Fundamentals of Mobile Photography Training Course

This course provides an in-depth exploration of the Dreamweaver toolset. It covers the challenges associated with page creation, effective use of templates, efficient table and layer construction, graphic insertion, and the development of visually appealing menus. Additionally, it addresses server-side deployment strategies for comfortable and reliable site management.

During this training, participants will master:

• Effortless navigation and operation within the software
• Fundamentals of imaging and printing technologies
• Photo retouching techniques and adjustments
• Colour correction methods
• Red-eye elimination
• Brightness and contrast optimisation
• Image resizing
• Sharpening images to enhance clarity
• Composite creation by combining multiple photographs
• Restoring quality to aged or damaged photographs
• Achieving a sepia tone effect
• Extracting objects from their backgrounds
• Image construction principles, colour models, and essential concepts and formats
• Working with layers and masks
• Utilising selection tools and vector paths
• Applying styles and effects
• Text manipulation and typography
• Enhancing colour photos and graphics
• Using adjustment layers
• Workflow automation
• Document history management
• Advanced retouching and montage techniques
• Saving and exporting your work

This instructor-led, live training (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 with 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.

For the majority of users, Adobe Acrobat Reader is primarily seen as a tool for viewing PDF files.

However, this application also enables you to generate PDF documents to suit your specific requirements, effectively replacing documents created in popular software such as Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with this format.

This training on creating PDF documents is aimed at individuals who wish to learn the intricacies of composing PDF documents.

Format of delivery

• Exercises are preceded by a lecture from the instructor.
• Participants use stand-alone computers.

Adobe Creative Cloud serves as a comprehensive suite of industry-standard tools designed for creative professionals, facilitating high-quality design, multimedia production, and collaboration. This course offers faculty members practical experience with Adobe’s core applications to develop academic and institutional materials, thereby fostering creativity, innovation, and effective communication within the teaching–learning environment.

This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is tailored for beginner to intermediate participants looking to build digital competencies in graphic design, multimedia editing, and academic content creation using Adobe Creative Cloud tools.

Upon completing this training, participants will be equipped to:

• Navigate the Adobe Creative Cloud ecosystem and manage files via the cloud.
• Design and edit professional visual content using Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
• Create engaging video and motion graphics content with Premiere Pro and After Effects.
• Produce and secure PDF documents using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.
• Utilize Adobe Express and Firefly for generative AI design and digital marketing assets.
• Integrate Adobe tools to develop institutional and academic multimedia projects.

Course Format

• Project-based learning featuring hands-on exercises.
• Guided demonstrations using official Adobe software.
• Practical assignments, partial assessments, and a final integrative project.

Course Customization Options

• To request customized training for this course, please contact us to make arrangements.

This live, instructor-led training in Botswana (online or on-site) is tailored for beginner to intermediate professionals aiming to streamline their document workflows through the use of Adobe Acrobat and AI-driven tools.

Upon completing this training, participants will be capable of:

• Generating and editing PDF documents from diverse sources.
• Altering PDF content, encompassing text, images, and formatting elements.
• Utilizing annotation and markup tools for thorough document reviews.
• Implementing security measures to safeguard PDF documents.
• Employing AI-powered tools to automate tasks related to PDF management.

Master this powerful software tool to efficiently create motion graphics and visual effects for film, video, multimedia, and the web.

Adobe After Effects CC enables you to deliver cinematic visual effects and motion graphics with unprecedented speed.

For Online Live attendees:
Training sessions will take place at a local training centre equipped with state-of-the-art video conferencing technology, allowing the course to be broadcast to multiple locations. Students will enjoy the same classroom experience as those in person and interact live with the online instructor. The instructor will appear on a large HD screen, facilitating interactive video and audio communication with students. A second large HD screen will display the instructor’s live presentation.

What You'll Learn
• Global performance cache
• Text and shape extrusion
• Mask feathering options

Who Needs to Attend
Video, animation, and graphics professionals who require a working knowledge of Adobe After Effects CC

The Adobe After Effects Essentials course is a two-day training program designed to equip you with all the foundational skills required to quickly start using Adobe After Effects. Throughout the course, you will learn how to manage layers, understand keyframing, control animations, work with transparency, and gain a deeper insight into rendering and output processes. By the end of this session, you will be able to professionally edit video content using After Effects while applying industry best practices.

This course covers the fundamental skills necessary for producing high-quality professional video content in post-production.

This instructor-led, live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is tailored for graphic designers and illustrators who wish to leverage the advanced capabilities of Adobe Illustrator to produce professional, high-quality vector artwork, illustrations, and graphic designs.

Upon completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Explore the new and advanced features of Adobe Illustrator.
• Master tips and techniques for utilising advanced Illustrator tools.
• Convert hand sketches into digital images.
• Create professional-grade graphics, logos, and animated GIFs.
• Transform, blend, and distort text and images.
• Automate workflows for repetitive tasks.

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 Botswana (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level and intermediate-level photographers who wish to harness the full potential of Darktable for their image editing and management needs. This course outline provides a comprehensive overview of the Darktable software, starting from the basics and progressing to more 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 foundational principles of computer graphics and desktop publishing
• Understand color theory and techniques for managing colour workflows
• Distinguish between vector and bitmap graphics
• Learn methods for enhancing colour photos and graphical elements
• Gain skills in photo retouching and creating photomontages
• Design original illustrations and graphic assets
• Adapt graphic compositions to meet specific client requirements and printing standards
• Develop effective logo design strategies
• Create engaging charts and data tables
• Produce professional business cards and letterheads
• Design labels, diplomas, and invitations
• Prepare leaflets, banners, billboards, and other printed materials
• Master text formatting techniques
• Create and manage style sheets and formatting styles
• Utilize spot colours and additional colour palettes
• Understand the principles of preparing publications for print
• Gain knowledge of digital printing, offset printing, and solvent printing processes

This course offers a practical introduction to Inkscape, an open-source vector graphics application widely utilised for producing professional-grade visuals such as logos, icons, infographics, diagrams, and marketing collateral.

Through guided, hands-on sessions, participants will master the core features and tools of Inkscape — encompassing shapes, paths, layers, colour, and typography — while completing exercises tailored to workplace design requirements. The training also encompasses best practices for file management, collaboration, and exporting artwork for both digital and print media.

This live, instructor-led training in Botswana (available online or onsite) is geared towards web designers who wish to develop mobile interfaces using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe After Effects.

By the conclusion 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.