Adobe CS3 Design Bundle

$140.00

Format: 3 DVD-ROMs
Duration: 5 Hours
Platform: Macintosh / Windows

The Adobe CS3 Design Bundle includes:

1. Adobe Illustrator CS3 training DVD
2. Adobe InDesign CS3 training DVD
3. Adobe Photoshop CS3 training DVD

Jeff Witchel

Jeff Witchel graduated from Pratt Institute in 1973 with a B.F.A. (Cum Laude) in Advertising Design and Visual Communications. He has been an award-winning advertising art director, writer, designer, illustrator, and TV producer ever since. Before starting his own advertising agency in New Jersey, Jeff built his career at top New York ad agencies such as Young & Rubicam, Grey Advertising, and Wells, Rich, Greene. Over the years, he has created award-winning work for many clients including AT&T, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Jell-O Pudding, The Plaza Hotel, and Pfizer. His many prestigious awards include N.Y. Art Directors Club Gold Award, One Show Gold Award, N.J. Art Directors Club Award, multiple Andy Awards, Graphis Annual, numerous readership awards, plus an Emmy Award nomination. Jeff is a self-taught computer artist with over 20 years of experience. His initial introduction to the computer was with PageMaker, but he switched to Quark 1.0 when it was first introduced in 1987. Having arrived on the desktop publishing scene so early, Jeff became the "go to" guy for answers when others started getting into computer graphics. As an Adobe Certified Expert, he's provided online support for Adobe and is now an Adobe Certified Training Provider for both Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign. Jeff is one of just a handful of Adobe Certified Instructors in the New York metropolitan area. He also is a Quark Certified Expert in QuarkXPress 6 as well as a master of Adobe Photoshop and related applications. He counts among his training clients ad agencies, design studios, magazines, illustrators, and photographers in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. Jeff is the author and instructor for two training DVDs produced by Magnet Media Films in New York - "Inside Adobe Illustrator CS2" and "Inside Adobe InDesign CS2." He also writes tutorials for Layers magazine's website, authors Layers Magazine's "Tips of the Day," which are delivered daily to subscribers by email, and is a regular contributor to Adobe Illustrator Techniques magazine.

Working with Anchor Points

Jeff shows how much easier and more efficient it is to deal with anchor points in Illustrator CS3 by demonstrating such new features as aligning anchor points and converting to and from corner and curved anchor points without having to use a converting tool.

Quick Selection Tool

Jeffrey shows how simply and powerfully selected specific objects within your images is with the new Quick Selection Tool. He demonstrates the options for how to select your object and quickly create a mask for further manipulation.

Illustrator CS3

1. Introduction to Illustrator CS3
2. The New Workspace
3. Setting Up New Documents
4. The Control Panel
5. Working with Anchor Points
6. Working in Isolation Mode
7. Working with the Eraser Tool
8. Crop Tool
9. Working with Live Color
10. Preparing for Flash

Photoshop CS3

1. Introduction to Photoshop CS3
2. Adobe Bridge CS3
3. Camera Raw 4.0
4. Photomerge and Auto-Align
5. New Adjustment Layers
6. Quick Selection Tool
7. Smart Filters
8. Clone Source
9. Export Options in CS3
10. Improved Print Experience

InDesign CS3

1. Introduction to InDesign CS3
2. The New Workspace
3. The New Control Panel
4. Working with Transparency
5. New Effects
6. Working with Text
7. Table & Cell Styles
8. Bullets & Numbering
9. Placing Files
10. Fast Frame Fitting