ADOBE & ARTICULATE TRAINING & CONSULTING

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom or Online

Prerequisites:

An Understanding of Windows/Mac and the ability to use a mouse.

What's Covered:

Introducing Acrobat
Creating, Reading and Working with Adobe PDF files
Enhancing and Editing PDF Documents
Using Acrobat with Microsoft Office Files (Windows only)
Combining PDF Files
Adding Signatures and Security
Using Acrobat in the Review Cycle

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom

Prerequisites:

An Understanding of Windows/Mac and the ability to use a mouse. Must have attended Level 1 Introductory Acrobat course or have equivalent knowledge.

What's Covered:

Accessibility and Adobe PDF
Tagging PDF Documents
Accessibility Options from External Applications
Accessible Forms and Using LiveCycle Designer
Reading Order
Verifying PDF Accessibility
Additional Accessibility Settings

Format:

Instructor-Led, Online

Prerequisites:

An Understanding of Windows and the ability to use a mouse. Must have attended Level 1 Introductory Acrobat course or have equivalent knowledge.

What's Covered:

Topics covered are available only in the Professional version of Acrobat

Using FormsCentral
Using Actions
Using Pro in Professional Printing

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom or Online

Prerequisites:

Familiarity with AEM Sites
Basic understanding of HTML & CSS

What's Covered:

Get familiar with the AEM Forms ecosystem
Learn the differences between Adaptive forms and XFA forms
Get up to date with AEM Forms if upgrading from LiveCycle
Learn how to create and manage Forms
Create Form Portals to present forms to end users
Integrate your forms with Workflows

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom

Prerequisites:

An Understanding of Windows or Mac and the ability to use a mouse.

What's Covered:

• After Effects Basics
• Learning Basic Animation
• Intermediate Animation
• Manipulating Composition Layers
• Masks, Mattes and Transparency
• Working with Type
• Working with Parenting and Nesting
• Tracking, Stabilizing and Keying
• Rendering and Output
• Using Paint and Vector Paint
• Manipulating Shape Layers
• 3D Editing Tools Introduction
• Specialized Tools
• Resources

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom

Prerequisites:

An Understanding of Windows or Mac and the ability to use a mouse. Must have completed Essential Skills 1 course or have equivalent knowledge.

What's Covered:

• After Effects Refresher
• Rendering and Output
• Compositing Principles
• Basic to Advanced Tracking
• Color Keying
• Rotoscoping and Paint Tools
• Working with Expressions
• Color Correction
• 32 Bit HDR Compositing
• 3D Objects and Lighting
• Specialized Tools
• Resources

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom

Prerequisites:

An Understanding of Windows or Mac and the ability to use a mouse. Must have completed After Effects Essential Skills 2 course or have equivalent knowledge.

What's Covered:

• Motion Graphics Pipeline
• Cameras and Motion
• Timeline Operations
• Compositor's Toolkit
• Tracking and Stabilization for Real-World
• Advanced Rendering for Professional Workflows
• Color Correction and Color Grading
• Advanced Coloring and Effects for 32-bit
• Particle Generators
• Expressions for Productivity
• Machine Optimization

Cinema 4D for Adobe After Effects Workshop, 2 days - Level 2 Course

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom

Prerequisites:

Previous 3D experience is helpful, but not required.

What's Covered:

Learn the fundamentals of Maxon Cinema 4D and Cinema 4D Lite

• General Interface
• Modeling
• Texturing
• Animation
• Rendering
• After Effects Integration

Element 3D for Adobe After Effects Workshop, 2 days - Level 2 Course

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom

Prerequisites:

Must have completed After Effects Essential Skills 1 course or have equivalent knowledge.

What's Covered:

• About Element 3D and Real-world Applications
• Working with 3D in AfterEffects
• Using Cameras and Lights
• Manipulating Views and Optimizing Performance
• Touring Effect and Properties
• Navigating and Workspace of Element 3D
• Applying Element 3D Objects to Groups
• Basic Animation using Element 3D
• Adjusting Transform Properties
• Creating 3D Objects from Text and Masks
• Working with Bevel and Material Presets
• Creating Custom Materials and Working with Mateial Packs
• Adding Lights and Working with Cameras
• Working with Replicator Shapes
• Working wih Multi-Object Animation
• Using Animation Engine with Multiple Groups
• Animating Using Single Groups
• Modifying Depth of Field
• Incorporating Photoshop and Cinema 4D Objects
• Aligning with AfterEffects Nulls and Working with Expressions
• Leveraging Additional Scripts
• Rendering in AfterEffects

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom or Online

Prerequisites:

An Understanding of Windows or Mac and the ability to use a mouse.

