Adobe Muse Class Length: 1 day
This one-day Adobe Muse training course teaches Muse, a web design tool from Adobe that uses web standards including HTML5 and CSS3 to deliver high-quality websites created in an easy-to-use visual web page editor. Adobe Muse is available as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud set of tools, and American Graphics Institute has been delivering Muse courses since the product was available. All Muse classes are delivered using the most current version of the Muse CC app.
In this class you learn how to use Adobe Muse to create websites that adapt from desktop and notebook browsers to mobile devices and tablets. This class covers website planning, creating new sites, importing graphics and text, and publishing your completed sites. You'll also learn about using Adobe Muse for generating sitemaps and other important structural elements for websites in this Adobe Muse training class.
Adobe Muse Training Class: Full Course Outline
Organizing and Planning to build your website in Adobe Muse
- Thinking like a web designer
- Print vs web design
- understanding web graphics
- Understanding web typography
- The limits of Muse
Getting Started with Muse
- Introduction to the Muse workspace
- Using the different view modes
- Understanding the tools
- Using the Selection Indicator
Creating a new site using Muse
- Exploring new site options
- Creating a sitemap
- Site properties
Working with Master Pages
- Overview of Master Pages
- Setting up a Master page
- Learning about page properties
- Secondary Master pages
- Create headers and footers
- Adding a favicon
Working with Text in Adobe Muse
- Placing text on a page
- Formatting text
- Web-safe and non-web safe fonts
- Using Edge Web Fonts
- Creating paragraph styles
- Creating character styles
- Wrapping and object around text
Working with Images using Muse
- Placing Images in Muse
- Understanding image size and resolution
- Resizing and cropping images
- Optimizing graphics in Muse
- Understanding the Assets panel
- Adding background images
- Creating repeating backgrounds
Creating Links in your Muse website
- Inserting hyperlinks
- Adding email links
- Formatting links
- Using link anchors
Creating Menus and Navigation with Muse
- Creating a basic menu
- Inserting a button
- Using the states panel
- Modifying menus
Formatting Objects
- Transforming objects
- Working with groups
- Aligning and Distributing
- Applying rounded corners
- Using effects
- Creating graphic styles
Working with Layers in Muse
- Introduction to the Layers Panel
- Understanding stacking order
- Locking and hiding objects
Use widgets to add interactivity to your site
- Introduction to widgets
- Tab and Accordion widget
- Button widgets
- Working with the States panel
- Creating a thumbnail slideshow
- Creating a lightbox slideshow
Importing graphics from CC apps
- Importing from Photoshop
- Importing from Illustrator
- Importing graphics from InDesign
Adding Interactive Content
- Adding video files
- Adding audio files
- Adding content from Edge
- Adding content from Flash
Integrate with Social Media
- Inserting videos from YouTube, Hulu or Flickr
- Adding a Facebook Like button
- Working with Twitter
Creating forms using Muse
- Creating a simple form
- Understanding text form fields
- Creating a contact form
Publish your site with Adobe Muse
- Exporting your site to HTML
- Publishing via FTP
- Updating your site
Adobe Muse Training Class Prerequisites
No previous HTML or web design experience is required. You should be familiar with how to operate your computer, save files, and perform basic tasks.
Adobe Muse Training Class Course Materials
You will receive a comprehensive course manual for this Muse class developed by the Adobe Certified Instructors at AGI. AGI instructors have created many of the official training guides and books for Adobe Systems.
