Adobe Photoshop CS3 overview

Adobe Photoshop CS3 software is the definitive solution for professional web photo editing and artwork creation. You can use Photoshop to create and edit photos and graphics and optimize images in a professional environment.

Photoshop integrates with other Adobe products such as Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks software, as well as your other favourite graphics applications and HTML editors, to provide a truly integrated web solution. You can easily export Photoshop graphics to other Adobe authoring applications, such as Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, or directly export a sliced image to HTML

Ideal for:

Professional photographers
Amateur photographers
Photograph editing
Graphic designers
Artists
Web designers & developers
Desktop publishers
Media & brand promoters
Advertising agencies
Digital publishing
Magazine & print products
Freelance work

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 overview
Dreamweaver is the best program for creating web pages and websites. It's accessible to novices, but includes powerful features for experts. Many professional web designers use it. Creating accessible web pages has never been more important than today.

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 software provides the most complete set of tools available for building, editing, and maintaining accessible websites and web applications. It offers support for users of assistive technologies, as well as for individuals seeking to create accessible web content and web applications. Dreamweaver CS3 makes it easy for designers and developers to understand and comply with accessibility standards, with features that include a reference guide, templates, code snippets, and built-in accessibility validation tools.

It also includes features designed to handle some of the most complex accessibility issues, such as the creation of accessible forms and data tables.

Dreamweaver’s many icon-driven menus and detailed panels make it easy to insert and format text, images, and media (such as video files and Flash movies). This means that you can create great-looking and functional web pages without knowing a single line of code—Dreamweaver takes care of building the code behind the scenes for you. Dreamweaver does not create graphics from scratch; instead, it is fully integrated with Adobe Photoshop CS3, so you can import and adjust graphics from within the application.

Ideal for:

Graphic designers and artists

Web designers and developer

Media and brand promoters

Advertising agencies

Freelance work

Adobe Flash CS3 Professional overview
Adobe Flash CS3 Professional software offers the most complete set of tools available for authoring accessible rich media applications. With an array of features to aid in the authoring of accessible content, designers and developers can now make the best experience on the web available to everyone.

Ideal for:

Graphic designers and artists
Web designers and developers
Media & brand promoters
Advertising agencies
Digital publishing
Freelance work

Adobe InDesign CS3 overview
In the publishing world, your business depends on efficiency, compelling content, competitiveness through design, and high-quality output. With scalable solutions for any design or editorial workflow, the Adobe InDesign family is your foundation for dynamic publishing — in both print and digital media.

Adobe InDesign CS3 software breaks down the barriers between online and offline publishing. Create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents.

Adobe InDesign CS3 software supports accessible cross-media publication, allowing you to export InDesign documents to PDF, XHTML, and XML. Users can add tags and alternative text attributes to InDesign documents that support the production of accessible content in these exported formats.

Used in combination with Adobe Acrobat software for touch-up of the exported PDF files and Adobe Dreamweaver software for XHTML and XML output, users can achieve maximum accessibility for the exported content.

Ideal for:

Desktop Publishers
Graphic designers and artists
Web designers and developers
Media & brand promoters
Advertising agencies
Digital publishing
Magazine & print products
Freelance work

Adobe Illustrator CS3 overview
Adobe Illustrator CS3 is the industry-standard illustration programme for print, multimedia, and online graphics. Whether you are a designer or a technical illustrator producing artwork for print publishing, an artist producing multimedia graphics, or a creator of web pages or online content, the Adobe Illustrator program offers you the tools you need to get professional quality results.

Adobe Illustrator CS3 software is the definitive solution for professional web vector graphics and artwork creation. You can use Illustrator to create and edit graphics and optimize images in a professional environment.

Adobe Illustrator CS3 software is a comprehensive vector graphics environment with new transparency in gradients and multiple art boards that invite you to explore more efficient ways to design.

Illustrator integrates with other Adobe products such as Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks software, as well as your other favourite graphics applications and HTML editors, to provide a truly integrated web solution. You can easily export Illustrator graphics to other Adobe authoring applications, such as Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, or directly export a sliced image to HTML.

Ideal for:

Desktop publishers
Graphic designers
Artists
Web designers and developers
Media & brand promoters
Advertising agencies
Digital publishing
Magazine & print products
Freelance work
Digital publishing
Television
Documentaries and storytelling
Freelance work

Job Descriptions in graphic fields:
The design industry consists of the profiles such as: Graphic designers, Art-workers, Design Management professional, Art Directors, Creative Directors, Web Designers Junior Designers, Middleweight Designers and Visualisers.

Scope:
The scope of graphic designing lies in creating media which include: Electronic media, Books, Packaging, Book jackets and Covers, Film and Animation, Newspapers and Tabloids, Booklets \ Brochures, Magazines and Periodicals, Corporate Logos, Posters, Stationery, Billboards, Folders, etc.

Career in Graphics
A graphics designer is absorbed in some the fields mentioned below:

Advertising agencies
Audio-visual media
Design studios
Publishers
Printers and Typesetters
Marketing firms
Exhibits and Displays
Manufacturers \ Department Stores
Educational Institutions and Libraries

Prerequisites
Some experience in the computer industry is advised. This course contains a large amount of practical; therefore a personal computer is imperative. Should the candidate not have a computer at home, a new computer or laptop can be purchased from IIT, either cash payment or in terms. Students must have a good command of the English language and have some computer experience. Artistic creative flair would be an advantage.

Minim of 10 students before class can commence.
Each of these modules can be done separately at a cost of N$ 3 800.00 (Course material, 1 national exam per module and 1 assignment, practical and class fees included – NO international exam fees included)

Important Notice:

The IIT national exam is compulsory and students who fail the exam will not receive the IIT certification.
Due to IIT commitment to keep abreast of these technological changes, content might alter to keep the course as state-of-the-art as possible.
A report card will be given with completion of the exam.
No proof of qualification will be given before the total amount of the course has been fully paid.
NO International exam fees included.
Minimum requirement Gr.10 certificate, students need to be English literate.
The sponsor for payment of student account needs to sign a debit order for monthly installments, refusing to comply will result in the sponsor held liable to pay half of the total amount of the course upon registration.