Adobe Color Essential Training

Course details

Whether you're working on a web project for a customer or an artistic side project, color plays a powerful role in shaping your designs. Adobe Color allows you to explore color in a whole new way, using new tools, an active online community, and even the camera on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device. In this course, learn how to build color themes using Adobe Color and apply them in your design projects. Instructor Bart Van de Wiele shows how to create themes using the online color wheel, edit themes, draw inspiration from the Adobe Color community, and use your themes in Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop. He also shows how to turn photos into color themes with the Adobe Capture mobile app.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - A colorful journey
02 - What is Adobe Color
03 - Is Adobe Color free
04 - Exploring the website interface

1. Creating Color Themes

05 - Creating a basic theme
06 - Setting a base color and using basic color harmonies
07 - Using advanced color harmonies
08 - Adding tags and publishing to Adobe Color
09 - Editing your theme
10 - Creating accessible colors
11 - Creating an image-based theme

2. Saving and Exploring Themes

12 - Understanding the ASE file format
13 - Using Creative Cloud Libraries
14 - Following existing color libraries
15 - Copying values for web projects
16 - Exploring the community
17 - Getting inspired by trends

3. Creating Color Gradients

18 - Creating a color gradient theme
19 - Knowing the current gradient limitations
20 - Using Adobe Color gradients in Photoshop and Illustrator
21 - Using Adobe Color gradients in InDesign

4. Matching Pantone Colors

22 - Converting a color theme to a Pantone library
23 - Tips when using Pantone in InDesign and Illustrator

5. Using Adobe Capture

24 - Introduction to Adobe Capture
25 - Using a phone camera to create a color theme
26 - Creating an image-based theme and gradient

6. Applying Color Themes in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign

27 - Introducing the Color Themes panel
28 - Applying colors in InDesign
29 - Using the InDesign Color Theme tool
30 - Applying colors in Illustrator
31 - Using the Illustrator Color Guide tool for Pantone conversion
32 - Recoloring artwork using color groups in Illustrator
33 - Applying colors in Photoshop
34 - Using Adobe Capture in Photoshop

Conclusion

35 - Keep in touch