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Print Specialist Bundle

VoxLab code: [A-BU-101]

  • Duration (Days): 6 days
  • SDF grant available: No
  • Pre-requirements: None
  • Price (before 7% GST): $1090
  • WDA SkillsConnect code: -
  • Printable course outline: Click here

This course is designed for participants who want to learn the principles of design. This 6 day course shall partly cover Adobe softwares namely, Photoshop Level 1, Illustrator Level 1 and InDesign Level 1 while the other half shall cover theory.

By the end of the module, participants should be able to collect pictures, touch them up, understand color management implications, create vector art, layout that vector art and lastly edit texts using typography principles.

For a detailed information on what would be covered in those 6 days, feel free to download our PDF file that is located right above this description box.

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VOXLAB proudly conducted this lab for:
  • DCW(S) Pte Ltd
  • Anvisage Gifts
  • Touch-Print
  • Kok Fah Technology Farm
  • Veganburg
  • Netvista Media
  • Sultan Qaboos University
  • Studio 912
WDA Subsidized Illustrator course Singapore Print Specialist Certificate bundles at VoxLab, with Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign for beginners
Course Outline

Photoshop Level 1

Introduction to Photoshop

  • Workspace and Tools
  • Panel Settings
  • Mini Bridge
  • Customizing Settings

Introduction to digital images

  • Image size and resolution
  • Layers and transparency
  • Raster and Vector
  • Free Transformations

Introduction to color management

  • Color space LAB
  • RGB and CMYK
  • Assign profiles
  • Gamut warnings

Introduction to color cast

  • Understanding and spotting color cast
  • Correcting color cast in theory
  • Good color cast / bad color cast
  • Extremely quick color cast removal

Auto Correction

  • "One-shot" auto correction
  • Auto Tone (formerly known as Auto Levels)
  • Auto Color
  • Auto Contrast

Histogram

  • Understanding histogram in digital image
  • Channels
  • Levels adjustment

The importance of adjustment layers

  • Advantages of using Adjustment layers
  • Hue and Saturation

Levels

  • Shadows and highlights in the Input panel
  • Gamma
  • Channels
  • Flexible Auto corrections
  • Clipping

Basic brush theory

  • Brush size
  • Opacity and flow
  • Free hand drawing

Adjustment layers, Layer masks and Selections

  • The layer mask rules
  • Hide and show with a brush
  • Spot corrections
  • Magic Wand
  • Pen Tool for accurate selections

File format

  • Which formats support layers?
  • Which formats support transparency?
  • Which formats for print?
  • Which formats for web?
Group photos and sample works
Course Outline

Illustrator Level 1

Introduction to Illustrator

  • Workspace and Tools
  • Panel Settings
  • Customizing Settings

Selecting shapes

  • Selection Tools
  • Moving Tools
  • Isolation Mode "Inception"

Drawing shapes

  • Ovals and circles
  • Reflecting
  • Replicating Colors
  • Swatches and Color Panels

Text with Type

  • Type on a Path Tool
  • Working with Type
  • Fills and Strokes

Special effects

  • Appearance Panel
  • Filters and Effects
  • Starburst shapes
  • Rotation with reference point

Masking techniques

  • Draw Inside Tool
  • Masking images

Press Advertisement Project

Objective: Replicating a Press advertisement

  • Scaling, Copying and Duplicating
  • Working with Layers
  • Placing Illustrator (AI) and Photoshop (PSD) files
  • Customised guide creation
  • Kerning and Leading for Type
  • Radial Gradient Tool
  • Drawing Rectangles and Aligning with Key objects

Final Artwork Procedure

  • Installing new fonts and Creating Outline for Type
  • Preparing artwork for print
  • Exporting to JPEG and PDF
  • Previewing in Outline mode

Character Design Project

Objective: Replicating a Character design and Creating a door signage

  • Pen Tool, Bezier curve and straight lines
  • Drawing Paths, Handles, Anchor Points and Path manipulation
  • Creating precise shapes with Shape Builder Tool (New)
  • Width Tool (New)
  • Compound Paths and Expand Appearance

Corporate Identity Project

Objective: Creating a corporate identity

  • Multi Artboard creation
  • Artboard options, Artboard Panel (New) and Rename Artboards (New)
  • Linear Gradient Tool and Shearing Tool
  • Basic logo creation
  • Creating Namecard, Letterhead and Envelope

Printer Expectations

  • Bleed mark and Opacity (Transparency)
  • Print safe area and Printer expectations
  • Exporting to individual artboards
Group photos and sample works
Course Outline

InDesign Level 1

Introduction to InDesign

  • Workspace and Tools
  • Panel Settings
  • Mini Bridge
  • Customizing Settings

Pages, spreads and master pages

  • Moving pages
  • Duplicating spreads
  • Deleting pages
  • Understanding Master page
  • Stacking objects
  • Importance of layers

Laying out frames and pages

  • Using placeholders
  • Understanding textbox, unassigned and content box

Creating text and text frames

  • Using text frames
  • Importing text

Images and Contents

  • Importing images
  • Clipping out images

Baseline grid and columns

  • Align paragraphs to a baseline grid
  • Creating columns for layout

Typography

  • Fonts and typefaces
  • Understanding about Leading, Kerning and Tracking

Preflight and Package

  • Preparing files for Preflight
  • Creating custom profile for Preflight
  • Understanding about Preflight
  • Preparing the artwork for printing
  • Packaging for Final Artwork

Acrobat Professional 9

  • Balancing PDF file size and quality
  • Creating simple PDFs
Group photos and sample works
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