Design Classes in Chicago, IL

Squarespace is an amazing tool for entrepreneurs, bloggers, photographers, restaurants, and small business owners looking to build a beautifully designed website quickly and easily.  In this workshop, you’ll learn how to choose a template, customize the look and feel of your website, lay out content, and leave with the beginnings of your very...

In this class, we cover working with text styles, working in the story editor, handling page elements and graphics, anchoring graphics in text, working with libraries, working with object styles, creating colors, developing Bezier paths, working with layers, working with tables, creating a photo mask, managing long documents, and importing and exporting...

In this class, we will cover using conditional text, using data merge, working with the content collector tools, working with links, using advanced pen tool tricks, enhancing graphics with special effects, creating clipping paths, managing and creating colors and gradients, setting automatic page numbering and sections, working with advanced text techniques,...

InDesign is a powerful page layout publishing application. In this class, we cover adding/removing document pages and master pages, adding columns and guides, formatting text, placing text from a word-processor, adding photos and graphics, creating a newsletter, and preparing your document for output to an offset printer all while learning multiple...

This 1-day beginner class is designed to get you up and running quickly in Adobe Illustrator. You will create icon shapes, learn to use the pen tool and other manipulation tools, incorporate type into your artwork, create an event poster, and prepare your images for the Web and social media. This course is ideal for designers, marketers and anyone...

This 1-day beginner class is designed to get you up and running quickly in InDesign. You will learn to layout pages with text and graphics. In no time at all you will be able to control typography, add photos, create/use colors, and more! Live face-to-face instructor. No minimum class size - all classes guaranteed to run! No prior experience of InDesign...

Students will complete 7 different projects including a corporate identity package (logo and letterhead), a cereal box, realty development map, a full color brochure, and more. The trainer will show you step-by-step how Professional Illustrators use Adobe Illustrator on a range of different design jobs. This approach not only teaches you proper workflow...

This comprehensive Photoshop course enables students to create professional, complex graphics and edit images. Learn to manipulate photos and graphics for both print and web. Whether you’re new to Photoshop or been using it for years, you will have solid skills and be able to create, edit, and manipulate images with ease in our Adobe Photoshop class....

Current Adobe Illustrator users will learn to create complex images for websites, print and social media. Create powerful imagery using the Gradient Mesh tool, special effects and 3D. Dive deep into Illustrator and create sophisticated logos, ads, flyers or any other flexible vector objects. Prerequisite: Adobe Illustrator Level 1 or solid knowledge...

InDesign CC Level 2: Advanced Class is for those who want to take their InDesign skills to the next level. In addition to learning advanced InDesign topics, we will cover new features of InDesign CC and previous versions. Prerequisite: InDesign Part 1 class or SOLID, daily working knowledge of InDesign.This class builds on concepts taught in the part...

Adobe Captivate Essentials teaches the core Adobe Captivate skills needed to create interactive eLearning and mLearning content. By following step-by-step instructions, you will learn how to create a soft-skills lesson from scratch. You’ll learn to record and produce software demonstrations, and interactive training simulations. By the time you...

Photoshop Level 2: Advanced and New Features is for those who want to take their Photoshop skills to the next level. Professional retouching techniques, nondestructive filtering and more will be covered. In addition, we will cover the advanced features of Photoshop. Class Prerequisite: Adobe Photoshop Level 1 or equivalent experience. New Features...

This 3-day course teaches students step-by-step the key techniques for working with InDesign CC (2019 Release). The 15 project-based step-by-step lessons show users the key techniques for working in InDesign. Designers will build a solid foundation of typographic, page layout, and document-construction skills that will enable them to produce a broad...

As technology changes and more media outlets compete for customers’ time, providing an enjoyable experience is critical to both attracting and keeping users. This class aims to demystify UX by giving a practical and simple introduction to what UX is while also explaining some of its core concepts of usability. This is a field that affects all areas...

This is a 10-week part-time or 1-week accelerated course. In this course, students learn to build wireframes, implement best practices for common design patterns and analyze business goals from a user perspective. Skills & Tools: Use industry standard tools such as Sketch and Invision to prototype and wireframe design solutions. Production Standard...