What's Covered:

• Introducing Captivate
• Recording
• Text Captions and the Timeline
• Images
• Pointers, Buttons and Highlight Boxes
• Converting Demonstrations into Simulations
• Rollovers and Zoom Areas
• Introduction to Question Slides
• Audio
• Video, Animation and Effects
• Working with PowerPoint
• Publishing

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom and Online

Prerequisites:

Must have attended Essential Skills 1 Introductory Captivate course or have equivalent knowledge.

What's Covered:

• Create Master Slides, Themes and Project Templates
• Tagging PDF Documents
• Accessibility Options from External Applications
• Accessible Forms and Using LiveCycle Designer
• Reading Order
• Verifying PDF Accessibility
• Additional Accessibility Settings

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom or Online

Prerequisites:

An Understanding of Windows/Mac and the ability to use a mouse.

What's Covered:

• Getting Started
• Working with Content
• Formatting and Color
• Layout Techniques
• Workin with Graphics
• Document Tools
• Using Tables
• Table Formatting
• Advanced Graphic Techniques

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom or Online

Prerequisites:

Must have attended Level 1 Introductory Unstructured FrameMaker course or have equivalent knowledge.

What's Covered:

• Cross-References and Footnotes
• Conditional Text
• Advanced Numbering
• Advanced System and User Variables
• Text Insets and Advanced Cross References
• Hypertext and Markers
• Chapter Templates
• Books
• Building Books
• Indexes
• Generated Files (TOCs and Indexes)
• Converting Documents to PDF

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom or Online

Prerequisites:

Must have attended Level 1 and 2 FrameMaker training course or have equivalent knowledge.

What's Covered:

• Structured Authoring Basics
• Migrating from Unstructured to Structured
• Editing Structure
• Adding/Modifying Attributes
• Testing Validation
• Dynamic Documents with Structured Documents
• Books and Long Documents
• Authoring New Documents
• MS Word Integration
• Creating an Application
• Generating Output
• Optional: Structured Authoring Using DITA 

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom or Online

Prerequisites:

An Understanding of Windows/Mac and the ability to use a mouse.

What's Covered:

• Getting to Know the Work Area
• Selecting and Aligning
• Creating Basic Shapes
• Transforming Objects
• Drawing with the Pen Tool
• Color and Painting
• Working with Type
• Working with Layers
• Blending Shapes and Colors
• Working with Symbols
• Overview of Printing and Color Separations

Corporate Marketing Version:

This class is also available in the enhanced format geared for Corporate Marketing Professionals.

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom or Online

Prerequisites:

Must have attended Level 1 Introductory Illustrator course or have equivalent knowledge.

What's Covered:

• Advanced Tools
• Creating Custom Brushes
• Typography and Form
• Gradient Mesh Tool
• Creating 3D Objects
• Creating Graphics for Flash
• Photoshop and Illustrator
• Advanced Techniques with Clipping Mask
• Perfecting the Appearance Panel
• Outputting Files

Corporate Marketing Version:

This class is also available in the enhanced format geared for Corporate Marketing Professionals.

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom

Prerequisites:

Must have attended Level 1 Introductory Illustrator course or have equivalent knowledge.

What's Covered:

• Getting Started with User Interface (UI) Design
• Working with Layout Controls
• Creating New Artwork
• Typography and Form
• Selecting and Aligning
• Working with Layers
• Color Design
• Creating Reusable Icons
• Creating Infographics
• Productivity Tools for Creating UI Layouts
• Testing and Output

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom

Prerequisites:

An Understanding of Windows and the ability to use a mouse.

What's Covered:

• Defining UX Strategy
• UX Strategy Framework
• Validating the Valve Proposition
• Conducting Competetive Research
• Conducting Competetive Analysis
• Storyboarding Value Innovation
• Creating Prototyes for Experiments
• Conducting Guerilla User Research
• Designing for Conversion

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom or Online

Prerequisites:

An Understanding of Windows/Mac and the ability to use a mouse.

What's Covered:

• Learning the Work Area
• Setting Up Your Document
• Importing and Linking Graphics
• Working with Frames
• Importing and Editing Text
• Working with Typography
• Working with Color
• Working with Styles
• Printing and PDF Exporting

Corporate Marketing Version:

This class is also available in the enhanced format geared for Corporate Marketing Professionals.

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom or Online

Prerequisites:

Must have attended Level 1 Introductory InDesign course or have equivalent knowledge.

What's Covered:

• Work Area Review
• Importing and Exporting
• Working with Styles
• Importing & Creating Tables in InDesign
• Working with Transparency
• Unique Text and Graphics
• Working with Color
• Advanced Typography and Design
• Working with Long Documents
• Using Data Merge
• Separations and Transparency Flattener

Corporate Marketing Version:

This class is also available in the enhanced format geared for Corporate Marketing Professionals.

