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Online Short Course

Graphic Design Intermediate with Adobe Photoshop

For ambitious creatives with a passion for online design.

Advancing your graphic design career starts with building practical skills taught by experts. Red & Yellow’s Graphic Design Intermediate online short course is suited for people with a graphic design background who are looking to tailor their skills for online design. You’ll learn everything from design development for the web, generating content (design & copy) and even create a beautifully designed & functional website.

Photoshop Essentials with a 3-month license

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Course Curriculum

  • Takes you step by step through the design development from unpacking a brief to doing research, ideation, and prototyping
  • The assignment is a logo for a new business and you will create an animated gif of your logo in Photoshop

The important bits

Key Info

  • Course Duration: 15 Weeks
  • Accreditation:
  • Access: Online
  • Start Date: 30 June 2025
  • Cost: R16500.00

What you'll learn

  • Master the design development process for web design
  • Learn about UX and why user experience is so important in the design process
  • Learn about writing great copy that delivers the correct message in the perfect tone to your target market
  • Learn about image quality, resolution, and optimization of images for web use
  • Be able to put this knowledge into practice using Adobe Photoshop by designing animated logos, online adverts and posters, branding, and other layouts.
  • To create a functioning website
Build more skills

Studying this course will improve your online design skills and build a strong portfolio of design work.

Learn from the best

Our lecturers nurture our students, resulting in them winning awards for their creative work.

Get more creative

This course is ideal for people wanting to let their talents shine using practical skills and to bring their vision to life.

Advance your career

Be recognised with an industry centric Red & Yellow certificate, giving you a blend of theoretical knowledge and hands-on skills.

Red & Yellow courses are made to future-proof your career

Our courses are designed to accelerate opportunities and give a boost to your CV. Top businesses across industries recognise Red & Yellow graduates as having the practical skills and the theoretical background to hit the ground running with confidence and creative flair.

Benefits:

Our courses are both current and relevant to the South African context.

Applicable, practical assignments:

  • So that you can apply what you’re learning to your everyday work life, and your specific business challenges.

Discussion Forums and Chat sessions:

  • Helping you develop your professional network.
  • Hosted by your coach, lecturer, or subject specialist.
  • Ideal opportunities to discuss the content and get answers to all your questions.

Personalized feedback:

  • Tailored to your individual strengths, and opportunities for personal improvement.

A dedicated team:

  • Acting as your “virtual” support crew whose only focus is to help get you over the finish line.

Included in your course:

  • An industry-sought-after Certificate of Completion from Red & Yellow
  • Original, relevant, and constantly updated content
  • An interactive online learning experience that includes videos, live chat sessions, forum discussions, and more

This course is perfect for:

  • Individuals who have some experience in Graphic Design and want to learn how to create websites and design for online use

Creatives who want:

  • To create additional work for their portfolio
  • To have a better understanding of User Experience for web
  • To leave the course with a custom brand identity and functioning website

Small business owners and start-ups who have a conceptual or creative mindset and know they could do it themselves if they had the technical skills and knowledge.

Meet your team:

This course was created by, and benefits from, our full-time lecturers’ years of experience in the field – both in lecturing and in industry. They know how to nurture talent and bring out the best in students, resulting in many award-wins over the years.

Chantelle Arpesella

Chantelle Arpesella

Tutor

  • Experienced lecturer in graphic design.

  • Students under her supervision win awards.

  • Passionate about design and problem-solving.

Where Commercial Logic meets Creative Magic

Creative thinking is still the most powerful skill of the future, but only if it’s paired with commercial savvy and the ability to adapt. That’s why we equip future thinkers, doers, and makers with the real-world, future-proof skills they need to thrive. Whether you're climbing the ladder or building something of your own, we’ll help you learn how business works – and how to make it work for you.

Brands we work with

ABSA
PRIMEDIA
MTN
Company 4
TFG

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