Course Overview

Are you ready to learn all about graphic design? Learn best practices and techniques from experts with real-world experience, then you are at the right place. This course covers CorelDraw, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Fireworks.

When you think of graphic design, think of artistic advertisements, Eye-grabbing graphics on websites, stunningly arranged spreads in magazines. In this course you will acquire the professional skills required to design posters, business cards, book covers, product labels, logos, website layouts, mobile apps, software interfaces—the list goes on.

Target Audience

This course is designed for learners who are creative. Creativity is one of, if not, the most important skill for graphic designers.

Course Modules

User Experience ( UX )

  • CorelDraw
  • Photoshop
  • Indesign
  • Illustrator
  • Project

3D Modelling & Animation

  • Animate
  • 3D Modelling Analysis
  • After Effect
  • Maya & Cinema 4D

UX - Adobe Photoshop CC 2019

Overview:

UX - Adobe Photoshop CC 2019

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Overview:

Adobe® Photoshop® CC (2019): Part 1 focuses on some of the basic features of Photoshop so that the student can navigate the environment and use Photoshop tools to work with photographic images. In addition, the orientation to Adobe® Bridge and organization of files in Bridge is covered. Although Photoshop is used by a variety of professionals, from photographers to designers to video-graphers, Photoshop Part 1 will focus mainly on the photography component. The illustration and animation techniques are covered in subsequent levels of Photoshop.

Course Content

  • Lesson 1: Getting Started with Photoshop
  • Topic A: Organize Photoshop Assets by Using Adobe Bridge
  • Topic B: Organize the Photoshop Workspace
  • Topic C: Customize the Photoshop Workspace
  • Lesson 2: Creating Basic Images
  • Topic A: Manage Image Elements and Formats
  • Topic B: Apply Design Principles, Elements, and Graphic Composition
  • Topic C: Work with Digital Devices
  • Lesson 3: Managing Selections and Layers
  • Topic A: Use Selection Tools
  • Topic B: Manage Layers
  • Lesson 4: Adjusting Images
  • Topic A: Modify Images
  • Topic B: Repair Images
  • Topic C: Implement Color Management
  • Lesson 5: Refining Images
  • Topic A: Adjust Layers
  • Topic B: Apply Camera Raw
  • Topic C: Refine Images by Using Advanced Tools
  • Lesson 6: Managing Files in a Production Workflow
  • Topic A: Import, Export, and Organize Files
  • Topic B: Save Images for the Web
  • Topic C: Save Images for Print
  • Topic D: Format Images for Other Programs

UX - Adobe Indesign CC 2023

Overview:

Giving your documents a well-designed, professional look will put you a step ahead in the marketplace cluttered with all kinds of communications. Paragraph and character styles that allow you to format pages of text uniformly, layout features that help you to build alternate size configurations of your document, and various panels that enable you to easily customize both text and graphics; Adobe® InDesign® CC (2019) has all the tools you need to elevate the look of your document and get it out to the people who need to see it, whether it be in print or on the web.

Course Content

  • Lesson 1: Getting Started with InDesign
  • Topic A: Identify Components of the InDesign Interface
  • Topic B: Customize the InDesign Interface
  • Topic C: Apply the Navigation Controls and Set Preferences
  • Lesson 2: Designing a Document
  • Topic A: Establish Project Requirements
  • Topic B: Apply Design Principles
  • Topic C: Create a New Document
  • Topic D: Add Text to a Document
  • Topic E: Add Graphics to a Document
  • Lesson 3: Customizing a Document
  • Topic A: Format Characters and Paragraphs
  • Topic B: Apply Colors, Swatches, and Gradients
  • Topic C: Create and Apply Styles
  • Lesson 4: Working with Page Elements
  • Topic A: Arrange and Align Objects
  • Topic B: Apply Layers
  • Topic C: Transform and Manipulate Objects
  • Topic D: Thread Text Frames
  • Topic E: Edit Text
  • Lesson 5: Building Tables
  • Topic A: Create and Modify a New Table
  • Topic B: Format a Table
  • Lesson 6: Preparing a Document for Delivery
  • Topic A: Resolve Errors in a Document
  • Topic B: Export Files for Printing and for the Web

UX- Adobe Illustrator CC 2023

Course Overview

This course focuses on Adobe® Illustrator® CC (2019), the component within CC used to create “drawn” graphics, while enabling its users to integrate content from other domains (such as photo-oriented graphics and animation, which belong to Adobe® Photoshop® and other applications).

