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Creative Graphic Designer Course Curriculum

Adobe Photoshop

Introduction

• Creating new images
• Saving files for print
• Saving files for web/screen

Lesson 1.  Getting to Know the Work Area

• Using the tools
• Using the options bar and other panels
• Undoing actions in Photoshop
• Customizing the workspace
• Tools panel overview

Lesson 2.  Basic Photo Corrections

• Strategy for retouching
• Resolution and image size
• Adjusting the color in Camera Raw
• Straightening and cropping the image in Photoshop
• Replacing colors in an image
• Adjusting saturation with the Sponge tool
• Repairing areas with the Clone Stamp tool
• Using the Spot Healing Brush tool
• Using content-aware fill
• Applying the Unsharp Mask filter

Lesson 3.  Working with Selections

• About selecting and selection tools
• Using the Quick Selection tool
• Moving a selected area
• Manipulating selections
• Using the Magic Wand tool
• Selecting with the lasso tools
• Rotating a selection
• Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso tool
• Cropping an image and erasing within a selection
• Refining the edge of a selection

Lesson 4.  Layer Basics

• About layers
• Using the Layers panel
• Rearranging layers
• Applying a gradient to a layer
• Applying a layer style
• Flattening and saving files

Lesson 5.  Masks and Channels

• Working with masks and channels
• Creating a mask
• Refining a mask
• Creating a quick mask
• Manipulating an image with Puppet Warp
• Working with channels

Lesson 6.  Typographic Design

• About type
• Creating a clipping mask from type
• Creating type on a path
• Warping point type
• Designing paragraphs of type

Adobe Illustrator

Lesson 1

Straight Lines

• Using the Pen Tool
• Adjusting the Workspace
• Arranging Objects
• Color Fills

Curves

• Drawing Curves (Pen Tool)
• Anchor Points and Direction Points
• Default Fill and Stroke

Corners and Curves

• Drawing Corners and Curves (Pen Tool)
• Adjusting Anchor Points

Lesson 2

No Smoking Sign

• Fill and Stroke
• Basic Shape Tools
• Grouping Objects
• Layers Panel
• Working with Templates

Super Hero

• Live Trace and Live Paint
• Tracing Hand-Drawn Images
• Coloring Live Paint Objects
• Brushes
• Flare Tool

Lesson 3

What’s Behind the Green Door?

• Compound Paths
• Group Selection Tool

Mask Till You Drop

• Clipping Masks (Shapes) Blob Brush Tool
• Eraser Tool
• Reflect Tool

Masking with Type

• Type Tool
• Clipping Masks (Editable Type)
• Filling Text with a Photo
• Placing Linked Images

3D Shape:

• Extrude & Bevel
• Creating Symbols from Artwork
• Mapping Symbols onto 3D Objects
• Lighting and Shadows for 3D Objects

Lesson 4

• Blend Tool
• Blending Options

Wavy Line Blend

• Blending Lines
• Reflect Tool
• Rotate Tool

Juggling Colors and Gradients

• Dashed Lines and Stroke Options
• Saving Colors as Swatches
• Blending Modes
• Gradient Tool
• Saving Gradient Swatches

Combining Shapes with the Pathfinder

• Merging Paths (Pathfinder)
• Transparency Options
• Grouping Objects

Lesson 5

Patterns

• Creating and Applying Pattern Swatches
• Scaling and Rotating Patterns
• Working with Layers
• Align Panel

One-Page Advertisement

• Working with Type
• Text and Character Options
• Adding a Drop Cap
• Type on a Path
• Text Wrap
• Fill Text with a Pattern

Appearance and Graphic Styles

• Graphic Styles
• Appearance Panel
• Multiple Fills

Adobe InDesign

Lesson 1

Letter Creation

• The Control panel
• Text frames
• Basic text attributes
• Basic keyboard shortcuts

More Text Styling

• Baseline shift
• Small caps
• The Line tool
• Making proper fractions

Magazine Ad

• Setting up a document bleed
• Placing images
• Combining text & images
• White type on a black background

Advanced Word Processing/Formatting

• Paragraph spacing
• Tabs

Lesson 2

2-Page Magazine Ad

• Facing pages
• Color swatches
• Defining colors

Sporktown Brochure

• Placing text, photos, & illustrations
• Gradient swatches Drop shadows
• Alignment
• Text wrap

Lesson 3

Professional Typesetting Techniques

• Bulleted lists
• Hanging bullets
• Hyphenation
• Discretionary hyphens
• Special break characters

Multiple Column Ad with Text Wrap

• Multiple text columns
• Drop caps
• The baseline grid
• Text wrap

Magazine Cover

• Placing transparent art
• Defining & using color swatches
• Type on a path

Lesson 4

Style Sheets in a Magazine Article

• Paragraph styles
• Character styles
• Nested styles

Tables

• Placing Excel tables (with their formatting)
• Table headers
• Formatting tables (fills, strokes, etc.)
• Reordering table cells

Lesson 5

Leaders Magazine: Master Pages & 1st Article

• Master pages
• Spanning columns
• Step & repeat
• Paragraph & character styles

Corel Draw

1 Getting Started with CorelDRAW

 2 Visiting Card

 3 Understanding the Color Palette

 4 Sticker

 5 Letterhead with Logo

 6 Working with the Objects

 7 Wedding Card

 8 Flex Banner

 9 Understanding other controls (Layers and Tables)

 10 Flyer with Coupon

 11 Brochure