| DPS 16092 | 36 hours |
Advanced Design Tools builds on foundational design knowledge from the Digital Design Tools course, equipping students with advanced skills to enhance their digital assets. This course covers the basic and intermediate features of the main Adobe applications like Photoshop, as well as other specialized tools like Figma, allowing students to enhance their design capabilities. Focusing on both technical skills and design concepts, students will learn to address creative challenges commonly dealt with in the communications and marketing industries. Through hands-on projects, students will develop design and software techniques for creating digital assets and web and mobile applications and prototypes, focusing on multi-platform design adaptation. By the end of the course, students will have expanded their design techniques and skills and gained the ability to evaluate and refine their work to meet industry standards and audience expectations.
Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify and recall key tools, features, and techniques within Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and other specialized design software. Recognize best practices for optimizing file management, workflow efficiency, and cross-platform design interaction.
- Recognize the impact of visual balance, typography, color theory, and contrast in digital assets on the audience experience.
- Utilize in-depth design techniques to develop professional-level digital assets.
- Adapt design elements for different mediums, including social media, desktop, and mobile layouts, ensuring consistency across platforms
- Evaluate and solve design challenges by assessing a project's technical, aesthetic, and strategic aspects. Compare design software tools, file formats, and design approaches.
- Justify design choices by referencing accessibility considerations, design principles, and export requests.
- Develop a portfolio of professional-grade assets for different mediums, like web, mobile, and social media, that showcase technical proficiency and creative problem-solving in digital design tools.
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