Graphic Design Course Outline
- Copyright & Ethics
- Windows OS, File Formats, Project Management, Adobe CC
- Elements & Principles of Design (create Weebly Website)
- Illustrate a Word (Illustrator basics, toolbar, shortcuts, menus, creating and editing text, create outlines, group/ungroup)
- Type Profile (Illustrator & InDesign: Typography basics, research key elements of a typeface and create a ‘typeface’ of the designer)
- Typography Poster (Rulers, guidelines, alignment tools, designing with a grid, fill & stroke, color tools)
- What typeface to Use When? And Type resources
- Resume (InDesign intro)
- Logo Design (Pen Tool, pathfinder options, clipping mask, type on a path, transforming and duplicating objects)
- Vector Portrait (Illustrator: Pen tool- direct selection, moving, adding, deleting and converting anchor points, fill color, gradient option, eyedropper, opacity)
- Tutorial (Learn a new skill by completing a tutorial)
- Mid Term Exam
- Photo Compositing (Photoshop- program overview, layer masks, selection tools, clipping masks, blending modes, adjustment layers, free transform)
- Print Advertisement (Digital photography, importing artwork, clipping mask, filters and effects)
- Book Cover Design (Taking measurements/rulers, specific print considerations)
- Infographics (Interpreting data into a visual)
- Final Project - Portfolio, Self Branding