Graphic Design

 

• ILLUSTRATOR (6 WEEKS - 36 Hrs)

  UNIT- 1: (Getting Started) A- The Illustrator Windows  • Opening a Work File  • Screen Elements and Menues  • Defining Page Boundaries  • The Artboard and Scratch areas • Navigating The Screen • Using The Tool Box  • Using Palettes B- Setting Preferences C- Custom Keyboard Shortcuts D- Customizing Documents Setup  E- Setting Rulers, Guides and Grids F- Naming and Saving files  G- Print Preview and Print Procedures  H- Accessing Help

  UNIT- 2: (Creating Basis Objects) A- Making Selections • The Bounding Box  • Working with groups and group selection tools  • Drag selecting  • Lasso and direct select lasso tools  B- Shapes and Lines • Rectangles, Squares, Ellipses and Circles  • Complex object using the polygon and star tools  • Using the flare tools  • Creat lines and Grids  • Adding / Defining symbols  C- Creating Paths  • Using the pen tool  • using the pencil tool  • Compound paths  D- Editing Bezier Curves • Changing objects and lines  • Editing path segments  • The liquify tools  • Path Editing menu commands  E- Painting • Filling and stroking with color  • Color models (RGB, CYMK)  • Paletted (Swatches, Transparency)  • Custom Colors  • The Eyedropper tools  • The Paint bucket tool  • The Stroke Palette  • Offset and outline paths  • Using the paintbrush tool  F- Other Basic Graphic Procedures • Applying Appreances and Style  • Using Transformation Tools  • Compound Shapes and The Pathfinder palette  • The Align Palette  • Blending (Types, Editing, Releasing)

  UNIT- 3: (Advance Procedure) A- Working with Layers • Using and Creating Layers palette  • Moving, locking, Pasting and Merging Layers  • Targetting a Layer  B- Adding Text • Using The Type Tools  • Setting Type Attributes  • Linking Text Block  • Placing Text on a Path  • Adjusting Text Flow  • Changing Type Orientation  C- Showing and hiding with Marks • Clipping Masks  • Opacity Masks  • Layer Clipping Masks  D- Working With Raster Images • Raster Effects and Filters  • Linking and Embedding  • Choosing resolution  E- Printing Illustration • Methods of Printing  • Preparing a Document For Printing  • Producing Color Seperations  F- Inserting Charts and Images G- Effects for Vector Artwork H- File Formats and Platform Issues  I- Saving Illustration for the Web

• PHOTOSHOP (6 WEEKS - 36 Hrs)

  UNIT- 1: (Getting Started) A- THE WORK AREA  • Accessing the program  • Opening files  • Photoshop screen elements  • Viewing images  • Scrolling and navigator palette  • Using the information bar  • Using toolboxes, menus and palettes  • Print preview and print procedures  • Saving files  • Accessing help  • Restoring default preferences  B- IMAGE FUNDAMENTALS • Vector and Rector images  • Digital images VS printed images  • Defining and working with resolution (Image, Monitor, Output)  • Defining images into Photoshop (Scanning, Importing, Calibrating)  C- USING THE SELECTION TOOLS • Marquee  • Lassoes  • Move  • Magic Wand  • Selection Menu etc.  D- TRANSFORMATIONS • Resizing  • Rotating and flipping  • Skewing and distorting  • Change perspective  • Liquefying  E- COLOR BASICS  • Color models (RGB, CMYK, HSB)  • Color modes (Bitmap, Grayscale RGB)  • Adjusting color using variations  • Adjusting color with dialog boxes (Levels, Curves, Hue / Saturation, Brightness / Contrast)  F- CUTTING AND COPYING  G- CROPPING

  UNIT-2: (BASIC IMAGING PROCEDURE) A- LAYER BASICS • Organizing art work on layers  • Viewing a layered document  • Using layers palette  • Moving layers between files  • Moving selections on layers  • Erasing artwork on a layer  • Deleting a layer  • Scaling and rotating objects  • Linking and merging layers  B- PAINTING AND EDITING • Using paintbrushes  • Selecting foreground and background colors  • Using blending modes  • Using smudges, focus and toning tools  • Creating gradients  • Simulating different media  C- ADVANCE LAYER TECHNIQUES  • Working with layer masks  • Adding guides to align artwork  • Creating a clipping group  • Adding adjustment layers and a drop shadow  • Flattening a layered image  D- USING FILTERS • Sharpening, blurring, fading  • Artistic, brush stroke, sketch  • Distorting, pixilation, stylizing  E- CREATING AND USING PATHS F- ADDING TYPE TO PICTURES  G- SPECIAL EFFECTS

  UNIT-3: (ADVANCE PROCEDURE) A- IMAGE CORRECTION • Color Management  • Determining / adjusting tonal range of an image  • Determining image type  • Working with the adjustment tools  • Using levels  • Using curves  • Removing a color cast  • Realigning an image using guides  • Replacing colors  • Adjusting hue and saturation  • Removing unwanted objects  • Applying the un-sharp mask filter  B- COMPOSITING  C- PRINTING  • Types of printers and papers  • Preparing the images  D- WEB PAGES  • File Size  • File Format

• Introduction to InDesign

  • Introduction to Adobe Indesign workflow a) Adobe Indesign CS4 Workspace Overview b) Workflow with Indesign  c) Document Mastering • Using two-dimensional design elements  a) Frames b) Importing and Editing Text • Visual Effects Management a) Advanced Effects  b) Animating Tools  c) Working with Typography  • Design process in visual communication. a) Color management  b) Give meaning to a graphic design  c) Basic Graphic Management  • Print and Web Production a) Tables and Transparencies  b) Long Documents and Exporting

• Introduction to After Effects

  • Introduction to Motion Graphics and VFX a) Setting up an After Effects Composition b) Workspace Management c) Creating Titles and Animating Text d) Motion Paths and Keyframe Techniques • Video Compositing  a) Video Work Flow b) Video Correcting and Rotoscoping • Visual Effects Management a) Advanced Effects  b) Animating Tools  • Creating 3-D Space a) Basic 3-D Layers  b) Chroma Keying  c) Expressions  d) Particle Simulators