What is Adobe Bootcamp?
The Adobe Bootcamp is a virtual, two week training program designed to give students the opportunity to learn the full Adobe Creative Cloud and get certified at the same time. Pick and choose the courses you are interested in; with courses ranging from introductory to advanced, the courses are tailored to fit whatever skill level you are.
All sessions will be delivered virtually via the Zoom platform to facilitate a quality learning experience when interacting with our certified instructors.
Your Space, Your Pace
Adobe Bootcamp takes advantage of the virtual setting, allowing you to take our courses via the Zoom platform, from anywhere! We also offer a variety of courses at a variety of times over the course of the 2 week Adobe Bootcamp.
Certification Exams for the Adobe Creative Cloud will also be available to you after the Bootcamp. Register now for your exam and schedule it on your own time with our Certification experts.
Why Attend
Quality Virtual Training From Your Home
Learn from anywhere! Registration to Adobe Bootcamp grants you access to live virtual training delivered via Zoom. Recordings are also available upon request for each course you register for.
Save Time
The Adobe Bootcamp is the perfect time to learn any of the Adobe Creative Cloud programs! Courses range from beginner to intermediate to advanced, all available back-to-back over the course of the two week event. Take advantage of the certification exams during Adobe Bootcamp as well to gain a certification at the same time.
Learn from the Experts
Each of our instructors are Adobe Certified, with special expertise in their respective programs; they are industry experts with extensive knowledge of the entire Adobe Creative Cloud.
Meet Our Instructors
Karl Hill
Karl is an experienced Adobe Certified Trainer, technical writer, publisher, and consultant with Adobe Systems. He is an author and developer for Adobe After Effects, Premiere, and Illustrator ACE exams. Throughout his extensive career, he has provided training for a variety of clients including corporate, small business and individuals. Karl is certified to teach a long list of Adobe applications, including: Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, Captivate, After Effects, Audition, Premiere Pro, and more.
Karl was also an Apple Consultant Network expert for 3 Years, specializing in Apple Final Cut Pro non-linear video editing, and he is a professional musician featured on recordings and live radio and TV performances with Ginger Baker.
Sean Gallagher
Sean Gallagher is an Adobe Certified Instructor with over 20 years experience developing enterprise-scale applications with ColdFusion for both the public and private sector. As ColdFusion Developer, he can speak to all aspects of web development: business logic, back-end architecture, unit testing, monitoring, optimization, implementation with RDBMS and others application server and/or gateway (i.e. AJAX, RESTful WebServices).
David Creamer
Sean Gallagher is an Adobe Certified Instructor with over 20 years experience developing enterprise-scale applications David Creamer of IDEAS Training is an Adobe Certified Instructor and Adobe Certified Expert since 1995. Starting with a background in traditional publishing since 1980, Creamer branched into web design and video production as markets have changed. He is an award-winning art/production director of multiple publications and has designed/produced hundreds of other various products for print, web, and video. Creamer teaches virtually the entire Adobe Creative Cloud software, the Adobe Technical Communication Suite software, the Microsoft Office, TechSmith Camtasia, and Articulate Storyline.
Jeff Schafer
Jeff Shaffer is an Adobe Certified Instructor, with extensive experience teaching Photoshop, Lightroom, and After Effects, both online and onsite. His advertising photography and video production has garnered numerous awards from art director’s clubs and other publication design groups. Based in Philadelphia, he has worked on national ad campaigns and annual reports for such prominent clients as Pfizer, Neiman Marcus, Ralph Lauren, Tanqueray, and Heineken. Jeff’s fine-art photography draws its inspiration from futuristic cinema and graphic novels, relying heavily on post-production manipulation in the style of computer graphics. He refined those skills while earning his Master of Professional Studies in Digital Photography degree from New York’s prestigious School of Visual Arts, and then as an adjunct instructor in that same program.
Mike Witherell
Mike Witherell has been a moderator on the InDesign User Forum, an Adobe Community Professional, a DC Area InDesign User Group founding member, and a featured speaker at public events continuously for over a decade. Mike is a Certified Technical Trainer and Adobe Certified Master Expert (ACE) in InDesign, InCopy, Acrobat, Photoshop, and Illustrator. His publishing and training experience spans over 20 years.
Stay Tuned
Become an Adobe Certified Professional
Put the Proof in Your Portfolio!
An Adobe Certification is an industry-recognized credential that validates one’s expertise in multiple Adobe Creative Cloud programs. Those who possess an Adobe Certified Professional badge can confidently prove that they have the skills and knowledge to meet the demands of today’s multi-faceted content creation.
In addition to the courses on offer at the Adobe Bootcamp, Future Media Concepts also offers Adobe Certification Exams. FMC has a consistent, accessible exam schedule for our certification exam including the week following Adobe Bootcamp!
Ready to become a certified professional? Showcase your expertise by completing the Adobe Professional Exam for only $149. You may purchase exam vouchers for any of the following:
FAQs
Adobe Bootcamp training classes will be delivered via the Zoom platform to facilitate an interactive, educational experience directly in your Zoom Client or App.
You will be able to view your instructor and their screen will be shared with you so that you can see their workflow in real time. Every class will include a live Q&A session. A chat box will be available on your screen so you can interact with your instructor.
Adobe Bootcamp includes streaming access to the recordings of the classes you attend for 90 days after the event.
Our Adobe classes range from one to three days in length. Class begins at 10am and concludes at 5pm ET, with two breaks and a lunch hour in between.
All you’ll need is a reliable internet connection capable of supporting the Zoom Client, the Zoom Client itself and an install of the software you are training on. Any supplemental exercise media will be sent to you a week in advance of your course date.
If you do not already own or have access to Adobe software for your course, Adobe provides free trial versions and affordable monthly subscription rates for it’s Creative Cloud Software. See www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html for more information.
Adobe Bootcamp uses the Zoom Meeting Client or App. The URL and Meeting ID will be provided to join the class a week before the start date. You will first enter a waiting room and be accepted into the class.
Check your internet connection. Once you establish that the connection is good use the Zoom Meeting Client or App, URL and Meeting ID to re-enter the class.
All Instructions, URLs and Meeting IDs will be emailed to you a week before your Adobe Bootcamp course starts.
Yes! One of the best features of Adobe Bootcamp is having the flexibility to attend the classes live, PLUS having streaming access to the class recording to review anything you missed! Class recordings are available for up to 90 days after the event.
Each instructor will have their own way of answering questions throughout the class. They might answer your questions as they come in via the chat box, or reserve time at the end of each topic so as to not disrupt the flow of the session.