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Course Overview Accreditation Institute of Commercial Management (ICM) Requirements Proficient in the use of Microsoft Applications Duration 10 Weeks x 1 Evening (6.30pm – 9.30pm) or 5 Saturday Workshops (10am – 4pm) Apply Directly to the Corporate Training Department here
The Certificate in DeskTop Publishing course combines basic desktop publishing skills and graphics design principles with the specifics of how to use Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Adobe Acrobat to create visual communications. It will teach users how to harness the power of these packages to develop different types of documents from simple flyers to newsletters. You will learn how to package your document for print to get the most from the final design.
Course Content Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator - The Photoshop Workspace
- Image Size and Resolution
- The Selection Tools
- Making Adjustments to Images
- Repairing Images
- Working with Text
- Working with Colour
- Working with Layers
- Working with Filters
- Photoshop for the Web
- Saving Documents
- The Illustrator Workspace
- Selecting Objects
- Creating Basic Shapes
- The Pen Tool
- Painting
- Working with Type
- Working with Layers
- Transforming Objects
- Working with Symbols
- Inserting Graphics
- Filters and Effects
- Printing a Document
Adobe InDesign Adobe Acrobat - The InDesign Workspace
- Creating a Document
- Inserting Text
- Inserting Images
- Working with Colour
- Formatting Text
- Editing Text
- Master Pages
- Working with Styles
- The Pen Tool
- Printing
- Accessing a PDF Document
- Creating PDF Documents
- Navigating to Specific Content in a PDF Document
- Modifying PDF Documents
- Working with Multiple PDF Documents
- Reviewing a PDF Document
- Validating a PDF Document
Upon completion, this professional certificate is the perfect foundation for participants who wish to progress in the workplace. Successful applicants may also elect to pursue further studies in this area.
To apply you can simply complete the registration form and return back to us before the course commences, if you are applying to the college as a mature student (over 23) you will be offered a place on the course based on your maturity. If you are under 23 you will need to send me a copy of your leaving cert results with your application form.
Please ensure that you return the relevant documents when applying for the course to the following address: Griffith Corporate Training, South Circular Road, Dublin 8 or alternatively via email.
- Registration Form - include all details, contact phone numbers email address etc.
- One Passport Photo to accompany your registration form.
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