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Certificates: Adobe Desktop Publishing" certificate
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Additional Certificates: Certificate "Image editing with Adobe Photoshop CC"
Certificate "Layout design with Adobe InDesign CC"
Certificate "Design with Adobe Illustrator CC" -
Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
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Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 12 Weeks
Image editing with Adobe Photoshop CC
Operating basics (approx. 1 day)
Important keyboard commands (shortcuts)
Creative Cloud and Adobe Bridge
Efficient image search and image databases
Important working techniques (approx. 1 day)
Rulers and auxiliary lines
Changing the working area, image rotation
Scaling, filling, transforming
Smart objects, shape grids
Working with layers (approx. 2 days)
Stack sequence, control panel overview
Layer compositions
Opacity and blending mode, layer styles
Blend, adjustment and fill layers
Selection methods (approx. 1 day)
AI-based selection techniques (Adobe Sensei)
Lasso and magic wand
Quick and motif selection tool
Masking mode
Pen tool
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Masks and transitions (approx. 2 days)
Automated mask creation
Mask contents
Blending motifs with gradient masks
Clipping masks, vector masks, channel masks
Colors and color corrections (approx. 1 day)
Color settings and color spaces
Histogram, color capture tool
Adobe Color and CC library
Recoloring by fill level (CD/CI colors)
Retouching and touching up (approx. 1 day)
Beauty retouching
Lens flaws
Body styling
Filters and effects (approx. 1 day)
Non-destructive work with smart filters
Image looks and creative filters
Image sharpness and blurring
Introduction to Adobe Camera Raw (approx. 1 day)
White balance, raw color corrections
Automatic perspective correction
Linking Raw and Photoshop
Scripting and automation (approx. 1 day)
Image processor
Contact sheet
Merge to HDR Pro
Actions and batch processing
Create droplet
Animation and web banner (approx. 2 days)
Frame animation (GIF)
Video sequences with audio
Web banner
Prepress, cross-media publishing (approx. 1 day)
Image compression
Print output and color proof
Project work (approx. 5 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Layout design with Adobe InDesign CC
Layout basics (approx. 1 day)
Project workflow, planning and conception
Introduction to working environment, user interface and tools
Document and program settings
Workspaces
Important keyboard commands (shortcuts)
Navigation, page and document structure
Layout creation techniques (approx. 2 days)
Creating page layouts with text/graphics
Margins and columns, guidelines, rulers
Working with frames and corner options
Aligning and transforming objects, Pathfinder
Properties panel
Creating and saving document templates (*.indt)
Layout customization methods (e.g. Liquid Layout)
Creating alternative layouts
Implementing complex layout ideas graphically (approx. 2 days)
Creating design grids for layouts
Use of master pages, nested master pages
Automatic page numbers
Generating section markers
Managing complex layout content with layers
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Text editing and typography (approx. 2 days)
Introduction to fonts and font groups
Classification and properties
Introduction to Adobe Fonts (Typekit), variable fonts
Placement of texts, import/export options
Text frame concatenation, intelligent text wrapping
Text editing, hyphenation, wrap options
Alignment to baseline grid
Text on path
Versatile use of text formats (approx. 1 day)
Define character and paragraph formats
GREP, defining and inserting text variables
Creating tables of contents
Libraries, snippets and object formats
Layout template with text formats
Using the book function
Working with lists and tables (approx. 1 day)
Tabs, enumerations and numbering
Data import and conversion options
Creating and editing tables
Working with images and graphics (approx. 2 days)
Pixel images and vector graphics
Image resolution and color space (RGB, CMYK)
Placing and managing images and graphics
Working with links (control panel)
Image data transfer (import/export options) from Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, etc.
Frame fitting options
Clipping paths and cut-outs
Flow around images and objects (text outflow)
Colors, effects (approx. 1 day)
Print and screen colors
Designing, creating and saving professionally with colors and color gradients
Using color sets, e.g. for projects with CI guidelines
Use of Adobe Color
Working with effects and transparencies
Soft gradient edge tools
Digital publishing and interactivity (approx. 2 days)
Presenting and advertising on screen
Planning, structure and implementation of interactive documents (PDF, EPUB)
Buttons, hyperlinks and bookmarks
Animations and page transitions
Integrating AV media, SVG import and export
E-books with fixed layout (EPUB 3.0)
HTML, CSS and tag export
Viewer app (e.g. Adobe Digital Editions)
Publish Online function
Print output, cross-media publishing (approx. 1 day)
Color management, ICC profiles
Data check, soft proof and color application
Links and preflight settings
PDF/X export for professional printing
Printing and sharing documents
Save for web (e.g. png, jpg, gif, svg)
Project work (approx. 5 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Design with Adobe Illustrator CC
Introduction to vector graphics (approx. 1 day)
Difference between pixel images and vector graphics
Anatomy of a path
Configuring and navigating (approx. 1 day)
The right color space
Customizing presets
Individual toolbar and workspaces
Drawing areas
Rulers, guides and grids
Zoom and view
Information panel and log
Drawing objects (approx. 2 days)
Transform, Align, Pathfinder
Organizing objects hierarchically
Working in groups
Organizing objects in layers
Changing appearance properties
Shape tool and masks
Width and blending tool
Graphic styles and symbols
Images (approx. 1 day)
Linking, embedding and cropping pixel images
Vectorize pixel images (image tracing)
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Paths and free forms (approx. 2 days)
Creating, changing and combining shapes
Post-processing the grid and anchor points
Editing, connecting and simplifying paths
Deform objects intuitively
Brushes (approx. 1 day)
Brush tips and brush types
Use libraries
Color design and patterns (approx. 2 days)
Colors for surfaces and contours
Color field control panel, color field libraries
Use of Adobe Color
Color help, harmonies, conversion
Global colors, solid colors
Color gradients and freehand gradients
Transparency control panel
Recolor image material
Pattern options
Text design (approx. 1 day)
Touch type text tool
Area and path text
Filtering and assigning fonts
Use of Adobe Fonts
Converting text into paths
Diagrams (approx. 1 day)
Settings and data input
Import from Excel
Diagram designs
Coloring and editing diagrams
Illustrator for web design and UI/UX (approx. 3 days)
Color modes and color management for web
Preparing artboards for responsive design
Working with a grid system
Page design - from wireframe to mockup
Designing web-optimized vector graphics
Designing UI components: Icons, buttons, forms and checkboxes
Data export and transfer (approx. 1 day)
Saving vector graphics correctly
Print preparation and PDF output
Export for responsive web design
Exporting CSS properties
Project work (approx. 4 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.
Once you have completed the course, you will have a sound basic knowledge of image editing and layout. You will be able to work professionally with the Adobe programs Photoshop and InDesign and will also be familiar with the most important functions in Illustrator, enabling you to create and edit vector graphics.
Media designers, graphic designers, web designers and specialists from artistic professions or with relevant professional experience.
Your future field of work can be in the editorial print and digital area, but above all in the creation of advertising media. The knowledge you acquire is in demand across all sectors in all areas of design and graphics. With the appropriate know-how, self-employment is also an interesting prospect.
Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).