GD&T - 2D Drawings for Engineering Projects Training Course

What you will learn during the training:

• Principles of creating computer graphics and desktop publishing
• Methods for defining and working with colour
• Differences between vector and bitmap graphics
• Techniques for customising colour photos and graphics
• Principles of retouching and creating photomontages
• Creating your own illustrations and graphics
• Adapting graphic material composition and printing to specific needs
• Designing logos and logotypes
• Creating engaging charts and tables
• Designing business cards and letterheads
• Creating labels, diplomas, and invitations
• Preparing leaflets
• Text formatting techniques
• Using spot colours
• Principles of print preparation
• Digital printing, offset printing, and screen printing

Sample topics covered in the classes:

• My poster
• Portrait design
• Expansive layouts
• My catalog
• My face
• Billboard design
• My logo

During the training, participants will learn:

• How to operate the program efficiently
• Printing issues and technologies
• Photo adjustments and retouching
• Colour adjustment techniques
• Red-eye removal
• Brightness and contrast adjustments
• Image resizing
• Enhancing sharpness
• Combining multiple photos into a single image
• Restoring old or damaged photographs
• Creating sepia effects
• Extracting objects from their backgrounds
• Image composition, colour models, fundamental concepts and file formats
• Working with layers and masks
• Tool selection and vector path creation
• Styles and effects
• Text manipulation
• Adjusting colour in photos and graphics
• Using adjustment layers
• Automation features
• Document history management
• Retouching and photo montages
• Saving your work

This instructor-led, live training (available online or on-site) is designed for beginner to intermediate-level photo enthusiasts and graphic designers who wish to use Adobe Photoshop Elements to edit and enhance their photos.

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

• Edit and enhance their photos using a variety of tools and functions.
• Organise and manage their photo collections effectively with the built-in organiser.
• Create and share photo projects such as slideshows, collages, and calendars.
• Apply artistic effects and filters to their photos.
• Perform both basic and advanced photo retouching techniques.

Adobe After Effects Essentials is a two-day training course covering all the essential skills required to get up and running with Adobe After Effects. Throughout the course, you'll learn how to work with layers, understand keyframing, control animations, manage transparency, and gain a deeper understanding of rendering and output. By the end of the course, you'll be able to confidently edit your video content using After Effects while applying best practice techniques.

The Adobe After Effects Essentials course covers all the fundamental skills needed for the post-production of professional-quality video content.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (available online or on-site) is designed for graphic designers and illustrators who wish to leverage the advanced tools in Adobe Illustrator to produce professional, high-quality vector artwork, illustrations, and graphic designs.

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

• Gain a deeper understanding of the new and advanced features in Adobe Illustrator.
• Discover tips and tricks for effectively using advanced Illustrator tools.
• Convert hand-drawn sketches into digital images.
• Create professional-grade graphics, logos, and animated GIFs.
• Transform, blend, and distort text and images.
• Automate workflows to streamline repetitive tasks.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or onsite) is aimed at web designers who wish to design an application 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 include micro-interactions.
• Incorporate UX designs into a CV.

We invite you to join a course dedicated to image editing using Adobe Photoshop.

This course is designed for those who wish to master the art of working with colour, learn how to prepare images for display, and develop skills in editing, retouching, collage creation, and using the RAW format.

We will demonstrate how to fine-tune your photos to bring out their best qualities, and explore all the essential tools available in a professional photo editor.

You'll gain new knowledge illustrated through dozens of practical examples and reinforce it through exercises guided by an experienced instructor. Additionally, you will have access to prepared learning materials. Benefit from expert insights to save time and avoid unnecessary trial and error.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to use Adobe Photoshop's photo-enhancement features as they work through a series of hands-on exercises designed to improve the quality of a set of sample photographs.

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

• Apply Photoshop's photo enhancement tools to alter the quality of a photograph
• Adjust sharpness and blur to highlight the key features of a photograph
• Modify colouring and facial expressions in photographs
• Prepare photographs for printing or development

Audience

• Photography beginners and enthusiasts

Course Format

• A blend of lecture, discussion, exercises and extensive hands-on practice

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or on-site) is designed for beginner and intermediate photographers who wish to unlock the full potential of Darktable for their image editing and management needs. This course outline offers a comprehensive overview of the Darktable software, beginning with the fundamentals and advancing to more sophisticated editing techniques.

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

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

What you will learn during the training:

• the principles of creating computer graphics and desktop publishing
• methods for defining and working with colour
• the differences between vector and bitmap graphics
• ways to customise colour photographs and graphics
• the principles of retouching and creating photomontages
• how to create your own illustrations and graphics
• how to adapt graphic material composition and printing to specific needs
• how to design logos and logotypes
• how to create engaging charts and tables
• how to design business cards and letterheads
• how to create labels, diplomas and invitations
• how to prepare leaflets, banners and billboards for print
• how to format text
• how to create style sheets and format styles
• the use of additional colours
• the principles of preparing publications for print
• an introduction to digital printing, offset printing and solvent-based processes

This course offers a hands-on introduction to Inkscape, an open-source vector graphics application widely used to create professional-quality visuals such as logos, icons, infographics, diagrams, and marketing materials.

Through guided, practical sessions, participants will master the core features and tools of Inkscape—including shapes, paths, layers, colour, and typography—while completing exercises tailored to workplace design needs. The training also covers best practices for file organisation, collaboration, and exporting artwork for both digital and print use.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or on-site) is aimed at web designers who wish to create mobile interfaces with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe After Effects.

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

• Implement UI/UX designs for a responsive mobile application.
• Prepare and animate designs in 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 optimise SVG
• Learn how to use SVG with HTML & CSS
• Learn how to perform 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, with exercises and extensive hands-on practice

Adobe graphic programs are a set of tools for creating, editing, and manipulating graphics, multimedia, and documents. Adobe Systems is well known for developing numerous professional applications dedicated to graphic design, multimedia, photo editing, web design, and more. Below are some of the main graphic programs developed by Adobe: Adobe Photoshop This is one of the most popular programs for editing raster graphics. It allows users to manipulate images, create graphics, retouch photos, correct colours, and perform many other advanced operations. Adobe Illustrator Focusing on vector graphics, Illustrator enables the creation of logos, illustrations, vector-based designs, typographic projects, and other elements that can be scaled without loss of quality.