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Getting an online graphic design degree or Digital art diploma: What to expect and what to look for:Graphic design programs online are becoming more prevalent and more popular. Of all degrees, it's one of the most agreeable to online courses, as most graphic design work is now done on the computer. As you consider getting a graphic design degree, check out at least a few different programs carefully before making your final decision. Each program is different, and has it's own course requirements, which are further defined by the specific track you want to focus on. But most programs offer many of the graphic design courses below. If some of these sound like a foreign language, don't panic or be too intimidated. Students aren't usually expected to have previous knowledge about most of these applications, and introductory courses are available to when necessary for those programs that begin at an intermediate level. Some of the common graphic design and digital arts courses and sections that are likely to be covered in graphic design online degree programs include (Depending on your area of focus)3 -D modeling advanced flash multimedia projects advanced graphic design advanced layout design advanced logo design advanced packaging design advanced typography advertising design after effects I banner advertising branding and identity color correction color theory css essentials database and dynamic web design design and composition design for non-designers digital art photography digital illustration advanced digital illustration basics digital photography I digital photography II digital photography using camera raw digital video editing I dreamweaver I dreamweaver II e-commerce figure drawing fireworks basics flash actionscript programming flash animation flash basics flash experience design flash & typography flash web site design freehand basics fundamentals of digital photography fundamentals of javascript fundamentals of logo design fundamentals of typography golive basics graphic design I graphic design business html basics illustrator basics illustrator by example illustrator advanced indesign basics information design I interface design internet marketing intro to graphic design intro to digital arts intro to drawing intro to marketing intro to multimedia intro to web design photo retouching photoshop advanced photoshop basics photoshop by example powerpoint design print production quark basics sketchup basics sketchup intermediate web design I web graphics using photoshop/imageready web project management web portfolio design web site design II writing javascript and dhtml Funny graphic design jokes:The top 30 unspoken rules of Graphic Design(Ok, more like 37, but who's counting...) 1. Your fonts will default to the worst possible font available on the machine you are showing your work on. 2. If you have two versions of a photo, the wrong one will make its way to the printer. 3. The less time you have the more useless your computer will become. 4. Promises made by the sales staff have no basis in reality. 5. The sales staff will promise anything. 6. If the text consists of two words, one will be misspelled. 7. Speed. Quality. Affordability. Pick any two. 8. If the run is wrong, it's never the press operator's fault. 9. Spell checkers don't. 10. Grammar checkers don't, either. 11. Proof raeders are useless. 12. Global search-and-replaces aren't. 13. The index entry you leave out will be the first one the client looks under. 14. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is good comedy. 15. If three designs are shown to a client, your least favorite will be chosen or any combination of worst components of each. 16. If two designs are shown, a third will be requested. If provided, then one of the first two will be chosen. 17. If you ask for more copy it will be sent as a .jpg. If you ask for images they will send powerpoint presentations. 18. Clients don't have their company logo in a usable print ready format so don't bother asking. 19. Blue line proofs reveal previously invisible errors. 20. The best designs never survive contact with the client. 21. You will misspell the name of the client's spouse. 22. Your best idea is already copyrighted. 23. The best way to find errors in your code is to show a client "a new feature". 24. There is no stock photo ever made that matches the image you have in your head. 25. Creative inspiration flows in inverse proportion to the distance from the studio. 26. Time allowed to complete work is inversely proportional to time taken by client to work out what to complain about. 27. Doctors, astronauts, and plumbers need training to do their jobs, but anyone with a computer is a graphic designer. 28. No matter how detailed the tech support FAQ is, nobody has ever heard of your problem. 29. The number of colors in a client's design will equal the number of colors in the original bid specs, plus two. 30. The client's disk won't run on your equipment & when it does will contain unusable copyrighted images. 31. If you purchase new equipment to read your client's disk, it will be the last disk of that type you will ever receive. 32. Your client will often not like your design but not quite know why. 33. Computer crashes always happen exactly 30 seconds before saving. 34. A client who knows exactly what he wants is worse than one that has no idea. 35. Clients who do not provide content upfront will complain about the use of Lorem Ipsum. 36. Everything has to be done immediately, deadlines are incredibly important unless client has to provide materials or approve your work. 37. The customer is always right . And an idiot. |