 What is Graphic Design?

It is part of everything we see and touch. It surrounds us in all shapes and forms, whether they be

functions, informative or purely aesthetic… the title screens of the last movie you saw, the

coaster you rest your drink on, the billboard you notice on the way to work and even the logo on
your favorite piece of clothing. Hence, it is impossible to realize how propounding it affects our
lives.

Graphic Design = Art + Communications

 Our Courses
Just Look at the choices
 Typography
 Photography
 Understanding layout
 Adobe Photoshop
 Adobe Illustrator
 Adobe in design
 Corel Draw

 Typography

o Typography plays a significant role in getting the message across. To design something with
type that is clear, simple and visually arresting requires good typography skills. Image
institute teaches the basics of technical typography, the correlation of art movements and
type, the role of design principles and type, through to its usage with the applications in
design, illustrator and Photoshop.
o Every lesson is another step in understanding that good design is about good typography.

 Understandings lay outs

Layout is the arrangement of words and art on paper. A good has to set out what you do, i.e.,
being functional, and it has to map out a visual path for readers to follow and shows what comes
first, second, and third. Last but not least it has to grab your reader’s attention and pulls them
into your design, i.e., it has to be attractive.
  Adobe Photoshop
It is an extraordinary photo retouching, Image-editing and color-painting software Package that
offers all the tools for Professional results. Instrumental in areas of graphic design, electronic
publishing and Photography, it enables you to create a range of effects that include original or
composite art work, abstract collages and photo montages. From illustration to color separation,
multimedia to web page enhancement, Photoshop is limited only by your imagination.

 Adobe illustrator
It is the leading illustration design program. Illustrator has a complete set pf tools that enables
you to create a range of art work-from corporate logos and symbols, to maps and illustrations.
when combined with Adobe Photoshop and In design, the design possibilities are endless.

 Adobe Indesign
Indesign is an exciting premium publishing tool and the backbone to many computers based
graphic design organizations. Its ease of use makes it possible to create multi-page documents
such as magazine spreads and annual reports. With accuracy that is beyond application of the
human eye. In design uses master pages and style sheets, and is used for creating basic press ads.
Its tight integration with Adobe illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat make for a user friendly and
intuitive System of designing.
Marquee Selects an object by drawing a rectangle or an ellipse around it.

Click the tool button, choose a rectangular or an elliptical marquee. Drag the marquee over the
area of the image you wish to select.
Move Used to select and move objects on the page

Click the tool button, then click on any object on the page you wish to move.
Lasso Selects an object by drawing a freehand border around it.

Click the tool button, drag to draw a freehand border around the are of the image you wish to select.
Polygonal Selects an object by drawing a straight-edge border around it.
Lasso Click the tool button, click on the starting point on the image, drag to draw a straight-edge border,
click and drag again to select the are of the image you wish to select. Double-click to finish.
Magnetic Lasso Selects an object by drawing a border that snaps to the edges of the defined area of the object.
 Click on the starting point on the image, drag around the are of the image. The tool will make fastening points
at the edges. To finish selecting, drag the border to the starting point and click precisely in the point.
Magic Wand

Selects all objects in a document with the same or similar fill color, stroke weight, stroke color, opacity, or
blending mode. By specifying the color range, or tolerance, you can control what the Magic Wand tool selects.
Crop Tool Click the tool button, then click on the area of the image you wish to select.
Selects and cuts parts of an image.

Click the tool button, then click and drag the tool over the part of the image that you want to keep. Resize
the selected area dragging the squares at the sides and corners. Click the RETURN key when your crop box is sized
correctly.
Slice Tool

Used to cut images into slices, which can be exported to a web page.

Healing Brush Corrects small blemishes in scanned photos.

Select the tool, hold down the ALT key and left-click on the base color you need to heal. Then left-click
over the blemish.
Brush Tool Draws lines of different thicknesses and colors.

Select the tool. Then click on the selected area, drag to draw lines. Use the Options bar to change the Brush,
Mode, Opacity, and Flow.
Clone Stamp Takes a sample of an image and applies over another image, or a part of the same image

Select the tool. Hold down the ALT key and left-click on a certain point of the document where you want to
start your copy point. Then, put your mouse over whatever part of the new document you want the picture to go to.
Hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse across the page to copy the picture.
Art History Brush Paints over an image using the source data from a specified history state or snapshot.

Select the tool, specify the Brush, Blending Mode, Opacity, Style, Area, and Tolerance
Erase Tool Removes part of an existing path or stroke. You can use the Erase tool on paths, but not on text

Select the tool, click on the part of the image you wish to erase. Drag to erase pixels.
Paint Bucket Tool Fills and entire area with a specific color of your choice.

Select the tool. Choose a foreground color in the Color Box. Select an area you wish to apply the color to.
Click the tool button, then click on the selected area.
Gradient Tool Applies a gradient fill to a selected part of the image or to an entire layer

Select an area you wish to apply gradient to, click the tool button, choose a fill in the Options
bar, click on the starting point, hold the mouse down and drag to the end point.
Blur Tool Blurs the sharp edges of an image.

Select an area where you wish to apply the tool. Click the tool button, choose the Brush, Mode, and Strength.
Drag the brush along the edges.
Direct Selection Tool Selects paths and path segments.
 Select the tool, click anywhere on the path.
Type Tool Types text on a page. Every time you click the Type Tool on a new portion of the page a new layer will
be created.

Select the tool, click on the page and begin to type. You can specify the font and size in the Options bar. You
can also resize and transform the text box by dragging the squares at the sides and corners. Use the Move Tool to
move the text on the page.
Pen Tool Draws smooth-edged paths

Select the tool, click on the page, drag to draw a path. Click and drag the anchor points to modify the path.
Rectangle Tool Draws a rectangle shape. Other shapes that are hidden in this tool are:
Rounded Rectangle Tool, Ellipse Tool, Polygon Tool, Line Tool, and Custom Shape Tool.

Select the tool, click and drag on the page to draw a shape. The shape will be automatically
filled with the current foreground color.

Eyedropper Tool Takes color samples from colors on the page and displays Tool them in the Color
Boxes.

Select the tool, click on the color in the image you wish to sample. The Color Box will display this color.
Hand Tool Allows you to move around within the image.

Select the tool, click on the spot on the page, hold the mouse button down, drag to move in the area.
Magnifying Magnifies or reduces the display of any area in your image Glass Tool window

Select the tool, choose Zoom In or Zoom Out in the Options bar, click on the area of the image you wish to
magnify or reduce.
Rotate View Tool Rotates the canvas

Select this tool and click and drag outside of the canvas and the canvas will turn. Hold Shift to make sure that
the canvas will snap to certain degree points.

Color Boxes
The foreground color appears in the upper color selection box and represents a color that is currently active. The
background color appears in the lower box and represents an inactive color.

To change the foreground color, click the upper color selection box in the toolbox.
To change the background color, click the lower color selection box in the toolbox.
To reverse the foreground and background colors, click the Switch Colors icon (the arrow) in the toolbox.
To restore the default foreground and background colors, click the Default Colors icon (the little black and white
boxes) in the toolbox.
NOTE: If you are using the Gradient Tool, the currently selected foreground and background
colors will be the default colors of the gradient.

Modes Edit in Standard Mode and Edit in Quick Mask Mode are used for modifying images in the unmasked
or masked area.