K2 Workflow - Training Resources

Adobe Illustrator CS2 - Intermediate training Adobe Illustrator CS2 is the industry standard vector-based illustrating tool. It is used by graphic designers throughout the world to create a vast variety of different media including illustrations, package designs, leaflets & flyers, web graphics & animations, notice boards, billboards, and many other graphic objects. Such a variety of applications means that Illustrator CS2 is necessarily a  more...

Adobe InDesign CS2 for QuarkXPress users One Day Training Course Adobe InDesign CS2 is a next generation page layout application that is replacing QuarkXPress in many desktop publishing environments. It contains a host of advanced text, colour, print and layout features not found in any other application that can be applied to text and objects It also boasts an interface similar to Adobe s other leading design applications and so is intuitive for users of these  more...

Adobe InDesign CS2 - Refresher Course Feeling left behind by all the new features Adobe keep adding to InDesign? Then get up-to-date with our one-day refresher course for users of previous versions of Adobe InDesign. Adobe InDesign CS2 is the page layout application of choice fo many users. It contains a host of advanced text, colour, print and layout features not found in any other application that can be applied to text and objects  more...

Adobe InDesign CS2 - Two Day Introduction Training Course Adobe InDesign CS2 is the page layout application of choice for many users. It contains a host of advanced text, colour, print and layout features not found in any other application that can be applied to text and objects It also boasts an interface similar to Adobe s other leading design applications and so is intuitive for users of these applications. Further, Adobe InDesign CS2 integrates  more...

Enfocus PitStop Professional Enfocus PitStop Professional has become the standard tool for editing and preflighting PDF files for print workflows. With Enfocus PitStop Professional you can make manual changes to PDF files, check the properties of individual elements in a PDF files, perform highly comprehensive preflights of your documents and with PitStop s power Action Lists you can even automate many tedious changes you  more...

Acrobat Professional 8 training for print professionals Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 is the creative industry standard application for PDF creation, proofing and exchange. A good knowledge of this application and PDF technology in general is essential for anyone working in the modern reprographic, production and print industry. Acrobat 8 has added many new advanced features to this key product that will help you guarantee quality output on every job.  more...

Adobe Acrobat for Print Professionals Adobe Acrobat Professional 6 is the creative industry standard application for PDF creation, proofing and exchange. A good knowledge of this application and PDF technology in general is essential for anyone working in the modern reprographic, production and print industry. XChangeTraining offer a core training course in Acrobat Acrobat Professional 6 for creative industry professionals. The  more...

QuarkXPress 7 - Job Jackets and Job Tickets QuarkXPress 7 isn't just a revolutionary upgrade for designers; it contains a vast range of new features for studio and production managers and service providers as well. Among the most exciting of key areas where QuarkXPress has changed is the addition of Job Jackets. In this one-day course we'll examine in detail how to exploit this powerful new addition to the leading DTP package. Job Jackets  more...

Automating Design and Workflows in Adobe InDesign Adobe InDesign is becoming the page layout application of choice for many companies in the publishing sector. Apart from the extremely flexible set of tools it offers to creative professionals, it also provides very developed automation tools for incorporating InDesign into automated workflows. In this course we cover all aspects of InDesign CS s automation features, including scripting,  more...

Adobe Photoshop CS One Day Introduction Adobe Photoshop CS is the standard image editing application used by the majority of design professionals throughout the world. It offers incredible creative freedom both in terms of manipulating exisiting images, creating wholly new art, and integrating the two. Photoshop CS also supports vector graphics, easy automation, and a wide range of other improved features. If you re serious about  more...

Adobe Photoshop CS Two Day Introduction Adobe Photoshop CS is the standard image editing application used by the majority of design professionals throughout the world. It offers incredible creative freedom both in terms of manipulating exisiting images, creating wholly new art, and integrating the two. Photoshop CS also supports vector graphics, easy automation, and a wide range of other improved features. If you re serious about  more...

