GCM 2532 - Desktop Publishing II (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course builds on the concepts learned in Desktop Publishing (GCM 1321) and expands on the relationship between desktop publishing and digital prepress. Students examine the techniques and technologies used to create the visual images we see all around us. The concepts taught move the student from beginning desktop publishing into the world of digital prepress. Topics include the prepress working environment, hardware and software considerations, font and file management, bitmap and vector graphics, digital image characteristics, digital imposition, and digital image trapping.

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in GCM 1321, GCM 1411.
Corequisite(s): GCM 2512.