• • 1. An Introduction to Design Principles

■ Elements of Design ■ Principles of Design ■ Applying Design Principles ■ Case Studies

• • 2. Introduction to Different Types of Graphic Design 

■ Web Design ■ UI/Interactive Design ■ Advertising & Marketing Design ■ Motion Graphics & Animation ■ Packaging Design ■ Game Design ■ Illustration ■ Publication & Typographic Design ■ Case Studies

• • 3. Creation of Advertising & Marketing Design

■ Logo Designing Basics & Practical ■ Poster Designing Basics & Practical ■ Hoarding/Billboard/Standee Designing Basics & Practical ■ Packaging Design Basics & Practical ■ Leaflet/Insertion Designing Basics & Practical

• • 4. Social Media Advertisement Design

■ Basic layout design ■ Logo Placement ■ Text Placement ■ Working on different types of platforms

• • 1. Getting Started with Photoshop

■ Zooming ■ Scrolling ■ Getting around ■ Tools ■ Copying & pasting

• • 2. Photo Retouching 

■ Spot Healing Brush ■ Content-Aware Fill

• • 3. Cropping Photos

■ Cropping Photos ■ Straightening Photos ■ Straightening a Layer

• • 4. Creating Graphics: Combing Photos, Text, & Graphics

■ Adding Type ■ Smart Objects ■ Importing Vector Graphics (Such as Logos) ■ Type Anti-Aliasing

• • 5. Replacing Backgrounds

■ Select Subject ■ Select and Mask ■ Image compositing

• • 6. Blend Modes & Opacity

■ Blend Modes ■ Opacity ■ Placing & Editing Smart Objects

• • 7. Color Correction Using Color Balance

■ Creating adjustment layers for colour correction ■ Adjusting colour balance ■ Adjusting brightness/contrast

• • 8. Colour Correction Using Curves

■ Colour correction with a Curves adjustment layer ■ Adjusting brightness and contrast with Curves ■ Setting white, black, & mid-points

• • 9. Preparing Digital Photos for Print

■ Viewing/setting image size ■ Resampling pros & cons ■ Saving as PSD ■ Saving as TIFF

• • 10. Exporting Files for Web/Digital

■ Resizing images for the web/digital ■ Reducing image size with resampling ■ Exporting an optimized JPEG ■ Exporting a transparent PNG

• • 11. Sharpening Photos

■ The Smart Sharpen filter ■ Sharpening photos for digital & print

• • 12. The Liquify Filter & Intro to Smart Filters

■ Smart Objects & Smart Filters ■ The Liquify Filter: Facial Features ■ Editing the Smart Filter: Using Liquify to Push Pixels

• • 13. Layer Masking

 ■ Creating a Mask ■ Adjusting a Mask by Painting On It

• • 14. Masking Smart Filters

 ■ Object Selection ■ Using & Masking Smart Filters

• • 15. Converting to Black & White & Lens Correction

 ■ Converting to Black & White ■ Bringing back color in a specific area ■ Removing Lens Distortion

• • 16. Placing Your Designs in Pre-made Mockups

 ■ Placing Your Design into a Mockup ■ Customizing the Mockup

• • 17. Adjustment Layers & Masks

 ■ More Curves practice ■ Masking out unwanted adjustments ■ Organizing layers into groups

• • 18. Retouching

 ■ Healing Brush with Rotation ■ Content-Aware Fill ■ Patch Tool

• • 19. Placing Your Designs in Pre-made Mockups

 ■ Placing Your Design into a Mockup ■ Customizing the Mockup

• • 20. Changing Color With a Blending Mode

 ■ Change the colour of an object ■ Using the Colour Blend Mode

• • 21. Clipping Masks: Filling Shapes with Images

 ■ Masking a graphic with a shape/type ■ Clipping masks ■ Adding a Drop Shadow

• • 22. Using Adjustment Layers as Clipping Masks

 ■ Adjusting the colour/brightness/contrast of specific areas in an image ■ Using Adjustment Layers with Clipping Masks

• • 23. Camera Raw Fundamentals

 ■ Opening & editing RAW files

• • 24. Batch Actions & the Image Processor

 ■ Creating & running actions ■ Batch processing files

• • 25. Photoshop for Design: Adding a Title & Layer Styles

 ■ Creating a File with Photo & Text ■ Adding Effects: Stroke & Outer Glow ■ Fill vs. Opacity ■ Editing a Gradient & Saving a Gradient Preset for Later Use

• • 26. Photoshop for Design: Creating Digital Art in Photoshop

 ■ Vector shapes ■ Brush Settings

• • 27. Photoshop for Design: Compositing into a Photo

 ■ Distorting & warping a graphic onto a photo to create a mockup ■ Adding texture & shading

• • 1. Straight Lines

■ Using the Pen Tool ■ Adjusting the Workspace ■ Arranging Objects ■ Colour Fills

• • 2. Curves 

■ Drawing Curves (Pen Tool) ■ Anchor Points and Direction Points ■ Default Fill and Stroke

