DIGITAL DESIGN TOOLS provides nationwide TRAINING and CONSULTING services to the graphic design, printing and publishing industries.

TRAINING

The best kind of training is to learn only what you need to know! That is why we develop targeted training on a customized basis to fit your needs, skills, and knowledge gaps. We can offer half-day & full-day hands-on classes, special topic seminars and comprehensive courses for these areas:

  • Systems:
  • Macintosh OSX basics
  • Automation with OSX
  • XML Automation
  • Color Management

  • Applications:
  • Adobe Illustrator CS2
  • Adobe Photoshop CS2
  • Adobe InDesign CS2
  • Adobe Acrobat 7
  • QuarkXPress 6.5
  • FileMaker Pro
  • Apple iPod & iTunes
  • Apple iLife and iWork

  • Integration:
  • Adobe Creative Suite integration
  • Microsoft Office integration
  • Migration:
  • QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign
  • PC to Mac OSX
  • Mac OS9 to Mac OSX

  • Production:
  • Transparency with CS2
  • Font Management & OpenType
  • Prepress and Print Production

  • Workflow:
  • InDesign / InCopy editorial workflow
  • Acrobat PDF prepress workflow

Classes are offered at The Digital Design Tools Training Center, located in The Pod Shop at 6035 Odana Road in Madison WI, or we can bring training onsite to your location with our mobile classroom.

Project-based quotes, per-student pricing, and group discounts are available. Contact us to create your own individualized training program.

CONSULTING

You are probably working too hard! Let us take a look at your current workflow and suggest improvements in processes and tools to streamline your system. We have amazing success stories, and have helped our clients cut production cycles by more than half! We offer solutions for faster and easier page building, and can help increase productivity and efficiency to get your projects to press on time.

We specialize in catalogs, especially the challenges of efficiently managing pages, images, content and multiple versions. Using the latest in XML data-driven strategies, CMS, and scripting solutions, we can save you incredible amounts of time, money and effort. Contact us to learn how to work easier.