Creative Cloud Essentials Training Course UK Wide: On-site or Online

An Essential Introduction to the Creative Cloud Environment

Our Creative Cloud Essentials course provides an introductory overview of Adobe's Creative Cloud suite of desktop publishng software applications. It takes a pragmatic approach to the platform, explaining the basics of what a selection of the major CC applications do, how they integrate with one another and what their place, role and function might be within your overall design workflow.

During the course we take students on a journey through two short design lifecycles which gives them a bite-sized introduction to some of the more common software packages and workflows within Adobe's subscription platform.

This beginners course is ideal for those who need to understand the basic concepts of bringing photos, illustrations and text together in a digital or print publication, or for combining photography, artwork, audio and video footage into a broadcast, animation or even an Online tutorial.

Our Adobe Essentials course consists of two days. On Day One we walk you through a print publication lifecycle taking in PhotoShop, Illustrator, Indesign and Adobe Acrobat along the way. Day Two is all about multimedia and video and here we will work through a short broadcast publication process incorporating Premiere Pro, After Effects and Adobe Animate.

Email us or call 0844 493 3699 to find out more.

We don't tackle any particular software application in depth. For that, your learners will need to take one of our dedicated Adobe courses which focus exclusively upon mastering individual desktop publishing packages.

The aim of the course is rather to introduce the Creative Cloud environment and to promote an understanding and appreciation of the wider Creative Cloud suite and its capabilities and potential across a range of design and creative fields.

Depending upon your desktop publishing needs you could choose to opt for just one of the two days or both of them and for the truly adventurous, we can even tailor a design workflow for you which incorporates other applications such as Captivate and Adobe Audition.

Creative Cloud Essentials Training Course Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for attending this Adobe Essentials course; although all of your learners should have access to their own copy of Creative Cloud either through a subsription license or at least via a free trial copy. Learners should, however, be familiar and comfortable with either a Windows or Mac environment and have an understanding of how to manage files and folders.

On-site Adobe Creative Cloud Courses in the United Kingdom

Our 'face-to-face' closed events for Adobe Creative Cloud training are delivered as private courses for your delegates offering more flexibility than off-the-shelf public courses and topics taught can often be tailored to match your learning needs. One of our trainers will discuss your training requirements with you prior to the course.

These Adobe Creative Cloud training courses are conducted at your workplace for small groups and are exceptional value and very popular. You will usually need to book at least one month in advance. We can attend anywhere in the UK (for overseas requirements, please enquire). On rare ocassions travel supplements may apply for Creative Cloud training in Central London to cover additional expenses such as congestion charges, but we will endeavour to waive these when possible.

Live Virtual Classroom Adobe Courses, UK and Beyond

If you have a group of staff that you would prefer to be tutored remotely rather than having a trainer come out to you these small-group Adobe Creative Cloud courses are also available Online as live virtual, interactive training sessions from the comfort of your own office or workplace. These live instructor-led courses are taught via MS Teams video conferencing.

Why choose virtual learning? As we are all becoming more used to Online learning and live virtual meetings it has become apparent that the virtual classroom method of delivery has many advantages over traditional face-to-face learning venues.

If you are looking for local training near you, then you can't get any closer to your doorstep than you can with virtual learning.

Our virtual learning Creative Cloud courses cater for groups of up to ten people and your learners benefit from full and immersive interaction with your trainer just as if they were in the classroom with you, with engaging hands-on training via advanced live video conferencing that is further enhanced by features such as live chat, private chat, and sharing screens and documents.

You can find out how to set up Microsoft Teams for a live Online virtual course here (Virtual Learning with MS Teams).

We really ❤ love helping UK organisations to master Adobe Creative Cloud. Our only question is: Will it be yours?

Adobe CC Training Delivery Method for Closed Courses

• Instructor-led Adobe training provided in-person with step-by-step demonstrations, lessons and hands-on exercises.
  
  
• Dynamic and interactive Adobe courses with plenty of time for questions and answers.
  
  
• The personal touch: Professional tuition that's tailored to match your team's present knowledge level and learning needs, and covering the Adobe software functions, design features and techniques that your trainee staff, co-workers or employees need the most.
  
