Canva and AI in practice Training Course

What you will learn during the training:

• principles of creating computer graphics and desktop publishing
• methods for defining and working with color
• differences between vector and bitmap graphics
• ways to customize color photos and graphics
• principles of retouching and creating photomontages
• creating your own illustrations and graphics
• adapting to the needs of graphic material composition and printing
• how to design logos
• creating interesting charts and tables
• designing business cards and letterheads
• creating labels, diplomas, and invitations
• preparing leaflets
• formatting text
• using spot colors
• principles of preparing content for print
• digital printing, offset printing, and screen printing

Sample topics of classes:

• designing my poster
• portrait graphics
• panoramic images
• designing my catalog
• portrait photography techniques
• billboard design
• creating my logo

During this training, participants will gain proficiency in:

• Mastering the software's interface and operation
• Understanding printing issues and technologies
• Performing adjustments and photo retouching
• Correcting and enhancing colors
• Removing red-eye effects
• Adjusting brightness and contrast levels
• Resizing images
• Enhancing image sharpness
• Compositing multiple photos into a single image
• Restoring quality to old or damaged photographs
• Creating sepia tone effects
• Isolating and cutting out objects from backgrounds
• Understanding image construction, color models, core concepts, and file formats
• Working with layers and masks
• Using selection tools and vector paths
• Applying styles and effects
• Working with text elements
• Adjusting color photos and graphics
• Utilizing adjustment layers
• Automating tasks
• Navigating the history panel
• Executing retouching and montages
• Saving and exporting work

This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) 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 various tools and functions.
• Organize and manage their photo collections with the organizer.
• Create and share photo projects such as slideshows, collages, and calendars.
• Apply artistic effects and filters to their photos.
• Perform basic and advanced photo retouching techniques.

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

This Adobe After Effects Essentials course covers all the basic skills necessary for the post-production of professional-quality video content.

This instructor-led live training in Greece (online or onsite) is designed for graphic designers and illustrators who want to utilize Adobe Illustrator's advanced tools to create professional, high-quality vector artwork, illustrations, and graphic designs.

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

• Explore the new and advanced features of Adobe Illustrator.
• Master the tips and techniques for utilizing 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 for repetitive tasks.

This instructor-led live training in Greece (online or onsite) is targeted at web designers looking to design applications with Adobe XD.

By the end of this course, 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 their CV.

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

This course is designed for those who wish to master color manipulation, learn how to 'save' and optimize images for display, perform editing and retouching, create collages, and utilize the RAW format...

Discover how to fine-tune your shots to achieve the best possible results. We will cover all the tools used by professional photo editors.

You will have the opportunity to acquire new knowledge through dozens of practical examples, reinforced by exercises guided by the instructor. Additionally, you will have access to prepared course materials. Benefit from the expertise of professionals 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 step through a series of hands-on exercises 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 enhancing features to alter the quality of a photograph
• Adjust the sharpness and blur to bring out the key features of a photograph
• Change the coloring and facial expressions in photographs
• Prepare photographs for printing or development

Audience

• Photography beginners and enthusiasts

Format of the course

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

This instructor-led, live training in Greece (online or onsite) is designed for beginner and intermediate photographers who want to fully exploit Darktable for their image editing and management needs. The curriculum offers a detailed overview of the software, starting from the basics and moving towards 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.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• Master the fundamentals of computer graphics and desktop publishing.
• Understand color management principles and techniques for working with color.
• Differentiate between vector and raster (bitmap) graphics.
• Learn methods for customizing color profiles in photos and graphic elements.
• Acquire skills in photo retouching and photomontage creation.
• Develop original illustrations and graphic assets.
• Adapt graphic compositions to meet specific printing requirements.
• Gain insight into logo design and usage conventions.
• Design engaging charts and data tables.
• Create professional business cards and letterheads.
• Produce labels, diplomas, and invitation cards.
• Prepare layouts for leaflets, banners, billboards, and print-ready files.
• Apply advanced text formatting techniques.
• Build and manage style sheets and paragraph/object styles.
• Utilize spot colors and extended color spaces effectively.
• Understand the principles of pre-press preparation for publications.
• Explore various printing technologies, including digital, offset, and solvent printing.

This course offers a practical introduction to Inkscape, an open-source vector graphics application widely utilized for producing high-quality visual assets such as logos, icons, infographics, diagrams, and marketing collateral.

Through guided, hands-on workshops, attendees will master the essential features and tools of Inkscape — including shapes, paths, layers, color management, and typography — while completing exercises tailored to professional design requirements. The curriculum also addresses best practices for file organization, collaborative workflows, and exporting artwork for both digital and print mediums.

This live, instructor-led training in Greece (online or onsite) is tailored for web designers who want to create mobile interfaces using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe After Effects.

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

• Implement UI/UX designs for responsive mobile applications.
• 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 format designed for creating 2D vector images.

In this instructor-led live training, participants will explore SVG fundamentals while actively building their first SVG project.

Upon completion, participants will be able to:

• Grasp the core concepts of vector graphics and SVG
• Create, modify, implement, and optimize SVG assets
• Integrate SVG effectively with HTML & CSS
• Perform basic SVG animations
• Produce a custom SVG animation

Target Audience

• Developers and Programmers
• Graphic Designers
• HTML & CSS developers looking to deepen their SVG knowledge

Training Format

• A blend of lectures, discussions, 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 known for creating many professional programs dedicated to graphics, multimedia, photo editing, web design and more. Here 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 you to manipulate photos, create graphics, retouch, correct colours and perform many other advanced operations. Adobe Illustrator Focused on vector graphics, Illustrator enables the creation of logos, illustrations, vector graphics, typographic designs and other elements that can be scaled without losing quality.