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Adobe CC Web Introduction Masterclass 4 Days - Manchester
Key Course Details:
Level:
Introduction Bundle
Duration:
4
Days - 10am to 5pm
Price:
£795 + vat
Learn how to build websites and create interactive content as we give you a complete introduction to Dreamweaver CC and Animate CC. This course is an ideal starting point for anyone looking to use industry-standard tools to create and manage content for the web.
After we give you a complete tour of the Dreamweaver and Animate environments, we will show you how to create functional websites with all the best practices of web design. You will also learn how to produce your own graphics and animations. This all-round introduction is a perfect way for beginners to understand how to create interactive content for the web.
Learn how to build websites and create interactive content as we give you a complete introduction to Dreamweaver CC and Animate CC. This course is an ideal starting point for anyone looking to use industry-standard tools to create and manage content for the web.
After we give you a complete tour of the Dreamweaver and Animate environments, we will show you how to create functional websites with all the best practices of web design. You will also learn how to produce your own graphics and animations. This all-round introduction is a perfect way for beginners to understand how to create interactive content for the web.
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Creative Cloud Web Masterclass 4 Days
Course Details
This 4-day Masterclass course helps you learn about the tools and features available in Adobe Dreamweaver CC and Adobe Animate CC. We will help you understand how these industry-leading programs take website design, website management, and interactive design to a new level. As well as learning the work area in both programs, we will show you the best practices involved in creating websites and building Animate content. Our experts will guide you on how to create a site, add video and graphics, style your content, and maintain and synchronise your files.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Navigate the Dreamweaver and Animate environments
- Create a basic website
- Control the structure of a document
- Add video and graphics to a document
- Insert lists and special characters
- Write and apply CSS rules
- Edit graphics through integration with Photoshop
- Build site navigation
- Import tabular data, audio, and video
- Collect and validate data using online forms
- Maintain and synchronise existing sites
- Use libraries, templates, and symbols
- Draw using the built-in tools
- Animate shapes
- Apply simple interactivity through Script Assist and Behaviours
- Publish in several formats
Our goals are for you to be able to understand and apply the principles of web design to create and manage attractive, accessible websites, and also to create simple visual projects that are ready to use for the web.
This course can be taken in a single 4-day block or split into a 2-day block of Animate and a separate 2-day block of Dreamweaver, each taken on different dates.
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Animate DreamweaverCourse Target Audience and delegate prerequisites:
This course is intended for those who are new to web design and development and who want to develop skills to build attractive, accessible, interactive websites to a high standard.
You will need basic PC or Mac skills, including a solid understanding of a computer's operating system (Windows or Mac OS). You will also need to know how to launch a program, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media.
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Full Course Outline
The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.
Part 1 - Adobe Dreamweaver - Web Development-
Understanding the course
- Reviewing the course objectives and prerequisites
- Reviewing the course format
- Outlining the course content
- Understanding static page architecture
- Introducing Adobe Dreamweaver
- Learning the interface
- Defining a local site
- Creating a website
- Adding content
- Controlling document structure
- Making lists
- Adding horizontal rules
- Adding special characters
- Formatting text
- Introducing cascading style sheets
- Creating styles
- Exporting CSS rule definitions
- Creating class styles
- Attaching external style sheets
- Creating advanced styles
- Creating a new external style sheet
- Displaying styles
- Understanding cascading order and inheritance of styles
- Creating internal styles with the Property inspector
- Using graphics on web pages
- Placing graphics on the page
- Modifying image properties
- Editing images
- Doing roundtrip editing with Fireworks
- Customising the Insert bar
- Adding Flash content
- Adding Flash Video
- Working with the Timeline
- Using Keyframes, Blank Keyframes, and Frames
- Creating Motion Tweens
- Creating Shape Tweens
- Creating Transition Effects
- Using Animation Best Practices
- Using Script Assist
- Adding Actions to a frame
- Creating and Using Button Symbols
- Adding Behaviours to a Button
- Loading External SWF's.
- Creating and Using Movie Clip symbols
- Organising a Movie Clip Timeline
- Using Actions to Control a Timeline
- Using Frame Labels
- Responding to User Interactions
- Importing Sound
- Changing Sound Properties
- Adding Sound to a Timeline
- Embedding Video in a Timeline
- Using the FLVPlayback Component
- Using Different Publishing Formats
- Using Publishing Profiles
- Adding Flash Player Detection
- Publishing for Deployment
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Getting to know Animate
- Adobe Animate Workspace
- The Tools panel
- Working with Panels
- Panel Dock
- Libraries
- Setting Preferences
- Keyboard Shortcuts
Working with documents- Working with the Stage
- Resizing Stage and Content
- Using Guides, Rulers, and Grids
- Using the Timeline
- Using Layers
- Importing Native Photoshop and Illustrator Files
- Copying and Moving Content
- Undoing, Redoing
- History in Animate
- Drawing in Animate
- Using Vector Graphics
- Using Bitmap Graphics
- Merge Drawing Mode
- Object Drawing Mode
- Drawing Primitive Shapes
- Creating Overlapping Shapes
- Adding Colour
- Strokes and Fills
- Gradients
- Lines
- Arranging Objects
- Transforming Objects
- Using Text in Animate
- Working with Fonts
- Using Typekit Web Fonts
- Using Leading
- What Symbols are and how they work
- What Symbols’ Instances are
- Movie Clip Symbols
- Graphic Symbols
- Button Symbols
- Creating Symbols
- Converting Content to Symbols
- Swapping Content
- Editing Symbols
- Editing Instances
- Working with Library
- Shape Tweens
- Classic Tweens
- Motion Tweens
- Motion Presets
- Frame-by-Frame Animation
- Working with Frame Rates
- Frames and Keyframes
- Keyframes and Blank Keyframes
- Orient to Path
- Masks
- Motion Guides
- Easing
- Nested Timelines
- Using Onion Skinning
- Previewing Animations
- Using JavaScript in Animate
- Using ActionScript 3.0 in Animate
- Frame Labels
- Using Code Snippets
- Adding Code Snippets to Objects
- Working with Buttons
- Making Movie Clips into Buttons
- Buttons States
- Editing Buttons
- Testing Buttons
- Exporting from Animate
- Publishing from Animate
- Differences between Exporting and Publishing
- Exporting as SWF
- Exporting for HTML5
- Exporting Formats
- Publishing Preview
- Publish Settings
- Adding Flash Player Detection
- Publishing HTML5 to InDesign, MUSE and Dreamweaver
- Create responsive animations
- Add a pre-loader to your HTML5 animation
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Location Details
This course is provided at the XChange Training Manchester training centre based at:
Piccadilly House
49 Piccadilly
Manchester
M1 2APPiccadilly House is located in the heart of Manchester directly next to the Piccadilly Gardens transport interchange with excellent bus and tram connections and is easily accessed from Piccadilly train Station (5 mins). Victoria station is also close by (around 10 mins).
