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Digital Graphics and Imaging

Undergraduate | USA-GRAP1027 | 2023

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Build a toolkit of skills using Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Understand the ‘big three’ concepts of visual communication: reader-centeredness, usability and persuasiveness. Cover editing, page layout, visual strategies and target audience. 

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
No ATAR needed,
No prior study
Duration
10 weeks

FEE-HELP available

Digital Graphics and Imaging

About this subject

  • By the end of this 10-week course, you’ll be able to:

    1. Apply knowledge of communication design principles to a variety of computer graphics and imaging outputs.
    2. Demonstrate a working knowledge of the interaction between software programs used in the design industry and competency in file management techniques suitable for print.
    3. Demonstrate an expanded visual literacy.
    4. Apply a working knowledge of the audience in focussed communication design outcomes.
    5. Use an expanded design vocabulary to describe and reflect on the design process and output.

Entry requirements

No entry requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
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