Training available from Harlequin Solutions.
Flash CS3 Introduction       : Adobe Flash CS3: Introduction is an introductory course that provides designers and developers new to the Flash environment the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create rich Flash content. Students will produce an engaging interface using text, graphics, animations, video, and sound.
Simple user interactions are added using built in ActionScript behaviors and Script Assist. In addition to teaching essentials, the course focuses on teaching best practices for creating Flash content.
This course is for beginners: designers and developers new to Flash who want to learn the interface and commonly used features. To gain the most from this class, students should:
Be familiar with Windows or Mac OS X.
Be familiar with the web and its terminology.
Macromedia Flash 8: ActionScript Flash ActionScript  : Macromedia Flash 8: ActionScript provides experienced Flash designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create dynamically generated event-driven animation and interactive games with Flash. The course teaches fundamental programming techniques. It begins by introducing core concepts including instance names, variables, functions, properties, and methods; then proceeds through conditions, loops, event handling, and animating with ActionScript.
Adobe
Acrobat 8.0 Professional - Introduction : Knowledge of the chosen operating system ( Mac OS X or Windows) and the source application from which PDF files will be created (for example: Microsoft Word, QuarkXpress or Adobe InDesign).
This course is for those with no knowledge of Acrobat or those wishing to have an overview of the many and varied uses of PDF files and Acrobat.
Acrobat 8.0 Professional for Business Users  : Office users, marketing personnel, IT staff, or anyone who needs to create PDFs from Microsoft Office Applications for archiving, emailing and electronic distribution who already have some knowledge of Acrobat or attendance on our intro course.
Attendees will be able to create and configure PDF settings for Microsoft Word, Powerpoint and Excel from within Office.
Acrobat 8.0 Professional for Print Production : Knowledge of the chosen operating system (Mac OS X or Windows) and the source application from which PDF files will be created (e.g. QuarkXPress, Adobe InDesign etc). ICC profile and colour knowledge would also useful but not essential.
Graphic Designers and Pre Press Professionals and anyone who needs to know the technical requirements for creating PDFs for High End Commercial Litho and Digital Printing.
Attendees with be able to create PDFs from postscript and Distiller and from Adobe Creative Suite Applications and QuarkXpress.
After Effects CS3 Advanced : Upon completion of this Advanced course, Delegates will have seen and understood the new functions in After Effects CS3. They will also gain knowledge of Expressions, Motion Tracking and Particle Playground.
Delegates require knowledge of After Effects or to have attended the After Effects Introduction course at Harlequin.
AFTER EFFECTS CS3 FOR ANIMATICS : On the completion of this course, delegates will have understood and practiced the controls and functions in After Effects to produce Animatics from Storyboards.
A good working knowledge of After Effects and animation principles and/or to have attended our After Effects Introduction and After Effects Advanced training courses.
After Effects CS3 for Animators : Upon completion of this one day course on animation, delegates will have gained knowledge on the new animation features in After Effects CS3 and have practice in forming an animation using keyframes, expressions, keyframe interpolation methods and effects.
A working knowledge of the chosen computer operating system (i.e. Mac operating system or Windows on PC), together with good basic knowledge of animation principles and of the application or to have completed the Adobe After Effects CS3 Introduction course.
After Effects CS3 Introduction : Projects
Creating and saving Projects
Time Display
Importing Files
Photoshop and Illustrator Files
Alpha Channels
Adobe Bridge
Interlaced Footage
Pixel Aspect Ratio (PAR)
Managing Footage
The Project Panel
Organising the Project Panel
Proxies and Placeholders
Viewing Footage
The Footage Panel
Cueing Motion Footage
Safe Zones
Viewing Transparency
Compositions
Brain Storm ( creative Compositions)
Creating Compositions
Composition Settings
Presets
Advanced Composition Settings
Background Colour
Composition and Timeline Panels
Setting The Time
Adding Footage
Insert and Overlay Commands
Solid Layers
Adjustment Layers
Nesting more...
Audition 2 : This is a course for those looking for a complete understanding of Adobe Video Applications. Those working in sound.
Dreamweaver CS3 Advanced: ColdFusion Application Development : Adobe Dreamweaver CS3: ColdFusion Application Development provides students with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build and manage dynamic websites using Dreamweaver and ColdFusion. In this course, you ll learn how to connect to a database, search and display results, and build a page to update the database. If you ve always dreamed of building a more advanced, data-powered site, but didn't know where to start, then this course is for you.
This course is for people new to Dreamweaver (or who have used it only to build static web sites) that want to use it to create data-driven web applications. To take this course, you should:
Be comfortable more...
Dreamweaver CS3 Introduction: Website Development : This course is for people new to web design and development and want to use Dreamweaver CS3 to build intuitive, attractive and accessible web sites.
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3: Website Development provides web designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build and manage professional web sites using Dreamweaver CS3.
