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This course will help students understand the technologies of print media, preparing them for careers in today’s most dynamic fields. Skills are developed in a variety of areas including digital imaging, typography, graphic design, desktop publishing, image capture and graphics. Students are challenged to understand and implement current industry trends utilizing Apple computers in conjunction with a vast array of digital printing applications. Program specific software includes In Design, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat.

Students have the opportunity to become an Adobe Certified Associate in three different Adobe products including Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and Muse.

This course will help students understand the technologies of print media, preparing them for careers in today’s most dynamic fields. Skills are developed in a variety of areas including digital imaging, typography, graphic design, desktop publishing, image capture and graphics. Students are challenged to understand and implement current industry trends utilizing Apple computers in conjunction with a vast array of digital printing applications. Program specific software includes In Design, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat.

Students have the opportunity to become an Adobe Certified Associate in three different Adobe products including Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and Muse.

PrintEd Accreditation Program

Digital File Preparation

Typography

Page Layout

Image Capture

Press Operations

Binding and Finishing

Illustration

Color Theory

Graphic Designer

Creative Director

Print Production Artist

Cartoonist

Digital Imaging Specialist

Graphic Artist

Illustrator

Offset Press Operator

Adobe Certified Associate: Illustrator

Adobe Certified Associate: InDesign

Adobe Certified Associate: Photoshop

Westmoreland County Community College

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Stevens Institute of Technology

Pennsylvania Western University, California

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Unity Printing 

Latrobe Bulletin 

Pure Red

Laurel Valley Graphics 

Off the Wall Graphics 

Level One Graphics

Tribune-Review 

Top Hat

Meloy Graphics

Kennametal 

Seven Springs

  • PrintEd Accreditation Program

    Digital File Preparation

    Typography

    Page Layout

    Image Capture

    Press Operations

    Binding and Finishing

    Illustration

    Color Theory

  • Graphic Designer

    Creative Director

    Print Production Artist

    Cartoonist

    Digital Imaging Specialist

    Graphic Artist

    Illustrator

    Offset Press Operator

  • Adobe Certified Associate: Illustrator

    Adobe Certified Associate: InDesign

    Adobe Certified Associate: Photoshop

  • Westmoreland County Community College

    Indiana University of Pennsylvania

    Stevens Institute of Technology

    Pennsylvania Western University, California

    Pennsylvania College of Technology

  • Unity Printing 

    Latrobe Bulletin 

    Pure Red

    Laurel Valley Graphics 

    Off the Wall Graphics 

    Level One Graphics

    Tribune-Review 

    Top Hat

    Meloy Graphics

    Kennametal 

    Seven Springs