16 MONTHS · PRINT & DIGITAL
Design across print and digital
You care how a thing looks when it is printed, not only when it is posted.
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384 hours on Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and After Effects, weighted towards typography, layout and brand systems: the core every design job builds on, digital ones included. Want UI, UX and web as well? Compare it with APDMC PLUS.
Graphic Designer
Visual Designer
Layout Artist
Illustrations of the kind of work this course builds towards, not student work. Photographs of real MAAC Whitefield student projects will replace them as batches graduate.
Is this you?
Tap whichever of these already sounds like you — there's no right answer.
What you'll make
Grounded in this course's real modules and software — not a placement promise.
Month 1
Controlled typographic exercises and a grid-built editorial spread — the month that changes how you look at every page afterwards.
Month 3
A full print collateral set produced to press specification in InDesign, including the details that get files rejected.
Month 6
A brand system documented in a guideline someone else could actually follow, applied across print and screen.
Month 12
Motion applied to your own identity work in After Effects, and a portfolio that shows craft depth rather than volume.
See it, don't just read about it
Slide one screen from a grey wireframe to a finished interface: same structure, very different craft.
Software toolkit
The industry-standard applications this course is built around.
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe After Effects
Adobe, Unity and all other product names listed are trademarks of their respective owners. MAAC Whitefield is an independent training provider and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by any of these companies.
Career outcomes
The roles this course prepares you for in studios, agencies and production houses.
Graphic Designer
Visual Designer
Layout Artist
Before you ask
The questions we hear most about this course, answered plainly.
MAAC Whitefield opens in October 2026 and does not yet have a placement record of its own — we won't pretend otherwise. What we offer is placement assistance once you graduate, not a guarantee, alongside a curriculum built around real, currently-hired roles.
Roles this course targets: Graphic Designer, Visual Designer, Layout Artist.
Brand-wide, MAAC India, brand-wide has trained 300,000+ students over 25 years — figures for the network, not a claim about this centre.
Fees & EMI
Fee shared at counselling
This course's fee is confirmed one-to-one so we can factor in any scheme discount you're eligible for. Nothing is hidden — ask and we'll share it immediately.
AI has changed these tools, not removed the need for people who understand story, composition, timing and craft — this curriculum teaches those fundamentals alongside the current AI-assisted tools of the trade, so graduates direct the tools instead of being replaced by them.
This course runs 16 months at 384 hours of CareerX training, offered in weekday, weekend, evening and fast-track batches so it can sit alongside school, college or a job — pick whichever mode fits your week.
Most of this catalogue is a software and production craft, not a drawing exam — modelling, compositing, editing, level design and design tools are all taught from first principles. Where a course does lean on drawing (character design, storyboarding), it starts from basic shapes and construction, not raw talent.
MAAC Whitefield operates under Aptech's accreditations and skill-council alignment, with a batch calendar, a published curriculum and a written fee quote a parent can review before enrolling — not a one-page sales pitch.
- Media & Entertainment Skills Council
- Skill India
- An Aptech brand since 1986
Class 12 passed.
- Open after Class 12
- Open to graduates
- Open to working professionals
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Frequently asked questions
APDMD runs for 16 months on the CareerX track, covering 384 hours of instruction.
Class 12 passed.
APDMD trains you on 4 industry-standard applications — see the full toolkit list on this page.
The fee for APDMD is confirmed one-to-one at counselling so any scheme discount you qualify for is applied correctly. Use the enquiry form on this page to get it immediately — nothing is hidden.
Yes, no-cost and low-cost EMI plans are available. Your counsellor will confirm the exact schedule when your fee is finalised.
The next batch — Weekday Batch — November 2026 — is shown with live seat availability in the batches section above. Seats are allocated on a first-confirmed basis.
CreatorX is offered on select flagship programmes only. This course follows the CareerX studio-employment track.
Graduates of this course typically move into roles such as Graphic Designer, Visual Designer, Layout Artist, at studios, agencies and production houses that hire from MAAC's placement network.
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