Description
About this Course
In response to COVID-19, we’ve shifted all our courses to online LIVE until it's safe to be in class.
You: A creative, artistic person who’s bursting with ideas.
Us: A dynamic school with young yet experienced trainers who will give you all the tools you need to express yourself in the digital arts industry.
We start you out with Photoshop, where you will immediately be immersed in a world of design and editing which will serve as the basis for the rest of the path. We'll begin with the basics of image editing and move on to more advanced topics such as integration with InDesign and Illustrator. We will then brush up your skills so you can sit for the Adobe Certified Associate in Photoshop CC.
Now we move on to InDesign. Design layouts for print and digital publishing using the industry’s premier tool. Gain an understanding of typography, preflighting, publishing and creating professional designs for attractive publications. This will then lead you to the Adobe Certified Associate in InDesign CC.
We’re not done yet! Next up is Illustrator. In a world of infographics and consumers drowning in data, Illustrator has become to industry standard digital illustration tool for professional graphics. Don’t just edit graphics, create them! Create vector artwork for print and web and gain a sound understanding on the implementation of vector art as a part of an overall design.
By the end of this course, you’ll be an ACA in three key applications. Your possibilities are endless!
 |
The MySuccess Graphic Designer Associate study programme is an MQF Level 5 Award (5 ECTS) titled ‘VET Award for Graphic Design Associate with Adobe Creative Suite’ by the National Commission for Further & Higher Education. This continues to confirm the relevance of the MySuccess industry-designed study programmes. |
Course Outline
Theory & Concepts
- Image File Formats
- Pixel vs Vector
- Resolution
- Colour Models
- Typography
- Useful Tools
Adobe Photoshop CC
- Introducing The Workspace
- Getting familiar with the Tools Panel
- Switching tools using the keyboard
- Dark or Light Interface
- Navigating your image, tabs and windows
- Panels and workspaces
- Zooming in and zooming out
- Entering a custom zoom value
- Scrolling and panning images
- Rotating the view
- Working with tabbed documents
- Arranging documents
- Cycling between screen modes
- Switching tools using the keyboard
- Customizing the keyboard shortcuts
- The Basics of Layers
- The Background layer
- Using a layer mask instead of deleting pixels
- Naming, hiding, creating, aligning and deleting layers
- Altering the stacking order of layers
- Layer transformations
- Aligning and distributing layers
- Changing the opacity of layers
- Grouping layers
- Merge or rasterise layers
- Flatten or Save As?
- Applying a clipping mask
- Filtering layers
- Best Practises
- Crop and Straighten
- The new and improved Crop tool
- Straightening a crooked image
- Using the Perspective Crop tool
- Automatically Cropping and Straightening scanned images
- The Rule of Thirds
- Extending Images
- Creating a border around your image
- Extending the canvas
- Using Content Aware Extend
- Using Content Aware Fill
- Using Content Aware Scale
- Adjusting Image Luminance
- Let there be Luminance
- The Auto commands
- Adjustments using Brightness/Contrast, Level and Curves
- Working non-destructively with adjustment layers
- Editing adjustment layers
- Isolating an adjustment with a layer mask
- Hello to the histogram
- Basics of the Shadows/Highlights command
- Adjusting Colours
- Assessing an image
- Identifying a colour cast and how to correct it
- Correcting a colour cast automatically
- Changing the colour balance using levels
- Changing the colour balance using Colour Balance
- Adjusting colour intensity with Vibrance
- The Hue/Saturation command
- The Undo and the History Panel
- Undo
- Utilising the History Panel
- Creating a Snapshot
- Creating a new Document from a History State
- Selections
- What are selections and why we use them?
