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Graphics Design and Desktop Publishing

Dublin
Course Duration
€28 per week interest-free payment plan.

Course Content

The field of Graphics Design & Desktop Publishing is a fascinating area to study. Students who enrol into the course will complete the following units of study:

1 Foundation & Theory
  • Colour Theory
  • History of computer graphics
  • Resolution
  • Introduction to Postscript
  • Bit Depth and File Size
2 Tools and Workplace
  • Computer Hardware
  • graphics Software
  • File Formats
  • Setting Up a Studio
  • Choosing the Right Tools
3 Raw Materials
  • Graphics Tablet
  • Choosing a Scanner
  • Scan Basics
  • Descreen & Black/white Point
  • Digital Camera Basics
  • Royalty-Free Photography
4 Printing and Prepress
  • Printer Troubleshooting
  • Remote Printing
  • Prepress
  • Linking and Embedding
  • Digital Print
  • Portable Document Format
5 Digital Illustration
  • Bezier Curves
  • Objects and Grouping
  • Vector Basics
  • Bitmap Basics
  • Selections and Masks
  • Filters
  • Pixel Painting
  • Rasterising and Clipping Paths
6 Advanced Digital Illustration
  • Photographic Manipulation
  • Montage
  • Combining Pixel with Paths
  • Perspective and Shadows
  • Getting Creative
  • Text as a Graphics
  • Realism
7 Design and Typography
  • What is Design?
  • Legibility
  • Appropriateness
  • Professional Habits
  • Branding Typefaces and Fonts
  • Serif and Sanserif
  • Typographic Rules
8 Desktop Publishing
  • Page Layout
  • The Brief
  • Grads and Margins
  • Master Pages
  • Paragraphs and Text Styles
  • Graphics with Text
  • Order of Layout Pages
  • Copy fitting
9 Web Design
  • Web Graphics
  • Internet File Formats
  • Webpage Layout
  • HTML
  • Functionality
  • Web Design Software
  • Cascading Style Sheets
  • Navigation
  • Hyperlinks
10 Marketing and Design
  • Marketing and Advertising
  • Salesmanship
  • The Designers Responsibility
  • Internet Marketing
  • Brand Advertising
  • Search Engines
  • Target Marketing

How Will You Benefit?

 

  • Fast track your career in various graphics design and desktop publishing related professions
  • Quickly develop skills in months not years!
  • Study a graphics design and desktop publishing course that was designed in conjunction with senior professionals in the graphics industry
  • Free up valuable time, don’t waste time and money travelling to classes
  • Study at your own pace whenever and wherever you are
  • Have access to a tutor who will provide prompt and encouraging support
  • Easy interest free payment plans from as low as €28 per week

Start reaping the benefits by enrolling today!

Career Prospects

The Graphics Design & Desktop Publishing industry can be a rewarding and challenging creative experience which is fulfilling and satisfying.

Career opportunities includes:
  • Graphic Designer
  • Desktop Publisher
  • Freelance Graphic Designer

A huge amount of growth is currently occurring in the freelance sector of the graphics and desktop publishing industry. Many designers work as independent self employed contractors. Work within the in-house print and digital design houses is also abundant. Strong continued employment prospects are forecast for the industry particularly so for digital medium based work.

Personal Requirements:

 

  • Creative and imaginative
  • Understanding of colour and form
  • Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
  • Good communication skills
  • Enjoy working with computers
  • Artistic ability for drawing, design and layout
  • Creativity, imagination and versatility.

Course Details

CollegeInternational Career Institute
Course ID107777
Course LocationDublin
Location PostcodeDublin 3
Course TypeDistance Learning
Course Fee€28 per week interest-free payment plan.
Career PathYou can work in an advertising agency or in any business firm that has a need for such service. There is also an option to establish a freelance career. Plenty of jobs exist in digital design companies and in-house print companies but the freelance sector is enjoying enormous growth too. Employment opportunities in this industry are on steady increase specifically for jobs in the digital medium.

Course Provider

International Career Institute

Kandoy House, 2 Fairview Strand, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

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