Do you like colour, texture, shape, image and text? Do you enjoy working with the computer? Then graphic design and desktop publishing could be the career for you. Your fist step is to read about the course.

Graphic Design & Desktop Publishing

Correspondence courses are flexible and comfortable way of studying that allows you to study at home. They are ideal for people who have a full-time job or other commitments. They are open for everybody. This might be a professional who needs to update his knowledge or skills, or a mother who wants to refresh her qualifications before re-entering the labor market.

Graphic designers may do the following:
• discuss with the clients or colleagues their requirements and sketch 'roughs' of the design
• create quotes for work to be undertaken
• create layouts of the design using a graphic design application
• present design to clients for their approval
• create final designs ready for print
• get quotes from printers
• flight-check files for readiness and export to Acrobat
• transmit design files in PDF format to printers
• check proofs for correctness: colour, layout, bleed, etc.
• sign off poofs for final production (web, print or other media)

Desktop publishers may do the following:
• discuss with the clients or colleagues their layout requirements
• prepare quotes for work to be undertaken
• establish the document and pages according to the requirements
• prepare and insert word processed text and other images provided
• format the text and images according to the design requirements
• proof text format and layout (and sometimes content if the role includes proofreading)
• transmit design files in PDF format to department or send straight to print
• check proofs for correctness: format, layout, correctness, etc.
• sign off poofs as checked

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