  
• Private, corporate Adobe software training for small group sizes with a maximum of 10 learners on any course.
  
  
• Can be run as a single course, tutorial or workshop; Or as a training rollout bringing whole teams, departments and organisations up to the benchmark level of Adobe software knowledge that you require.

What is the difference between Adobe Creative Cloud and Adobe Creative Suite?

Adobe Creative Cloud is Adobe's platform of Cloud-based creative design and desk-top publishing applications and tools (such as PhotoShop, Indesign and Illustrator and so forth) which is licensed as a subscription-based service either for individual CC products, or for the whole of the Creative Cloud suite.

Adobe Creative Suite is Adobe's legacy 'On-Premise' suite of creative design and desktop publishing applications and tools (such as PhotoShop, Indesign and Illustrator and so forth) which is licensed with a traditional EULA (End User License Agreement) whereby the software is physically installed on your device both for individual Creative Suite products or the whole suite of software applications.

All of our closed course Adobe training programmes can be delivered on either Creative Cloud (CC) or Creative Suite (CS).

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Creative Cloud Essentials Training Course Outline - two day course

We specialise in delivering flexible training programmes and the actual course content, topics and syllabus taught will often vary depending upon your learning requirements.

DAY ONE

Module 1: Introducing Adobe Photoshop

This first module of the day will introduce you to the essentials of working with photography and images in Adobe PhotoShop which can later be used in print documents with Indesign and Adobe Acrobat.

1. Resources and Assets (Photos, Adobe Stock Photos, Image Repositories)
2. Importing Photos from Cameras, Drives and from the Cloud
3. Resizing Photos and Understanding Basic Image Resolution Considerations
4. Image Cropping Techniques
5. Removing Backgrounds from Photography
6. Working with Basic Selection Techniques (Select Shapes, Areas, Magic Select)
7. Image Recolouring Techniques
8. Exporting Photos to use in Adobe InDesign or for Social Media
   
   

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Module 2: Introducing Adobe Illustrator

Our second module of the day provides a taster of fundamental illustration techniques using Adobe Illustrator, creating work that can later be integrated into print documents.

1. Creating Basic Artwork using Shapes and Text
2. Creating and Editing Existing Artwork Assets
3. Designing your First Logo using Type, Outlines and Shapes
4. Creating your First Social Media Icons
5. Techniques for Editing Social Media Icons
6. Adobe Illustrator/ InDesign Integration (Drag/Drop, Export Artwork into InDesign)
   
   

Module 3: Introducing Adobe InDesign

The third module today introduces techniques for print publication in Adobe InDesign incorporating work and assets from our first two modules.

1. Creating your First Print Document
2. Working with Text Frames and Graphic Frames
3. The Basics of Adding and Editing Text
4. Techniques for Placing Graphics in InDesign
5. Basic Graphic Manipulation Techniques
6. Working with Pages (Add, Remove, Reorder)
7. Printing your InDesign Document
8. Exporting your Document to PDF
   
   

Module 4: Introducing Adobe Acrobat

This fourth and final module of the day introduces the fundamentals of digital and print publication with Adobe Acrobat.

1. Importing Documents to Adobe Acrobat
2. Add, Edit Hyperlinks
3. Add, Edit Bookmarks
4. Making Documents Accessible to All
5. Security Settings and Configuration for Adobe Acrobat
6. Publishing your First Adobe Acrobat Document to Print and for the Web
   
   

DAY TWO

Module 5: Introducing Adobe Premiere Pro

During this first module of the second day we will create a short promotional video in Adobe Premiere Pro incorporating an animation from Adobe After Effects and an animated text logo from Adobe Animate.

1. Setting up your first Premiere Pro Project and Sequences
2. Configuring your Timeline
3. Understanding Frames and Basic Keyframes
4. Importing Footage and Media Assets
5. Working with the Lumetri Colour Panel for Basic Re-colouring
6. Configuring Audio in Premiere Pro (Add, Edit, Background Noise Control, Voice and Music Tracks)
7. Working with Video and Audio Presets and Transitions
8. Exporting and Publishing your First Premiere Pro Video
   
   

Module 6: Introducing Adobe After Effects

During the second module of the day we will design a small animation in After Effects to insert into a Premiere Pro video project.