Flash CS3: ActionScript : Adobe Flash CS3: ActionScript provides experienced Flash designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create dynamically generated event-driven animation and interactive games with Flash. The course teaches fundamental programming techniques. It begins by introducing core concepts including instance names, variables, functions, properties, and methods; then proceeds through conditions, loops, event handling, and animating with ActionScript.
To take this course, you should have:
Completed the Adobe Flash CS3: Introduction course, or have equivalent experience.
The desire to learn how to program Flash content using ActionScript.
Flash CS3: Advanced Application Development : Adobe Flash CS3: Advanced Design provides Flash designers with prior ActionScript experience the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build more flexible and dynamic design-based Flash content. This course focuses on teaching students more advanced ActionScript topics that will remove a reliance on Timeline-based visual tools. Students will learn to generate dynamic design and navigation elements that cannot be created without ActionScript.
This course is for Flash designers who have some experience with ActionScript but want to learn more advanced topics and features to enhance their designs. To gain the most from this class you should already have:
Experience creating more...
Illustrator CS2 Introduction : Adobe Illustrator is a drawing and design package. This course will give you the experience you need to produce professional graphics and illustrations, and will increase your levels of productivity and creativity within Illustrator.
Once you have completed this course you can move onto Adobe Illustrator Intermediate course for Designers or Illustrator Advanced for printers courses.
Illustrator CS3 Introduction : Adobe Illustrator is a drawing and design package. This course will give you the experience you need to produce professional Graphics and Illustrations and will increase your levels of productivity and creativity within Adobe Illustrator. Once you have completed this course you can move onto Adobe Illustrator Advanced course.
InDesign CS2 Advanced : This two-day course will cover advanced text handling and text wrapping techniques, working with tables, drawing in InDesign, advanced methods of working with process and spot colours, using object libraries, InDesign s advanced transparency options and creating customised pdfs. You will also explore InDesign shortcuts, workflow management issues and receive hints and tips from experienced InDesign professionals.
Prerequisites: You should have attended our Adobe InDesign Introduction course at or have an equivalent working knowledge.
InDesign CS2 for QuarkXPress Users : This course is designed to make the transition to Adobe InDesign effortless and effective without the loss in productivity. With this aim in mind, course content focuses on the similarities between the two applications, and also highlights additional
Prerequisites: Delegates should have good working knowledge of QuarkXPress.
Who Should Attend: Designers, production staff or print professionals working in publishing or design.
InDesign CS2 Introduction : This course is designed to familiarise users with the page layout and design features of InDesign.
At the end of the course delegates will feel confident to produce single and multi-page documents.
InDesign CS3 Advanced : The course is designed for people who with sound page-layout knowledge who want to explore more in-depth features of InDesign.
A working knowledge of the chosen computer operating system (i.e Mac or Windows on PC), together with a good working knowledge of Adobe InDesign. It would also be advantageous (although not essential) to have a working knowledge of Illustrator, PageMaker or Quark XPress.
InDesign CS3 for QuarkXPress Users : Our aim is to train industry professionals migrating from Quark Xpress to what is fast becoming the industry standard software. Trained by professionals who understand the intricacies and pressures of real-world issues. Learn to access features previously only available in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop without leaving InDesign.
Prerequisites
Delegates should have good working knowledge of QuarkXPress.
Who Should Attend
Designers, production staff or print professionals working in publishing or design.
InDesign CS3 Introduction : This course is designed to familiarise users with the page layout and design features of InDesign.
At the end of the course delegates will feel confident to produce single and multi-page documents.
Photoshop CS2 Advanced : This course is for those who wish to explore more advanced design features. You will gain experience with more complex techniques using channels, masks, separations and pen paths.
Prerequisites: Delegates should have sound knowledge of Photoshop or should at least have attended our Photoshop Intermediate course.
Who Should Attend: Designers, photographers and artworkers
Photoshop CS2 Intermediate : This intermediate course is for anyone wanting to gain a much higher level of understanding for the more advance features of Adobe Photoshop. It is an intensive course with hands on experience.
Photoshop CS2 Introduction : Adobe Photoshop is the industry standard image manipulation tool.
This course, aimed at those who have never used the application, will introduce the essential tools and techniques through hands-on exercises and theory. Delegates will gain an understanding of Photoshop to use it with confidence.
Photoshop CS3 Advanced for Design & Print : This course is for those who wish to explore more advanced design features. You will gain experience with more complex techniques using channels, masks, separations and pen paths.
Prerequisites
Delegates should have sound knowledge of Photoshop or should at least have attended our Photoshop Intermediate course.
Who Should Attend
Designers, photographers and artworkers
Photoshop CS3 Extended for 3D & Video : A working knowledge of the chosen computer operating system (i.e. Mac operating system or Windows on PC), together with good basic knowledge of the application or to have completed the Adobe PhotoShop CS3 Introduction course.
