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Adobe Certified Professional (Vouchers Included)
This online Adobe Certified Professional course will help teach you how to use Adobe software and prepare you for the Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) exams.
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$2,795.00 (USD)
As low as $136 a month with Affirm.
Overview
There is a strong demand for Adobe Creative Suite skills. In this Adobe Certified Professional course, you will learn five of the most often used Adobe programs: Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Animate (formerly Flash). You will also read short lessons, complete exercises, watch video demos and reviews of exercises, take quizzes and exams, and complete a project.
By focusing on these five programs, you will learn how to put all the parts and pieces together to develop the Adobe Creative Suite skills needed to become a professional in the design field. Becoming an Adobe Certified Professional will show you are ready to amaze clients, employers, and collaborators with proof of your skillset using the world's most creative desktop apps.
Upon completing this course, you will be ready to take the five Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) certification exams. This course offers enrollment with vouchers. The voucher is prepaid access to sit for the certifying exam upon eligibility. Proctor fees may apply, which are not included.
What you will learn
Understand typography and formatting text
Create and optimize images
Configure and create web technologies
Get comfortable with the CC user interface in all five programs
Work with drawing tools and prepare files for output
Discover styles and templates
Obtain skills to work with team projects
How you will benefit
Launch your career as a graphic or web designer
Prepare yourself for five corresponding Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) exams
Master Adobe's Creative Suite, which offers some of the most widely used programs for graphic designers
Outline
Introduction to Adobe Dreamweaver Creative Cloud (CC)
A Quick Overview of Web Development
Getting Started with Dreamweaver
Creating HTML Pages
Links
Images
Lists
Tables
Styling Content
Introduction to Adobe Dreamweaver Final Exam
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud (CC)
Exploring the Photoshop Workspace
Image Size and Resolution
Selection Tools
Painting
Retouching
Color Correction
Advanced Layer Techniques
Working with Type and Vector Shapes
Designing for Web
Preparing Final Art
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop Final Exam
Adobe Animate Creative Cloud (CC)
Getting Started
Working with Drawing Tools
Graphic Symbols and the Library
Basic Animation
Advanced Animation
Button Symbols
Movie Clip Symbols
Publishing Animate Documents
Introduction to Adobe Animate Final Exam
Introduction to Adobe Illustrator Creative Cloud (CC)
Getting to Know the Illustrator Environment
Getting Started
Organize a Project
Creating Advanced Illustrations
Advanced Management of Shapes
Working with Type
Manage Project Components
Sharing Your Project
Introduction to Adobe Illustrator Final Exam
Introduction to Adobe InDesign Creative Cloud (CC)
Getting to Know the Environment
Creating a Project
Working with Graphics
Working with Text
Master Pages
Working with Templates
Advanced Techniques
Printing and Proofing a Project
Design Principles
Designing for Web
Introduction to Adobe InDesign Final Exam
Requirements
Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac. A Chromebook is not compatible.
Software Requirements:
PC: Windows 10 or later
Mac: macOS 11.0 or later
Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible
Adobe Dreamweaver (not included in enrollment)
Adobe Photoshop (not included in enrollment)
Adobe Animate (not included in enrollment)
Adobe Illustrator (not included in enrollment)
Adobe InDesign (not included in enrollment)
Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins
Other:
Email capabilities and access to a personal email account
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.
Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites to take this course, however you must have familiarity with using a personal computer and in a Windows environment. You must also be able to launch and close programs, navigate to information stored on the computer, and manage files and folders.
Instructor
Tracy Berry has been a senior graphic designer/programmer, instructor, and consultant since 1993 and has developed hundreds of logos, marketing materials, websites, and multimedia solutions for customers worldwide. She was also involved in several large corporate software rollouts. She has helped many organizations optimize and streamline data solutions. She teaches both onsite and online courses and has her CTT (Certified Technical Trainer) certification. Tracy specializes in teaching graphics, desktop publishing, web design, and reporting/productivity applications.