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DIPLOMA IN DESKTOP PUBLISHING



DESKTOP PUBLISHING

Course Syllabus           

Unit #2 Developing Knowledge and Skill of Adobe

● How are Type and Font used as design elements?

● What are the basic elements of a successful printed advertisement?

● What are the basic skills needed with using InDesign to re-design an advertisement?

● What is Copyright and how does it relate to usage of graphics in design?

Unit #3 Scaling & Identifying

● How are graphics scaled and how is appropriate resolution applied for specific situations?

● What is resolution as it relates to graphic design?

● How does resolution relate to image quality?

● What is color theory and how is it used in the production of graphics?

Unit #4 Understanding Picas and Points

● What are picas and points?

● How are picas and points used to measure graphic design projects?

● What is needed to develop skill with picas and points in order to measure and produce

graphics?

Unit #5 Introduction to Adobe Photoshop

● What is Adobe Photoshop and how is it used differently than Adobe InDesign?

● What is the Photoshop Tool Palette and how are the tools used?

● What is a logo?

● What are the characteristics of an effective logo?

● What are basic skills in Photoshop needed to create a simple font logo?

Unit #6 Advanced Photoshop Techniques

● What advanced techniques are available in Photoshop?

● How can a tutorial be created in order to teach an advanced Photoshop technique to other

students?

Unit #7 Background Graphics

● What is a background graphic and how/where are they used?

● How is a high resolution background graphic produced in Photoshop?

● What tools are used in Photoshop to create background graphics?

Unit #8 Product Packaging

● What are industry standards for product packaging?

● What is product "branding", how can product branding influence product packaging?

● How can students use existing logos and graphics of a product to develop new layout/design

for the product by considering branding and existing product trends?

Unit #9 Career Development/21st Century Skills

● How do the skills and knowledge I am learning in this class get applied within a job setting?

● How can I work with a team to develop an answer to a question or solution to problem?

● How I apply the skills that my future employers will value?


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