• • 3. Corners and Curves

■ Drawing Corners and Curves (Pen Tool) ■ Adjusting Anchor Points

• • 4. Few Basic Tools

■ Fill and Stroke ■ Basic Shape Tools ■ Grouping Objects ■ Layers Panel ■ Working with Templates ■ Saving Illustrator Files: Options ■  Live Trace and Live Paint ■ Tracing Hand-Drawn Images ■ Colouring Live Paint Objects ■ Brushes ■ Flare Tool ■ Compound Paths ■ Group Selection Tool

• • 5. Masking

■ Clipping Masks (Shapes) ■ Blob Brush Tool ■ Eraser Tool ■ Reflect Tool ■ Masking with Type Tool ■ Clipping Masks (Editable Type) ■ Filling Text with a Photo ■ Placing Linked Images  

• • 6. Blending

■ Blend Tool ■ Blending Options ■ Wavy Line Blend ■ Blending Lines ■ Reflect Tool ■ Rotate Tool

• • 7. Colours and Gradients

■ Dashed Lines and Stroke Options ■ Saving Colors as Swatches ■ Blending Modes ■ Gradient Tool ■ Saving Gradient Swatches

• • 8. Shapes and Pathfinder

■ Colour correction with a Curves adjustment layer ■ Adjusting brightness and contrast with Curves ■ Setting white, black, & mid-points

• • 9. Preparing Digital Photos for Print

■ Merging Paths (Pathfinder) ■ Transparency Options ■ Grouping Objects

• • 10. Patterns

■ Working with Type ■ Text and Character Options ■ Adding a Drop Cap ■ Type on a Path ■ Text Wrap ■ Fill Text with a Pattern

• • 11. Styling Effects

■ Using the Appearance Panel ■ Transparency ■ Blending Modes ■ Drop Shadows ■ Arrowheads

• • 12. Appearance and Graphic Styles

■ Graphic Styles ■ Appearance Panel ■ Multiple Fills ■ Auto-sizing Text Boxes

• • 13. Illustrating a Design

 ■ Using Photoshop and Illustrator Together ■ Creating/Editing Clipping Masks ■ Compound Paths

• • 14. Layers, Artboards & Recoloring Artwork

 ■ Adding and Removing Layers ■ Creating and Using Multiple Artboards ■ Recoloring Artwork ■ Converting CMYK Art to Spot Colors

• • 1. Getting to Know the InDesign Work Area

■ Tools, submenus and palettes ■ Setup up a new document ■ Creating document ■ Viewing the Document

• • 2. Working with Typography 

■ Creating Text Frames ■ Flowing copy ■ Changing fonts and paragraph alignment ■ Importing copy and entering it into frames ■ Text frame options ■ Spell Checking

• • 3. Working with Colour

■ Applying color to objects ■ Creating dashed lines ■ Working with gradients ■ Creating and applying swatches and gradient swatches ■ Creating a tint ■ Multicolor gradient  

• • 4. Working with Images

■ Placing graphics ■ Stacking and text wrap ■ Align multiple objects

• • 5. Master Pages and Grids

■ Creating Master pages ■ Linking Master pages ■ Editing master page items ■ Keep spreads together and delete pages ■ Guides, preferences baseline grid ■ The Layers palette  

• • 6. Master Pages and Grids

■ Creating Master pages ■ Linking Master pages ■ Editing master page items ■ Keep spreads together and delete pages ■ Guides, preferences baseline grid ■ The Layers palette 

• • 7. Style Sheets and Fine-Tuning Text

■ Different text flow options ■ Creating and applying styles ■ Importing Styles from another document ■ Creating a footer and Special Characters ■ Finding and changing formatting and special characters ■ Finding and changing a missing font ■ Creating text on a path ■ Working with tabs ■ Drop shadows   

• • 8. Image Manipulation in InDesign

■ The Links palette and how to update and edit graphics in other applications ■ Changing display settings ■ Clipping Pages (Removing a white background) ■ Examining Photoshop paths and alpha channels ■ Importing Illustrator files ■ Placing PDF files 

• • 9. Preparing Files for Print

■ Preflight ■ Transparency flattener preview ■ Ink ManagerDetermining how graphics print ■ Setting options for fonts ■ Creating a PDF preset ■ Exporting to PDF ■ Packaging an InDesign File  

• • 1. CANVA

       • Canva is a popular free graphics software online that offers a wide range of design tools that you can use to create PDFs, presentations, logo designing, social media posts, etc.

    2. Adobe Express

       • Adobe Express is a cloud-based design platform where users can create videos, PDF documents, web pages, graphics and other digital assets. It is aimed at mainstream users, not professional graphic designers.

    3. Adobe Photoshop

       • Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor, an essential tool for professionals and enthusiasts in the world of digital design.

    4. Photopea

       • Photopea is a web-based photo and graphics editor. It is used for image editing, making illustrations, web design or converting between different image formats.

    5. PhotoScape

       • PhotoScape is a powerful image editing software that, over the years, has gained strong popularity thanks to its simple interface and excellent results.