Adobe InDesign and Photoshop Courses in Oxford
Adobe InDesign and Photoshop Courses Oxford are held onsite your premises or is available for anyone with experience already gained from one of our other Photoshop courses.
This is also available virtually as an online Photoshop Advanced Course event held in a virtual classroom with a live instructor.
The aim of Adobe InDesign and Photoshop Courses in Oxford is to:
Show you how to create professional layouts and spreads in InDesign
Edit and manipulate stunning photographs in Photoshop
Bring the two together to create professional publications, prints and social media designs
In an incredibly short time learn the tools, techniques & features to create beautiful print or digital artwork.
Camera to Photoshop & Back Again
Whatever your flavour, product, macro, landscape or wedding photography during the Photoshop course you’ll learn to give depth, colour and if necessary repair your photos quickly and easily.
On the introduction to Photoshop Course learn the tools and features needed to manipulate and improve your photography for print or digital output.
We have two popular Photoshop courses in our Adobe bundle – the Introduction to Photoshop Course and the Photoshop for Photographers Course.
Professional layouts in the InDesign Training Course
On the InDesign Course you’ll learn to:
Work from the basics of the software to design spreads and layouts for print or interactive export. Learn how to position photo’s and add text to create professional looking documents incorporating brand colours, logos, fonts.
InDesign offers a wide range of options from flyers, newsletters, brochures through to interactive PDF online documents.
For example you could opt to create your own photobook and publish it out to print or digital.
Create Spreads & Layouts
Beautiful, professional images created in Photoshop?
What to do with them?
Hop into InDesign and design newsletters, flyers, brochures, annual reports, photo-books for print or digital output.
Adobe InDesign and Photoshop Courses Oxford FAQs
How do online Adobe InDesign and Photoshop Courses work?
Our online Adobe InDesign and Photoshop Courses run virtually with a live instructor giving you direct contact with them throughout the training via video, chat & screen share.
We run this online training via all the most popular video conferencing software including Zoom, Teams, Google and WebEx. It’s your choice which one you prefer.
Do you record online InDesign sessions?
We are happy to record the training but due to privacy issues can only offer this for one to one sessions or company groups.
Because online training provides great flexibility we’re able to run our courses on a 24 /7 basis including weekends and over night depending on your timezone.
How do onsite Adobe InDesign and Photoshop Courses Oxford work?
Adobe InDesign and Photoshop Courses Oxford are hosted onsite at your premises. You benefit from this more personal approach to InDesign training as:
- The training is focused entirely on your and your company requirements
- No traveling involved for you or your team
- The approach is focused specifically on you and your specific needs this is not a generic one size fits all course.
- Prior to the training we organise a meeting to discuss the course and then tailor it to suit you /your team.
- Flexible dates and times to suit you
Who is this Adobe InDesign and Photoshop Course for?
It’s ideal for those with little to no experience with the software and perfect for company group training events, individuals or anyone looking for an Introduction to InDesign and Photoshop.
Over the years we’ve delivered this course to companies and individuals including schools, universities, marketeers, designers, bid writers, publishers, educators, content creators.
What do you learn on this Adobe Course?
This Introduction Course is very flexible. Content can be added or removed and you are more than welcome to bring your own files /work with you.
On the InDesign Introduction Course you’ll learn how to edit existing documents and create new ones from scratch using printers marks and grids for precise layout.
During the course you will find out about the InDesign interface, Properties Panel, Window Menu and Tools bar and how to use these to design a variety of spreads and layouts.
As you near the end of the training you will learn how to create interactive PDF’s and print documents and best practice for publishing in both formats.
The full InDesign Introduction Course overview is below but in short you will learn how to:
- Edit & Update existing documents
- New Document Set-Up /Bleed /Slug etc
- Workspace, Window Menu & Tools
- Colour, Swatches & Pantones
- Grids, Guides for Layout
- Format, Layout and Design Documents
- PDF Interactive Panel
- Properties Panel, Adjust Layout, Content Aware Fit,
- Publish to various outputs including InDesign, PDF and Export
The full Photoshop Introduction Course overview is below but in short you’ll learn how to:
- Work with Layers & Adjustment Layers
- Change Image Size & Resolution
- Resize and Crop Images
- Use the Transform Tool to scale, rotate and warp
- Select images and parts of images accurately
- Work with Brushes, Transparency and Blends
- Understand & use File Formats correctly
- Create Images for Print and Digital
Weekends & 24 /7 Online Adobe Training
Because of the flexibility of Online training we run these on a 24 /7 basis, evenings, overnight and during the weekend.
We are also able to split full days of training into 1 /2 day blocks.
Unfortunately we can only offer 1 /2 day sessions for online training courses.
