Adobe Bundle - 3 Courses

The best way to learn is by doing. Fast-track your knowledge by signing up for this easy-to-follow Adobe Graphic Design Bundle which includes 3 premium courses. Quickly familiarize yourself with the tools and functions of Adobe Illustrator, Lightroom and InDesign. Find out the easy shortcuts and take your design skills to the next level.

Courses included:

• Adobe Illustrator with Alice Thorpe
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Lightroom

Design is an essential part of any workplace - from social media posts to infographics and logos. This course bundle shows you how to get creative.

Learn how to put together books, magazines or other documents that meet industry standards.

Create compelling and professional designs for high-quality publications.

Get started on today and spend more time on the creative tasks you love, and even boost your income by boosting your productivity.

KEY COURSE BENEFITS:

• 60-Day access - Study at your own pace
• Internationally-recognised CPD accredited course
• Start learning straightaway from any laptop or mobile device in any country

This fully-accredited Graphic Design Bundle will enable you to:

• Create Your own logo, business cards, flyers or posters
• Make dynamic web banners and infographics
• Developing photographs to prepare them for processing
• Using presets and processing tools to create custom and professional quality images
• Enabling advanced features like spot removal and the healing brush
• Learn how to put together books, magazines or other documents that meet industry standards

Being able to use Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Lightroom will be a welcome skill in any business - you can be that go-to person when they need worksheets, publicity material, invitations, and anything creative.

As an artist or illustrator when you get an idea in your head, you want to create it. You don’t want to spend hours figuring out how your design program works. Where to find the tools you need.

First, graphic designer Alice Thorpe will take you thought an easy-to-follow Adobe Illustrator online course with videos. You will start getting to know the tools, easy shortcuts, customising your workspace and creating a document.

Move on to find out what does Adobe Illustrator do - work with shapes, fonts, colors, light and shade, different effects including 3D.

And learn how to make money using Illustrator - Know how to find clients, build your business, price your work and meet deadlines.

Our second course, Adobe InDesign, is a software package that is regarded as the industry standard across the publishing industry – but like many Adobe products, it is often daunting for new users. With so many available functions, tools, and potential operations, it is difficult for even the most tech-savvy editor to know where to start.

This course is designed to help any willing user overcome these challenges by breaking down the main functions into five easy to digest parts.

Using InDesign is a transferable skill that is crucial and valuable not only for the publishing industry but for anyone who works with any kind of media because in today’s world, it is not enough to create great content – it needs to look great, too! Learning InDesign makes it easier to create beautiful documents with less effort.

And finally, who hasn't heard the term “photoshopped,” which refers to editing done using Adobe Photoshop. But you can get similar results with its sister product Adobe Lightroom.

Learning Adobe Lightroom is not just about learning how to edit photos. Using this basic guide to Lightroom, you get a jumpstart on industry-standard software that helps you prepare to process photos and keeps you organized. By getting involved with Lightroom, you save time and are more productive, which means you can get back to doing what you love - taking amazing pictures.

How is the Adobe Graphic Design bundle assessed?

There is a short multiple choice exam at the end of each module for you to take and you’ll know your score immediately.

By studying this Adobe Graphic Design bundle online with IOA, you do not pay an extra fee for sitting an exam or have to wait for a set date to sit an exam.

Adobe Illustrator with Alice Thorpe Course Syllabus:

Module 1: An Introduction To Adobe Illustrator

• 1.1. Meet the designer: Alice Thorpe, graphic designer, and YouTuber
• 1.2. What does Adobe Illustrator do? Is it easy to use? (Hint: YES!)
• 1.3. Customizing your workspace: software and hardware
• 1.4. The tools: what they do and easy shortcuts
• 1.5. How to create a new document and make simple shapes

Module 2: Getting Started: A Practical Workshop

• 2.1. Working with shapes: pen tool, shape builder, align, Bézier
• 2.2. Enhance your work: colors, light and shadows, gradients, patterns, brush strokes
• 2.3. Working with fonts: creating your own fonts, font effects
• 2.4. Applying and editing effects: Stylize, Distort, Warp, 3D
• 2.5. Combining different elements: compound path, groups, layers

Module 3: Create Your Own Logo: From Start To Finish

• 3.1. How to put pen to paper: fine tuning your ideas and inspiration
• 3.2. Digitize your designs using image trace or the pen tool
• 3.3. Refine your design: anchor points, handles, copy, cut and paste
• 3.4. Bring your design to life with color: CC color palettes, color wheel
• 3.5. Present your work in different formats for different applications

