Graphic Designing

• You will be able to start earning money from your Photoshop Skills.
• You will be able to add Photoshop to your CV
• You will have over 20 of your own projects to add to your portfolio.
• You will create social media post images for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pintrest & Youtube.
• You will be able to mask anything… including the dreaded hair!
• Clearcut images.
• Create amazing typography.
• You will create popular visual styles.
• You will create distorted images.
• You will create graphics from scratch.
• You will retouch photographs like a professional.
• You will create a postcard.
• Create posters.
• Create advertising.
• Resize Images.
• Build a flyer.
• Change the color or images.
• Fix the colors in photographs
• You will change eye & hair colors.
• You will combine 2 photographs to create amazing compositions.
• You will put a storm in a tea cup.
• You will create text that looks like stone.
• You will build a logo with type that wraps around it like a badge.
• You will create text that wraps around a woman.
• You will build a multipage banner advertising project.
• You will create more background in an image from thin air.
• You will remove people from images.
• You will remove graffiti from a wall.
• You will clear cut images of people, shoes & other products.
• You will create realistic shadows
• You will create text the wraps around colored smoke.
• You will build duotone images like the Spotify effect
• You will create images with an anaglyph effect
• You’ll turn your images into realistic oil paintings
• You’ll know how to add halftone effects to your images.
• You will bend images to reveal background images.
• You will distort a logo to bend around real life photographs and objects.
• You retouch an overweight person to make the appear slim.
• You’ll build spray paint style graffiti using brushes.
• You’ll make a galaxy appear out of a mans head.
• Create paper cut effects inside of a font.
• Build text with 3D paint dripping from it.
• You’ll retouch a face to move pimples & freckles.
• You’ll remove dust & scratches from an old photograph.
• Change yellow teeth to white teeth.
• You’ll build a fantasy image where you put an island, ocean & clouds inside a small bottle.

• Start by understanding the Adobe Illustrator workspace and tools

• Dive into creating your own shapes & lines

• Use the pen & curvature tool to improve your designs

• Advance your graphics with strokes, pencils & brushes

• Speed up your workflow with the shape builder tool

• Align and distribute objects to create amazing backgrounds and textures

• Add and stylize text to your projects

• Create beautiful graphics with masks and compound shapes

• Get creative with effects and advanced techniques

• Understand color and how to use it like a pro

• Save & export your projects for any kind of project

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Introduction

• • What is Graphic Design

  • What is CorelDRAW & its uses

  • Career & opportunities in graphic design

CorelDRAW Basics / Interface

• • Installing & launching CorelDRAW

  • Understanding the workspace

  • Toolbars, dockers, menus

  • Customizing workspace

Document Setup and Basic Tools

• • Creating documents & templates

  • Page size, templates, orientation

  • Rulers, grids, guides

  • Using basic shapes, lines, curves

Working with Text & Typography

• • Adding text (paragraph, artistic)

  • Fonts: selecting, installing, managing

  • Text effects (on paths, curved text, etc.)

Object Manipulation

• • Selection, grouping, aligning, distributing

  • Transformations (scale, rotate, mirror)

  • Copy, duplicate, layering

• • Importing images (bitmaps)

  • Cropping, resizing, rotating bitmaps

  • Vector-vs-bitmap effects

  • Tracing bitmaps to vectors (PowerTRACE or equivalent)

Color & Fill Effects

• • Color theory basics (RGB, CMYK)

  • Applying fills & outlines

  • Gradients, transparency, shadows

Advanced Tools & Effects

• • PowerClips / clipping objects

  • Lenses, masks, special effects

  • Scripts, macros, automation

Layout & Print Preparation

• • Multi-page documents, master pages

  • Exporting: formats (PDF, EPS, PNG etc.)

  • Print vs digital output considerations

Practical Projects / Assignments

• • Logo design

  • Business stationery (cards, letterheads, envelopes)

  • Flyers, brochures, posters

  • Social media graphics

Extras / Tips

• • Shortcuts & productivity hacks

  • Best practices for file organization

  • Industry exposure, interview tips