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Certificates: Certificate "Design with Adobe Illustrator CC"
Certificate "Layout design with Adobe InDesign CC" -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
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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: 8 Weeks
Design with Adobe Illustrator CC
Basics of Vector Graphics and AI-Assisted Work (approx. 1 day)
Differences between raster images and vector graphics
Anatomy of a path
Resolution, scalability, and file formats
Overview of the current Illustrator interface
Introduction to AI-powered features (e.g., Generative Recoloring, Text-to-Vector Graphics)
Overview of Adobe Firefly and the integration of generative AI features into Illustrator
Setup and Navigation (approx. 1 day)
The Right Color Space (RGB, CMYK, Web)
Color Management Basics
Customizing presets
Custom Toolbar and Workspaces
Artboards (including for responsive layouts)
Rulers, guides, and grids
Zoom and View
Information panel and history
Creative Cloud Libraries and cloud-based workflows
Drawing Objects (approx. 2 days)
Transforming, Aligning, Pathfinder
Organizing objects hierarchically
Working in groups
Organizing objects into layers
Modifying appearance properties
Shape tool and masks
Width and Blend tools
Graphic styles and symbols
3D and material effects (current features)
Using AI-powered tools for rapid development of shape variations and layout ideas
Images (approx. 1 day)
Link, embed, and crop pixel images
Organize image material efficiently
Vectorize pixel images (Image Trace)
AI-powered vectorization and recoloring
Mockup features for presentations
Paths and Free Forms (approx. 2 days)
Creating, modifying, and combining shapes
Editing grid and anchor points
Editing, connecting, and simplifying paths
Intuitively deforming objects
Working precisely with the Pen Tool
Developing creative shape variations using AI-powered features
Brushes (approx. 1 day)
Brush tips and brush types
Creating Your Own Brushes
Using libraries
Developing style variations and creative effects with the help of modern features
Color Schemes and Patterns (approx. 2 days)
Colors for areas and outlines
Color Swatches panel, color swatch libraries
Using Adobe Color
Color assistance, harmonies, and conversion
Global colors, spot colors
Gradients and freehand gradients
Transparency panel
Recoloring images
Pattern options
Basics of accessible color design
Text Design (approx. 1 day)
Touch-Type text tool
Area and path text
Filter fonts and assign fonts
Using Adobe Fonts
Variable fonts
Converting Text to Paths
Typography for print and web
Developing layout variations with AI-powered features
Charts (approx. 1 day)
Settings and data entry
Import from Excel
Chart designs
Coloring and editing charts
Creating modern infographics
Development of alternative layout and color variations
Illustrator for Web Design and UI/UX (approx. 3 days)
Color Modes and Color Management for the Web
Preparing Artboards for Responsive Design
Working with a grid system
Components, variants, and design system basics
Page Design – From Wireframe to Mockup
Designing Web-Optimized Vector Graphics
Creating and optimizing SVG icons and illustrations for digital products
SVG export
Designing UI components: icons, buttons, forms, and checkboxes
Efficient variant development using the latest Illustrator features
Data Export and Sharing (approx. 1 day)
Saving vector graphics correctly
Print preparation and PDF output
Color profiles and PDF standards
Export for responsive web design
SVG optimization
Best practices for SVG files on the web (performance, scalability, accessibility)
Exporting CSS properties
Transfer to the printer or developer
Project work (approx. 4 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
Artificial Intelligence in the Workflow (approx. 1 day)
AI in design workflows
Copywriting and text optimization (e.g., claims, headlines, translations)
Automating tasks with AI-powered plugins and scripts
Applications for color palettes, mood boards, and typography suggestions
Opportunities, risks, and legal aspects (copyright, ethics)
Prompt engineering: targeted control of AI outputs
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
Visually implement complex layout ideas (approx. 2 days)
Create design grids for layouts
Use of master pages, nested master pages
Automatic page numbers
Generating section marks
Managing complex layout content with layers
AI-generated color and grid suggestions
Creating accessible layouts (accessibility check)
Text Editing and Typography (approx. 2 days)
Introduction to fonts and font families
Classification and properties
Introduction to Adobe Fonts (Typekit), Variable Fonts
Text placement, import/export options
Text frame linking, Smart text flow
Text editing, hyphenation, page break options
Alignment to the Baseline Grid
Text on a path
Generating text and reviewing typographic suggestions with AI
Use of AI for tone-of-voice adjustments and accessibility
Using Text Formats in a Variety of Ways (approx. 1 day)
Define character and paragraph formats
Defining and inserting GREP and text variables
Creating tables of contents
Libraries, snippets, and object formats
Layout template (template) with text formats
Using the book function
Automatic text variations and content structuring with AI
Collaboration via Creative Cloud Libraries
Working with Lists and Tables (approx. 1 day)
Tabs, bulleted lists, and numbering
Data import and conversion options
Creating and editing tables
Data preparation with AI (converting tables/text)
Working with Images and Graphics (approx. 1 day)
Raster images and vector graphics
Image resolution and color space (RGB, CMYK)
Placing and managing images and graphics
Working with links (control panel)
Importing image data (import/export options) from Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and others
Frame fitting options
Clipping paths and cutouts
Wrapping text around images and objects
Generative image editing, cropping, and retouching with AI
AI-powered background removal and style transfers
Colors, Effects (approx. 1 day)
Print and screen colors
Professionally design, create, and save using colors and color gradients
Use of color sets, e.g., for projects with CI guidelines
Using Adobe Color
Working with effects and transparencies
Soft gradient edge tools
Automatically generate color palettes and CI-compliant suggestions using AI
Automatically suggest trend colors and brand colors
Digital Publishing and Interactivity (approx. 2 days)
On-Screen Presentation and Promotion
Planning, Design, and Implementation of Interactive Documents (PDF, EPUB)
Buttons, hyperlinks, and bookmarks
Animations and page transitions
Embedding AV media, SVG import and export
Fixed-layout e-books (EPUB 3.0)
HTML, CSS, and tag export
Viewer app (e.g., Adobe Digital Editions)
Publish Online feature
Automatically create text/target audience variants with AI
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
Saving for the web (e.g., PNG, JPG, GIF, SVG)
Resource-efficient printing and digital strategies
PDF/UA export and quality checking of accessible documents
Project work (approx. 5 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
By the end of the course, you’ll be familiar with the most important features in Illustrator and will be able to create and edit vector graphics. You’ll optimize graphics for print and the web and make strategic use of the latest AI-powered features to generate ideas, develop variations, and increase efficiency.
In addition, you have quickly and confidently mastered Adobe Systems’ InDesign CC layout software and are able to incorporate text, images, and graphics into sophisticated layouts. With the help of artificial intelligence, you can also streamline work processes.
Media designers, graphic designers, web designers, communication designers, textile designers, content creators, marketing managers, and UI/UX designers; individuals with degrees in (interior) architecture; professionals in the arts; or those who wish to play an active role in the conception, design, and practical implementation of digital and print media and wish to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills—including the targeted use of current AI technologies in the design process.
Your future field of work can be in the editorial print and digital area, but above all in the creation of advertising media. The skills you acquire are in demand across all sectors in all areas of design and graphics.
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).