The GRAPHICS AND PUBLISHING SEMINAR
October 21-24, 2008
AIM ACCEED Conference Center
Benavides cor. Trasierra Sts., Legaspi Village
Makati City, Philippines
Registration Fee: P3,300.00 per day, inclusive of snacks, lunch, kit and taxes.
Early Bird Rate: P3,000.00 per day on or before August 31, 2008 payment.
Who Should Attend: Graphic designers, corporate communicators, digital artists, photographers, creative directors, art directors, web masters, illustrators, AV producers, publishers, layout artists, print managers, production artists, educators, multimedia specialists, IT professionals, marketing and advertising executives. (The learning sessions will cater to Beginner to Intermediate Levels).
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Topic - LEARN PHOTOSHOP CS3 AND USE ITS POWERFUL NEW TOOLS
October 21, 2008 , Tuesday
9:00am-4:30pm
Immerse yourself and get acquainted with Photoshop's interfaces and tools. Re-arrange palettes to streamline your work. Know how to create selections. Organize your project with layers and learn about pixels and resolutions.
Learn powerful tools and features of Photoshop CS3 that give you greater control over your creative output - non-destructive smart filters that are live and editable; quick selection tool that creates selections by painting an area; automatic layer alignment and blending combine the best parts of multiple images in the same scene into a 'best' image; vanishing point now has multiple, adjustable angle perspective planes; and other tools that help streamline and fast-track your
project. All these tools need to be learned to enhance one's creativity and productivity.
Topic - THE BASICS AND BEYOND OF PUBLICATIONS DESIGN
October 22, 2008, Wednesday
9:00am-12:00nn
Learn how to develop effective design layout in your print and web publishing communication projects. Layout techniques, basics of typography, type categories, and principle of design (balance, proportion, unity) will be included in the discussion. Learn the fundamentals of what makes a great design layout that elicit strong impression and recall when doing your desktop publishing projects. Learn from case studies of current and past creative projects to benchmark your own communications project/s.
Topic - DESIGNING FOR WEB 2.0
October 22, 2008, Wednesday
1:30-4:30pm
Web 2.0 is the digital environment of today. Learn the styles and execution of graphic design on Web 2.0 applications, such as, blogs, social networks, and community web sites. Modern web design techniques, interaction design patterns and application architecture will be discussed.
Topic - GUERILLA GRAPHIC DESIGN
October 23, 2008, Thursday
9:00am-12:00nn
Today's graphic design market is becoming more and more competitive that having a good concept and top-notch execution is only half of the total process. Nowadays, speed is of the essence. Not only should designers be able to deliver in time but they should also work within limited resources. In this emerging market of outsourced graphic design services, designers are trained to hone their creativity with speed. Learn how designers can create ads from concept to finished layouts in 2-3 hours without sacrificing quality and accuracy.
Topic - OPTIMIZING PHOTOSHOP AND ILLUSTRATOR AS IMAGING TOOLS
October 23, 2008, Thursday
1:30-4:30pm
Graphics and creative professionals should optimize the use of combining Photoshop and Illustrator as powerful imaging tools. As an industry standard software, Illustrator is focused on vector images while Photoshop on bitmap images. Learn how to optimize and integrate the use of these two softwares in creating and editing professional-quality graphics in your desktop publishing projects.
Topic - MAKING POWERFUL CORPORATE PRESENTATION MATERIALS AND WEB PROJECTS
October 24, 2008, Friday
9:00am-4:30pm