Federica Capitani
Italian designer Federica Capitani studied Industrial Design at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Genova.
Photoshop and InDesign with Federica Capitani
Ref: K5D13662
About this course
Photoshop is an industry-standard image-editing programme used by designers to add colour, texture and detail to visual materials and presentations; InDesign is Photoshop's sister publishing program which is used to combine text, images, vectors and other prepared content into a finished product for print or digital publishing. This KLC Photoshop and InDesign course has been created specifically for Interior Designers and their specific day-to-day needs.
Course Description
This one-week course introduces students to the introductory skills needed to begin working with both Photoshop and InDesign computer programmes. Strong emphasis is placed on best practices, and approaches are derived from experience and working solutions. This course is aimed at design students and professionals, and examples and course materials will relate to interior design practice, but could be applied to other disciplines.
Step-by-step progress is made under the close supervision of our tutors. You will spend the first half of the week learning to manipulate visual material using Photoshop image-editing software and, during the second half of the week, you will move on to create page design and layout for professional presentations and documents.
Day One - Photoshop:
Photoshop User Interface
Document Set Up - Image Setup Dialogue Box
Understanding the differences between: Canvas size; Image Size and Resolution in Pixels/mm; File size
Workspaces
Create, Open and Import Images
Layer Management and Manipulation
Selection Tools and Techniques
Most Commonly Used Transform Tools
Day Two - Photoshop:
Image Colour Adjustments
Layer Masks
Clone Stamp
Content Aware Fill
Save Photoshop Files and Save as JPEGs
Layer Management and Manipulation – Cont.
Brushes
Colours, Swatches and Gradients
Day Three - Photoshop:
Basic Floor Plan Rendering using Colours
Applying Layer Effects - Shadows and Glows
Filter Effects
Basic Floor Plan Lighting Effects
Apply Photoshop's Built-In Patterns as Overlays
Working with Type
Printing and Export Options
Day Four - InDesign:
The interface
Document setup
Organizing a project
File referencing and folder structure
Margins and columns
Rulers, manual guides and smart guides
Working with frames
Pen tool
Colour, fill and strokes
Basic effects.
Day Five - InDesign:
Working with objects
Working with text
Image manipulation and formatting text
Creating style
Master pages
Tabs and tables
Managing images and texts
Pen and fill, paragraph and text tools
Save and export options
Producing Adobe PDF
Placing a multi-page PDF
Creating a hyperlink.
Course Outcomes:
Develop an understanding of basic Photoshop and InDesign skills
Learn how to use core tools for your interior design business
Understand how to edit images and import and format these as part of documents and with text
Discover how to create a portfolio using these powerful programmes
This course is open to applicants with existing professional skills of visualisation, and with confident computer skills. Photoshop sessions will focus on rendering and polishing interior design visuals but not creating these in the first instance. This course is suited to professionals and to students of design. All KLC software courses are taught on PC computers.
This course is taught by expert tutors who teach on the degree courses at KLC.
Timetable
Arrival Day - this is the first date listed above
Courses start early evening. Residential students to arrive from 4pm, non-residential students to arrive by 6.45pm.
6.45pm: Welcome, followed by dinner (included).
8 - 9pm: First teaching session, attendance is essential.
Daily timetable
Classes 9.15 - 5pm, lunch is included.
From 6.30pm: Dinner (included for residential students).
Evening working - students may have access to workshops until 9pm, but only with their tutor's permission and provided any health and safety guidelines are observed.
Last day
Classes 9.15am - 3pm, lunch is included.
Residential students are to vacate their rooms by 10am please.
(This timetable is for courses of more than one day in length. The tutor may make slight variations)
Course Materials
Included
- All materials for this course are included in the course fee including use of a PC laptop for each student.
Additional information
Breakfast refreshments and a delicious light lunch will be provided on the first day of the course. While a vegetarian option is made available, we are unable to cater to specific food intolerances or food allergies.Tutors
