The British Academy for Training and Development offers a training program in The Basics of Graphic Design, as the field of graphic design is one of the most important fields in which students and workers must develop their skills, as all companies care about the way designers reflect themselves, in addition to the increasing demand for creating high-quality designs for websites, advertisements, logos and branding, videos, as well as web content. This course contains step-by-step instructions, practical exercises and discussions to give participants the ability to evaluate their own projects, in addition to giving them the ability to begin the design process and understand the basic principles of graphic design, as well as the main concepts of working with different designs and shapes, as well as colors and patterns to apply to your own project.

Who Should Attend?

• Graphic designers.
• Specialists in this field.
• College graduates.
• Who wants to develop himself in this field.

Knowledge and Benefits:

After completing the program, participants will be able to master the following:

• The most important principles of graphic design and developing their skills in this field.
• Developing participants’ abilities in the importance of creating high-quality designs for websites, advertisements, logos and brands, videos, as well as web content.
• Providing participants with the ability to begin the design process and understand the basic principles of graphic design.
• Providing participants with the most important key concepts for working with different designs and shapes, as well as colors and models to apply in their own projects.

• Introduction to graphic design
• Introduction to design software
• Design elements
• Design principles and techniques
• To learn about color systems and what is the correct system
• Getting to know the program interface - Photoshop (Ps)
• Correct settings to create a new project
• Getting to know the program’s tools (identifying images, elements, and their commands)
• Identify the basic commands in the program
• Create a print design and another for electronic publication
• Processing and editing photographs and performing digital merging
• Getting to know the software interface - Illustrator (Ai)
• Correct settings to create a new project
• Identify the program tools
• Introduction to logo drawing
• Important steps in planning the logo
• Design of stationery and publications
• Color systems within working files
• Export files and prepare them for printing
• Identifying the software interface - InDesign (Id)
• Dealing with designs with multiple pages
• Introduction to newspaper and magazine design
• Identify master pages and numbering
• The difference between printed files and files for electronic publishing
• Create interactive forms and publish them electronically
• Review projects