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Opening Session: The Future of Digital Design:
Are You Exactly Where You Need To Be In Order To Get Where You Want To Go?
Start your conference off on the right foot with this lively discussion about the current state of digital design, the obstacles designers like you face at work every day, and where our experts see this ever-changing field of work moving to over the next few years. Get invaluable insight into where you are as a designer — whether you’ve just started, or have been doing it for years — and make sure you’ve got the skills you need to take your career exactly where you want it to go.
Track 1: Adobe Creative Suite - Expand Your Creative Genius
Session 1A: What Every Designer
Should Know About Photoshop 7.0 and CS
Learn how the experts use Photoshop in the real world of design. New and exciting uses for Photoshop will be at your fingertips without having to dig through a dry, technical manual. See how to use Photoshop to create special effects, and gain flexibility and control with layers.
Session 1B: 10 Things Every Designer Should Know About Illustrator
Make the most of your creativity with these revolutionary new design tools Illustrator CS brings to the table. Attend this session and you’ll discover the 10 things ever designer should know about Illustrator. You’ll learn how Illustrator saves you time, tips for creating with Illustrator and how to use drawing tools to creatively enhance your work.
Session 1C: A New Look and New Features Make InDesign Better Than Ever
InDesign’s enhanced look and new design features make it the hottest design software in the industry. You’ll learn the coolest and most underutilized features of InDesign, and see how to create the most user-friendly look with text boxes and picture frame alignment tools.
Session 1D: Pull It All Together with Adobe CS Integration
The problem with software suites is that no one ever really has time to learn how to integrate them all together to get the best use out of them. Attend this session and you’ll discover the best tips, techniques, shortcuts and strategies for tapping into the enormous potential of the Adobe CS package.
Track 2: Print and Web Design - Challenge Your Left Brain
Session 2A: Design 101 — The Essentials of Attention-Grabbing Design
Whether you’re just starting out in design or you’ve been doing design for years this quick workshop is just the answer! You’ll learn keys for designing on the fly for when project parameters change, how text issues affect your layout and how to use color successfully in your work.
Session 2B: Perfect Print in 10 Easy Steps
Join us for this session where you’ll learn how to quickly craft a powerfully successful print piece that will make every reader stop in his or her tracks! Learn the essentials for designing a print piece that stands out in the crowd and gets the results you want. We’ll cover the importance of color selection, fonts and basic page layout in this essential session.
Session 2C: Make Every Web Page A Success Story With These Hot Design Techniques
Does your audience get tired of waiting for your page to load? In this powerful session, you’ll learn the critical differences in using color on the Web vs. traditional media, tables vs. layers and more! Whether you’re just designing one page — or your company’s entire site —attend this session and your most confusing Web design questions will be answered!
Session 2D: Going Hollywood: Integrating Design And Multimedia Marketing
Make every marketing piece one of a kind when you integrate multimedia with your designs. At this lively session you’ll learn how to create promotional CDs and DVDs, You’ll learn how to overcome file format issues, compression and more!
Track 3: Web Designer’s Software:
Enhance Your Design Tool Kit
Session 3A: Eliminating Dreamweaver Nightmares to Build A Site That Won’t Put People to Sleep
Web authoring is a snap when you use Dreamweaver MX. Throw away those tutorials and discover real-world time-savers for creating Web pages. You’ll boost your Web designs when you learn about Web color, cascading style sheets, tables and layers. Attend this session and get the answers you’ve been looking for.
Session 3B: Breathing Digital Life Into Your Web Pages With Photoshop
There is no doubt that Adobe Photoshop is the most popular image editing software on the planet, but are you using it to the best of your ability? Attend this session and you’ll get the inside scoop on utilizing Photoshop’s nearly endless tools for creating breathtaking Web graphics that will stop even the twitchiest Web surfer dead in their tracks.
Session 3C: Channeling Your Creative Wild Child: Integrating Flash Into Your Web Pages
Undoubtedly the most “fun” Web software is this highly user-friendly program known as Flash. Attend this session and learn how to find the perfect balance of functionality vs. bells and whistles for your Web site. From creating simple animations to mind-blowing special effects, you’ll learn the essentials of integrating Flash into your Web pages right here.
Session 3D: GoLive Applications Even the Faint of Heart Can Use
If you’ve never seen Adobe’s GoLive software in action — or have just never figured out how to use it correctly, then this session is for you! Attend this workshop and you’ll learn how to use GoLive for designing Web pages and adding interactivity to your sites. It’s a powerful session that will give both beginners and advanced users insight into this powerful software.
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