Graphic Design Diploma
         Diploma Description:
Graphic Design Diploma

Introduction

Hours

Color and Design Principles

4

Advertising Concepts

4

Color Separation & Printing

4

Occupational Courses

Photoshop CS3

30

Illustrator® CS3

30

InDesign® CS3

20

Personal skills

Interviewing Techniques

4

How to write a CV

4

Final Project

4

Total Hours

104

 

STUDENT COURSE SYLLABUS

 

Course Title:   Graphics Diploma

Course Duration: 132 Hours.

Session: 4hours.

Diploma component

1.      Adobe Photoshop

2.      Adobe Illustrator .

3.      3D studio Max

Diploma description

In this diploma , students will study collection of programs (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, 3D studio Max ) .At the end of this diploma, students wil be able prepare 2D and 3D designs and use it in all fields of media and printout

 

Course Goals:

1.      Be familiar with web interactive graphics hardware and software .

2.      Understand the basic components and functions of Adobe Photoshop

3.      Understand the basic components and functions of Adobe Illustrator .

  1. Understand the basic components and functions of 3D studio Max

 

Photoshop

Course description:

Adobe Photoshop, the benchmark for digital images excellence ,delivers a new level of power precision, and control, as well as exciting new features and next-generation enhancements. including the Photoshop is image Readycs2 which offers a versatile set of tools for creating and optimizing visual content for the web.

Course objectives:

·        Upon completing this course, you will have acquired the following:

·        Differentiate between different images types and formats.

·        Identify the RGB color mode, image resolution and color depth

·        Describe Photoshop interface elements and menus

·        Manage Photoshop workspace and customize its environment

·        Use palettes

·        Use all different Photoshop tool box

·        Use selections and channels

·        Create types and How to modify it

·        Working with layers and masks

·        Explore image Ready tool and its environments

·        Create logos and banners

·        Produce animation

·        Develop navigation bar and interface

·        Produce different buttons with rollover feature explore additional Photoshop functions to optimize your web design. 

"Session: In this course one session equals 4 hours.

 

Course Outline:

 

Session* No.

Title/subtitle

Assignment

I

Introduction to Photoshop

 

 

 

 

 

Graphic concepts

Digital image types and formats

Images modes

Vector and raster images

Photoshop user interface

Navigation menus and toolbox

 

In-Lab application on using the PhotoShop work environment

 

2

Photoshop workspace

 

 

Using the tools

Using the tool options bar and other palettes

Undoing actions in Photoshop

Customizing the workspace

Jumping ti adobe image Ready

Using Photoshop help

 

In-Lab application on the use of different tools

3

Basic photo corrections

 

 

 

Strategy for retouching

Resolution and image size

Straightening and cropping an image

Making automatic adjustments

Removing acolor cast

Replacing colors in an image

Adjusting lightness with a dodge tool

Applying the unsharp mask filter

 

In-Lab application on creating and editing

4

Retoutching and repairing an image

 

 

 

- Repairing area with the clone stamp tool

Using the spot healing brush tool

Retoutching on a separate layer

 

 

5

working with selections

 

 

- selecting with the magic wand tool

working with oval and circular selection

selecting with the lasso tool

rotating a selection

selecting with the magic lasso tool

cropping an image and erasing within a selection

 

 

6

Layer basics

 

 

Using the layer palette

Rearranging layers

Applying a layer style

Flattening and saving files

 

 

7

Masks and channels

 

 

- Creating a quick mask

Editing a quick mask

Saving a selection as a mask

Editing mask

Loading mask as a selection and applying an adjustment

Extracting an image

Applying a filter effect to a masked selection

Creating a gradient mask

Applying effects using a gradient mask

 

 

8

Working with types

 

 

Working with text

Creating a clipping mask fron type

Creating a design element from type

Using inter active formatting control

Warping point type

Warping a layer