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DTP and Graphics

'DTP and Graphics' involves designing and preparing pages for print and the web; working with text, artwork and photographs. Our 'DTP and Graphics' package will teach you how to design eye-catching layouts and design.

Course Description

This course is made up of three applications: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PhotoShop and QuarkXpress. A trainer will get you started with an introduction to each application, and its training materials; including instructions, examples and artwork to modify and create. After completing the course, you can then begin to build a portfolio of your work.

Syllabus
Adobe Illustrator
Illustrator Tools & Palettes
Graphics & Colour Vector & Bitmap Images
Paths & Anchors
Drawing Shapes: circles, rectangles, Spirals and Stars Painting
Tracing over a Placed Image
Moving & Aligning Images
Copying Images Guides & Grids
Type Modifying shapes & Applying Special Effects
Working with Layers Gradients & Patterns
Path Patterns & Creating Cut-Outs Interlocking Shapes
Using Filters & Filter Effects
Painting Using Graphs Importing and Exporting Artwork
Preparing for Print Producing Colour
Please go to our Adobe Illustrator page, for more information.

Adobe Photoshop
Image Basics, Pixels and Resolution
Importing Pictures. Resolution and Output
Scanning Pictures
Making Selections & Clipping Techniques
Layers, Painting and Editing
Working with Colours, Masks and Channels
Advanced Layer Techniques.
Working with Duotone Pictures
Preparing Images for Web Publication
Preparing for Print
Please go to our Adobe Photoshop page, for more information.

QuarkXpress
Tools & Palettes
Text Input and Text Flow
Linking Text Boxes
Paragraph Formatting and Typograp
Tracking, Kerning of Typefaces
Importing Pictures into QuarkXpress. EPS, JPEG and TIFF Boxes
Style Sheets Libraries of Objects
Master Pages.
Single & Facing Pages
Colour in QuarkXpress
Multiple Items & Grouping Options
Please go to our QuarkXpress page, for more information.

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Want to do this course? Please contact our enrolment office, or book online.

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