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Adobe Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) Course (Create and distribute interactive publications for iOS, Android and Kindle)
Summary
Course Aim:
In this course you will learn how to use Adobe® Digital Publishing Suite to build apps to deliver innovative reading experiences, dynamic content, and high-impact advertising on leading tablet devices that get consumers more deeply engaged with your content and your brand.
Adobe® Digital Publishing Suite is a complete solution that lets individual designers, traditional media publishers, ad agencies, and major media and brand organizations create, distribute, monetise, and optimise cutting-edge interactive content and publications for tablet devices. Efficiently bring your tablet content to market. Smooth integration with Adobe Creative Suite® software and tight control over the complete application creation and publishing process empower you or your design and production staff to deliver engaging tablet documents that meet even the most intensive deadlines.
Course Prerequisites:
The prerequisites for this course is that you have completed the InDesign Level 3 course or have equivalent knowledge.
Course Duration:
Two days 9:00am – 4:30pm
Classroom courses include:
- Adobe Certified instructors (with min 10 yrs experience)
- Adobe Authorised Training material
- Certificates
- eLearning DVD Package (FREE at course registration where available, see our SPECIALS)
- After course support, unlimited HELP DESK (via email, to reinforce the learning), helpdesk@alphacc.com.au
- Training guarantee
- FREE repeat of public course within 6 months (where required, and on same version), see terms & conditions
Content
Course Content
During this course you will learn about:
Introduction Adobe Digital Publishing Suite
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- The Future of Publishing
- Overview of the Digital Publishing Workflow
- Using Adobe IDs for Digital Publishing
- Digital Publishing Suite Pricing Options
- Bringing the Future to the present
- Prerequisites and Sytsm requirements
- Installing Digital Publishing Tools
- Installing and Updating the Folio Producer Tools
- Digital Publishing Suite Resources
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 1 Document Design
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- Consider Digital "Page" Orientation
- Create Smooth Scrolling Articles
- Swipe Articles Horizontally
- Create Snap to page Articles
- Enable Pinch and Zoom for Articles
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 2 Creating Documents
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- Follow Guidelines for Creating Documents
- Guidelines for creating documents
- Create Documents with Horizontal, Vertical, and Dual Orientation
- Create Documents for Multiple Devices
- Renditions
- Design tips for Multiple Renditions
- Folder structure for importing Articles
- Create folder structure for importing multiple articles
- Structing Folders for Imported Articles
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 3 Interactivity
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- Explore Methods to Create Overlays
- Identify Supported and Unsupported Interactivity Features
- Supported Interactivivy Features
- Interactivity features not supported
- Best Practices for Creating Overlays
- Overlay Creator Panel Basics
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 4 Buttons and Hyperlink Overlays
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- Create Links Using the Buttons Panel
- Create Links Using the Hyperlinks Panel
- Create Links to other Articles
- Button hyperlinks to web pages
- Email hyperlinks
- Article hyperlinks
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 5 Slideshow Overlays
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- Create a Multi-State Object
- Specify Slideshow Overlay Settings
- Overlay Creator slides how options
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 6 Image Sequence Overlays
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- Create an Image Sequence Overlay
- Specify Image Sequence Settings
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 7 Audio and Video Overlays
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- Audio Overlays
- Video Overlays
- Place an Audio File into an Article
- Add a Progressive Playback Skin
- Specify Audio Overlay Settings
- Video Overlay Specifications
- Specify Video Overlay Settings
- Placing a Video File into an Article and Specifying a Poster Frame
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 8 Panorama Overlay
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- Place a Panorama File
- Specify Panorama Overlay Settings
- Panorama settings available in the Overlay Creator panel
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 9 Pan and Zoom Overlays
- Topic Objectives
- Place a Large Dimension File into a Document
- Specify Pan and Zoom Settings
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 10 Scrollable Frame Overlays
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- Scrollable Frame for Images Using the "Pan Only" method
- Scrollable Frame for Text Using the "Pan Only" method
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 11 Web Content Overlays
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- Adding web content to an article page
- Article page
- Insert Web Content onto an Article
- Insert a "Twitter" Feed onto an Article
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 12 Creating Folios
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- Explore the Folio Builder Panel
- Filter Displayed folios
- Sort folios
- Sign in to Folio Builder Panel
- Create a Folio and Change Folio Properties
- Share and Delete Folios
- A Sample Script
- Additional Scripting Resources
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 13 Creating Articles and Layouts
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- Create an Article from an Open Document
- Add a Layout to an Article
- Structuring folders for imported articles
- Create folder structure for importing multiple articles
- Import a folder of InDesign documents
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 14 Managing Articles - Folio Panel
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- Add and Change Article Properties
- Edit and Update an Article
- Copy an Article to another Folio
- Rename and Delete an Article
- Change the Order of Articles
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 15 Managing Articles - DPS Dashboard Folio Producer
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- Digital Publishing Suite "Single Edition" Features
- Publishing overview and Objectives
- Types of Custom Viewers Apps
- Single-folio Viewer App
- Using the Folio Producer
- Folio Producer: Editor
- Articles between folios
- Changing the Order of Content by Dragging
- Sharing Articles between Folios
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 16 Preview Folios and Articles
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- Access the Adobe Content Viewer
- Create offline Folios
- Using the iPad, Android, or Playbook Adobe Content Viewer apps
- Navigate Using the Adobe Content Viewer
- Use the Palyback Viewer to Preview Content
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 17 "Single Edition" folio
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- What you will need to create your "Single Edition" folio
- Steps needed to create a Single Edition viewer app
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 18 Create a Multi-Issue App No Entitlement or Subscription
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- Create a Multi-Issue Custom Viewer App
- Download and test the Viewer App
- Submit and manage the Viewer App
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 19 Create a Multi-Issue with Entitlement and Subscription
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- Sign into the DPS Dashboard with your Adobe ID
- View Details panel
- Entitlement Details panel (Enterprise only)
- Subscription Details panel
- Icons and Splash screen panels
- Apple Newsstand panel
- Navigation Toolbar panel
- Provisioning Panel
- Build Details panel
- Creating an Enterprise signed iPad Viewer App
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Topic 20 Creating a Custom Viewer App for Devices
- Topic Overview and Objectives
- Checklist for Custom viewer Apps for Android devices
- Creating a for Custom viewer App for Android devices
- Entitlement details (Enterprise Only)
- Subscription details
- Icon and Splash Screens panel
- Navigation toolbar (Enterprise Only)
- Provisioning panel
- Download and test the Android Viewer App
- Submit and manage Viewer App
- Topic Summary
- Topic Review
Appendix: Index
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