What other Adobe Courses are available?
This is an introduction to InDesign Course so ideal for anyone new to the software or looking to build on basic skills and as with any of our training courses, it can be designed around you.
We have a wide portfolio of courses and can mix and match content to suit you from our existing overviews or combine two or more courses for a more overall approach.
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- Adobe Creative Cloud Training
- Adobe MasterClass Training
- Introduction to Adobe Photoshop Social Media Graphics Training
- Introduction to Adobe Express Training
- Introduction to Adobe Acrobat Training
- Introduction to Adobe Premiere Pro Training
- InDesign & Photoshop Combo Course
What do you learn on the Adobe Photoshop Course?
The course starts with the very basics and covers the tools and features used in Photoshop.
During the training you will learn to create, enhance and retouch new and existing images, work with layers and produce accurate colour proofing.
As well as looking at Adobe’s none-destructive workflow we also take a look at some of the AI features including Generative Fill and Neural Filters.
The images you create and design on this course will be used on the 2nd day InDesign Training.
How to Book the Introduction to Adobe InDesign Training
Booking with us
Please get in touch with us via the online booking form or click to:
We will then get in touch and send the details of booking reservation and find out your timeframe for training.
We will then send across dates.
Once the booking is confirmed we then organise a pre-course call /meeting to discuss the course and any logistics around the day.
Payment
Payment for training is via BACS or Credit Card
Credit Card payment is via Stripe
*Greta Powell Training Ltd does not collect or store your card details.
Purchase Orders
We accept purchase orders from UK registered companies and the public sector.
Adobe InDesign and Photoshop Courses Oxford - Overview
Learning InDesign & Photoshop
Understanding the differences /purposes
Sharing & Collaboration
Sharing Libraries
Importing /Exporting Colour Swatches
Photoshop AI Tools
Generative Fill / Expand Tool
Contextual Tool Bar /Generative Properties
Generative Expand (Crop Tool)
Text to Image
Remove Tool /Remove Distractions
InDesign – Getting Started
Create & Save a Document
New Document Setup
Print /Web /Mobile Options
Columns /Margins /Bleed & Slug
Photoshop Practicalities
Grids /Guides /Rulers
Raster /Vector
Align & Distribute
View Menu
Window Menu /Workspaces
Photoshop & Selections
Selection Tools
Adding /Removing Selections
Select Subject /Select & Mask
Colour Wand /Colour Tolerance
Object Selection Tool
InDesign Tools & Features
Navigating InDesign
Toolbox /Menus /Panels
Photoshop Image Size & Res
Image Resize /Resolution
Artwork Sizing
Transform /Free Transform Tool
Crop Tool /Crop Options
Image Modes
Photoshop Masks
Create a Mask
Adding & Removing to Masks
Viewing Selections
Saving /Loading Selections
InDesign Frames
Text Frames
Formatting Text Frames
Text Frame Properties
Inputting Text
Photoshop Layers
Understanding Layers
Layer Panel
Creating /Editing /Shuffling Layers
Merging /Flattening Layers
Photoshop Brushes
Text Frames
Formatting Text Frames
Text Frame Properties
Text Frame – multi column setup
InDesign Type Handling
Placing Text
Working with Placeholder Text
Character & Paragraph Styles
Type in Layouts
Establishing a Type Face
Photoshop Adjustment Layers
Working with Adjustment Layers
None Destructive Workflows
Editing Adjustment Layers
Hue & Saturation /Curves /Histogram
Levels /Black & White
Photoshop Retouching Tools
Healing Brush
Clone Stamp Tool
Content Aware Tool
Patch & Spot Healing
InDesign & Colour
Colour Models
RGB /CMYK /Pantones
Colour for Print Documents
Creating & Editing Colour
Accurate Colour for Print
Creating Gradients & Tints
Colour Management
Photoshop SmartObjects
What are SmartObjects?
None Destructive Transformations
Linking & Unlinking SmartObjects
None Destructive Filters
Edit & Update One /Multiple Objects
Photoshop Social Media
Multiple Artboards
Create Social Media Images
Twitter /Linkedin /Pinterest
InDesign Image Frames
Images into Frames
Editing Image & Frame
Image Formats
Image Frames & Pathfinder Panel
Placing Images outside Image Frames
Photoshop & Colour
Working with Colour
Accurate Colour
Panels RGB /CMYK /LAB
Spot & Process Colours
Pantones
Photoshop Print & Export
Export /Export As
Export to Web
InDesign Text Wrapping
Text & Graphics
Wrapping Text around Graphics
Text Wrap Options
Text Offsets
Photoshop Type Tool
Character /Paragraph Text
Creating & Editing Text
Warping Text
Text Mask Tool