Course Information
- 7 Dec 2024 (Sat) - 22 Feb 2025 (Sat) 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Course Overview
The course is designed for candidates they are engaging in the design or design related fields or have interests on desktop design. The three main software applications ( Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign) covering the three basic design elements – drawing, layout and image editing are taught during the course.
Various practical and real world examples will be used throughout the class, so that candidates can get a better understanding of the actual workflow in the design field.
Who should attend
Candidates want to create posters, marketing material, proposals, brochures, newsletters, teaching material, illustrations, books, editing photos and presentation material should take the course.
What You’ll Learn
Photoshop Module
- Using the drawing aids
- File formats discussion
- Working with selections
- Working with Colours
- Transforming images
- Retouching and repairing images
- Colourizing images with Fill command
- Adding text and text effects
- Layer Basics
- Working with layers
- Setting opacity
- Managing layers
- Layer effects and styles
- Correcting mistakes
- Channels
- Saving selections and using masks
Illustrator Module
- Work area basics
- Viewing and managing artwork
- Rulers, grids, and guides
- Drawing basics
- Drawing lines and shapes
- Drawing with the Pen tool
- Editing paths
- Logo Drawing / Tracing
- About colour
- Creating and using swatches
- Fills and strokes
- Transparency effect
- Gradients and colour blends
- Selecting objects
- Grouping and expanding objects
- Moving, aligning, and distributing objects
- Rotating and reflecting objects
- Using layers
- Managing Objects
- Transforming objects
- Combining, cutting and dividing objects
- Clipping masks and Compound Path
- Blending objects
- Importing files
- Saving and exporting artwork
- Working with area type
- Working with type on a path
InDesign Module
- The Document Window
- Using Palettes
- Document Setup
- Working with Text
- More text formating
- Working with Text box
- Working with Objects
- Master Page
- Page Numbering
- Style
- Working in Colour
- Styling Objects
- Working with Graphics
- Layers
- Tabs and Tables
- Exporting