Processes, Techniques and Specific Knowledge Areas

__Types of design

• Poster
• Packaging
• Book
• Exhibit
• Web/interactive electronic media
• Brand identity/corporate
• Environmental
• Typographic
• Game
• Television graphic
• Broadcast
• Promotional
• Icon
• Catalog
• Newsletter, Newspaper, Magazine
• Signage
• Novelty
• Album cover
• Clothing applications
• Advertising
  

__Techniques:

• Vector drawing
• raster painting and processing
• text processing and display
• virtual three-dimensional modeling
• digital motion imaging
• algorithmic imaging
• interactive and telematic communication
• visual systems/structures based on gestalt laws
  

__Web design:

• HTML coding
• CD authoring
• JavaScript
• Design for interactive electronic media
  

__Study of symbols, image impact
__Typography/typesetting
__Color theory
__Color separation
__Retouching/color correction
__Video streaming and sequencing
__Electronic pre-press
__Proofreading, editing and grammar
__Sales orientation
__Client psychology

Materials, Equipment and Technology

__Computer programs:

• Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Pagemaker, GoLive, PageMil, InDesign, Acrobat
• Macromedia Director, Flash/FlashMX, Freehand, Dreamweaver, After Effects
• QuarkXPress
• Imageready
• Agfa Photowise
• Microsoft FrontPage
• BBEdit
• Maxon Cinema 3D
• QuickTime
• Sound Edit 16
• Final Cut Pro
• iMovie
• HTML and Javascript

__Pre-press for: digital printing, offset printing (four-color process, spot)
__Digital cameras
__Scanners