This training module has been created for those who are looking for a career change and for those who want to learn the design principles. The module is composed of a bundle of courses. Part of it is conducted with Adobe® software and the remaining part is theory. The topics covered in the theory part are typography, color management and some graphic design history.

Print Specialist will cover, from A to Z, the creative process for vector and raster art. It is a unique chance to simulate how to:

• collect pictures
• touch them up
• understand color management implications and address them
• create vector art
• layout vector and raster art
• edit text using typography principles

• DCW(S) Pte Ltd
• Anvisage Gifts
• Touch-Print
• Kok Fah Technology Farm
• Veganburg
• Netvista Media
• Sultan Qaboos University
• Studio 912

• People who want to take the first step in print publishing.
• Professional Photoshop users who are keen to discover the secrets of pre-print and print.
• Web designers who are asked to cover multi-media projects to satisfy the client.

• Adobe Photoshop - including Color management
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign - including Typography
• Adobe Acrobat Professional

2 days from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM

Introduction to Photoshop

• Workspace and Tools
• Panel Settings
• Mini Bridge
• Customizing Settings

Introduction to digital images

• Image size and resolution
• Layers and transparency
• Raster and Vector
• Free Transformations

Introduction to color management

• Color space LAB
• RGB and CMYK
• Assign profiles
• Gamut warnings

Introduction to color cast

• Understanding and spotting color cast
• Correcting color cast in theory
• Good color cast / bad color cast
• Extremely quick color cast removal

Auto Correction

• "One-shot" auto correction
• Auto Tone (formerly known as Auto Levels)
• Auto Color
• Auto Contrast

Histogram

• Understanding histogram in digital image
• Channels
• Levels adjustment

The importance of adjustment layers

• Advantages of using Adjustment layers
• Hue and Saturation

Levels

• Shadows and highlights in the Input panel
• Gamma
• Channels
• Flexible Auto corrections
• Clipping

Basic brush theory

• Brush size
• Opacity and flow
• Free hand drawing

Adjustment layers, Layer masks and Selections

• The layer mask rules
• Hide and show with a brush
• Spot corrections
• Magic Wand
• Pen Tool for accurate selections

File format

• Which formats support layers?
• Which formats support transparency?
• Which formats for print?
• Which formats for web?

2 days from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM

Introduction to Illustrator

• Workspace and Tools
• Panel Settings
• Customizing Settings

Selecting shapes

• Selection Tools
• Moving Tools
• Isolation Mode "Inception"

Drawing shapes

• Ovals and circles
• Reflecting
• Replicating Colors
• Swatches and Color Panels

Text with Type

• Type on a Path Tool
• Working with Type
• Fills and Strokes

Special effects

• Appearance Panel
• Filters and Effects
• Starburst shapes
• Rotation with reference point

Masking techniques

• Draw Inside Tool
• Masking images

Press Advertisement Project

Objective: Replicating a Press advertisement

• Scaling, Copying and Duplicating
• Working with Layers
• Placing Illustrator (AI) and Photoshop (PSD) files
• Customised guide creation
• Kerning and Leading for Type
• Radial Gradient Tool
• Drawing Rectangles and Aligning with Key objects

Final Artwork Procedure

• Installing new fonts and Creating Outline for Type
• Preparing artwork for print
• Exporting to JPEG and PDF
• Previewing in Outline mode

Character Design Project

Objective: Replicating a Character design and Creating a door signage

• Pen Tool, Bezier curve and straight lines
• Drawing Paths, Handles, Anchor Points and Path manipulation
• Creating precise shapes with Shape Builder Tool (New)
• Width Tool (New)
• Compound Paths and Expand Appearance

Corporate Identity Project

Objective: Creating a corporate identity

• Multi Artboard creation
• Artboard options, Artboard Panel (New) and Rename Artboards (New)
• Linear Gradient Tool and Shearing Tool
• Basic logo creation
• Creating Namecard, Letterhead and Envelope

Printer Expectations

• Bleed mark and Opacity (Transparency)
• Print safe area and Printer expectations
• Exporting to individual artboards

2 days from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM

Introduction to InDesign

• Workspace and Tools
• Panel Settings
• Mini Bridge
• Customizing Settings

Pages, spreads and master pages

• Moving pages
• Duplicating spreads
• Deleting pages
• Understanding Master page
• Stacking objects
• Importance of layers

Laying out frames and pages

• Using placeholders
• Understanding textbox, unassigned and content box

Creating text and text frames

• Using text frames
• Importing text

Images and Contents

• Importing images
• Clipping out images

Baseline grid and columns

• Align paragraphs to a baseline grid
• Creating columns for layout

Typography

• Fonts and typefaces
• Understanding about Leading, Kerning and Tracking

Preflight and Package

• Preparing files for Preflight
• Creating custom profile for Preflight
• Understanding about Preflight
• Preparing the artwork for printing
• Packaging for Final Artwork

Acrobat Professional 9

• Balancing PDF file size and quality
• Creating simple PDFs