Introduction to Mac OS X Panther for the Publishing Industry Mac OS X brought a lot of changes to the Mac platform, some of them immediately welcome (stability, new possibilities, UNIX) some of them less so (performance issues, software compatibility, required changes to workflow etc.) As of Mac OS X 10.3, it s fairly safe to say the platform is ready for the print workflow mainstream, and this course shows you how to understand and optimise your system for  more...

Introduction to Mac OS X Panther for General use Mac OS X brought a lot of changes to the Mac platform, some of them immediately welcome (stability, new possibilities, UNIX) some of them less so (performance issues, software compatibility, required changes to workflow etc.) Either way, many of the changes from OS 9 to OS X were fairly radical, and present real challenges to users making the upgrade. This course can be taken either by people  more...

Adobe Illustrator CS - Intermediate One Day Course Adobe Illustrator CS is the industry standard vector-based illustrating tool. It is used by graphic designers throughout the world to create a vast variety of different media including illustrations, package designs, leaflets & flyers, web graphics & animations, notice boards, billboards, and many other graphic objects. Such a variety of applications means that Illustrator CS is necessarily a  more...

Advanced Illustrator CS for Specific Workflow needs Adobe Illustrator CS is the industry standard vector-based illustrating tool. It is used by graphic designers throughout the world to create a vast variety of different media including illustrations, package designs, leaflets & flyers, web graphics & animations, notice boards, billboards, and many other graphic objects. The diversity of these particular applications of Illustrator CS means that  more...

Adobe Acrobat for Collaborative Workflows Acrobat 6 is used by a wide range of professional document producers from publishers to government agencies. The non-editablity of PDFs make them the format of choice for archiving and document exchange, while PDF s print credentials allow for effective soft proofing. Acrobat offers a host of tools for streamlining all stages of document production in any size of collaborative workflow. In this  more...

Adobe Acrobat Professional form fields and data management Acrobat 6 can be used to collect and archive form data. The data can be stored in PDFs or integrated with databases. Data can be submitted online though any common CGI language. All this means document producers can create correctly formatted, secure forms that can be widely distributed then filled in and submitted using the free Adobe Reader. This approach is being pioneered by many government  more...

Colour Management Training Introducing Colour Management into your digital workflow is the key to making improvements in the quality, accuracy and reliability of the colour work you receive and deliver to your customers. A properly implemented Colour Management policy allows you to control colour at every stage of your digital workflow from digital camera or scanner, through to accurate colour on your monitor and  more...

Colour Management Training for Digital Photographers Introducing Colour Management into your digital workflow is the key to making improvements in the quality, accuracy and reliability of the colour work you receive and deliver to your customers. A properly implemented Colour Management policy allows you to control colour at every stage of your digital workflow from digital camera or scanner, through to accurate colour on your monitor and  more...

Using Enfocus Products for automated Preflighting The Enfocus product suite and technologies (Enfocus PitStop Professional, PitStop Server, Instant PDF, Certified PDF) have become de facto standards in producing and preflighting PDF files for print workflows. With Enfocus products you can automate and guarantee quality right from PDF production to preflighting and last minute changes before documents go to press. In this comprehensive  more...

Enfocus PitStop Server for Automated Preflighting Enfocus PitStop Server is the ideal high-end tool for professional publishing organisations that process a large volume of PDF files. Through the creation of a series of Hot Folders, users can preflight and perform Action Lists on a large volume of PDF files from various sources and with differing intended output destinations. Email notification of processing errors, FTP delivery of preflighted  more...

Creating Enfocus PitStop Professional Action Lists Enfocus PitStop Professional contains a powerful scripting language that allows users to create Action Lists that perform automated tests, edits and changes to PDF documents. These Action Lists can then be run from within PitStop Professional, integrated as part of a fully automated workflow with PitStop Server, or run at the PDF creation stage with Instant PDF 3. In this one day bespoke course,  more...