A Certificate in Desktop Publishing (DTP) provides students with the essential skills to work in the world of design and publication. By learning how to use industry-standard software and understanding design principles, graduates are well-equipped to create professional, print-ready documents and digital content. This course is ideal for individuals interested in entering fields such as graphic design, publishing, advertising, and marketing.
Fundamentals of Computer& Desktop Publishing: Introduction to computer system, input devices, and output devices, primary storage and secondary storage devices, number systems, Boolean algebra and logic circuits, E-publishing and network publishing, print on demand E-publishing, E-document, Kinds of E- publishing product, network publishing.
Working with Photoshop: Introduction to Photoshop CS6, your workspace, opening an image, image size, color mode, working with layers, adding in more images, cropping, creating areas of solid colors, adding text, saving your Photoshop image.
Adobe PageMaker: Introduction to page maker, objectives, about PageMaker 6.5, features PageMaker 6.5, installing PageMaker, invoking PageMaker, file menu, edit menu, layout menu, type menu, element menu, utilities menu, view menu, window menu.
Corel Draw: Introduction, objectives, starting corel draw, corel draw window elements, drawing curved lines, installing corel draw graphics suite applications, corel memberships and services, corel draw basics, lines, shapes and outlines.
Eligibility: Completion of 10th grade (high School) or equivalent