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Web Design and Maintenance – HTML, Adobe Dreamweaver, Photoshop
Course Aims
The course commences with an introduction to Adobe Photoshop, the most widely used photo-editing package on the market, and the favourite in the design industry. Participants will be trained to design a website using Adobe Dreamweaver, the professional web editing software. The course provides a comprehensive hands-on guide to set up and maintain a website.
Course Content: Adobe Photoshop
- Using scanning equipment
- Photoshop’s environment and Navigation
- Adding content with Drawing, Painting and Editing tools
- Selecting Image Content; Working with image files
- Working with Layers; Adding variety with Masks
- Using Paths; Applying Filters
- Fine-tuning your image: Blurring, Smudging, Sharpening, Dodging, Burning, Sponging, Patching
- Adjusting your image; Colour Correction, Red Eye Correction, Teeth Whitening, Changing Colours, Blemish Correction, Cutting out from a photograph
- Colour and Border Effects
- Enhancing Effects – sharpening, distortions, slimming, wrinkles
- Composition of a photograph, image size and orientation
- How to reduce the size of files
Course Content: Adobe Dreamweaver
- Overview of Web Design with Adobe Dreamweaver
- Dreamweaver interface: preferences; defining your site; floating palettes
- Creating, Editing and Formatting a basic web page
- Using Dreamweaver: page properties; head content; meta tags, keywords
- Adding Hyperlinks using text, images, jump menus, Flash buttons and Flash text Inserting Images and Image Behaviours
- Working with Tables
- Working with Forms – creating, editing and checking validity
- Creating and Formatting a Frameset
- Creating JavaScript actions: rollover effects; alert message; form validation; animated JPEGs; sound effects; control of Flash layers and their behaviours; cascading style sheets
- Site Management, Publishing and maintaining a website
Duration/Start
13 April, Wednesday, 7pm – 10pm, 10 weeks
Entry Requirements
Basic knowledge of computer applications including Microsoft Windows.
Fees:
€375