From Sessions Online School of Design
indesign basics 


Publishing brochures, newsletters, reports, and other print pieces can be a challenge without the right tools. Along comes
Adobe InDesign with all the features and flexibility and you'll need to publish professional-quality layouts. Whether you're new to layout design or making the switch from
QuarkXPress, training with
InDesign Basics will help you get your creative ideas on the page.
In this
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illustrator by example 


Learn how to design using
Illustrator. Complete a professional design project and master Illustrator's most important features.
Students will design a series of
Swatch watches faces, bands, promotional materials, and all with a design plan based on a fictional client's brief from Swatch headquarters. The course also covers many essential features of Illustrator and how it interacts with its
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Advanced Logo Design 


...logo designer.
An effective logo represents much more than a company, product, or service. In the words of the late
Paul Rand, logos should be like flags: universal, timeless, and durable.
In this
6-lesson course, you'll build your portfolio by tackling a series of challenging logo and branding design projects.
Lessons will cover such important logo concepts as corporate identity, image,
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Advanced Typography Course 


...usic performance posters.
LESSON 4 Type As
Symbol In a logotype, typography transcends textual communication, becoming instead an image or identity, a potent source of cultural resonance. Lesson
Four explores the embedded meanings in the logos we see everyday, analyzing how and why they communicate so powerfully. You'll look at a
Floridian case study in identity creation. Then in the
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Branding & Identity Course 


...ough case studies the essential skills required to design logos, marketing materials, and advertising programs to establish and promote a corporate identity.
You'll be designing or redesigning company identities for both existing companies and newly established businesses.
Outline:
Outline:
LESSON 1 Intro to
Corporate Identity How does a company and organization project a coherent
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digital illustration advanced 


Digital illustration is a challenging but expressive area of graphic design. It brings out each artist's unique personal style.
If you've mastered the basics in
Illustrator, it's time to challenge yourself and boost your skills. In this
6-lesson course, you'll learn advanced methods for communicating your creative concepts. Through step-by-step lectures, you'll explore how an expert Illustrator
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digital illustration basics 


Visual communication has been an integral part of graphic design since its inception in the
1920s.
Today, most of those friendly little graphics and icons that give order and humanity to the world around us are created digitally, using powerful software applications such as
Adobe Illustrator.
In this hands-on introductory class, you'll learn the tricks of the trade for creating illustrations
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flash basics 


When
Web designers think dynamic, they think
Macromedia Flash. The vector-based tool, rapidly taking over the Web, can create everything from simple animations to entire sites.
In this
6-lesson course, you'll develop a deep understanding for basic drawing and animating tools in
Flash, mastering such critical interface elements as layers, scenes, nested symbols, and movie clips. You'll create an
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fundamentals of typography 


Typography is what sets designers apart from other artists. In visual communication, typography must be integrated (every last loop, bowl, and descender) into a total design.
In this
3-lesson course, you'll explore the anatomy of the letterform. Through interactive lectures and hands-on exercises, you'll learn how to classify typefaces and use them creatively.
Understanding the fundamentals of
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