Graphic Design

Overview of Graphic Design Course Enroll to our Graphic design course to learn new skills, or refresh the fundamentals of your graphic design knowledge? This course will focus on becoming acquainted with graphic design techniques, principles of page layout, art and design, and photo Retouching, editing, image manipulation. Various software, including Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, will be used in this course.

During the graphic design course duration, we introduce you to various skills like photography, videography and video production

Course Includes

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Premier Pro
Adobe After Effects

6 classes per week (1 hour)
Duration 75 Hours
Ministry of Education Approved Certification ACTVET Certification

Graphic Designing

1. Will start your course with getting an overview of the graphic design space. Get familiar with the idea of concepts, ideas and thoughts, an understanding of visual relationships that can help you communicate a direct and coherent message. Work your way through the holy trinity of graphic design applications - Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign

2. Learning the Elements and Principles of Design

In your second graphic design class, you will get the opportunity to get acquainted with developing a ‘designer’s eye’. The key is to understand the building blocks of visual communication. You will know more about the elements and principles of design including value, colour, focal point, rhythm and the theory of gestalt. This class embraces the practicality of applying these elements and principles and thinking like a creative specialist.

3. Logo designing and an introduction to Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator, world-leading digital illustration application is your starting point. Lesson 3 will investigate one of the first tasks a designer is faced with; logo creation. The process of concept to presentation is known as the design cycle and a thorough breakdown will be given as to how to approach a customer through the design cycle. The lesson will end off with an introduction to working in Adobe Illustrator.

4. Newfound knowledge – getting creative in Adobe Illustrator

In lesson 4, we will differentiate between the different type of images graphic designers deal with daily. You thought you knew all there is about images, but this course will blow your mind with some newfound knowledge. A bulletproof design technique that barely fails will be taught and applied in a practical exercise of Adobe Illustrator. This lesson is sure to get you hooked!

5. Photomanipulation in Adobe Photoshop

There is a difference between a digital and printed image? This lesson will investigate the crucial component of working with pixels. Photoshop demos will make this lesson even more practical and the fundamentals of Photoshop including layers and blending modes will be focused on.

6. Movie poster design in Adobe Photoshop The golden ratio, rule of thirds and principles of good design will be discussed in lesson 6. The amazing ability of Photoshop will be put to the test when you will be introduced to layer masks. These skills will be put into practice by designing a movie poster.

7. An introduction to Bleeds, cropmarks, colour space and format are the principles that will be explained, and the student will be introduced to the amazing Adobe Illustrator creative side too

8. Summary of Print & Pre-Press Basics.

About 70% of all designs consist of typography – the art of using type in your design. In our last lesson of module 1, you will realize that type is not only a mere communication instrument but will see the potential of using type as a design element. Your audience wants to read your message but with so many other messages screaming for attention, how to do you make your message stand out?

Video Editing

You can always learn something new when you dive into Premiere Pro. From Premiere Pro basics to advanced techniques, these training classes will help you explore a wide range of topics, like video editing, After Effects, and more. These are the industry-leading software’s for film, TV, and the web. Creative tools, integration with other apps and services, and these are help you craft footage into polished films and videos. With after affects you can create and edit projects overwhelmingly impressive.

Premiere Pro and after effect has the creative flexibility to make your content stand out from the crowd. With simple tools for audio, motion graphics, and more, it's easier than ever to create videos that connect with your audience.

1. Basic Editing Principles for Video editors

Editing is one of the most interesting and rewarding parts of making a short film or video. It’s where the story really comes together. Decisions you make about which shots to use, how you put them together, and how you use sound, will make a big difference to your movie. So we are giving the basic editing principles.

2. What Can Premiere Pro Do?

Premiere Pro is the ultimate video editing software for creating great video content fast. Discover intuitive tools to composite clips, create transitions, and craft the videos of your dreams with ease.

Import video, audio and graphics in a wide variety of formats.
Edit, manipulate and arrange these elements in a visual timeline.
Add effects, filters, titles, etc.
Export your edited video in a variety of formats, DV, DVD, and common Internet video formats.

3. What Can After Effects Do?

Adobe After Effects is a digital motion graphics platform used to create either simple animations or intricate graphics sequences. If you ever hear of a “motion graphics expert,” chances are they're proficient in After Effects. The program adds motion to layers and assets that you couldn't do in Premiere.

creating 2D & 3D layers
adding special effects
Simulating particles like fire, rain, etc.
Selective color grading with Lumetri Color
Add music to a project.