Professional Courses

Monday 4th – Wednesday 6th October 2010

The course runs 10am – 4pm over three days with an hour lunch break (six 2.5 hour sessions). Lunch is available from our stylish on-site Café@FTM or from nearby cafés and pubs.

This course is for designers who have a basic working knowledge of Photoshop, and wish to learn a combination of simple and complex techniques to create effective single, half drop or shift Repeat Patterns using Photoshop.

The course is run at the FTM in a brand-new purpose built learning centre equipped with the latest software and facilities, and tuition is in small groups with a focus on your particular learning requirements.

The course includes the following main topics:

• Using smart layers to build up the repeat design.
• How to create and accurately position and align motifs / design elements
• Presenting repeat patterns and creating visualisations of the final

At the end of the course:

• You will receive an FTM certificate of successful completion for your CV
• You could develop your skills further by taking Fashion Portfolio using Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator or other courses for designers run at FTM

Course fee and discounts

The standard course fee is £120
£20 discount for 2 courses - book/pay for 2 courses at the same time for £220
£60 discount for 3 courses - book/pay for 3 courses at the same time for £300

We regret that no other concessions are available

Bookings

To book your course email info@ftmlondon.org or phone 020 7407 8664

Full course outline

Session 1

Horizontal and vertical offset

Single image half drop repeats

Create motifs designs

Cutting, copying and editing layers

Session 2

Use horizontal and vertical flips
Define patterns
Add filter effects to enhance images
Adjustment layers

Session 3

Use transform to place motif designs precisely

Order, move and transform layers

Adjustment layers

Brushes Palette

Define Brush presets

Session 4

Create a half drop template
Working with Smart objects
Precise movement of motif designs
Use smart layers to accurately view and develop for designs

Session 5

Visualising your designs
Applying your repeat pattern to a flat garment or fashion illustration
Adding text, colour and pattern swatches to your presentation

Session 6

Culmination of all topics covered
Working on your own designs
Printing and presenting work
Reviewing Achievement on the courses
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