Week - 1 |
Getting acquainted, introducing the course and getting expectations, features of Adobe Illustrator vector software: acquaintance with the software, recording formats and features, editing for purposes of use. |
Week - 2 |
Using the workspace, creating a new document, tools menu; use of selection tools, vector and pixel, area (artboard) controls, use of the tools menu. |
Week - 3 |
Drawings of simple geometric shapes; Using pathfinders, shape builder tool. |
Week - 4 |
Logo drawing; rulers and guides, pen tool use. |
Week - 5 |
Writing practices; Type tool and character settings, paragraph creation, text conversion, circular writing, text wrap usage. |
Week - 6 |
Color mixtures, reflect tool, rotation tools, logo drawing, converting an image to vector, simple drawing technique from a photo. Symbol drawing, effects, Save document, export in JPG, PNG, SVG, PDF formats. |
Week - 7 |
MIDTERM |
Week - 8 |
Introduction to Adobe Indesign; features of the desktop publishing design program (multi-page support, brochures, posters, promotional materials, iPad, web, business card design-specific features, Photoshop and Indesign compatibility, etc.), use of tools, creating new documents. |
Week - 9 |
Tools panel in the Indesign design program, opening documents, managing windows and panels, screen modes. Control panel features; frame sizing, positioning, tilt rotation, text options, table cells, and using context menus. |
Week - 10 |
Creating documents; working with templates, page duplication and numbering, working with partitioning grids, rulers and units of measurement. |
Week - 11 |
Content designs; text editing; placing framed text, wrapping text, editing, aligning, coloring, placing framed images, creating and using paragraph styles. |
Week - 12 |
Removing and using the background in photographs, processing photographs with Adobe Photoshop and using them in Indesign. Adjusting the image quality; Image quality resolution adjustments with Photoshop. |
Week - 13 |
Working with transparency; effects panel, adjust text transparency, apply multiple effects to objects. Using Pathfinder. Magazine page and newspaper page design applications. |
Week - 14 |
Course evaluation and closing. |