Professional Courses

Monday 6th – Wednesday 8th December 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 fashion, textiles and jewellery designers who have a good working knowledge of Photoshop, and wish to focus on developing their own designs to create a professional fashion portfolio. The course will enable designers to work independently on their own individual fashion signature, and learn techniques to create presentational materials for clients, buyers and manufacturers. It is recommended that you have completed the Photoshop Intermediate course before attending this course.

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:

• Techniques to develop your individual look book, business card, promo flyer
• Create your own logo design
• Ways to presenting your visualizations and ideas

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 a course in Repeat Pattern 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 – Creating a Business Card
Logo Design
Applying and Editing text
Layer styles
Smart guides, guides and rulers

Session 2 – Retouching product shots
Image Adjustments layers
Clone Stamp and Healing Brush Tool
Feathering selections

Session 3 – Creating a A6 Look Book
Creating a template
Layer Styles
Saving images as a PDF booklet
Aligning and Distributing layers

Session 4 – Presenting your Ideas
Creating Visualisations
Range and Collection Plans layouts
Adding descriptions, text and labels

Session 5 – Working on your own designs
Culmination of all topics covered
File formats and save options
Image resolution for internet and print usage

Session 6 – Working on your own designs
Culmination of all topics covered
Printing and presenting work
Reviewing Achievement on the courses
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