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Diploma Summary

ABM College’s Graphic Design Diploma in Calgary allows students an opportunity to explore their creative and visual communication skills in a digital world. Students will gain a thorough understanding of fundamental graphic design principles, and how to design digitally using Adobe Creative Suite (including PhotoShop, InDesign, Illustrator, and more) to create their own portfolios to present to potential employers. Students finish off with a 4-week practicum placement at the end of the course to add work experience to their resume.

The ABM College Graphic Design Diploma Program teaches students how to professionally design for a broad range of applications and career opportunities. Students receive extensive training on industry-standard design software, combining the latest digital techniques with standard art principles to provide the essential knowledge and skills required to begin designing and building professional graphics.

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Diploma Highlights

Students will receive a solid foundation in core design areas such as composition, layout, typography, colour, drawing, photography, and business integration.

Prepare students for a variety of industry experiences to excel in graphic design.

Students can master their skills with new tools and techniques along with knowledge of the latest graphic design software.

Students get practicum placement to incorporate their knowledge and skills within a professional setting and to help add work experience to their portfolios.

Career Opportunities

Graphic Designer

Production / Layout Artist

Multimedia Designer

Illustrator / Animator

Art Director

Multimedia Content Creator

Salary Range

Graphic Design Course Curriculum

Students create and design scalable computer graphics with Adobe illustrator including core drawing and shape tools, transformation and reshaping features, text manipulation, and the pen tool. The module prepares the students to create simple vector graphics, educate them about best practices to enhance workflow, and train them on how to integrate and manipulate colour and type in designs and to prepare documents for output to print, web, and video.

Students explore the fundamentals of working with digital images acquired from capture, with a focus on the image optimization process within Adobe Photoshop CC. Students learn how to produce a high-quality image that can be reproduced for multiple purposes. The objective of this module is to prepare students to effectively process camera RAW files with Photoshop CC RAW processing interface, process jpg files using a non-destructive workflow, work with the appropriate file format depending on content and usage, maximize the tonal range and correct a colour cast in a digital image, work with layers, layer blending modes and layer styles, perform non-destructive image retouching, crop, rotate, and resize images to meet specific requirements, and export files for both web use and print production.

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Graphic Design Diploma Information Kit

This kit includes important details on the Graphic Design Diploma program at ABM College.

Graphic Design Information Kit

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