Creative Progression: Training

Adobe Software Training & Consulting

Creative Progression offers a variety of training programs and options, with an emphasis on the Adobe® Creative Suite.® We offer training for all experience levels, from beginners to experienced designers and prepress professionals. Begin planning your training event today by completing our Pre-Training Questionnaire.

Customized On-Site and Online Training

Customized Training Rates

Standard rate: $80/hour for 1-on-1, $10/hour per each additional person.

Special non-profit & freelance rate: $60/hour

Additional discounts may be available for hobbyists and home users.

Modest travel fees will be assessed for locations outside the Salem area for all on-site consultations.

Our customized training focuses onreal-world results. During training, we often adapt curriculum to work with your own files and projects, teaching you the software as we work toward a finished product. In this way, the training is much more relevant, and you are left not only with better knowledge, but a functional design for your project as well.

Customized training is delivered in one of two methods. We prefer that at least the initial training session be conducted on-site, as this is typically the most conducive to learning. However, for remote locations and follow-up sessions, we offer a fully interactive online training room, in which participants can communicate via telephone while sharing their computer screens across the Internet.

Sample Topics

Adobe InDesign^®

Converting from Quark® & Adobe PageMaker®
Template creation
Advanced text & object styling
Long & complex documents
Advanced preflight and prepress procedures

Adobe Photoshop^®

Image layers & compositing
Effects & non-destructive filters
Image color correction
Masking and vector clipping paths
Color theory & Image formats
Tips for preparing images for print production

Adobe Acrobat^®

PDF settings & customization
E-books & security
Fillable forms
Interactive PDFs & presentations (hyperlinks, bookmarks, page transitions, embedding video & audio)
Advanced editing in PDFs
Using PDF review workflows
Preflight & prepress tools

Adobe Bridge^® and
Cross-Product Workflows

What's new in CS3
New Interface Overview
Using Adobe Bridge®
Transferring content from one application to another
Upgrading and Installation
Resolving application issues
Troubleshooting system conflicts

Classroom Training

Creative Progression is collaborating with the Chemeketa Center for Business and Industry (CCBI), in Salem, to offer public Abobe software classes. Presently, Paul Erdman is teaching two-full-day InDesign CS3, PhotoShop CS3, Acrobat 8 Pro, and Illustrator CS3 classes, as wells as a one-day CS3 Overview course. View the current schedule of CCBI courses and rates. Call CCBI at 503.399.5181 for more information and to register.

While generalized classroom training can be very beneficial, customized on-site training is designed to perfectly meet your needs. Please contact us if you are in need of training and we can discuss whether the general classes or customized training options are right for you!

Sample Client List

The Oregonian
The Statesman Journal
The News Review
The State of Oregon
The City of Portland
The City of Wilsonville
Chemeketa Community College

NW Natural Gas
Industrial Training International
Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
Rolling Hills Community Church
Pendleton Woolen Mills
Beaverton School District
Springfield School District
Clackamas ESD