Adobe Creative Cloud Classroom in a Book

Description

Joseph Labrecque is a creative developer, designer, and educator with nearly two decades of experience creating expressive web, desktop, and mobile solutions. He joined the University of Colorado Boulder College of Media, Communication and Information as faculty with the Department of Advertising, Public Relations and Media Design in Autumn 2019. His teaching focuses on creative software, digital workflows, user interaction, and design principles and concepts. Before joining the faculty at CU Boulder, he was associated with the University of Denver as adjunct faculty and as a senior interactive software engineer, user interface developer, and digital media designer.

Labrecque has authored a number of books and video course publications on design and development technologies, tools, and concepts through publishers which include LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com), Peachpit Press, and Adobe. He has spoken at large design and technology conferences such as Adobe MAX and for a variety of smaller creative communities. He is also the founder of Fractured Vision Media, LLC; a digital media production studio and distribution vehicle for a variety of creative works.

Joseph is an Adobe Education Leader, Adobe Community Professional, and member of Adobe Partners by Design. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from Worcester State University and a master’s degree in digital media studies from the University of Denver.

Getting Started

1 Creative Cloud Desktop and Mobile Applications

2 Cloud-Based Photography with Lightroom

3 Raster Image Compositing with Photoshop

4 Designing Vector Graphics with Illustrator

5 Managing Page Layout with InDesign

6 Prototyping for Screens with Adobe XD

7 3d Rendering with Dimension

8 Producing Audio Content with Audition

9 Sequencing Video Content with Premiere Pro

10 Compositing Motion Graphics with After Effects

11 Animating Interactive Content with Animate

Bonus Lesson 1 Fundamentals of Design with Adobe Express

Bonus Lesson 2 Live Performance Capture with Character Animator

The only full-color guide to the fundamentals of producing engaging multimedia content with all of today’s Adobe Creative Cloud design tools

• A perfect complement to any Adobe Creative Cloud course or self-study, and ideal for people who want to extend their knowledge beyond one or two Adobe tools
• Interweaves Adobe skills with principles for becoming a better designer, whatever tools you use
• Packed with hands-on exercises based on real-life projects and scenarios
• Covers Creative Cloud for desktop and mobile, as well as Creative Cloud Express
• Includes chapters on Lightroom, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign , Adobe XD, Dimension, Audition, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Character Animator, and Animate
• By creative designer and developer Joseph Labrecque – based on his proven course at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Media, Communication & Information

Your Adobe Creative Cloud subscription delivers a breathtaking collection of state-of-the-art creativity tools—for web, print, video, interactive, digital marketing, UX/UI design, and more. With so much power, where do you start? If you’re familiar with one or two of Adobe’s tools, how do you extend your knowledge to make the most of the entire Creative Cloud, choose the right tool for each job, and do amazing work? Start right here, with the only classroom-proven guide to the entire Adobe Creative Cloud suite: Adobe Creative Cloud Classroom in a Book.

Authored by leading designer and instructor Joseph Labrecque, this guide reflects his experience teaching hundreds of students at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Media, Communication & Information. Each chapter combines an overview of a Creative Cloud app with well-crafted hands-on practice. Labrecque introduces the software, explains essential concepts and design principles surrounding its use, guides you through basic tools and workflows, and then walks you through executing a project from beginning to end. You’ll learn how each tool works in real life, and how to apply design concepts and theory in your own creative practice.

Labrecque introduces the fundamentals of Creative Cloud for both desktop and mobile, Creative Cloud Express, and all these skills:

• Cloud-based photography with Lightroom
• Raster image compositing with Photoshop
• Vector graphics design with Illustrator
• Page layout management with InDesign
• Prototyping for screens with Adobe XD
• 3D rendering with Dimension
• Audio content production with Audition
• Video content sequencing with Premiere Pro
• Motion graphics compositing with After Effects
• Live performance capture with Character Animator
• Interactive content animation with Animate

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