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No previous experience of InDesign is necessary however Ms Word would be advantageous it is essential that students have previous experience of Windows and File Management
This course offers training in all the elementary Desktop Publishing production features. It then introduces the more complex features of the program. It is a particularly good course for vocational students requiring Desk Top Publishing in addition to other computing office skills.+
Constructing documents, Layers, Hyphenation, Justification and Alignment, Create Styles, Tables, Lists, Libraries, Wrapping Text around imported graphics and Introduction to Books; Edit Text; Work with Typography, Leading, Kerning, Tracking and Drop Caps; Control Text Alignment; Work with Styles, Nesting, Importing, Table Styles; Work with Process Colours, Spot Colours and Pantone; Create and Apply a Colour, a Gradient and a Tint; Create a Spot Colour; Use Effects e.g. Transparency, Drop Shadow, Feathering; Work with Output and Export, Preflight, Package Files and PDF Proof; Create an Interactive Document
By the end of the course you should be able to:
' Manage the work area and set up a document using master pages and document settings
' Input, format, control and edit text and work with typography
' Input, edit and control graphics
' Work with colours and effects
' Use and work with layers
' Use and create styles
' Create and format tables
' Create and Apply a Colour, a Gradient, a Tint and a Spot Colour
' Create an interactive pdf
Demonstration using Smartboard through computer-linked projectors, exposition and discussion. One-to-one and Group work. Through tutor-guidance and hands-on experience, the completion of the course objectives.
Ongoing monitoring of students' work including questions, observation and tasks. Start and End of class student self-assessment/achievement tick sheet.
Teaching methods: Visual demonstration and verbal explanation. Written handouts with visual diagrams. One-to-one teaching. Group discussions
Learning methods: Hands-on practical activities, Reading handouts and following instructions.
One-to-one and group discussion.
How students are assessed: Questions and answers during group discussions and one-to-one teaching.
Record of students' progress and achievement on an assessment sheet as they achieve the course objectives. Practical work produced is evidence of learning.
Materials are supplied free of charge by the Centre.
As much practice as possible to reinforce learning. This may be at home or elsewhere or from homework given by the tutor.
Indesign Intermdiate, Illustrator and Photoshop
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This popular desktop publishing program is used commercially to produce posters, flyers, and brochures and has the capabilities for full magazine or book production. The course starts by covering the basic features of the program e.g. managing the work area, setting up documents, frames, importing & exporting text, typography and colour. It then continues on to the more complex features of the program e.g. styles, process colours, effects, and how to create an interactive document.
This course is aimed at students who have begun to master their digital camera and want to learn how to edit the images to get the results you want. Adobe Lightroom is the industry standard application used by photographers to edit images. This intermediate course will take you through digital post-production techniques using Lightroom, from opening images and file organisation to editing and exporting your photos in different formats.
If you would like enrol at the concession rate, please request and complete your enrolment by contacting: MWEnquiries@marywardcentre.ac.uk or calling 020 7269 6000 Mon- Fri.
This is the course for students wanting an introduction to the software used for graphic illustration and drawing techniques. Widely used in the typesetting and logo graphic areas of design it is a course of special interest to those interested in graphic design, website development or video and animation production.
This is an introduction to Adobe Illustrator and is suitable for beginners. The course will cover all the basics of using this vector graphics programmes and will introduce students to the skills that are used for graphic design, typesetting and creative work.
If you would like enrol at the concession rate, please request and complete your enrolment by contacting: MWEnquiries@marywardcentre.ac.uk or calling 020 7269 6000 Mon-Fri
A chance to gain understanding of Photoshop. The essential features that you will require for
photograph, image and scanned image manipulation. You will learn about image selection tools, blending, modes, layers and layer effects, groups, patterns, styles, vector objects, adding text, clipping, masks and filters, history panel, history brush and snapshots.
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