Photoshop CS3 Intermediate : This intermediate course is for anyone wanting to gain a much higher level of understanding for the more advance features of Adobe Photoshop. It is an intensive course with hands on experience.
Working knowledge of Photoshop or delegates should have attended our Photoshop Introduction course.
Photoshop for Photographers : This intermediate course is for photographers, retouchers and image professionals who have a working knowledge of Photoshop. If you need to understand camera format, if you are supplying picture libraries, working with a large volume of files or require in-depth retouching skills this course will provide you with the necessary expertise.
Premiere CS3 Advanced : Delegates, on completion of the Premiere Advanced Course, will understand and be able to use the Advanced tools and features in Premiere CS3.
Delegates will also have an overview of the new layout features and advancements in Premiere including the interpolation of other adobe products such as After Effects, Photoshop Extended, Encore, Soundbooth, audition and Illustrator.
A working knowledge of the chosen computer operating system (i.e. Mac operating system or Windows on PC), together with good basic knowledge of the application or to have completed the Adobe Premier CS3 Introduction course.
Premiere CS3 Introduction : Delegates, on completing this Introduction course will be able to use the basic and most used tools in Premiere to capture, Import, edit, apply effects, mix audio, and output to a number of formats for Video, the Web and interactive media such as DVD and Flash. The Delegate will also gain knowledge of video standards, Compression and Editing Techniques.
Macromedia
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8: ColdFusion Application Development : Macromedia Dreamweaver 8: ColdFusion Application Development provides students with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build and manage dynamic websites using Dreamweaver and ColdFusion. In this course, you ll learn how to connect to a database, search and display results, and build a page to update the database. If you ve always dreamed of building a more advanced, data-powered site, but didn't know where to start, then this course is for you.
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8: Website Development Dreamweaver Introduction : Macromedia Dreamweaver 8: Website Development provides web designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build and manage professional web sites using Dreamweaver 8.
This course is for people new to web design and development and want to use Dreamweaver 8 to build intuitive, attractive and accessible web sites.
Macromedia Flash 8: Advanced Design : Macromedia Flash 8: Advanced Design provides Flash designers with prior ActionScript experience the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build more flexible and dynamic design-based Flash content. This course focuses on teaching students more advanced ActionScript topics that will remove a reliance on Timeline-based visual tools. Students will learn to generate dynamic design and navigation elements that cannot be created without ActionScript.
Macromedia Flash 8: Rich Content Creation Flash Introduction : Macromedia Flash 8: Rich Content Creation is an introductory course that provides designers and developers new to the Flash environment the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create rich Flash content. Students will produce an engaging interface using text, graphics, animations, video, and sound. Simple user interactions are added using built in ActionScript behaviors and Script Assist. In addition to teaching essentials, the course focuses on teaching best practices for creating Flash content.
Macromedia Flash 8: Video Development : Macromedia Flash 8: Video Development provides students the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to produce and deliver high-quality Flash Video over the internet using Flash Professional 8.
Topics include developing a rich media player using the new Flash Professional 8 pre-built components as well as ActionScript; using high-quality encoding techniques, including the new Flash Video codec enabling the delivery of higher quality video over lower bandwidth connections; creating live video; and exporting the new alpha-channeling and video color filters.
This course will focus on delivering the best experience possible with Flash Video, exploring bandwidth scaling, progressive downloading, and streaming with the Flash Media Server and Flash Video Streaming Services.
Harlequin Solutions Web Training
Web Training
Accessibility : Website accessibility has become a major issue for web designers and developers. Websites designed without taking accessibility into consideration exclude certain sectors of the population and limit your customer base.
This course will enable you to ensure your site conforms to the WAI (W3C) Content Accessibility Guidelines.
Cascading Style Sheets : CSS allows developers to control the style and layout of multiple Web pages all at once. Define a style for each HTML element and apply it to multiple Web pages. All elements are updated automatically.
HTML 1 : You will be guided through a series of online examples and practical hands on demonstrations, which highlight the key features of HTML.
Individuals attending the course will learn how to design robust web sites, which will work consistently with the latest major browser technologies.
HTML 2 : Using a combination of online examples and practical hands on demonstrations, you will consolidate your existing HTML skill-set and learn how to use HTML s advanced tag features.
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMISATION : Many organisations have well-designed and functional sites, but they do not always generate the revenue expected. This course will show you methods of potentially earning more revenue from your website, while providing visitors with a more rewarding online experience.
Delegates will become more confident with internet marketing techniques and terminology.
Web Project Management : Designed for those with limited web experience or technical knowledge who need to plan, manage and deliver web projects.
This two day course covers all the fundamental areas of web development and will equip you with the knowledge you need to confidently take charge of your project. Focusing on each stage of the web production process planning, designing, building and publishing as well as a strategic overview of the options available to project managers.
The course also covers managing client expectations, selecting creative and technical agencies, allocating responsibilities and resources within a web team, dealing with budgets and setting deadlines.
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