- The Marquee tools
- Getting to know the Lasso tools
- Magic Wand and Quick Mask tools
- Adding to and subtracting from Selections
- Modifying Selections
- Saving and Loading Selections
- Meet the Channels Panel
- Masking
- Understanding what a mask is and does
- Working with Layer Masks
- Basic Retouching
- Using the Spot Healing Brush
- Using the Healing Brush
- Using the Patch Tool
- The ‘good old‘ Clone Stamp tool
- The Dodge and Burn tools
- Tips and Tricks
- Basic Brushes
- An overview of brushes and the Brushes panel
- Brush size and hardness
- Brush shortcuts
- Working with Colour
- The Swatches Panel
- The Colour Panel
- The Colour Picker
- Using the Eyedropper Tool to sample colour
- Creating simple gradients
- Simple compositing
- The various options for copying and pasting
- Dragging and dropping
- Placing an image
- Smart Objects and why when to use them
- Saving Your Work
- Saving images to PSD
- Saving images to TIFF
- File Formats and which to use
- Best practises
- Using the Save For Web utility
- The Colour Modes explained
- Getting to grips with text
- Horizontal and Vertical type tools
- Customising font properties
- The Character panel
- The Paragraph panel
- Managing text layers
- Working smarter with Bridge
- Opening and organising files
- Viewing, choosing and assessing images
- Adding Metadata and Keywords
- Working with Batches and Actions
- Collections and Smart Collections
- Labelling and Filtering
- Camera RAW
- Difference between RAW and compressed images
- Intro to Adobe Camera RAW
- Camera RAW Filter in Photoshop
- Retouching
- Working on a actual retouching projects, non-destructively
- Scaling tips
- Working with all the Liquify tools
- Improve body shape and detail
- Adjusting Image Luminance
- Editing with the histogram
- Customizing a Levels adjustment
- Understanding the Gamma value
- Making channel-by-channel adjustments
- Simulating a Grey Card
- Customising a Curves adjustment
- Colour adjustment by the numbers
- Tips and tricks
- Shadows/Highlights
- Working non-destructively with Shadows/Highlights
- Shadows Highlights techniques
- The Radius values explained
- Enhancing the effects of Midtone Contrast
- Masking a group of Smart Filters
- Working with Type
- Creating point text
- Choosing fonts and type style tricks
- A run through of the Character and Paragraph panels
- Kerning and tracking characters
- Creating and editing area text
- Selecting and formatting paragraphs
- Using Paragraph Styles
- Using Character Styles
- Setting text inside a custom path
- Creating text along a path
- Masking text into image elements
- Anti-aliasing explained
- Working with Vectors
- The other vector-based layer
- Drawing a dashed or dotted border
- Drawing and aligning custom shapes
- Combining simple shapes
- Cropping and merging shapes
- Adjusting Live Shape attributes
- Working with the pen tool
- Layer Styles and Effects
- Applying and creating Layer Styles
- Loading and customizing Layer Styles
- Merging and saving Layer Styles
- Copying Layer Styles
- Depth, contour, and texture
- Imparting depth with a layer effect
- Creating shadows
- Bevel and Emboss
- Modifying a layer’s effects
- Saving custom default settings
- Creating a custom contour
- Global Light and rasterizing effects
- Surface contour
- Adding textures
- Scale, Rotate, Skew, and Warp
- Meet the transformations
- Transformation and Smart Objects
- Content aware Move
- Content Aware Extend
- Rotating a layer with Free Transform
- Scale, duplicate, repeat, distort, perspective, and skew
- Working with Greyscale and Black & White
- Convert to black and white
- Several ways to convert to greyscale
- Mixing a custom black-and-white image
- The Black & White command
- Customizing the Black & White settings
- Black & White or Channel Mixer
- Creating a sepia tone
- Selections and Masking
- Adding to and subracting from Selections
- Feathering a selection
- Refine Edge and Refine Mask
- Working with the Mask panel
- Modifying Selections
- Saving and Loading Selections
- Viewing a mask with or without its image
- Painting directly inside an alpha channel
- Correcting fringes around a masked layer
- Turning a layer into a knockout
- Selecting with the Colour Range command
- Selecting Skin Tones
- Selecting a complex image with Colour Range
- Refining a selection in the Quick Mask mode
- Sharpening Details
- Understanding the Smart Sharpen filter
- Understanding the Unsharp Mask filter
- Assessing the best sharpening practises
