CAB400 - Desktop for Portfolio Development

Subject Title
Desktop for Portfolio Development

Subject Description
In this subject, Students will continue the development of their portfolios to a professional level, under the guidance of a professor, in preparation for field placement and job interviews. Students will also use this workshop style class to work on projects assigned in CAB452. In addition, students will also develop further desktop skills using InDesign, PhotoShop, and Illustrator while gaining a working knowledge of pre-press and printing production methods.

Note: This Fourteen week subject will provide the student with one-on-one (Professor and Student) advanced desktop skills, focusing on recreating five of the student?s best examples of their Desktop Publishing Skills, including Pre-press techniques, Typography, Reproduction Scanning and colour correction and image enhancements through the use of third party filters for high resolution output in their personal portfolio.

The student will complete a series of 5 assignments wherein all three software applications (InDesign, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe PhotoShop) are utilized and integrated to each other through the CORRECT "Saved File Format".

Credit Status
Creative Advertising Diploma Program

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

1. Successfully use all three software applications to aid in the completion of any computer based project or assignment.
2. Create a page or multi-page layout ready for Colour Separations and Print.
3. Understand and use the Terminology used in the Computer and Digital Media Advertising Industry.
4. Understand how all of the different software applications relate to each other through various file formats for specific types of files.(TIFF, EPS, JPG, PSD, Illustrator AI)
5. Use a personal computer as a business tool.
6. Understand and use the various Hardware Peripherals, Scanners, Zip Drives, External Hard Drives, CD Recorders as Electronic aids to the Personal Computer and the task at hand.
7. Understand the role of the Macintosh Computer as the preferred platforming the Advertising and Graphic Arts Industry.
8. Understand and be conversant with those persons involved with the production process of creating a computer generated (3)DIGITAL PRINT FILE(2).
9. Understand and ADHERE to the IMPORTANCE of a DEADLINE.
10. Be an active participant contributing effectively to the assigned tasks and the process of group work within in-class and/or workshop exercises for evaluation.
11. Understand the purpose of, and effectively meet all deadlines and project requirements.

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Camera Use and Recordings - Synchronous (Live) Classes
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