Technical awareness and understanding is an essential foundation to being a responsible and astute graphic designer. This course focuses on the technical aspects of healthy and sustainable desktop digital production techniques. Students are introduced to the Adobe Creative Cloud environment, including libraries, font management systems, and collaborative professional tools. Emphasis is placed on ethical sourcing, organization, and management of digital assets for professional design use.
Through a series of hands-on projects, students will develop practical skills in Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator—creating, modifying, and transforming design elements for use across multiple media. In addition, students are encouraged to adopt a self-directed learning approach, developing strategies to keep pace with evolving design technologies and software updates.
Prerequisites
Course type
This course is offered as part of a VCC program and cannot be taken individually.
International students: Eligibility is determined at the program level. Visit the program page for international student requirements and application information.
- Industry standard softwares (Adobe CC & Mac OS), practices, and project workflows, engage in self-directed learning
- Colour systems
- Font file formats and font management systems
- Image types, resolution, and file size, ethical digital asset procurement and management
- Digital press and web output
- Introduction to Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat
- Introduction to AI-powered design tools and workflows
1. Interview with department to discuss previous experience
2. A portfolio assessment of previously completed related work OR
3. The demonstration of skills via the successful completion of 1-4 related projects/assignments similar to those completed in the course, chosen at the discretion of the department
Course schedules
Select your program to see the available course schedules.
How to take this course
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Contact us
If you have any questions, please email at [email protected].
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.