Daily course times run between 10am and 4:30pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks. We recommend arrival at 9.45am for registration on the first day of the course.
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CC Web Masterclass 4 Days - Upcoming Manchester Course Dates
CC Web Masterclass 4 Days - Split Date Options
Dreamweaver Introduction
27 Jan - 28 Jan
28 Apr - 29 Apr
14 Jul - 15 Jul
Animate Introduction
22 Jan - 23 Jan
25 Mar - 26 Mar
28 May - 29 May
21 Jul - 22 Jul
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Client Reviews
"Very pleased with the well-planned course."
Rachel Willsher, SPG Media, Web Combo - 4 Day Masterclass
"Thoroughly enjoyed the course and came away with plenty of great hints and tips."
Andrew Hobbs, Rickstone Academy, Web Combo - 4 Day Masterclass
"Very good comprehensive training course, the instructor was great and clearly explained everything in a easy to understand way that helped me further my skill base."
Chris Whalley, Mediacom, Web Combo - 4 Day Masterclass
"Fantastic course and enthusiastic instructor. Thanks."
Kelly Western, Video Combo - 5 Day Masterclass
"To say that this course has revolutionised my design life is an understatement; It will benefit my work certainly but also several projects currently ongoing in my personal life as I am an aspiring writer and food blogger. Fantastic course delivered by an amazing trainer!"
Lyndsay Stewart, Next, InDesign - Two Day Introduction
"Learnt more than expected from an intro course! Trainer made sure we got it at all stages and the small group really helped."
Leyla Sanai, The Co-operative Group, Flash - 2 Day Introduction
"The training was excellent, well paced and all of our questions were answered. There was time at the end to put into practice what had been learnt and ask further questions or queries. Prepared handouts were are clear and useful for future reference."
Kerry Willis, Paignton Zoo, InDesign - 1 Day Introduction
"Excellent instructor, very knowledgeable and easy to talk to. Also, was very good at tailoring the course to suit the speed/competency of the pupils. I enjoyed the course immensely."
Nik Dyer, MWH Global, HTML & CSS - Two Day Introduction
"A thoroughly enjoyable course, very useful and brilliantly tailored to our requirements. Have completed two other introductory InDesign courses and this has been the best by far. Would definitely recommend to others."
Juliet McEwan, University of Glasgow, InDesign - 2 Day Bespoke Introduction
"Thank you very much. Everything was presented in a clear manner and the tutor was really helpful."
Nawar Albazaz, Vectorworks - 2 Day Introduction
Next Dates:
Split Course Date Options:
Dreamweaver Introduction
27 Jan - 28 Jan
28 Apr - 29 Apr
14 Jul - 15 Jul
Animate Introduction
22 Jan - 23 Jan
25 Mar - 26 Mar
28 May - 29 May
21 Jul - 22 Jul
Whats Included:
Your choice of Windows or Mac 
Certified hands-on training 
Small class size (max 4-8) 
6 months post course support 
Quality reference manual 
Authorised Course Certificate 
Lunch and refreshments
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the course times?
For all courses in the Manchester Centre the normal session timings are 10am to 5pm with an hour break for lunch. In addition to the hour lunch break there are also two fifteen minute coffee breaks mid morning and mid afternoon.
Daily times are:
09.45 - Registration
10.00 - Course start
13.00 - Lunch
14.00 - Afternoon starts
17.00 - Course ends
Do you offer discounts
or promotions?
We offer a range of regular discounts available for self funding individuals, charities and education along with period special offers. See our promotions page for full details.
What is provided with this course?
During the course we provide all computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac, lunch and refreshments along with pads & pens. After the course you will receive the authorised Certificate, quality reference manual and 6 months direct post course support.
Does this course give
a qualification?
Although this course does not provide an actual qualification each delegate is provided with an official Certificate for completion of the course level.
Can you invoice my company?
In short yes we can provide 30 day invoice terms to any UK Limited company with the provision of your official purchase order and/or completing the invoice request for your booking online.
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