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom or Online

Prerequisites:

Must have attended Level 1 & Level 2  InDesign courses or have equivalent knowledge.

What's Covered:

• Review basic workflows and tools
• Learn to plan and organize projects
• Use space and layouts to communicate your design intentions
• Become familiarized with different layouts that incorporate today’s design trends
• Work with the Swiss grid and InDesign guides for organizing designs
• Utilize different rules and ratios for creating layouts based on standards
• Explore the use of typography for good design and reuse
• Learn to design with color using psychology and useful tools
• Leverage your Illustrator and Photoshop graphics for use in InDesign
• Create infographics and scalable, reusable icons
• Create graphics, icons and other UI elements

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom

Prerequisites:

An Understanding of Windows/Mac and the ability to use a mouse.

What's Covered:

• Quick Tour of Photoshop Lightroom
• Introducing the Workspace
• Importing
• Reviewing
• Organizing and Selecting
• Developing and Editing

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom or Online

Prerequisites:

An Understanding of Windows/Mac and the ability to use a mouse.

What's Covered:

• Getting to Know the Work Area
• Photoshop Basics
• Photo Touch Ups
• Mastering Selections
• Using Layers
• Working with Masks
• Photoshop Vector Tools
• Type in Photoshop
• Output from Photoshop

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom and Online

Prerequisites:

Must have attended Essentials Skills Level 1 Photoshop course or have equivalent knowledge.

What's Covered:

• General Knowledge: Using Color Mode; Output Attributes that Affect Image Quality; File Formats
• Managing Color
• Using Camera Raw
• Advanced Image Manipulation
• Painting
• Drawing and Editing
• SMART Objects
• Working with Animation
• Working with Type
• Outputting to Print
• Outputting for the Web

Format:

Instructor-Led, classroom

Prerequisites:

Must have attended Essential Skills Level 1 Photoshop course or have equivalent knowledge.

What's Covered:

• Creating New Files and Designing on a Grid System
• Adding Photos and Editing the Layout
• Adding Page Navigation and Editing Smart Objects
• Text Styling and Adjusting Images Behind Text
• Adapting a Webpage Layout for Tablets
• Adapting a Webpage Layout for Mobile Phones
• Optimizing for Web: JPEGs and HiDPI/Retina Graphics
• Optimizing for WEB: PNG vs. GIF
• Extracting Assets from a Design
• Designing in 2x Photosop Files
• Paragraph Styles
• Masking Photos and Visual Effects
• Optimizing Graphics in a 2x Design
• Productivity Tools for Creating UI Layouts
• Testing and Output

Format:

Instructor-Led, online

Prerequisites:

An Understanding of Windows/Mac and the ability to use a mouse.

What's Covered:

• Admissibility in Court
• Setting up Adobe Photoshop for the most efficient and productive environment
• Digital darkroom techniques
• Image analysis and enhancement
• Scanning
• Camera capturing techniques
• Analytical comparisons
• Enhancing latent prints
• Sizing one to one
• Photogrammetry
• Fingerprint processing
• Fourier transformation
• Noise reduction
• Color deconvolution
• Video capture enhancements
• Courtroom displays
• Surveillance video screen capture
• Video de-interlacing techniques
• Production tips and more.

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom

Prerequisites:

An Understanding of Windows/Mac and the ability to use a mouse.

What's Covered:

• Touring Adobe Premiere
• Setting Up a Project
• Importing Media
• Essentials of Video Editing
• Orgainizing Media
• Adding Transitions
• Putting Clips in Motion
• Multi-Camera Editing
• Editing and Mixing Video
• Adding Video Effects
• Managing your Projects
• Creating Titles
• Exporting Frames, Clips and Sequences

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom

Prerequisites:

Must have attended Essential Skills Level 1 Premiere Pro course or have equivalent knowledge.

What's Covered:

• Working with Media
• HD Work Flows
• Advanced Editing Techniques
• Working with Clips and Markers
• Advanced Video Effects
• Color Correction and Grading
• Sweetening Sound
• Exploring Compositing Techniques

Format:

Instructor-Led, Online

Prerequisites:

An Understanding of Windows/Mac and the ability to use a mouse. Experience with another video editing tool.

What's Covered:

• Getting Started with Premiere Pro
• Starting a New Project
• Customizing Premiere Pro
• Working with Media
• Basic Editing Commands
• Advanced Editing Techniques
• Working with Clips and Markers
• Premiere Pro Video and Audio Effects
• Adobe Production Workflow
• Working with Legacy Projects
• Exporting Media

Video Production Skills Level 1 - 3

See information below in List.