- Sharpening with High Pass
- Sharpening using Smart Filters
- Noise and Detail
- The Noise/Details balancing act
- Introducing the Reduce Noise filter
- Brushing away blur and sharpening
- Creating texture by adding noise
- Correcting noise in Camera Raw
- Working with the Median filter
- Saving for the Web
- Producing a suitable JPEG image
- Producing a suitable GIF image
- Working with colours to reduce file size
- PNG and PNG
- Viewing results in a browser
- Printing and Outputting
- The main print options
- Description and printing marks
- Applying bleed
- The Colour Settings
- Previewing an image at print size
- Creating contact sheets
- Creating a web gallery
Adobe InDesign CC
- Introducing The Workspace
- Getting To Know InDesign
- Setting Up a Document
- Familiarising with Tools
- Working With Pages & Objects
- Page Settings
- Applying Effects
- Styling Frames
- Setting Images in Frame
- Flowing & Editing Text
- Paragraphs
- Special Text
- Page Number & Footers
- Font Styles Customization
- Forms & Tables
- Working With Typography
- Text Design Concepts
- Text, Images & Paths
- Working With Styles & Color
- Gradients & Colors
- Transparency
- Importing & Modifying Graphics
- Frames & Images
- Interactive Gallery
- Printing & Exporting
- Creating Adobe PDF Files
- Forms
- Interactive Documents
- Creating & Exporting An E-Book
Adobe Illustrator CC
Download Course Sheet- Introducing The Workspace
- Getting To Know Illustrator
- Setting Up a Document
- Familiarising With Tools
- Working With Selection Tools
- Creating, Editing Shapes & Aligning
- Use of Open Paths
- Aligning Shapes & Paths
- Applying Effects
- Working With Symbols
- Working With Brushes
- Use of Preset Brushes
- Customizing Own Brushes
- Transforming Objects
- Working With Transform Tool
- Drawing With The Pen Tool
- Color & Painting
- Working With Blob Brush
- Working With Gradient Tools
- Working With Mesh Tool
- Blending Colors & Shapes
- Working With Type
- Text Manipulation
- Working With Prespective Drawing
- 3D Effects In Illustrator
- Converting 2D to 3D Design
- Creating 3D Text
- Exporting File For Animation
Certification
Visual Communication using Adobe Photoshop CC
 |
Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop is one of today’s most sought after skills. With the Visual Communication using Adobe Photoshop certification exam, students can prove themselves by being tested and certified in the basic Photoshop skills that employers in particular are looking for.
Language: English | Duration: 50 Minutes |
Print & Digital Media Publication using Adobe InDesign CC
 |
Offering pixel-perfect control over design and typography, users can create elegant and engaging page layouts for print or digital media. And with so many powerful new features, trained and certified students tend to be more skilled in their use of InDesign than their non-certified peers.
Language: English | Duration: 50 Minutes |
Graphic Design & Illustration using Adobe Illustrator CC
 |
As students plan careers in design, graphics, illustration, and related fields, the opportunities have never been greater, but the software skills required for these positions have to match. A student with an ACA certification in Adobe Illustrator AND a great looking portfolio is going to make a powerful impression on a prospective employer.
Language: English | Duration: 50 Minutes |
Funding
Students following the MySuccess Graphic Designer Associate study programme can apply for the Get Qualified Scheme which will enable them to benefit from a tax credit of 70% of the costs incurred (ie. €910 will be refunded back for this course).
For further details and assistance on how to apply for this scheme, kindly contact us for an appointment.
Course Details
MODE OF STUDY
PARTTIME
DELIVERY METHOD
Lectures & Hands-On Practice
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Good Knowledge of English
ONLINE CLASS REQUIREMENTS
Mac or Windows PC
WebCam
Stable Internet Connection
Adobe Creative Cloud Suite
NEXT STEPS
DURATION
60 hours (20 Lessons of 3 Hours)
DAY(S)
Tuesday & Thursday
TIME
6.00PM till 9.00PM
STARTING DATE
Thursday 2nd December 2021
END DATE
Thursday 24th February 2022
WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Training by an Adobe Certified Educator
- Official Adobe Courseware (Format: Paperback)
- Detailed Educator Presentations
- Official Adobe ACA Practice Tests
- Official Adobe ACA Exams (x1 Sit Per Module)
Price: € 1300
€
910
Refunded through the Get Qualified Scheme.
