Greg
Heald
Training Manager,
American Graphics Institute
Greg Heald has more than 20 years of practical design and
production experience in both Web and Print environments.
He has served as a contributing author or editor on a number
of books, including the recently-published Illustrator CC Digital
Classroom, Real World Adobe Acrobat, and several in the
Classroom in a Book series for Adobe Press. Greg is an Adobe
a decade of experience as a professional software instructor,
he has provided in-depth training for such prominent clients
as Verizon, L.L. Bean, and Reebok. Greg holds a degree in
Advertising Design from the acclaimed College of Visual and
Performing Arts at Syracuse University.
Learn from the authors of the
best-selling Digital Classroom book series!
For more information, visit us at AGItraining.com
OPENING SESSION
7. InDesign Essential Techniques
Greg Heald - Thursday, Feb.
that highlights the best methods for completing essentials tasks
in InDesign. In this session you discover how to take advantage of
documents, how to use master pages, work with type and graphics,
as well as share your documents with others.
8. Design Thinking Techniques
Jennifer Smith - Thursday, Feb
How do you get your arms around innovative, successful designs,
out how successful creative professionals come up with great ideas
for products, branding, logos, websites and more. In this designthinking
session you spend time using your mind, and pencil and
paper, to iterate and master ideas before you start to work. Creative
techniques for several different examples will be implemented in
the workshop.
11. Introduction to WordPress
Greg Heald - Thursday, Feb. 22 |
This session starts at the foundation level, teaching you how to setup
a site, and add content, such as text and images. Attendees also
learn about WordPress theme basics, and see how they can modify
the standard theme, or appearance. This WordPress session is useful
for those with no previous WordPress training who may already be
working in WordPress as well as those just starting with WordPress.
12. Photoshop CC: Essential Techniques
Jennifer Smith - Thursday, Feb. 22 |
No matter how long you have used Photoshop you will get
something useful from this session. Discover essentials tips & tricks
that you wish you had discovered years ago. Topics include basics
into selections and masking. Included are tips & tricks to help you
perform many other tasks easily. This session is jam-packed with
This session can serve as the foundation for users who want to attend
more advanced Photoshop sessions
16. Coding Essentials: Fundamentals Of Website Coding
Greg Heald - Thursday, Feb. 22 |
This session is for those who are new to, or have limited exposure
to code for the web. This is your opportunity to get an introduction
to languages of the web. In this class you will discover how to create
simple code as well as understand principles behind the code which
are practical for creating or managing websites and HTML e-mail.
17. Effective UX Design Tools: Concept To Visual Design
Jennifer Smith - Thursday, Feb. 22 |
Discover how to use the tools in InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator
to build website wireframes and more. Find out how UX pros
use these tools in order to wireframe a website and demonstrate
InDesign, Illustrator, and even Photoshop that represent separate
screens and allow for a clickable prototype of your website design.
3. Adobe Creative Cloud:
New Features & Productivity Enhancers
Jennifer Smith & Greg Heald Thursday, Feb. 22 | 9:00–10:15
Discover what’s new in the powerful Adobe CC. With
connected Creative Cloud services, you have all the tools
you need to create amazing work. Find ways to improve
collaborate more easily with teams and clients, and how the
combinations of tools in the cloud can help you work more
features in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.