Get an introduction to three essential Adobe applications for graphics professionals—Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign. You learn the technical aspects of these essential digital tools, focusing on the features that have the widest usage in the industry for graphic and visual designers.
The Photoshop section of the course focuses on the creation of image composites, a design technique unique to Photoshop. You learn the fundamental concepts of the latest version of Photoshop—use of layers, selection and painting tools, masking, tonal and color management and correction, blending modes and photo retouching and editing. The course curriculum also covers basic management of master files and conversion to a variety of output formats. Former student Iva Larson chose the film Gravity to do her own ad campaign to promote the film. Matt Linzer did great work by combining many different skills and tools within Photoshop.
The Illustrator portion of the course teaches you how to create vector graphics and use Illustrator’s powerful drawing tools to create artwork such as drawings, icons, logos, and original print and digital artwork. You also learn to use many essential tools such as the pen and shape tools, which allow you to combine objects and create anything you can think of. Other drawing tools allow you to create using a variety of styles of art using gradients, type, patterns, brushes and other effects. Such art can be used by both print and web designers. Take a peek at the astonishing digital illustrations by former students Sophia Roudané and Jeff Faes.
The InDesign part of the course opens you up to InDesign’s powerful desktop publishing and typesetting tools. Use it to create any kind of print document—a postcard, a multipage flyer, brochure, poster or long report. You learn to use InDesign’s extensive tool set to create pages using master pages, guides, layers and to create styles for text and objects that will speed your production. You also learn shortcuts and tips to more efficiently use the program. InDesign is the tool to create the finest typography, and it also allows you to incorporate images and vector graphics in imaginative ways for any kind of project. You also learn how to prepare your print documents for presentation or prepress. Get a glimpse of what our former student Yuya Sano designed for the Adobe InDesign class.
