as introduce them to some intermediate material as well. The course covers a broad range of Photoshop concepts and tools, including an introduction to Photoshop, how to make basic photo corrections, working with selections, layers, and masks, retouching images, sharpening and clarification, advanced color correction, formatting type, using the pen and brush tools, preparing files for the web, saving images, and more.

This 1-day Photoshop course was designed to teach individuals already familiar with Photoshop how to touch up photographs like a pro. The course covers a range of Photoshop retouching concepts and tools, including an introduction to Photoshop retouching, various sharpening techniques, portrait retouching, advanced adjustments with masking, how to fine-tune color, converting photos to black and white, a variety of new time-saving tools, painting with Photoshop, 3D objects and types, compositing, and more.

This 1-day Adobe InDesign course will teach students new to InDesign how to get up and running quickly with Adobe’s dynamic desktop publishing and design software. The course covers a wide range of introductory InDesign concepts and tools, including an introduction to the InDesign workspace, how to edit and format text, creating PDFs, and more.

This 2-day Adobe InDesign course will teach students new to InDesign how to get up and running quickly with Adobe’s dynamic desktop publishing and design software. The course covers a wide range of introductory InDesign concepts and tools, including an introduction to the InDesign workspace, creating documents, working with objects, formatting and editing text, working with color, using styles, importing and modifying graphics, working with tables, printing and exporting files, creating PDFs, and more.

This comprehensive 3-day Adobe InDesign course will teach students all they need to know to go from a beginner to an InDesign power user. The course covers a wide range of introductory InDesign concepts and tools, including an introduction to the InDesign workspace, creating documents, working with objects, formatting and editing text, working with color, using styles, importing and modifying graphics, working with tables, transparency best practices, printing and exporting files, creating PDFs, and a variety of selected advanced topics.

This 1-day intermediate Adobe InDesign course will teach students already familiar with InDesign some more advanced concepts to help them create interactive documents and dynamic presentations. The course covers a wide range of intermediate InDesign concepts and tools, including a brief introduction and a review of design basics, the various types of interactive documents, working with interactive objects, various multimedia tools, tools that help adjust layouts, creating interactive features, saving and exporting, and more.

This 1-day intermediate Adobe InDesign course will teach students already familiar with InDesign how to use the software to create professional and stylized eBooks. The course covers a wide range of intermediate InDesign concepts and tools, including a brief introduction to eBooks and epub, understanding epubs, preparing work for exporting, optimizing text and images, exporting to epub2 and epub3, previewing and validating, and converting the epub to Kindle.

This 1-day advanced Adobe InDesign course is customized to meet students’ needs and will help students already familiar with InDesign learn to use the software to its fullest potential by adding advanced features to their tool belts. The course allows students to pick and choose from advanced InDesign concepts and tools, including long document shortcuts, hyperlinks, automatic captions, conditional text, cross references, using scripts, liquid layouts, data merging, multistate objects, basic buttons, and much more to choose from.

This 1-day Accessible Documents course was built to teach proficient InDesign users how to create accessible PDFs using Adobe InDesign and Adobe Acrobat. The course a range of InDesign and Acrobat concepts and tools, including an introduction to PDFs and why accessibility matters, various design considerations, best practices for generating an accessible PDF, and how to make an already existing PDF file more accessible.

This 2-day Adobe Illustrator course will teach students the basics of working with Adobe’s industry-standard vector graphics software. The course covers a wide range of beginner Illustrator concepts and tools, including an introduction to Illustrator, how to navigate the workspace, the Illustrator essentials, how to add color and use effects, working with the drawing tools, exploring additional color options, working with text, and organizing illustrations with layers.

This 1-day Advanced Adobe Illustrator course will teach students already familiar with Illustrator some advanced tools and techniques to work more effectively and efficiently. The course covers a wide range of advanced Illustrator concepts and tools. After starting out with a review of the Illustrator essentials, the course moves onto advanced topics like 3D drawing, perspective drawing, creating objects, transparency effects, using gradient mesh, live trace, and working with various types of graphs.

This 1-day Adobe Illustrator course will teach students already familiar with Illustrator how to best use the software for prepress and packaging production. The course covers a wide range of advanced Illustrator concepts and tools, including important printing considerations, production basics, advanced art, advanced path techniques, professional packaging, using styles and symbols, creating realistic comps, and more.

This 3-day After Effects course will teach students how to create stunning motion graphics and professional visual effects. The class covers a wide range of After effects tools and concepts, including an introduction to understanding motion graphics, working with the After Effects interface, managing media, creating animations. The basics of masks, mattes, and keys, working with text and audio, advanced animation, and more.

This comprehensive 3-day Premiere Pro course was designed to teach beginners all they need to know to work seamlessly with Adobe’s video editing software. The course covers a broad range of Premiere Pro concepts and tools, including an introduction to Premiere Pro, importing and organizing footage, basic video editing, helpful editing techniques, adjusting clip properties, playing with time, the attributes of video, how to create moving elements, applying video transitions, working with audio, applying video effects, the basics of compositing, making color corrections, exporting video, and more.