How to turn ideas into visions
The Graphic Design Technical Course at ETIC_Algarve is a professional and creative training program that prepares you to work in the Design field, developing visual communication projects for brands, products and services. With technical education and practical training, you will acquire skills to transform ideas into impactful graphic pieces, using the sector’s main tools and techniques.
Throughout this graphic design training you will acquire skills in:
- Creation of visual identity projects for brands and advertising campaigns
- Image editing, typography treatment and vector drawing
- Development of layouts for editorial design and visual communication
- Follow-up of projects with real clients
- Application of creative and technical processes in the execution of graphic pieces.
This technical training prepares you to build a competitive portfolio and work in studios, agencies or as a freelancer in the field of graphic design.
At the end of this Technical Course, you have the opportunity to participate in an ERASMUS+ European mobility project, living an enriching international experience through an internship.
ETIC_Algarve also offers an optional 320-hour extracurricular internship through the JUMP – Professional Integration Support program, for a confident entry into the job market.
Support for Trainees
Concern for the well-being of trainees is a constant, which is why ETIC_Algarve has been providing its community with various services that contribute to their personal and human growth.
Whether in support of Insertion into the job market, or in Support of Personal Development, or through financial supports granted through the recent Training Grant, there are several ways we make available to trainees to facilitate and promote their growth.
Training Grant
JUMP Internships
Personal development
1 Year
320 hours
Classes from October to July
3 nights a week, from 7pm to 10pm/11pm
Number of Trainees
Maximum 16
And after the course?
Erasmus+
With the completion of this training you will have the possibility to participate in our ERASMUS+ European mobility project.
Career opportunities
- Design Ateliers and Advertising Agencies
- Design and/or Communication Departments of companies and institutions
- Creating your own business as a freelance designer.
Contents
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Typography and Colour
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- Colour psychology. Its applicability in creating the visual message
- The anatomy of the type, families and their typographic applicability
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Creative Process and Strategic thinking
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- Generate and develop ideas in Design
- Develop a creative process
- Understand and contextualise Design content in space and time
- Strategic Design as a design methodology
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Vector Drawing
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- Learning the Adobe Illustrator application
- Interconnection with production processes
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Image Composition
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- Learning the Adobe Photoshop application
- Masks. Image correction and retouching
- Use of effects and distortions
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Visual Identity
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- Symbol logo design and application in Corporate Identity
- Development of identity of a brand
- Development of a Manual of standardss
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Advertising
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- Advertising: above the line/below the line
- Campaign for press and outdoor advertising
- Advertising campaign design
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Graphic Production
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- Pre-press, printing and finishing systems
- Analysis of various physical communication pieces (posters, brochures, books, magazines, labels, packaging)
- Cutters – Definition and use
- How to specify a quote request for different cases
- Interconnection between the technical specifications of production systems and the technical specifications of final files for printing
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Editorial Project
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- Learning the Adobe InDesign application
- Implementation of content for editorial supports
- Digital editorial communication exercise and print: diary, magazine, etc.
- Final arts and file preparation for printing
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Portfolio, Pitching and Entrepreneurship
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- Communication and oral strategies
- Strategies and tools for business creation
- Creation and development of an individual portfolio
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Final Project
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- Development of a brand or product communication project in an advertising medium
Trainers
Resources and Equipment
- Room equipped with one computer per trainee, with macOS or Windows environment
- Huion Kamvas Screened Scanning Tables and Wacom Scanning Tables
- Softwares: Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, entre outros.
Portfolio
Application Process
- Schedule a personal interview, please contact info@eticalgarve.com or call 289 823 359 / 960 309 550.
- Completion of application form (sent by e-mail after appointment of interview)
- Attend the interview previously scheduled with the Pedagogical Director, in which you must present Portfolio, if you have
- Wait for communication of the result of the application.
Registration takes place between March and October, until classes begin, and as long as there are places on the courses.
They may be made after the admission conditions have been verified and upon payment of registration and presentation of:
- Curreiculum / Biography
- 1 passport-type photograph, in digital format
- Certificate of qualifications
- Documents of the Applicant and the Payment Manager (Identity Card / Citizen Card + Taxpayer Card + Proof of address: electricity, water, telephone bill or driving licence)
- Completion and signing of the registration form and the training contract.
Are you interested?
Registration will reopen on March 1, 2026.
If you are interested in this course, please fill out the form.