Adobe Digital Publishing
This course has been developed for Adobe InDesign users who wish to gain a fundamental understanding of the new interactive rich media features that InDesign CS6 offers for creating, distributing and publishing to the iPad and other similar tablet devices. You will explore the interactive features available to you and understand the design considerations that must be addressed which includes the file organisation that is essential to publishing to tablet devices. You will explore and gain a thorough understanding of Designing Digital Publishing Workflow, setting up DPS InDesign tools, Layout and navigation considerations, Creating Interactivity with the Overlay Creator and Using the Folio builder. Taught in the Arts University specialist Mac Digital Suites you will link up your own tablet devices for previewing and testing your own newly created publications in Adobe Content Viewer Builder. You will examine options for publishing your work and throughout the course you will receive comprehensive reference notes. Entry Requirements You should be competent and experienced using Adobe InDesign. Students are advised to bring their iPad or Android tablet device to the course with the freely available Adobe Viewer application pre-loaded; you will also require a USB cable for connection to our Digital Suite computers for testing your work. What you need to bring Notepad and pen, iPad or similar tablet device with USB cable. Dates Autumn Term •Thursday 10th Oct - 12th Dec 2013 Spring Term •Thursday 16th Jan - 20th March 2014 Summer Term •Thursday 1st May - 3rd July 2014 Class size Maximum 12 students Course code LCADG Duration: 10 Thursday evenings, 6-9pm Fees: £209