Design & Web Training

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Graphic Design Courses in the Midlands...

Graphic Design Courses...

These Graphic Design Courses are run in the Midlands and focus on applications contained in Adobe Creative Cloud. These include InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator and are suitable for single individuals or private company groups.

The course content is very flexible and you can mix and match both software and the course level. If you are a complete novice you may opt for the Introduction to Photoshop Course, Introduction to InDesign Course and Introduction to Illustrator Course. But those with experience of one or more of the applications may choose an advanced training.

We always organise a voice call or virtual meeting to discuss this prior to the training.

Graphic Design Courses...

Our Graphic Design Courses are either hosted onsite at your premises or virtually via video conferencing software such as Teams or Zoom. With people working from home and elsewhere we find the latter is becoming more popular.

Graphic Design Course Content...

Our Graphic Design Courses run over 3 days and show how to work with the three main applications of the Adobe Creative Cloud. You can focus on specific software or mix and match from any of our overviews to create a completely tailored Creative Cloud Course.

The three core elements of Creative Cloud brings graphic design together giving you hands on experience of creating, designing and developing various spreads, layouts, photo editing and vector artwork. It introduces you the concepts of graphic design including typography, illustration and colour and how to use them to create brand & project work.

You learn by hands on exercises, discussion and examples over the three days and by the end of the course will be able to create professional and attractive designs in these CC apps,

Our most popular courses for Graphic Design Training are:

Introduction to Photoshop Course
Introduction to InDesign Course
Introduction to Illustrator Course

Using a combination of these Adobe Courses you will discover how each one works and bring them together to produce stunning professional looking documents.

Graphic Design Techniques...

Throughout the graphics training you will come to understand vital graphic and typographic elements involved in the design process. You will look at working with colour, type and artwork using the techniques and methods used in a professional environment.

Who would benefit from the Graphic Design Course...

This is a good choice for anyone looking to build on their skills and enter the world of Graphic Design. It gives you the knowledge to produce a wide variety of designs & artwork in the different applications and then bring them together as one.

Graphic Design Course Content...

Adobe Photoshop Introduction Course...

Photoshop Introduction	Photoshop Repairing and Replacing Images
Photoshop Interface Control Bar /Properties Panel Photoshop Panels Photoshop Techniques, Tips & Tricks	Clone Tool Spot Healing Brush Red Eye Tool Content Aware Tool
Photoshop Colour	Photoshop Layers
Colour Palettes Colour Models, CMYK, RGB, LAB Gradients, creating & editing Mixing & matching Colour Pantones & Spot Colours Colour Profiles	Understanding Layers Creating, Editing, Shuffling Layers Merging & Flattening Layers Layer Palette Background, Duplicating & Linking Layers
Photoshop Selections	Photoshop Adjustments
Lasso, Magnetic Lasso, Magic Wand, Feathering Selections Expanding / Reducing Selections Modifying / Transforming Selections Quick Masks Save / Load a Selection	Hue & Saturation Adjustmet Levels Adjustment Curves Adjustment Black & White Adjustment Brightness & Contrast Adjustment
Photoshop Design	Photoshop Sharpening
Converting to Black and White Tinting Images Adding Textures and Edge Effects Drop Shadows and Blending Black and White Conversion	Working with Smart Sharpen Filter Radius /Reduce Noise Sliders Smart Sharpen Controls Shadows & Highlights
Photoshop Brushes	Photoshop Masks
Working with Brushes Changing Brush Tips Changing Brush Size Brush Options	Quick Masks Quick Mask Mode Creating Accurate Masks Adding to & Removing from a Mask Brushes & Masks
Photoshop Type	Photoshop Practicalities
Creating /Editing Type Layers Creating Type Masks Type & FX Effects Warping /Shaping Type Character & Paragraph Type	Creating & Working with Collages Working between 2 or more Images Align & Distribute Layers /Images Using Rulers & Guides for Positioning
Photoshop SmartObjects	Photoshop Export & Print
Creating SmartObjects Importing SmartObjects SmartObjects /Vectors Updating One or Multiple SmartObjects Rasterising SmartObjects	Photoshop & InDesign Photoshop File Formats Photoshop Save for Web

Adobe InDesign Introduction Course...

