Course Fee: PKR 3,000/-

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Some of the components that this course will touch upon are:
Section 1:INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHIC DESIGN

• Introduction to the Graphic Design industry
• Survey career opportunities
• Past and present iconic graphic designers
• Samples of professional graphic design in the industry
• Impact of graphic design in visual space and visual culture
• Specialties within the industry of graphic design

Section 2: UNDERSTANDING FUNDAMENTALS OF DESIGN

• Fundamentals of 2D design
• Building blocks of the design process
• Solving real world problems
• Art and design fundamentals:
  • line
  • shapes
  • colour
  • value
  • rhythm
  • textures
  • balance
  • unity
  • space
  • contrast
  • forms
  • emphasis
  • repetition

Section 3: ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

• Adobe Photoshop and its user interface
• Core functions
• Concept of layers in Photoshop
• Concept of masking in Photoshop
• Image adjustment techniques

Section 4:ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

• Adobe Illustrator and its user interface
• Core functions
• Concept of layers in Illustrator
• Concept of masking in Illustrator
• Concept of shapes, paths and other shape building tools

Section 5:INTRODUCTION TO COLOUR THEORY AND PRACTICES

• Introduction to Colour theory
• Use of colour in real life as well as design
• Meaning of colour
• Colour Wheel and developing combinations

Section 6: INTRODUCTION TO LOGO DESIGN

• Logo design and its fundamentals
• The design process
• Creating meaningful logos

Section: 7: INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHY

• Major types in TYPE
• Evolution of the alphabet and letter-form design
• TYPE families, anatomy and principles
• The process of illustratingwith TYPE

Section 8: BRANDING & IDENTITY DESIGN

• Introduction to Identity Design
• Working with clients
• What branding means
• Types of branding
• Print and Digital media

Section 9: PHOTO MANIPULATION

• Impact of various photographic compositions
• The process of cropping and manipulate photographs to enhance meaning
• Layout and advert design/editorial design
• Professional layout examples

Section 10: CREATING WEB LAYOUTS

• Process of creating website layouts
• Process of creating assets for web (looking at specific design/layout sizes commonly used in web design)
• Colour and its use in digital space

Section 11: CREATING MOBILE APP LAYOUTS

• Process of creating mobile layouts
• Process of creating assets for mobile apps (looking at specific design/layout sizes commonly used in mobile app design)

Section 12: INTRODUCTION TO FREELANCING

• how to become a freelance and create a sustaining income
• pros and cons of freelancing
• the ethical and professional way of becoming a productive freelancer
• resources available for freelancing in the field of design
• how to join freelancing sites
• the process of creating a freelancing profile

Section 13: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE METHODS& LEGAL SIDE OF DESIGN

• Standards that define the expectations of a professional designer
• Principles of integrity
• Perspectives of the design profession
• Legalities involved in professional design projects
• Copyrights, copyright infringement, plagiarism, crediting creators, purchasing online products, downloading ‘free’ content

• This will be a 2 Months Course includes weekend classes
• This will be a a Two Months Course includes weekend classes