Design Workshop training course introduces users to the main applications used in the design industry, namely Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop & Quark XPress/Adobe Indesign. It has been designed to give you an overview and express session on using the applications from a foundation level. The training course will go through the basic operations and techniques of the programs and quickly give you the knowledge and skills you need to produce professional documents. This course provides the tools and methods required to manipulate images, text and graphics. Working with scanned images or designing from scratch this course will provide a fresh innovative approach to creativity and a thorough & professional introduction to the programs
All delegates must have basic Mac or Windows experience. The course is not designed to teach delegates the aspects of design graphics and techniques.
The course is suitable for any user requiring a good overview of the programs.
There is no certification attached to this course.
Quark XPress/InDesign
Creating a New Publication ; Tool box & Palettes ; Working with Text Boxes ; Working with lines ; Working with Picture Boxes ; Master Pages ; Working with Text ; Applying Colour
Illustrator
Creating a new illustration ; Working with Objects ; Painting ; Working with Layers ; Working with Text ; Filters
Adobe Photoshop
The Photoshop interface ; The Photoshop Tools ; The Paint tools ; Scanning in Photoshop ; Editing Selections ; Working with Colour ; Image Manipulation ; Photoshop Filters
Black & White Artwork
Scanning black & white artworkScanning line artWorking with clipping paths
Colour Artwork
Working with bleeds, tints, compounds, Duotones & vignettesUnderstanding trappingUnderstanding colour correction