About this Course
In response to COVID-19, we’ve shifted all our courses to online LIVE until it's safe to be in class.
You: A creative, artistic person who’s bursting with ideas.
Us: A dynamic school with young yet experienced trainers who will give you all the tools you need to express yourself in the digital arts industry.
We start you out with Photoshop, where you will immediately be immersed in a world of design and editing which will serve as the basis for the rest of the path. We'll begin with the basics of image editing and move on to more advanced topics such as integration with InDesign and Illustrator. We will then brush up your skills so you can sit for the Adobe Certified Associate in Photoshop CC.
Now we move on to InDesign. Design layouts for print and digital publishing using the industry’s premier tool. Gain an understanding of typography, preflighting, publishing and creating professional designs for attractive publications. This will then lead you to the Adobe Certified Associate in InDesign CC.
We’re not done yet! Next up is Illustrator. In a world of infographics and consumers drowning in data, Illustrator has become to industry standard digital illustration tool for professional graphics. Don’t just edit graphics, create them! Create vector artwork for print and web and gain a sound understanding on the implementation of vector art as a part of an overall design.
By the end of this course, you’ll be an ACA in three key applications. Your possibilities are endless!
|
The MySuccess Graphic Designer Associate study programme is an MQF Level 5 Award (5 ECTS) titled ‘VET Award for Graphic Design Associate with Adobe Creative Suite’ by the National Commission for Further & Higher Education. This continues to confirm the relevance of the MySuccess industry-designed study programmes. |
Course Outline
Theory & Concepts
- Image File Formats
- Pixel vs Vector
- Resolution
- Colour Models
- Typography
- Useful Tools
Adobe Photoshop CC
- Introducing The Workspace
- Getting familiar with the Tools Panel
- Switching tools using the keyboard
- Dark or Light Interface
- Navigating your image, tabs and windows
- Panels and workspaces
- Zooming in and zooming out
- Entering a custom zoom value
- Scrolling and panning images
- Rotating the view
- Working with tabbed documents
- Arranging documents
- Cycling between screen modes
- Switching tools using the keyboard
- Customizing the keyboard shortcuts
- The Basics of Layers
- The Background layer
- Using a layer mask instead of deleting pixels
- Naming, hiding, creating, aligning and deleting layers
- Altering the stacking order of layers
- Layer transformations
- Aligning and distributing layers
- Changing the opacity of layers
- Grouping layers
- Merge or rasterise layers
- Flatten or Save As?
- Applying a clipping mask
- Filtering layers
- Best Practises
- Crop and Straighten
- The new and improved Crop tool
- Straightening a crooked image
- Using the Perspective Crop tool
- Automatically Cropping and Straightening scanned images
- The Rule of Thirds
- Extending Images
- Creating a border around your image
- Extending the canvas
- Using Content Aware Extend
- Using Content Aware Fill
- Using Content Aware Scale
- Adjusting Image Luminance
- Let there be Luminance
- The Auto commands
- Adjustments using Brightness/Contrast, Level and Curves
- Working non-destructively with adjustment layers
- Editing adjustment layers
- Isolating an adjustment with a layer mask
- Hello to the histogram
- Basics of the Shadows/Highlights command
- Adjusting Colours
- Assessing an image
- Identifying a colour cast and how to correct it
- Correcting a colour cast automatically
- Changing the colour balance using levels
- Changing the colour balance using Colour Balance
- Adjusting colour intensity with Vibrance
- The Hue/Saturation command
- The Undo and the History Panel
- Undo
- Utilising the History Panel
- Creating a Snapshot
- Creating a new Document from a History State
- Selections
- What are selections and why we use them?