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom. Online 2-day Introduction course structure differs - contact us for details.

Prerequisites:

An Understanding of Windows/Mac and the ability to use a mouse.

What's Covered:

• Getting Started
• Creating New Projects
• Working with Links
• Working with Media Assets
• Variables, Conditionals Tags and Snippets
• Working with Tables, Divs and Symbols
• Indexes, Search and Glossaries
• Skins and Masterpages
• Windows, Browsing and Help

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom.

Prerequisites:

Premiere Pro Essential Skills 1 classs or equivalent knowledge.

What's Covered:

In this hands-on class learn the fundamentals of video production planning, filming and editing for your corporate or government needs.

• • Understanding the equipment you already own. Assess its merits and what’s missing to film a quality video project.
• • Understand the digital video production process: pre-production, shooting, editing, and post-production.
• • Manipulate white balance, aperture, shutter speed, gain (ISO for DSLR) and focus in a camera to optimize the best shot.
• • Learn about composition and why it matters including different shot types including the wide shot, establishing shot, long shot, medium shot, close up, point-of-view, and over-the-shoulder.
• • Utilize different camera movement techniques including static, hand-held, pan, tilt, and zoom shots.
• • Setup basic pre-production tasks, including location planning and basic lighting setups.
• • Explore various concepts and direction styles for interviews, events and meetings.
• • Utilize basic editing techniques for video post-production and exporting options for web marketing.

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom.

Prerequisites:

Video Production Skills 1, After Effects Skills 1 and Premiere Pro Skills 1 classes or equivalent knowledge.

What's Covered:

In this hands-on class learn how to organize and create promotional videos and news video packages.

• • Understand and practice how to film moments.
• • Understand and practice how to use lighting creatively to enhance a moment.
• • Understand and practice how to maximize the use of window light and other available light sources.
• • Understand and practice how to choose the right lens or focal length to enhance composition.
• • Understand and practice composition better with the use of low and high angles.
• • Understand and practice composition better with the use of building image relationships which include frame within a frame, shoot throughs and one/two point perspective.
• • Understand and practice composition better with the use of filming first person, second person and third person.
• • Understand and practice the importance of capturing factual objective information.
• • Understand and practice filming “B” roll or reference images.
• • Implement music and sounds to enhance the visual experience.

Format:

Instructor-Led, Classroom.

Prerequisites:

Video Production Skills 1, After Effects Skills 1 and Premiere Pro Skills 1 classes or equivalent knowledge.

What's Covered:

In this hands-on class learn how to organize and create short documentaries and corporate explainer videos.

• • Understand and practice how to film moments.
• • Understand and practice how to use lighting creatively to enhance a moment.
• • Understand and practice how to maximize the use of window light and other available light sources.
• • Understand and practice how to choose the right lens or focal length to enhance composition.
• • Understand and practice composition better with the use of low and high angles.
• • Understand and practice composition better with the use of building image relationships which include frame within a frame, shoot throughs and one/two point perspective.
• • Understand and practice composition better with the use of filming first person, second person and third person.
• • Understand and practice filming “B” roll or reference images.
• • Learn how to build a story using editing.
• • Learn about editing pacing.
• • Implement music and sounds to enhance the visual experience.
• • Use graphics to provide informative information.
• • Incorporate animation, graphics, titles, stills, video for a complex composition

Format:

Instructor-Led, Online

Prerequisites:

An Understanding of Windows and the ability to use a mouse.

What's Covered:

• Understand the Storyline Interface
• Understand Scenes and Slides
• Understand Timeline features
• Understand Layers
• Publsh your Project to HTML5
• Publish your Project to SWF Files
• Add Narration by Recording or Importing Audio
• Increase User Interactivity with Click, Highlight and Text Entry Boxes
• Learn How to Increase User Interactivity
• Insert Question and Scoring Slides
• Understand Branching to Different Slides and Scenes
• Import PowerPoint Slides into a Project
• Creating Links to Websites and to Another Project

Format:

Instructor-Led, Online

Prerequisites:

Must have attended Level 1 Introductory Storyline course or have equivalent knowledge.

What's Covered:

• Storyline and eLearning Best Practice
• Scenario Based Learning and Instructional Path Models
• Fully Branding a Storyline Template
• Create Custom Scenarios in Storyline
• Work with Audio and Video
• Understand Detailed Graphic Properties
• Using Cue Points
• Implement Interactive Objects
• Use and Display Project Variables
• Combine Storyline Features into Seamless and Integrated Products
• Use the Timeline, Scene and Layers more Efficiently
• Use Variables
• Use JavaScript with Storyline
• Use the Tin Can/ExperienceAPI
• Exporting/Importing a Customized Player