Desk Top Publishing Training

We have gained experience in the printing and newsletter field for more than ten years, being the Editor of the "What's On in Windhoek and Namibia" booklet under the auspices of the City of Windhoek for three years and publishing  newsletters and other publications for various institutions in Namibia. DTP training has been added as a further service five years ago. 

Our trainers all have extensive experience in the following:
Graphic design, desk top publishing, computer training, art and the printing industry.

Adobe® Indesign® Basic Course

1. Managing the Indesign environment:
   Introduction, Customise your work space, Set general preferences, Manage document presets
2. Designing documents:
   Create a new document, Alter a document's layout, Create the structure of a document, Develop master pages, Manage text and graphic placement, Develop layers
3. Managing text:
   Add text, Edit text, Spell check, Thread text, Change text threads, Format characters, Format paragraph, Manage styles
4. Utilising colours, swatches and gradients:
   Utilise colour, Utilise swatches, Apply fills and gradients and strokes
5. Managing transparancy:
   Apply transparancy
6. Utilising tables:
   Create a table, Modify a table, Format a table

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Adobe® Indesign® Advanced Course

1. Administering advanced styles:
   Manage style overrides, Base one style on another, Import and redefine styles
2. Controlling text:
   Create and use anchored objects, Flow text and inline graphics, Handle text layout, Merge data
3. Handling page elements and graphics:
   Duplicate items, Place items from other applications, Align, size and transform images, Manage libraries
4. Developing bezier paths:
   Draw and edit bezier paths, Create compound paths, Create clipping paths, Create type outlines
5. Managing long documents:
   Create document sections, Create a table of contents, generate an index, Insert and format footnotes, Add and eit hyperlinks, Create a book
6. Importing and exporting files:
   Import layered files, export PDF files
7. Adjusting print settings:
   Create print presets, Preview print output

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Adobe® Photoshop® Basic Course

1. Exploring Photoshop environment:
   Differentiate raster and vector, Explore Photoshop environment, Customize environment, Work with navigation tools
2. Sizing images:
   Determine display and print resolution, Crop an image
3. Selecting image areas:
   Select image areas with marquee tools, Lasso tools, Save selections, Magic wand tool, Magnetic lasso tool, Modify selections
4. Creating image composites:
   Floating versus fixed selections, Undo previous steps, Copy selections, Create layers, Create smart objects, Transform layers, Copy layers between images, Save images in Photoshop format, Arrange layers
5. Blending composite images:
   Defringe images, Simulate transparancy with opacity and blending modes, Feather edges
6. Exploring image modes:
   Examine mode characteristics, Explore grayscale and bitmap modes, Explore colour modes
7. Applying colour:
   Select colours, Work with painting tools, Clone image areas with clone stamp tool
8. Enhancing images with text and special effects:
   Create type layers, Apply layer effects, Work with filters, Merge layers and flatten images
9. Adjusting images:
   Create levels adjustment layers, Enhance images using toning tools, Adjust hue saturation

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Adobe® Photoshop® Advanced Course

1. Masking and clipping layers:
   Erase a background, Edit a selection by painting a quick mask overlay, Save and edit a selection in an alpha channel, work with layer masks, Make areas within a layer semitransparent, Clip a layer on the shape of another
2. Masking with vector paths:
   Create vector paths, Edit paths, Mask an image with a path
3. Filling image areas:
   Fill image areas with swatch colours, Create gradients, Create patterns
4. Creating special effects:
   Distort editable type, Warp an image, Create layer comps, Crop images precisely, Restore photographs, simulate painted effects
5. Automating tasks:
   Create an action, Manage actions

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CorelDRAW® Basic Course

1. Getting started:
   Starting CorelDRAW, Command bars, Opening and navigating, Closing
2. Drawing tools:
   The drawing area, Drawing objects, Drawing lines, Saving a drawing, Working with text, The artistic media tool
3. Working with objects:
   Importing files, Modifying objects, Adding a graphic image, Working with text objects
4. Formatting objects:
   Working with fills, Modifying outlines, Working with drop shadows, Rotating an object, Fit text to path, Additional formatting techniques
5. Working with text:
   Artistic and paragraph text, Formatting paragraph text, Wrapping text
6. Working with paragraph text:
   Creating and modifying paragraph text, Finding and replacing text, fitting text
7. Creating and modifying styles
8. Drawing and modifying objects:
   Drawing and editing curves and lines, using three-point tools
9. Using clipart, special characters and symbols
10. Using advanced printing options:
    Using the print merge wizard
    

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CorelDRAW® Advanced Course

1. Working with layers:
   Examining a master page, Creating a master layer, Working with layers
2. Using advanced tools to create a technical drawing:
   Create a technical drawing using advanced tools, Using brush tools and adding objects, Working with interactive tools
3. Using advanced techniques for text manipulation:
   Working with paragraph text, The PowerClip feature and the Envelope tool, Creating bulleted lists.
4. Working with vector and bitmap graphics:
   Converting vector objects to bitmaps, Working with bitmap graphics, Introduction to CorelTrace.
5. Advanced output options:
   Preparing a document for printing, Other printing options

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Intro to Digital Photography

1. Buying photography hardware:
   Digital and film photography, Choosing a camera, Choosing digital camera accessories, Researching specific camera models
2. Taking pictures:
   Choosing camera angles and lighting, Resolution compression and file format, Controlling exposure, controlling image sharpness, white balance, Special camera features
3. Managing photos with Windows XP:
   Transferring images to your computer, Windows XP pricture tasks
4. Managing photos with image browser software:
   Managing an image library, Performing simple exposure adjustments
5. Editing images with a separate application:
   Launch an external image editor and perform edits, Eliminating red eye, Adjust image contrast, colour and focus with Photoshop Elements, Applying effects and filters.
6. Sharing photos:
   Printing photo layouts, Emailing Photos, Creating a web photo album, Creating a slide show.
7. Image browser software:
   Image browser software for windows, Image editor software for Windows

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Adobe® Dreamweaver® Basic Course

1. Accessing the Internet and identifying HTML codes:
   Designing a website, Explore the Dreamweaver environment, View and manage HTML codes
2. Creating a website:
   Define a website, Create basic web pages, Save a web page
3. Building a website:
   Organising files and folders, Create templates
4. Adding content to web pages:
   Format a list, Insert images, Manage tables, Create repeating region templates
5. Working with links:
   Link within a site
6. Enhancing the navigation of a site:
   Create framesets
7. Uploading a website:
   Ensure accessibility, Upload files onto a site
8. Insert a navigation bar
9. Insert a flash button
10. Define head elements

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Adobe® PageMaker® Basic Course

1. Creating a newsletter:
   PageMaker environment, Document setup, Typing text, Basic text formatting, Importing and manipulating graphics, Using master pages
2. Using Text:
   Importing text, Spacing text, Indenting text, Using tabs, Using styles
3. Using graphics:
   Drawing shapes, Applying colours, Text wrapping, Manipulating graphics, Cropping graphics
4. Printing with PageMaker:
   Creating and applying colours

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Gerty Basson - trainer

Lindie Loock - trainer

Gerty Basson: ACE on Adobe® PageMaker® 7