- The Marquee tools
- Getting to know the Lasso tools
- Magic Wand and Quick Mask tools
- Adding to and subtracting from Selections
- Modifying Selections
- Saving and Loading Selections
- Meet the Channels Panel
- Masking
- Understanding what a mask is and does
- Working with Layer Masks
- Basic Retouching
- Using the Spot Healing Brush
- Using the Healing Brush
- Using the Patch Tool
- The ‘good old‘ Clone Stamp tool
- The Dodge and Burn tools
- Tips and Tricks
- Basic Brushes
- An overview of brushes and the Brushes panel
- Brush size and hardness
- Brush shortcuts
- Working with Colour
- The Swatches Panel
- The Colour Panel
- The Colour Picker
- Using the Eyedropper Tool to sample colour
- Creating simple gradients
- Simple compositing
- The various options for copying and pasting
- Dragging and dropping
- Placing an image
- Smart Objects and why when to use them
- Saving Your Work
- Saving images to PSD
- Saving images to TIFF
- File Formats and which to use
- Best practises
- Using the Save For Web utility
- The Colour Modes explained
- Getting to grips with text
- Horizontal and Vertical type tools
- Customising font properties
- The Character panel
- The Paragraph panel
- Managing text layers
- Working smarter with Bridge
- Opening and organising files
- Viewing, choosing and assessing images
- Adding Metadata and Keywords
- Working with Batches and Actions
- Collections and Smart Collections
- Labelling and Filtering
- Camera RAW
- Difference between RAW and compressed images
- Intro to Adobe Camera RAW
- Camera RAW Filter in Photoshop
- Retouching
- Working on a actual retouching projects, non-destructively
- Scaling tips
- Working with all the Liquify tools
- Improve body shape and detail
- Adjusting Image Luminance
- Editing with the histogram
- Customizing a Levels adjustment
- Understanding the Gamma value
- Making channel-by-channel adjustments
- Simulating a Grey Card
- Customising a Curves adjustment
- Colour adjustment by the numbers
- Tips and tricks
- Shadows/Highlights
- Working non-destructively with Shadows/Highlights
- Shadows Highlights techniques
- The Radius values explained
- Enhancing the effects of Midtone Contrast
- Masking a group of Smart Filters
- Working with Type
- Creating point text
- Choosing fonts and type style tricks
- A run through of the Character and Paragraph panels
- Kerning and tracking characters
- Creating and editing area text
- Selecting and formatting paragraphs
- Using Paragraph Styles
- Using Character Styles
- Setting text inside a custom path
- Creating text along a path
- Masking text into image elements
- Anti-aliasing explained
- Working with Vectors
- The other vector-based layer
- Drawing a dashed or dotted border
- Drawing and aligning custom shapes
- Combining simple shapes
- Cropping and merging shapes
- Adjusting Live Shape attributes
- Working with the pen tool
- Layer Styles and Effects
- Applying and creating Layer Styles
- Loading and customizing Layer Styles
- Merging and saving Layer Styles
- Copying Layer Styles
- Depth, contour, and texture
- Imparting depth with a layer effect
- Creating shadows
- Bevel and Emboss
- Modifying a layer’s effects
- Saving custom default settings
- Creating a custom contour
- Global Light and rasterizing effects
- Surface contour
- Adding textures
- Scale, Rotate, Skew, and Warp
- Meet the transformations
- Transformation and Smart Objects
- Content aware Move
- Content Aware Extend
- Rotating a layer with Free Transform
- Scale, duplicate, repeat, distort, perspective, and skew
- Working with Greyscale and Black & White
- Convert to black and white
- Several ways to convert to greyscale
- Mixing a custom black-and-white image
- The Black & White command
- Customizing the Black & White settings
- Black & White or Channel Mixer
- Creating a sepia tone
- Selections and Masking
- Adding to and subracting from Selections
- Feathering a selection
- Refine Edge and Refine Mask
- Working with the Mask panel
- Modifying Selections
- Saving and Loading Selections
- Viewing a mask with or without its image
- Painting directly inside an alpha channel
- Correcting fringes around a masked layer
- Turning a layer into a knockout
- Selecting with the Colour Range command
- Selecting Skin Tones
- Selecting a complex image with Colour Range
- Refining a selection in the Quick Mask mode
- Sharpening Details
- Understanding the Smart Sharpen filter
- Understanding the Unsharp Mask filter
- Assessing the best sharpening practises
