Peer Learning Workshop on “Photoshop and poster making”

Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology & Management (SMVITM), Bantakal organized an on 11th December 2021. The event was organized by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in association with the ISTE Student Chapter. Ganesh Hathwar, Tejas Rao and Princeton Leron Lewis from 7th semester CSE were the resource persons for the event.

Dr. Vasudeva, Dean (Research and Consultancy) gave the inaugural address. He spoke about the significance of the peer learning session and gave insights on the importance of creativity for creating beautiful designs. He said that designs must be eye-catching rather than gaudy. Furthermore, he emphasized the benefits of learning graphic design and photo editing in Adobe Photoshop, the skills that are required to design our own graphics from start to finish and to feel confident and comfortable using Photoshop.

The trainers Ganesh, Tejas, and Princeton gave some wonderful insight to the participants about the purpose of using Photoshop. They taught about various features that are available using examples, showed some designs which they had already worked on in the past, and informed about various tools that could be used to edit photos and design graphics. They had also answered all the questions which the participants had asked during the session.

The event was conducted in CC-IV Lab, Admin Block 3rd floor of the college. There were around 30 enthusiastic participants throughout the session.

The workshop ended with a competition on designing a poster where ‘Varnotsava’ was given as the theme. Mr. Anantesh Rao faculty of Mechanical Engineering Department judged the competition.

The registrations and feedback were handled by Bhargavram Udupa T of 7th Semester CSE. Shrutha V Bhat and Avanti V Rao from 5th Semester CSE, and Vivek Shenoy and Shubam from 7th Semester CSE were the volunteers for the event. Ganesh Hathwar B S of 7th semester CSE helped the team in designing the flyer for the event. Mr. Chethan R Institutional Coordinator ISTE Faculty Chapter, Dr. Nagaraj Bhat HOD Computer Science and Engineering Department, and Ms. Sneha N S faculty from the Computer Science and Engineering Department played a major role in the smooth conduction of the event.