Digital Image and Adobe Creative Cloud Short Course
Course description
Explore the maximum potential of the digital image and move on to a more professional level with a course in the most widely used creative software in the art and design industry. Covering digital photography, design, illustration and filmmaking, you will discover key workflow techniques and processes enabling you to create fluidly in the digital desktop world of the modern image.
The course will be hands-on real-world examples, in state of the art workshops with a professional qualified artist and tutor, on how to create impact with your work by exploring how modern image production is created.
Covering the latest version of the Adobe Creative Cloud software, - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Premier Pro, at a pace dictated by your own experience and needs, the course will involve both group and one-to-one tuition and assignments, to arm you with a portfolio of work and the skills to engage with images at an advanced level.
There is plenty of interaction, discussion, debate and opportunity to explore individual requirements digital image is a wide arena and the intention is for the student to leave the course with a portfolio of skills and work that meets their expectations.
Who should attend?
This course is suitable for beginners / intermediates.
What will they take away from the course?
The skills to engage with images at an advanced level.
Clear, easy to understand lessons:
- Our tutors will explain things in easy to understand, accessible English. If they need to use any special terminology they will make sure they explain what they mean.
- New methods will be shown to students through live demonstrations, in a way thats crystal clear and easy to understand.
- Experience life on campus
- Network and share ideas with students from across the globe
- Access the technology and materials relevant to your discipline
- Shop in our college shops for any materials you might need
- Ask questions of your tutor in real time
- Receive feedback and critique on your assignments
- Experience the many sights of London on your down time
A certificate of completion:
- You've put the work in so we want to make sure you have something to show for it!
- As long as you attend a minimum of 80% of your classes, we will provide you with a certificate of attendance.
- We always recommend you attend all of the classes so that you get the most out of the experience!
- Certificates are great to compliment your cv.
Available dates
Make an enquiry or call us on 0207 514 7015.
Details
Topics covered:
- Digital photography
- Design
- Illustration
- Filmmaking
The first four classes will cover digital image composition, creation and editing through assignments and exercises, firstly in photography and Photoshop. This is to establish a complete grounding in image theory which is applicable across the other three applications covered in the course.
There are three core elements to this:
- Technical: to establish the skillset required to produce quality images
- Compositional: to establish a realisation of the portfolio of elements which enable the repeated creation of successful images
- Conceptual: a development of an individual aesthetic or way of seeing which identifies a voice or identity in the artist / image-maker
The second half of the course continues these elements through the other applications - Illustrator for vector-based graphics, InDesign for interactive media and layout, and Premier Pro, for filmmaking.
Materials
Required materials:
- Digital camera
- Some of your own images, drawings, designs or films to work and experiment with.
Provided materials:
- Students will have access to their own Macintosh computer
- The materials we use in class are in a pdf format which the student can take away and consult - so if anything is missed in class, they have everything written in document form, which they can work on at home from week to week, and be ready for the following week.
IMPORTANT - Adobe ID Login for Short Course Students
Students will need to create an account with Adobe (unless you already have one) in order to access the Adobe suite at the college – instructions are included below. You will need to use a personal email address to create this. If you already have an account with Adobe, please make sure you bring your login details with you on the first day of the course.
Please note:
- Creating an Adobe account is free.
- The software will only be accessible when logged into a UAL networked computer
- The same account can be used outside of the University, but software will only be accessible through a personal paid subscription that students will need to set up independently
- You can still create an account on the day but doing this beforehand will save time and avoid delays to the start of the class.
- If you already have an Adobe ID/ subscription you can use this on your short course rather than setting up a new account.
To create an account students will need to:
Meet the Tutor:
Pay by:
