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Final Course Outline - LEVEL 1

This document outlines a graphic design course containing 18 lessons covering topics such as the history of graphic design, color theory, working with Photoshop and Illustrator, typography, layers, image editing, advertising, 3D effects, vector drawing, illustration, packaging design, corporate identity, and publication design. The lessons include introductions to relevant tools and techniques for completing assignments that apply the concepts learned.

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Final Course Outline - LEVEL 1

This document outlines a graphic design course containing 18 lessons covering topics such as the history of graphic design, color theory, working with Photoshop and Illustrator, typography, layers, image editing, advertising, 3D effects, vector drawing, illustration, packaging design, corporate identity, and publication design. The lessons include introductions to relevant tools and techniques for completing assignments that apply the concepts learned.

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Lesson 1

Introduction to Graphic Design

1. History of Graphic Design


2. Evolution of Graphic Design
3. Scope of Graphic Design
4. Famous Designers around the globe.

Lesson 2
Introduction to Design, Creative thinking & Color

1. Understanding Color
2. Color Wheel
3. Types of Color
4. Warm & Cool Col or
5 Color Psychology
6. Introduction to Design elements
7. Introduction to design principles
8. Differences between vector-based graphics and pixel-based graphics
9. Photoshop walk through

Lesson 3
Working with Adobe Photoshop

1. Introduction to Photoshop CS6


2. Image Size and Resolution.
3. Creating a New Document
4. Opening and Closing a Document
5. Creating a Workspace
6. Understanding tool Bar
7. Cropping images
8. Working with Canvas Size10.
9. Transforming Objects
10. Copy Paste
11. Image Modes
Lesson 4
Introduction to Typography

5. Introduction to Typographic Terms


6. Text Tools In Photoshop
7. Stroking text in Photoshop
8. How to outline text
9. Font Selection
10. Creating a Font Logo.

Lesson 5
Working with Photoshop Layers

11. Layer Blending options


12. How to make a new layer
13. Add Layer Mask
14. How to make Groups
15. Layer Modes

Lesson 6
Working with text in photoshop

16. Layer Blending options on text


17. Text Layer Masking in Photoshop
18. Text Wrap options, Circular, Shape and with image
19. Understanding text arrangement in paragraph
20. Basic Layout Understanding
21. Book Cover Assignment

Lesson 7
Working with Adobe Photoshop (Exploring Tool Bar)

1. Selection Tool
2. Brush Tool
3. Paint Bucket Tool
4. Burn Tool
5. Pen Tool
6. Shape Tool
7. Crop Tool
8. Gradient Tool
9. (Assignment for the Students prior to the understanding of
lecture)

Lesson 8
Image Editing in photoshop

10. Black and white treatment to image


11. Hue/Saturation
12. Image halftone
13. Adding Filters to image
14. Adding Colors to Image
15. Adding posturized effects to images

Lesson 9
What is Advertising

16. Types of Advertising


17. What is Poster Design
18. Copywriting in Advertising
19. Adaptation of Advertising Collaterals
20. Create a Poster design (Product ) and its adaptation
21. Creating Website/Facebook Posts/Web Ads

Lesson 10
Working with 3d Effects in Photoshop

1. Creating Slice portrait in Photoshop


2. 3d effect on Photoshop
3. Image Manipulation
4. Creating Mockups
5. Creating Giffs

Lesson 11
Working with Adobe Illustrator (Vector Based Software)

6. Illustrator Workspace Environment and understanding as vector


based software
7. Creating Documents
8. Creating Art board
9. File Formats
10. Opening and Saving File
11. Understanding Tool Bar
12. Modifying Fill and Stroke Attributes
13. Pathfinder

Lesson 12
Working with Adobe Illustrator (Drawing Tool & Fill Option)

1. Magic wand tool and Lasso tool


2. Understanding of pen tool
3. Drawing through pen tool
4. Creating Path Through Pen tool
5. Clipping Mask
6. Shape Builder tool

Lesson 13
Working with Adobe Illustrator (Creating Text Effects)

1. Text tools in Illustrator


2. Stroking text
3. Outlining text
4. Text in round shape
5. Creating 3d Effects to Illustrator
6. Text Wrap
7. Creating a News Paper Ad with Text wrap
8. Text in Perspective

Lesson 14
Illustration Design
1. Creating illustrations in Illustrator
2. Vector Art Using Pen Tool

Lesson 15

Working with 3D Shapes illustrator

Lesson 16

Designing a Packaging Design with help of photoshop


& Illustrator

Lesson 17
Designing Corporate Identify

1. Logo
2. Visiting Card
3. Letter Head
4. Envelopes

Lesson 18
Publication Design

1. Book/Catalogue Design in Illustrator

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