1. Creating your First Adobe After Effects Project
2. Creating a New Composition from Existing Footage Assets
3. What is the Timeline?
4. Adding Assets to your Timeline
5. Working with Shapes (Create, Edit, Overlap)
6. Getting Started with Drawing Tools
7. Working with Colours and Colour Gradients
8. Working with Type and Font Styles
   
   

Module 7: Introducing Adobe Animate

On our third and final module of the day we will design a small, animated text logo using Adobe Animate and then add this to the promotional video that we have already created using Premiere Pro.

1. Creating your First Adobe Animate Project
2. Working with Layers (add, delete, arrange)
3. Working in Drawing Mode for Shapes and Primitive Shapes
4. Adding your First Frames and Keyframes to your Timeline
5. Configuring your Timeline
6. Working with the Text Tool and Designing your Logo Text
7. Working with Animated Text and Objects to Create a Dynamic, Animated Logo
8. Exporting your Work to Video Output
   
   

Desktop Publishing & Adobe Software Training Reviews from our UK Clients

Just wanted to put on record how pleased we were with the standard of training we received last week. The trainer is a credit to your organisation and we will certainly not hesitate in organising training through yourself again as required in the future.
M Roberts, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (PhotoShop beginners training Chester, Cheshire)

Great training with a real sense of achievement at the end of the day.
J Baxter, Leeds College of Music (Adobe InDesign training Leeds, West Yorkshire)

The training was great, by the way, really good and the trainer was lovely.
A Emm, Leftlion (Beginners to Advanced Adobe InDesign training Nottinghamshire)

Very Enjoyable! Lovely tutor and very interesting course
A Hemingway, Wakefield City Council (Adobe Acrobat training Wakefield, West Yorkshire)

I've been meaning to email you regarding the training and how impressed we all were with Greta; the feedback from the team was that she was not only incredibly knowledgeable about all the subjects but was also very approachable and excelled in her training manner. I just wanted you to know that we all thought she was excellent, so thank you very much for organising her and the courses.
T Jenkins, Interdirect (Beginners to advanced Illustrator, PhotoShop and InDesign training Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire)

Excellent
L Bhardwaj (PhotoShop training Blaby Leicestershire)

The instructions made learning the software so much easier than I had imagined, and the trainer is an absolute delight to be with. Making learning fun is a talent. She is a rare gem. Thank you for sending her to me. She has changed my working life in three days flat!
P. Scott (Beginners PhotoShop, InDesign and Illustrator Training Winchester, Hampshire)

A fantastic tutor, made the whole experience very enjoyable.
R Sharma-Slessor, Depuy Spine (a Jonson & Jonson Company) (Adobe Photoshop and Indesign Training Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Really enjoyable and worthwhile.
L Maycock, Trutex Ltd (QuarkXpress Beginners Training Clitheroe Lancashire)

A comprehensive course, no need for improvements.
A Alvey, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (Advanced Illustrator Training Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

[The trainer] has been great to work with. I really enjoyed the training.
K. Clarke, HSBC (Indesign training Birmingham, West Midlands)

Very first time I have used Captivate and it was a great start.
A. Kaczmarczyk, Learn Direct (Adobe Captivate training Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

The training was great and the trainer was marvellous.
S. Hart, Chester Grosvenor Hotel (Adobe InDesign training Chester, Cheshire)

The course was a great success here.
L. Palmer, Dextra Group PLC (Adobe InDesign training Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7)

Greta was an exceptional trainer. I found her manner warm, easy going professional and interested. Her skills with the Adobe Cloud were vast, her knowledge of Cascading Style Sheets, Convert to Paths, and Clipping Handles exceptional. She will always be somebody who shall forever remain in our hearts.
D. Cook, CML2 Ltd (Adobe Creative Cloud Master Class training Ipswich, Suffolk)

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