Module 4: Build A Professional Brand Using Illustrator

• 4.1. Build your brand identity: logo variations, fonts, colors
• 4.2. Design double-sided business cards ready for print
• 4.3. Design a flyer or poster
• 4.4. Create a dynamic web banner with images and graphics: edit, crop, erase
• 4.5. Design an infographic
• 4.6. How to correctly save and export graphics for your website, social media, and print

Module 5: How To Make Money Using Adobe Illustrator

• 5.1. Illustrator projects that you can make and sell
• 5.2. How to put a price on your work and earn money
• 5.3. Finding clients & building your business
• 5.4. How to fine-tune your workflow and meet deadlines
• 5.5. Useful tips and tricks that design professionals love
• 5.6. Final thoughts and goodbye

Adobe InDesign Course Syllabus:

Module 1: Introduction/getting Started

• 1.1 Document Setup
• 1.2 Getting around InDesign (Tour)
• 1.3 Using Rulers and Guides

Module 2: Formatting Pages

• 2.1 Navigating Pages
• 2.2 Master Pages
• 2.3 Layers

Module 3: Formatting Text

• 3.1 Creating Text Frames + Flowing
• 3.2 Characters and Paragraphs
• 3.3 Special Characters + Page Numbers

Module 4: Formatting Objects And Images

• 4.1 Placing Images + Objects
• 4.2 Display Performance, + Links
• 4.3 Crop, Scale, Rotate, Flip
• 4.4 Strokes/Fills, Align, Effects
• 4.5 Combining Type + Images

Module 5: Saving And Printing

• 5.1 Spell-Check, Saving
• 5.2 Preparing for Print
• 5.3 Packaging
• 5.4 Exporting

Adobe LightroomCourse Syllabus:

Module 1: The Library

• 1.1 Connecting Your Device (Opening of the tutorial)
• 1.2 Importing and Exporting Photos
• 1.3 Rotating & Flipping Your Photos
• 1.4 Using the Histogram Tool
• 1.5 Organizing Your Photos / Creating a Collection

Module 2: Developing - Part 1

• 2.1 Adjusting White Balance, Tone, and Presence
• 2.2 Adjusting Tone Curve / Saturating & Desaturating Colors
• 2.3 Processing an Overexposed & an Underexposed Photo
• 2.4 Lens Correction
• 2.5 Camera Calibration
• 2.6 Using the Crop Tool

Module 3: Developing - Part 2

• 3.1 Straightening an Image
• 3.2 Using the Radial Filter Tool
• 3.3 Using the Graduated Filter Tool
• 3.4 Copying and Pasting Your Settings

Module 4: Processing & Presets

• 4.1 Locating and Using Your Initial Presets
• 4.2 Uploading New Presets
• 4.3 Renaming Presets
• 4.4 Creating a Film Effect
• 4.5 Creating a Vintage Effect
• 4.6 Creating a Light Leak Effect

Module 5: Lightroom Advanced

• 5.1 Keyboard Shortcuts
• 5.2 Creating and Adding Watermarks to Photos
• 5.3 The Top Toolbar
• 5.4 Spot Removal
• 5.5 The Healing Brush
• 5.6 Using the Book Module (Closing of the tutorial)

• All graphic designers and digital artists need to know the market leader in graphics editor and design programs
• Anyone looking for a refresher course in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Lightroom
• Existing Adobe users looking for a quick way to learn exactly what these program can do, including shortcuts and what the different tools do
• People who use Adobe Photoshop and InDesign who want to see what Illustrator can add to their design and editing skills
• Any small business owner or entrepreneur who needs marketing material or is building their own website
• Social media managers who want to create eye-catching infographics and posters to engage viewers

This Adobe Bundle course is open to all, with no formal entry requirements.

• Work in digital media marketing, publishing or advertising
• Social Media Manager
• Start your own business as an event photographer
• Work in journalism
• Become a freelance photographer
• Start a blog or share your images on an Instagram account

Currently there are no Q&As for this course. Be the first to ask a question.

Proof of Completion

Digital certificate - Included

Certificate of Achievement

Digital certificate - £18.99

ICOES Digital Certificate

Digital certificate - £23.99

ICOES Certificate - Hard Copy

Hard copy certificate - £29.99

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Digital certificate - £39.99