Design Basics

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Learn at your own pace
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Basics of Adobe Ps, Ai, Id
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Project-based, fun and practical

Learn Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign with your very first design project. Get to know Adobe’s industry-standard software and see how to use it to express your ideas. Through video tutorials and practical assignments, you learn the software at your own pace. This on-demand course is for anyone who wants to learn the basics of graphic design, and is a good first step on the path to any design studies.

Format: Self-paced
Location: Online
Commitment: 6-9 hours
Fee: 4 000 SEK (excl. VAT)
5 000 SEK (incl. VAT)
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Course Content

The course covers the core functionalities of Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. As you develop your skills and confidence, you’ll also gain better insight into their respective strengths, weaknesses, and characteristics.

You’ll develop better workflow habits by choosing the right tool for the job and discover how the different applications can work together harmoniously. The course challenges you with a series of video tutorials and practical exercises as you create your first own design project. You will not receive feedback on your work but you will get plenty of guidance to improve on your own.

This self-paced course builds your skills in:

Illustrator
Photoshop
InDesign

After the course, you have a basic knowledge that allows you to practice further on your own. Or you can push yourself and apply to other design courses at Berghs at a higher level, where basic software skills are a prerequisite. View your course progression options below.

Show contentWhat you'll learn

Illustrator:

Basics of Vector Graphics for Illustrator
Introduction to the Software
Working with documents, artboards, and workspaces
Tech specs (color space, resolution, file formats)
Saving, undoing, history, versioning
Drawing and selection tools
Working with color, fills and strokes
Aligning and organizing
Working with layers
Construction tools (pathfinder, compound, and clipping paths)
Transparency
Working with typography
How to import and export

Photoshop:

Introduction to Photoshop
Technical basics (color space, resolution, file formats)
Working with confidence (saving, undoing, history, versioning)
Editing images
Working with layers
Drawing and painting tools
Typography in Photoshop
How to import and export

InDesign:

Introduction to InDesign
Working with documents for digital and print.
Setting up workspaces for your project
Tech specs for print and digital (color specs, resolution, file formats)
Working with confidence (saving, undoing, history, versioning)
Working with pages and master pages
Typography tools and styles
Importing and using existing artwork
Working with frames, paths, and drawing
Working with grids
How to import and export

Show contentWho is this course for?

This self-paced online course is perfect for people who are brand new to the world of design. Anyone whose ideas and ambitions are bigger than their current software skills. It can work as a foundation or as a first step for those who wish to take design courses at Berghs at a higher level. This course brings your skills up to a level where you can get the ideas that you have in your head, or in your sketchbook, onto the screen. Please note that this course offers a foundation and is by no means exhaustive, mastering these programs fully may take many years of practice. To complete the course – and all its assignments – you need to have access to Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign). You can use Adobe's free demo to start with. You should also have access to pens and paper that you love so you can sketch your own ideas away from a computer.

Show contentCourse Facts

10 video-recorded classes and assignments
Language: English
30 hours (estimated) to complete the course and all assignments
Self-paced; study and practice at your speed
Quizzes to verify your progress throughout the course
Course certificate upon completion
On-Demand, start whenever you want
Software license not included
Feedback on assignments not included
Credit card payment and instant enrollment
Price incl. VAT: 5000 SEK
Price excl. VAT: 4000 SEK

Show contentCourse progression options

This course offers you basic software knowledge and it prepares you for a series of design courses at a higher level at Berghs School of Communication. Below is a list of possible courses to progress with - depending on your level of experience - and some fee reductions to help you do so.

FULL-TIME international courses taught in English

Apply after completing Design Basics, improve your chances to enroll and get your tuition fee reduced by 1000 SEK*

FULL-TIME studies (YH) taught in Swedish

Communication Design / 2 years full-time

Apply after completing Design Basics and improve your chances to pass the selection. No fee reduction applies.

SHORT COURSES - START LEVEL taught in Swedish

Apply to one of the above after completing Design Basics and get your fee reduced by 1000 SEK*

SHORT COURSES - PROFESSIONAL LEVEL taught in Swedish

Apply after completing this software course (provided that you have the necessary experience) and get your fee reduced by 1000 SEK*

*Terms and Conditions

The discount can be claimed only after you have completed your automated software course and it applies only to the course you are progressing onto. Check out the terms and conditions here.

Software: 3
Creative Project: 1
Assignments: 4
Video Classes: 10

FAQ
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Questions about the course?

International Coordinator

Andrea Kjellin

info@berghs.se