Course Content

  • Lesson 1: Introducing Illustrator CC
  • Topic A: Apply Design Principles, Elements, and Graphics Composition
  • Topic B: Evaluate Graphics Scalability
  • Topic C: Navigate the User Interface
  • Topic D: Customize the User Interface
  • Lesson 2: Creating Documents Containing Basic Shapes
  • Topic A: Create Documents
  • Topic B: Save Documents
  • Topic C: Draw Basic Shapes
  • Lesson 3: Creating Documents Containing Customized Paths
  • Topic A: Draw Paths
  • Topic B: Modify Paths
  • Lesson 4: Creating Graphics Containing Customized Text
  • Topic A: Insert Text
  • Topic B: Apply Flow Text Along a Path
  • Topic C: Insert Bounded and Threaded Text
  • Topic D: Apply Text Styles
  • Topic E: Insert Typographical Characters
  • Lesson 5: Customizing Objects
  • Topic A: Import, Place, and Link Graphics
  • Topic B: Alter the Appearance of Objects
  • Lesson 6: Customizing Basic Shapes
  • Topic A: Apply Strokes and Brushes
  • Topic B: Fill Shapes
  • Topic C: Apply Graphics Styles
  • Topic D: Distort Text with Text Envelopes
  • Lesson 7: Preparing Documents for Deployment
  • Topic A: Update Text
  • Topic B: Wrap Text
  • Topic C: Hyphenate Text
  • Topic D: Optimize Content for Print
  • Topic E: Optimize Content for the Web
  • Topic F: Optimize Content for PDF Documents

UX- CorelDraw

Course Overview

This covers the basic features and functions of CorelDRAW. Students will learn:

  • How to create publications, such as logos and brochures, for use on the Web or in print.
  • Specific skills include creating and transforming objects, adding text and color to drawings, and creating and modifying symbols and layers in drawings.

The target student for this class should be comfortable using computers and have some experience drawing basic shapes in other software applications.

3d Modelling - PremierPro

This course focuses on Adobe® Illustrator® CC (2019), the component within CC used to create “drawn” graphics, while enabling its users to integrate content from other domains (such as photo-oriented graphics and animation, which belong to Adobe® Photoshop® and other applications).

Course Content

  • Lesson 1: Introducing Illustrator CC
  • Topic A: Apply Design Principles, Elements, and Graphics Composition
  • Topic B: Evaluate Graphics Scalability
  • Topic C: Navigate the User Interface
  • Topic D: Customize the User Interface
  • Lesson 2: Creating Documents Containing Basic Shapes
  • Topic A: Create Documents
  • Topic B: Save Documents
  • Topic C: Draw Basic Shapes
  • Lesson 3: Creating Documents Containing Customized Paths
  • Topic A: Draw Paths
  • Topic B: Modify Paths
  • Lesson 4: Creating Graphics Containing Customized Text
  • Topic A: Insert Text
  • Topic B: Apply Flow Text Along a Path
  • Topic C: Insert Bounded and Threaded Text
  • Topic D: Apply Text Styles
  • Topic E: Insert Typographical Characters
  • Lesson 5: Customizing Objects
  • Topic A: Import, Place, and Link Graphics
  • Topic B: Alter the Appearance of Objects
  • Lesson 6: Customizing Basic Shapes
  • Topic A: Apply Strokes and Brushes
  • Topic B: Fill Shapes
  • Topic C: Apply Graphics Styles
  • Topic D: Distort Text with Text Envelopes
  • Lesson 7: Preparing Documents for Deployment
  • Topic A: Update Text
  • Topic B: Wrap Text
  • Topic C: Hyphenate Text
  • Topic D: Optimize Content for Print
  • Topic E: Optimize Content for the Web
  • Topic F: Optimize Content for PDF Documents

3d Modelling - After Effect

This course focuses on Adobe® Illustrator® CC (2019), the component within CC used to create “drawn” graphics, while enabling its users to integrate content from other domains (such as photo-oriented graphics and animation, which belong to Adobe® Photoshop® and other applications).