- Sharpening with High Pass
- Sharpening using Smart Filters
- Noise and Detail
- The Noise/Details balancing act
- Introducing the Reduce Noise filter
- Brushing away blur and sharpening
- Creating texture by adding noise
- Correcting noise in Camera Raw
- Working with the Median filter
- Saving for the Web
- Producing a suitable JPEG image
- Producing a suitable GIF image
- Working with colours to reduce file size
- PNG and PNG
- Viewing results in a browser
- Printing and Outputting
- The main print options
- Description and printing marks
- Applying bleed
- The Colour Settings
- Previewing an image at print size
- Creating contact sheets
- Creating a web gallery
Adobe InDesign CC
- Introducing The Workspace
- Getting To Know InDesign
- Setting Up a Document
- Familiarising with Tools
- Working With Pages & Objects
- Page Settings
- Applying Effects
- Styling Frames
- Setting Images in Frame
- Flowing & Editing Text
- Paragraphs
- Special Text
- Page Number & Footers
- Font Styles Customization
- Forms & Tables
- Working With Typography
- Text Design Concepts
- Text, Images & Paths
- Working With Styles & Color
- Gradients & Colors
- Transparency
- Importing & Modifying Graphics
- Frames & Images
- Interactive Gallery
- Printing & Exporting
- Creating Adobe PDF Files
- Forms
- Interactive Documents
- Creating & Exporting An E-Book
Adobe Illustrator CC
Download Course Sheet- Introducing The Workspace
- Getting To Know Illustrator
- Setting Up a Document
- Familiarising With Tools
- Working With Selection Tools
- Creating, Editing Shapes & Aligning
- Use of Open Paths
- Aligning Shapes & Paths
- Applying Effects
- Working With Symbols
- Working With Brushes
- Use of Preset Brushes
- Customizing Own Brushes
- Transforming Objects
- Working With Transform Tool
- Drawing With The Pen Tool
- Color & Painting
- Working With Blob Brush
- Working With Gradient Tools
- Working With Mesh Tool
- Blending Colors & Shapes
- Working With Type
- Text Manipulation
- Working With Prespective Drawing
- 3D Effects In Illustrator
- Converting 2D to 3D Design
- Creating 3D Text
- Exporting File For Animation
Certification
Visual Communication using Adobe Photoshop CC
|
Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop is one of today’s most sought after skills. With the Visual Communication using Adobe Photoshop certification exam, students can prove themselves by being tested and certified in the basic Photoshop skills that employers in particular are looking for.
Language: English | Duration: 50 Minutes |
Print & Digital Media Publication using Adobe InDesign CC
|
Offering pixel-perfect control over design and typography, users can create elegant and engaging page layouts for print or digital media. And with so many powerful new features, trained and certified students tend to be more skilled in their use of InDesign than their non-certified peers.
Language: English | Duration: 50 Minutes |
Graphic Design & Illustration using Adobe Illustrator CC
|
As students plan careers in design, graphics, illustration, and related fields, the opportunities have never been greater, but the software skills required for these positions have to match. A student with an ACA certification in Adobe Illustrator AND a great looking portfolio is going to make a powerful impression on a prospective employer.
Language: English | Duration: 50 Minutes |
Funding
Students following the MySuccess Graphic Designer Associate study programme can apply for the Get Qualified Scheme which will enable them to benefit from a tax credit of 70% of the costs incurred (ie. €910 will be refunded back for this course).
For further details and assistance on how to apply for this scheme, kindly contact us for an appointment.
Course Details
MODE OF STUDY
PARTTIME
DELIVERY METHOD
Lectures & Hands-On Practice
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Good Knowledge of English
ONLINE CLASS REQUIREMENTS
Mac or Windows PC
WebCam
Stable Internet Connection
Adobe Creative Cloud Suite
NEXT STEPS
DURATION
60 hours (20 Lessons of 3 Hours)
DAY(S)
Tuesday & Thursday
TIME
6.00PM till 9.00PM
STARTING DATE
Thursday 2nd December 2021
END DATE
Thursday 24th February 2022
WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Training by an Adobe Certified Educator
- Official Adobe Courseware (Format: Paperback)
- Detailed Educator Presentations
- Official Adobe ACA Practice Tests
- Official Adobe ACA Exams (x1 Sit Per Module)
Price: € 1300
€
910
Refunded through the Get Qualified Scheme.