Affinity Designer Training Course

Key learning outcomes:

• Fundamental principles of digital graphics and desktop publishing
• Methods for defining and managing color profiles
• Distinctions between vector and bitmap graphics
• Techniques for optimizing color photos and graphics
• Core concepts of photo retouching and photomontage creation
• Creating original illustrations and graphics
• Adapting designs to meet specific composition and printing requirements
• Designing logos and identity marks
• Designing engaging charts and data tables
• Creating business cards and letterheads
• Designing labels, diplomas, and invitations
• Preparing and laying out leaflets
• Best practices for text formatting
• Utilization of spot colors
• Principles of print preparation
• Overview of digital, offset, and screen printing processes

Sample class projects:

• Designing a poster
• Portrait retouching
• Panoramic image processing
• Designing a catalog
• Face retouching and enhancement
• Billboard layout design
• Logo creation

During the training, participants will acquire the following skills:

• Proficiency in navigating and operating the software
• Understanding issues related to printing technology
• Techniques for adjustments and photo retouching
• Color correction methods
• Removal of red-eye effect
• Adjusting brightness and contrast levels
• Resizing images
• Enhancing image sharpness
• Compositing multiple photographs into a single image
• Restoring and enhancing the quality of old or damaged photographs
• Creating sepia effects
• Isolating and cutting out objects from their backgrounds
• Fundamentals of image construction, color models, core concepts, and file formats
• Working with layers and masks
• Utilizing selection tools and vector paths
• Applying styles and effects
• Typography and text editing
• Adjusting color photos and graphics
• Using adjustment layers
• Automating repetitive tasks
• Managing the document history
• Executing retouching and photo montages
• Properly saving and exporting work

This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is aimed at beginner to intermediate-level photo enthusiasts and graphic designers who want to use Adobe Photoshop Elements to edit and enhance their photos.

Upon completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Edit and enhance photos using various tools and functions.
• Organize and manage photo collections with the organizer.
• Create and share photo projects such as slideshows, collages, and calendars.
• Apply artistic effects and filters to photos.
• Perform basic and advanced photo retouching techniques.

Adobe After Effects Essentials is a two-day training course designed to equip you with the foundational skills required to start using Adobe After Effects effectively. Throughout the course, you will learn to manage layers, master keyframing, control animations, handle transparency, and gain a deeper understanding of rendering and output processes. By the conclusion of the training, you will be able to professionally edit your video content using After Effects, applying industry best practices.

This course covers all the essential skills necessary for producing professional-quality video content in post-production.

This instructor-led, live training in Norway (online or onsite) is aimed at graphic designers and illustrators who wish to use the advanced tools in Adobe Illustrator to create professional and high-quality vector artwork, illustrations, and graphic designs.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Learn more about the new and advanced features in Adobe Illustrator.
• Know the tips and tricks on how to use the advanced Illustrator tools.
• Redraw hand sketches into digital images.
• Create professional grade graphics, logos, and animated GIFs.
• Transform, blend, and distort texts and images.
• Automate workflows for repeated tasks.

This instructor-led live training in Norway (online or on-site) is directed at web designers who aim to design applications using Adobe XD.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up Adobe XD to begin designing an application.
• Develop quick wireframes.
• Create prototypes that contain micro interactions.
• Add UX designs to a CV.

We invite you to join a course dedicated to image processing with Adobe Photoshop.

This course is designed for those who wish to master color correction, save and prepare images for display, perform editing and retouching, create collages, and utilize the RAW format.

We will demonstrate how to fine-tune photographs to achieve the best possible results. We will also cover all the tools available in professional photo editing.

You will have the opportunity to acquire new knowledge through dozens of practical examples and reinforce this learning with exercises guided by the instructor. Additionally, you will have access to prepared course materials. Benefit from expert experience to save time and avoid aimless exploration.

This instructor-led live training enables participants to master Adobe Photoshop's photo enhancement capabilities through a series of practical exercises designed to improve the quality of sample photographs.

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Utilize Photoshop's photo enhancement tools to modify image quality
• Adjust sharpness and blur settings to highlight key photographic features
• Modify coloring and facial expressions within photographs
• Prepare images for printing or photo development

Audience

• Beginners and enthusiasts in photography

Course Format

• A blend of lectures, discussions, exercises, and extensive hands-on practice

This instructor-led live training in Norway (online or onsite) is designed for beginner and intermediate photographers aiming to maximize the potential of Darktable for their image editing and management requirements. This course outline delivers a comprehensive look at the Darktable software, moving from basic fundamentals to advanced editing techniques.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up a development environment with Darktable.
• Import, organize, and manage their photo collections.
• Edit and enhance images using Darktable's features.
• Perform advanced color correction and manipulation.
• Apply non-destructive editing techniques.
• Debug common issues in Darktable.

What you will learn during the training:

• fundamental principles of computer graphics and desktop publishing
• methods for defining and manipulating color
• distinctions between vector and bitmap graphics
• techniques for customizing color photos and graphics
• core concepts of retouching and constructing photomontages
• how to create original illustrations and graphics
• adapting graphic compositions to meet specific printing and production requirements
• principles of logo design
• creating engaging charts and tables
• designing business cards and letterheads
• producing labels, certificates, and invitations
• preparing leaflets, banners, and billboards for print
• text formatting techniques
• developing style sheets and applying formatting styles
• utilizing spot colors
• principles of preparing publications for print
• types of printing methods: digital, offset, and solvent

This course offers a practical introduction to Inkscape, an open-source vector graphics tool extensively utilized for producing professional-grade visuals, including logos, icons, infographics, diagrams, and marketing collateral.

Through guided, hands-on sessions, participants will master the core features and tools of Inkscape—such as shapes, paths, layers, color management, and typography—while completing exercises tailored to workplace design requirements. The training also encompasses best practices for file organization, collaboration, and exporting artwork for both digital and print media.

This instructor-led live training in Norway (offered online or onsite) is designed for web designers who aim to create mobile interfaces using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe After Effects.

By the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Implement UI/UX designs for responsive mobile applications.
• Prepare and animate designs using Adobe Illustrator.
• Create reusable components.
• Incorporate advanced animations with Adobe After Effects.

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an XML-based graphics format used to create 2D vector images.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn the fundamentals of SVG as they step through the creation of their first SVG project.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the basics of vector graphics and SVG
• Learn how to create, modify, use, and optimize SVG
• Learn how to use SVG with HTML & CSS
• Learn how to do basic animations with SVG
• Create their own SVG animation

Audience

• Developers and Programmers
• Graphic Designers
• HTML & CSS developers interested in learning more about SVG

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

Adobe graphic programs are a suite of tools for creating, editing, and manipulating graphics, multimedia, and documents. Adobe Systems is known for developing many professional programs dedicated to graphics, multimedia, photo editing, web design, and more. Below are some of the main graphic programs created by Adobe: Adobe Photoshop This is one of the most popular programs for raster graphics editing. It allows image manipulation, creating graphics, retouching, colour correction, and many other advanced operations. Adobe Illustrator Focused on vector graphics, Illustrator enables the creation of logos, illustrations, vector graphics, typography projects, and other elements that can be scaled without loss of quality.