This bootcamp offers a real world, hands-on approach and will teach you how to become a Graphic Designer by learning design applications including Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Then develop a comprehensive understanding of graphic design concepts and processes, allowing you to create great-looking modern designs, and develop a marketable portfolio.
Job Outlook
BLS -Employment of graphic designers is projected to grow 3 percent from 2020 to 2030, slower than the average for all occupations.
Despite limited employment growth, about 23,900 openings for graphic designers are projected each year, on average, over the decade.
FAQs
What is graphic design and what does it include?
Graphic design is a design process that combines text and graphics in a way that is intended to communicate a specific message.
Where is graphic design used?
You will find graphic design in company logos, printed materials like brochures, posters, signs, greeting cards, postcards, business cards, billboards, and ads. Advances in technology have brought us the digital environment complete with websites, online ads, virtual brochures, and presentations, and so very much more.
Course Objectives
- Understanding graphic design concepts and processes, both formal and conceptual.
- Understand composition, typography, color, and other design essentials
- Use Illustrator's drawing tools to create different types of graphics: from logos to patterns, from packaging to type
- Create vector graphics for both web and print
- In Photoshop how to create and edit photos and graphics
- Improve images by adjusting color, contrast, and other techniques
- In InDesign design layouts with text, color, and graphics
- Create multi-page documents
- Prepare files for final output, such as a print or PDF.
Prerequisites
There are no specific prerequisites for taking this course.
Curriculum
- Workspace
- Panels
- Bridge
- Objects
- Drawing Selections
- Layers Appearances
- Image Tracing
- Pen Tool Acquire Images | Brushes
- Create File
- Bridge | Camera Raw
- Workspace
- Pixels Basics
- Layer Essential
- Selection and Mask
- History
- Using Color
- Combining Images
- Retouching
- Refocusing Filters
- Layer Styles
- Vector Drawing
- Set-Up working with Objects
- Working with Color
- Imported Graphics
- Text Effects
- Typography
- Interactive and Multimedia
- Working with Layouts
- Printing
- Exporting
Instructor
Dan Keith Williams is an alumnus of Wofford College. Later, he attended Parsons School of Design: The New School, where he mastered the skill of Web and Graphic Designing. He is an Adobe Certified Professional in Photoshop and Dreamweaver and has won many awards for the extraordinary exemplification of his Photoshop skills in collaboration with Adobe.
With a strong educational background in graphic and web design, Dan has worked as a Web and Graphic Design adjunct instructor at CUNY-Medgar Evers College for more than eight years and has taught design at various institutions. He is licensed by the NYS Department of Education to teach Graphic Design Programs and Computer Applications.
As a Web and Graphic Design Professional, Dan has worked with top companies like Hearst Corporation, Carnegie Hall, Revlon, Municipal Art Society, and innovators like iPropaganda and Taonoise magazines. Dan has also studied lithography and, as a photo lithographer, his work has been featured in highly esteemed art books as well as the Washington Post. He is equally skilled in Motion Graphics, Adobe XD, Adobe Animate (Flash), InDesign, After Effects and Application Development.
Registration and Enrollment
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