Adobe Classes Washington, D.C.

This 2-day program provides a comprehensive introduction to Adobe Photoshop. This course teaches students how to leverage Photoshop to create professional-quality images. Students will learn how to customize their Photoshop workspace and use Photoshop’s tools to edit, enhance, and augment graphics. Using Camera RAW and Adobe Bridge will also be included in the curriculum.

This 2-day program teaches advanced Adobe Photoshop skills. Using Photoshop’s tools, students will repair photos, work with selections and layers, and create special visual effects. Vector drawing and advanced compositing techniques are also included in the curriculum. Completion of this course will ensure that any professionals working with Adobe Photoshop will be able to unlock the tool’s full capabilities.

This 4-day Adobe Photoshop course will cover how to retouch and manipulate photos as well as layers, masks, and typography concepts. Students will understand how to produce image effects and work with camera Raw files, leading to advanced compositing techniques. Color management, adjustment layers, and blending modes will also be taught. Adobe Illustrator and Smart Objects will be included. Students will gain knowledge of how to create their own custom brushes, complete complex selections, and use the healing brush and clone stamp tools. Students who complete the course will earn an Adobe Nationally Recognized Course Certificate.

This 2-day Photoshop course covers layers, as well as masks and useful image effects. The foundations of typography will be taught. They will then move on to cover how to process camera Raw files for use in photography, in addition to learning image compositing. An Adobe Nationally Recognized Course Certificate will be given to all students who complete the course.

This 2-day Photoshop course will cover advanced image manipulation, masks, blending modes, and working with vector graphics. Students will be taught how to apply and manipulate adjustment layers to efficiently alter the visuals of their project, as well as create their own custom brushes. Smart Objects will be explored in-depth. Each student who completes the course earns an Adobe Nationally Recognized Course Certificate.

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.

This Adobe Creative Cloud crash course is an introductory hands-on workshop designed for creative individuals who aspire to take their design skills to the next level with Adobe’s powerful suite of tools. In this 2-day workshop, students will learn three of Adobe’s most popular software products: InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. For InDesign, students will learn the interface, how to navigate master and local pages, how to format content, how to modify various layouts, and more. Within Illustrator, students with discover the interface, learn the pen and shape tools, understand how to export branding assets, and create logos. For Photoshop, students will also learn how to navigate the interface, how to work with layers, how to maximize smart objects, make modifications, and create a landing page.

This two-day Adobe Photoshop course focuses on the needs of current and aspiring professional photographers. Sharpen your creative eye by using a number of technical add-ons and applying best practices for taking, editing, storing, and publishing images. Specific topics include setting monitor calibration and color preferences, resizing images, layering, using Puppet Warp and Content Aware-fill to customize images, using Levels to enhance color, contrast, and tone, converting color images to black and white, retouching, and publishing.

Master some core Adobe Photoshop concepts in this five-day beginner bootcamp. The curriculum focuses on industry standard techniques and tools for photographers, graphic artists, video post production professionals, and web designers. Specific topics include professional imagery, fully leveraging available tools, consistent color output, Photoshop integration, and workflow management.

Combine the best elements of Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop in this five-day introductory bootcamp. Photoshop is one of the world’s foremost graphics editing tools, and Lightroom enables users to manipulate and manage a large number of images. Specific areas of instruction include professional image importing and creation, managing and viewing photos, grouping, metadata, keywords, filtering, sideshows, image publication, and workflow optimization.

This 2-day program on Adobe InDesign teaches the essentials of this publishing layout software. Students in this class will learn how to design and publish many types of content, such as marketing materials, newspapers, magazines, catalogs, and more. With no need for previous experience, students will leave this program ready to create high-quality layout designs.

This 2-day course teaches students how to use the basic functions of Adobe Illustrator. Instructors will cover Artboards and Workspaces before introducing the Tool Palette. Students will learn how to use Live Paint, the Pen tool and all of Photoshop’s patterns and color palettes. Completion of the program will prepare students to create professional effects, logos and multilayered designs.

This comprehensive course offers an in-depth overview of Adobe After Effects. Students will learn how to develop dynamic visual assets with professional quality motion graphics and visual effects. They will learn how to enhance video, eLearning and other types of projects, utilizing best design practices.

This comprehensive 4-day InDesign course will cover how to import images, color and typography concepts, and how to make the text flow. Character and Paragraph styles will be taught in-depth, including style nesting, table nesting, and Blending Modes. Cross program functionality will be covered as well, using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to import graphics and photo effects. Those who complete the course will be awarded an Adobe Nationally Recognized Course Certificate.

In this 2-day course, students will learn the fundamentals of Adobe Illustrator. Starting with importing text and graphics, they will then go on to gain an understanding of layers, typography concepts, and color usage. How to layout pages will be covered, as well as learning how to best use the Links panel. Finally, students will be taught how to utilize InDesign’s Paragraph and Character Styles to improve and streamline their layout workflow. All those who complete the course will earn an Adobe Nationally Recognized Course Certificate.

This 2-day Adobe InDesign course will teach students the concepts of nested styles as well as understanding the transparency options. Adobe Illustrator files will also be covered, in addition to Photoshop’s own type and photo effects. Color and typography fundamentals will be taught, as well as working with XML files and long, complicated documents. Students who complete the class will earn an Adobe Nationally Recognized Course Certificate.

This 4-day Illustrator comprehensive course will educate students on the Pen tool as well as the complete set of “Live” features. Methods of typography and color will be covered, and Illustrator's 3D-like tools will be explored. Cross program techniques will be introduced, like Smart Objects in Photoshop, to expand students’ workflow capabilities. Other advanced skills covered will be the mesh tool with gradients, as well as clipping masks, brushes, and shape tools. Students will earn an Adobe Nationally Recognized Course Certificate.

This 2-day Illustrator course will teach students how to use the Pen tool, then progress to learning how to create Acrobat PDF documents and create mockups for prototyping. Logo creation will be covered, as well as brochures and the “Live” set of tools. Lastly, the Shape Builder tool will be thoroughly explored as well as the ins and outs of using the Swatch tool. An Adobe Nationally Recognized Course Certificate will be given to students who complete the course.

This 2-day Illustrator course will give students an understanding of cross-program workflow, incorporating Adobe InDesign and Adobe Animate functionality into their Illustrator work. File types for web use will be covered, as well as print and video. Students will also be taught everything from dynamic effects to clipping masks to compound shapes and gradient meshes. Students who complete the course will earn an Adobe Nationally Recognized Course Certificate.

In this comprehensive 5-day After Effects course, students will learn beginner to advanced techniques in Adobe After Effects, including video blending, advanced text effects, keying effects, track mattes, as well as motion and mask tracking. You will then go on to learn the techniques of nesting and precomposing. More advanced techniques will be covered, such as footage keying in Mocha AE will be covered, as well as editing masks, time effects, and basic expression tools. Other topics included will be Kinetic Typography, Motion Graphics, Motion Tracking, Cinemagraphs, and Planar Tracking. Students will receive an Adobe Nationally Recognized Course Certificate upon completion.