1

InDesign: the key to professional page layout

• Notions of page layout. Interface and workspace.
• Ruler guides. Customizing the menus.

2

Blocks.

• Types of frames. Entering and importing texts.
• Lettering, typographic lines, tabs, bullets and numbering. Vectorization of text.
• Inserting images. Adding text to an object.

3

Paper and digital publishing

• Gathering linked files. Color separation and four-color process configuration.
• Export to other formats.
• Adapting a PDF for the Web. Export to XHTML.

4

Photoshop: Image editing and photomontage

• Introduction to Photoshop. Colorimetry.
• The digital image. Resolutions and image sizes.
• Selection: lasso, magic wand, select color range. Layers.

5

Creation, touch-up and correction

• Drawing and touch-up tools.
• Transformations, symmetry, rotation.
• Brightness and contrast settings.
• Color corrections.

6

Illustrator: Vector illustration, the essential complement to pixels

• Difference between vectors and pixels.
• Principles of vector drawing and characteristics of an Illustrator document.
• Environment. Workspaces.

7

Drawing and editing tools

• Drawing tools. Pen tool and Brush tool.
• Attributes (colors, patterns, gradients, etc.).
• Transformation (rotate, scale, symmetry, etc.).
• Vectorizing text, open type, area type, curved text.

8

Formats and exchanges for print and the web

• Recording formats and links with other software. Export to PDF format.
• Export to InDesign. Save for the Web.