Adobe Creative Cloud

Have you ever seen a beautiful, colorful website or a really neat video clip and wondered how it was made? The Adobe Creative Cloud course will answer those questions and much more! This course, offered by our accredited school partners, provides a comprehensive overview of Creative Cloud design elements and covers seven programs that all function in unique ways to make design interactive and fun. It provides an overview of how to use InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, XD, Flash Professional and Fireworks to create and design stunning images, pages, websites, movie clips and more. NOTE: This course does NOT include the Adobe Creative Cloud software. Students must check Adobe for the free trial availability or purchase the software prior to registration. Enroll through one of our accredited university or college partners today!

Adobe Creative Cloud Module 1 Overview of the Creative Cloud Suite • Creative Cloud Applications • Creative Cloud Application Management • Downloading Apps • Adding Work to Behance • Creating a Cover • Common Menus and Commands • Exploring Common Panels Adobe Creative Cloud Module 2 Adobe Bridge • Organizing and Managing Your Files • Adobe Bridge Workspaces • Taking Advantage of Metadata in Adobe Bridge • Locating Files • Using Keywords • Metadata Template • Saving Collections • Using Automation Tools • Getting Files from Your Camera Adobe Creative Cloud Module 3 Photoshop CC • Getting into Photoshop CC Basics • Messing with Mode Matters • Making Selective Changes • Using the Photoshop Pen Tool • Resolution Basics • Creating a Good Image • Working with Painting and Retouching Tools • Using Layers • Saving Photoshop Images for Print and the Web Adobe Creative Cloud Module 4 InDesign CC • Getting Started with InDesign CC • Touring the Workspace • Working with Documents • Working with Text and Text Frames • Page Layout • Drawing in InDesign • Understanding color • Clipping Paths, Alignment, and Objects • Exporting to PDF and Printing • Digital Documents Using EPUB Adobe Creative Cloud Module 5 Illustrator CC • Discovering Illustrator CC • Using the Selection Tools • Creating Basic Shapes • Pen Tool and Placing Images • Using Type in Illustrator • Using Layers • Transform and Distortion Tools • Transparency • Filters and Effects Adobe Creative Cloud Module 6 Acrobat • Essential Acrobat Information • Creating PDF Files • Adding Interactivity to PDF Files • Editing an Extracting Text and Graphics • Commenting and Annotation Tools • Securing Your PDF Files Adobe Creative Cloud Module 7 Adobe XD • Experience Design Workspace • Working with Artboards • Adding Shapes, Paths, and Custom Shapes • Working with Objects • Importing and Exporting from XD • Adding Text to Your XD Project • Taking Advantage of Symbols and UI Kits • Creating Interactivity in Adobe XD • Sharing Your XD Project

All required reference materials are provided with this program. Technical requirements: Internet Connection • Broadband or High-Speed (DSL, Cable, Wireless) Hardware Requirements • Processor - 2GHz Processor or Higher • Memory - 1 GB RAM Minimum Recommended Software Requirements • Operating Systems - Windows 7, 8 or 10; Mac OS x 10 or higher • Microsoft Office 2007, 2010 or 2013 or a Word Processing application to save and open Microsoft Office formats (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx) • Internet Browsers - Google Chrome is highly recommended • Cookies MUST be enabled • Pop-ups MUST be allowed (Pop-up Blocker disabled) • Adobe PDF Reader

This class is an independent-study course. Students will have all the resources needed to successfully complete the course within the online material. A student helpdesk is available for technical support during the course enrollment.