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Multimedia Design

Digital Publishing Design and Techniques

Course No. : 243-150510-01|Start Date : 08/10/2024

Admission Requirements

Participants are expected to have good knowledge of PC and Windows operation. Prior experience in graphics design will be beneficial, but not essential.

Instructor

CUSCS Instructor

Language Used

Cantonese (supplemented with English)

Total Hours

30.00 hour(s)

Session

10

Place

Tsimshatsui Oriental Learning Centre

Start Date

08/10/2024

Schedule

Tuesday

Time

18:45 - 21:45

Tuition Fee

$4,380

Level

General Short Courses

Course Enquiries

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Enrolment Enquiries

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Objectives

The objective of this course is to help the participants to develop the necessary skills to produce professional-looking brochure, leaflet, poster and printed matters using popular desktop publishing tools.

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Course Content

1) Graphics design and desktop publishing terminology
2) Things to consider on production - cost, intended audience, content and layout design
3) Basic design, color and typography theory
4) Basic Photo retouching skills - Use of 'Photoshop' to modify digital photo or scanned images
5) Basic Graphics design techniques - Use of 'Illustrator' to create simple vector graphics, company logos and letter arts
6) Putting all together - Use of 'InDesign' to produce layout with texts, photos and graphics
7) Traditional (paper) output consideration
8) Web output - Use of 'Acrobat' to produce web-ready document

Each participant will be provided with one PC terminal for hands-on practice.

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Software used

Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat