Course code

GRAP 15012

Key Facts

Creative Designing

Current DIT Students

To access your official course details for the year you started your Diploma, please visit the handbook

Course overview

The purpose of this course is to practice designing for print and digital media

Course Content

Graphic Designing

Introduction to Graphic designing, Theories of designing, typography, color harmony, and selection.,

Adobe InDesign

Adobe InDesign Environment; Preferences and defaults; Navigation and document view, New documents; Create and position text in a frame; Place and alter graphics and files, Object positioning; Modify and transform objects; Object consistency, Master pages; Insert, delete, and move pages; Layers
Text flow; Text formatting; Text Styles, Adjust graphic formatting; Custom colors, Preflight documents; Prepare documents for final output; Exporting.

Adobe Illustrator

Introducing Adobe Illustrator, creating a new document, drawing a shape, editing shapes, Applying and editing color, editing strokes, working with layers, creating shapes using the Shape Builder tool, working with type, warping text, Creating with the Curvature tool, Creating and editing a gradient, Creating symbols, Editing symbols, Working with effects, Aligning artwork.