Adobe® Creative Suite® & Design eClasses
What do I need to know about online training?
The onlineinstruct.com eClasses became very popular, immediately after we launched our site. Why? Personalized attention. We use Adobe Connect Pro to live screen share. All you need to participate is a phone line and internet connection. Info on Connect Pro:
http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html
All of our instructors are Adobe Certified Experts and Adobe Certified Instructors who offer invaluable real-world experience. Our average class size is 2 to 4 students. The instructor is on with you LIVE at all times. If you have a question (which we encourage), you can ask directly over the phone, or submit your question for the instructor privately in an online chat pod.
What is included in Adobe training eClasses?
In addition to the downloadable exercises and/or handouts, all eClasses are RECORDED and archived for you to watch & review. This way you can study and master the application at your own pace.
One-on-one Training
Need custom training? Simply let us know your requirements and we'll tailor a 1-on-1 class for you. eClasses are available virtually every day.
one on one 1-hour $99
one on one 2-hour $179
**Corporate training for your staff is available at different price points, call or email for a quote.
CS5 "What's New" eClasses
onlineinstruct.com is happy to announce dedicated to What's NEW in Creative Suite 5. These eClasses will WOW you with new features. As with all our eClasses, the instructor will also give you Power User tips & tricks and show off little known features that will make you more productive.
Photoshop CS5 | Illustrator CS5 | InDesign CS5 | Flash CS5 | Dreamweaver CS5 | Fireworks CS5
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Photoshop Portrait Enhancement
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. • Pacific
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: Join photographer, author and radio host Michael E. Stern as he shows you with pictures and words how he directs, photographs and completes a business professional headshot.
Intro to Adobe Dreamweaver
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. • Pacific
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: In this introductory course we will take you from a beginner level and get you comfortable with Dreamweaver's interface. By the end of the 2 hours you will be able to build HTML pages, create CSS and understand the principals & guidelines of web design.
Price: $99
Intro to Adobe Photoshop
10:00 am - 12:00 p.m. • Pacific
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: Learn the basics of the world’s #1 raster image editing software. We will focus on the interface, navigation, selection tools, cropping your images, which file formats are best to use, applying filters and basic color correction techniques everyone can use.
Price: $99
Introduction Adobe Illustrator
10:00 am - 12:00 p.m. • Pacific
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: This eClass will give you the basics of creating and editing vector artwork within Illustrator CS5. You'll get tips on navigating the interface, basic selection and grouping techniques, creating and editing swatches, shortcuts for creating/joining shapes and more.
Price: $99
Creating Dynamic PDFs Using Adobe Acrobat Professional
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. • Pacific
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: Learn how to create cool and visually appealing interactive PDF files with Acrobat. Most people barely scratch the surface of the features that can be included in a PDF. In this class we will cover the specifics of creating engaging, interactive PDFs that not only function well but look awesome!
Price: $99
Intro to Adobe InDesign
8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. • Pacific
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: Those who are new to InDesign CS5 will gain insight into navigating the interface, using the Pages panel to manage your content, setting up new documents, working with templates, adding/editing content and images, and learn how you can create the most effective page layout projects.
Price: $99
Beauty Retouching in Adobe Photoshop
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. • Pacific
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson. I I put this quote into action with my laptop & Photoshop. This eClass was designed to focus on "anti-aging" & skin correction tools. Take wrinkles or crows feet off in seconds, remove dark circles under the eyes, fix 5 o'clock shadow, remove blemishes and make everyone's hair bright & shiny (or add hair where needed). This eClass will apply to all Creative Suite Versions of Photoshop, a few new features will also be shown.
Price: $99
Photoshop for Digital Photographers
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. • Pacific
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: This workshop was designed as a detailed introduction to creating a professional, sharp color corrected image. In this eClass students will learn formulas and steps to create beautiful images, remove color casts and correct image flaws, we will also cover Adobe Bridge for Batch Renaming files, using Camera Raw images and running Actions.
Price: $99
Adobe Photoshop Layer Masks in Depth
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. • Pacific
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: Layer masks are one of those Photoshop features that unlocks limitless possibilities in design & color correction. Many people don't get a good introduction to layer masks and are therefore timid about using them. Once you master layer masks, your Photoshop work becomes easier, more precise and very editable.
Price: $99
InDesign for Long Documents
10:00 am - 12:00 p.m. • Pacific
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: This course is designed for students who have some experience with Adobe InDesign. We will explore the features specific to building books and focus on some of the advanced, and unique, layout features of this application such as Referenced Master Pages, Building Templates, Building a Table of Contents, Section Markers and Using the Book Feature.
Price: $99
Introduction to Adobe Flash Animation • Part 1
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. • Pacific
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: Adobe Flash CS5 is the industry standard for creating dynamic, interactive graphics and even entire websites. In this new eClass, students will get a solid introduction to Flash animation, we will cover the fundamentals of the timeline, adding Key Frames and working with Timeline Effects.
Price: $99
Introduction to Flash ActionScript • Part 1
10:00 am - 12:00 p.m. • Pacific
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: With the introduction of Adobe Flash CS5, no web designer can survive very long without a good introduction to ActionScript. In this eClass we will cover the listener, creating buttons, methods, properties and much more.
Price: $99
Adobe Illustrator for Power Users
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. • Pacific
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: Beginners and experienced users alike will benefit from this info-packed Adobe Illustrator CS5 eClass. We will cover topics such as creating 3D objects, Live Paint, Live Trace, Recolor Artwork, Preference Settings along with power user tips & tricks.
Price: $99
Adobe Photoshop for Power Users
10:00 am - 12:00 p.m. • Pacific
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: It has been said by many great men (Stan Lee comes to mind), that “with great power, there must also come great responsibility”, this was never more applicable than when editing images in Photoshop CS5. In this session we will wow you with some new hot features and double wow you with some little known and under utilized tools.
Price: $99
Building the Perfect PDF
10:00 am - 12:00 p.m. • Pacific
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: Adobe Acrobat is the de facto standard for distributing documents in today’s electronic workflow. Anyone who purchased Acrobat can make a PDF file, but that doesn't mean they are making a PDF that displays and prints well on all computer platforms. In this eClass we will cover the best practices for building reliable, complete and consistent PDF documents that work on any platform.
Price: $99
Creating Acrobat PDF Forms
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. • Pacific
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: Many companies are moving away from HTML forms in favor of Acrobat forms because HTML cannot embed fonts, images or exactly control the form field width. For these reasons, a PDF (Portable Document Format) is a perfect solution and we will introduce all the form tools built into Acrobat as well as having Acrobat automatically find and build form fields for you.
Price: $99
Adobe InDesign for Power Users
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. • Pacific
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: Expand your mastery of Adobe InDesign CS5, beginners and experienced users alike will benefit from this eClass. We will cover setting the best preferences, auto flowing text, power user shortcuts, little known features and much, much more.
Price: $99
Optimizing Images for the Web
10:00 am to 12:00 p.m. • Pacific
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: Nothing enhances a web page like a well-placed image. Learn the differences between the top web image formats, and how to choose the right one for each situation. The powerful Save for Web and Mobile Devices in Adobe Illustrator CS5 and Adobe Photoshop CS5 gives you flexibility and control over your images, this course will teach you effective techniques.
Price: $99
Introduction to HTML
10:00 am to 12:00 p.m. • Pacific
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: Learn how to hand code web pages with Hypertext Markup Language. Even if you use Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, which writes the code as you work, you will find it useful to have a basic working knowledge of HTML.
In this informative session, you will learn how HTML works, the structure of an HTML document, tag structure and attributes, tag hierarchy, placing images in HTML, colors in HTML, case sensitivity and whitespace rules.
Price: $99
Introduction to Adobe Bridge
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. • Pacific
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. • Eastern
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Description: A key component of The Creative Suite, Bridge CS5 offers many cool features to enhance your creative workflow. Learn about the different views in Bridge, how to create web galleries and contact sheets, organize your assets in collections, create centralized color settings and so much more.
Price: $99
Basic Video Editing in Adobe Photoshop
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Description: With so many people posting their short video clips online through YouTube, MySpace, Facebook and the other social networking portals and forums, the need to be able to edit their clips is in demand. This eClass will teach you how to import and edit video clips, working with the timeline and adding keyframes, create dissolve transitions, add filter effects, create animated text layers and more.
Price: $99
Advanced Video Editing in Adobe Photoshop
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Description: If you've attended the Basic Video Editing in Adobe Photoshop CS5 eClass, or have some basic experience with editing video clips in Photoshop CS5, then you're ready for this course! This eClass will cover rotoscoping techniques, how to clean up old footage, time remapping, advanced layer masking techniques and more.
Price: $99
Sketch Animation in Adobe Photoshop
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Description: Create great frame-by-frame sketch animations! This course will show you solid animation concepts using the powerful Onion Skinning feature in Photoshop CS5, using video layers for reference to roto-draw figures and walk cycles or to hand draw cell-style animations.
Price: $99
3D Modeling in Adobe Photoshop
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Description: Using the powerful 3D layers feature of Photoshop CS5, you can create complex models with textures, gloss, reflectivity and more - then animate them! This eClass will teach you how to use a 3D primitive shape and create bump maps, reflection maps, texture maps, gloss maps, lighting, animation and more.
Price: $99
3D Layers with Video in Adobe Photoshop
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Description: This is an intermediate course for those who already have working knowledge of 3D layers and want to incorporate video into the 3D models. This course shows how to use video as a texture and bump map on simple 3D primitive shapes in Photoshop CS5 and more.
Price: $99
3D Stereography in Adobe Photoshop
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Location: online (requires red/blue 3D glasses)
Description: A great feature in Photoshop CS5 is the ability to create 3D stereo anaglyph (red/blue) images and animations. This eClass will show you how to do basic 3D anaglyph renders and how to set the depth of the 3D window, position multiple objects in a scene and more.
Price :$99
Introduction to Adobe After Effects
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Description: If you've always wanted to learn After Effects but find the interface intimidating, then this course will give you the confidence to navigate around and start creating motion graphics and FX. The basics will be covered, including creating projects, compositions and managing keyframes on the timeline and more.
Price: $99
Intermediate Adobe After Effects
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Description: Once you have the basics of After Effects CS5 under your belt, then it's time to advance to the next step! In this eClass, you'll learn how to create alpha/layer mattes, animating mask tools, paint masks and animations, layer styles and more.
Price: $99
Advanced Adobe After Effects
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Description: This is the third in a series of course to get you up to speed in After Effects CS5. In this eClass, you'll learn the Liquify and Puppet Tools to animate layers, animate 3D layers and text, rotoscoping and more.
Price: $99
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