Getting started with InDesign Creating and saving a document New Document Setup /Presets Tools / Window Menu /Panels Properties Pane	Imagery Placing images Editing Images /Image Frames Image Formats Graphic frames
InDesign CC Interface Creating a Workspace Work with Shortcuts InDesign Properties Panel InDesign Views	InDesign & Images Working with Vector & Raster Images Working with Fit to Frame Fit to Frame Options
InDesign & CC Libraries Creating a Library Sharing a Library Library Properties Adding Assets to Libraries Benefits of CC Libraries	InDesign & Colour Working with Colour Modes RGB /CMYK Colour Swatches / Process /Spot & Pantone Colour Sample /Colour Theme Tools Gradient Panel /Adding /Mixing /Editing Gradients Applying Colour to Objects /Fill /Stroke
Smart Layout Grids & Guides Smart Guides Align & Distribute Objects Rulers (Zero Point),	InDesign Text Frames Creating & Editing Text Frames Text Frame Properties Adding /Flowing Text to Frames Text Frrame Tool / Columns Aligning to Baseline Grids
Typography Placing External Text (Word, RTF) Paragraph & Character Formatting Typography & Layout Create Outlines Accurate Type for Print Baseline Grid Tracking /Kerning /Leading Working with Rules /above /below Handling Long Text Frames	Adobe InDesign Effects Panel Opacity Options Filters Isolate Blending Knockout Effects FX Effects Corner Options Manipulating Imagery
Photoshop & Images Resizing, Rotating, Adjusting Images Working with Photoshop Images Positioning Images in Layouts Working with Multiple Images	Object Styles Designing Object Styles Adding to Object Styles Panel Editing Object Styles Object Styles to Frames Saving /Importing /Editing
InDesign Text Wrap Working with Text & Images Working with Text Wrap Text Wrap Tools Clipping Paths Removing Backgrounds for Text Wrap Text Insets	Printing Preview Preflight & Package Export (print) to .

Adobe Illustrator Introduction Course...

Meet Adobe Illustrator Tool Panel & Tools Palettes Overview Control Bar Views Working with Preferences	Adobe Illustrator Drawing Tools Bezier Pen Adding /Removing Anchor Points Joining / Cutting Paths Knife /Scissors /Shape /Eraser /Smooth Pen Drawing Techniques Curves & Angled Corners
Adobe Illustrator Selection Tools Selection Tool Direct Selection Tool Adding to /Removing from Selections Tips & Tricks for Sleeker Selections in Illustrator Select & Edit Paths Lasso Selection Tool Add /Remove to Lasso Selection Tool Select Menu Techniques	Adobe Illustrator Colour Colour Palettes Process /Spot /Global Colours /Pantones Swatches Palettes Adding /Editing /Deleting Swatches Eyedropper Paintbucket
Adobe Illustrator Type Tool Creating /Editing Type Typeface Attributes /Tracking /Leading /Kerning Type on a Path Type Path Options Outline Type Type Area Tool Frame Options	Adobe Illustrator Shapes Elliptic, Poly, Spiral, Rectangle Tools Geometric Shapes Reshaping / Resizing Transform Tool /Scale /Reflect /Shear /Rotate Pathfinder Palette Shear /Scale Tool
Adobe Illustrator Layout Tools Grids /Guides Rulers Stacking Order Grouping /Ungrouping Align & Distribute	Adobe Illustrator Images Importing & Placing Images Matching Image Colour Linking /Embedding Images Working with Links Palette Basic Image Tracing
Adobe Illustrator AutoTrace Using AutoTrace to map Outlines Use Threshold Tracing Options Working with Trace Paths Using Live Paint to recolour Artwork	Adobe Illustrator Print Options Understanding Print Jobs Print to .PDF Print to Professional Bureau Troubleshoot Print Issues

Graphic Design Course Locations...

Adobe Training and Graphic Design Courses across the Midlands, Birmingham, Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Coventry, Leeds, Sheffield, East Anglia, Cambridgeshire, Gloucestershire, Buckinghamshire and just about everywhere else.