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Design Graphic Design & Illustration Graphic Design

Become a Professional Graphic Designer

Learn what you need to know to break into the world of graphic design.
Rating: 4.5 out of 54.5 (1,039 ratings)
6,745 students
Created by Stone River eLearning
Last updated 9/2020
English
English [Auto]
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What you'll learn

  • To learn what graphic design is and how to become a graphic designer
  • Learn what a graphic designer does on the job
  • Learn the principles of great graphic design
  • Learn graphic design as it relates to Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat
  • Learn graphic design for the web using Dreamweaver
  • Learn visual communication fundamentals
  • Learn successful layout in graphic design
  • Learn how to get a job as a graphic designer

Requirements

  • Free trial or education versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat and Dreamweaver

Description

Graphic design has always been a popular profession, but with more and more technology being introduced into our lives it's becoming an ever more important one too. All kinds of people use all kinds of technology every day. Making that technology as user-friendly as possible is vital, and graphic design is one of the most important elements of this.

The Ultimate Crash Course on Graphic Design

  • Master the most widely used software in graphic designing
  • Learn the principles of graphics design and visual communication
  • Gain an insight into the current graphic design industry
  • Understand how to forge a career path as a graphic designer

Graphic Design for All

This course is aimed at aspiring graphic designers, web designers and digital artists who wish to develop a skill set needed to become a professional graphic designer. Suitable for both complete beginners and those who already have some knowledge of the industry; this course will prepare you for a career as a graphics designer through familiarising you with the concepts, principles and – most importantly – the software you'll need to know.

You'll learn everything from working with layers and selections in Photoshop, to formatting text and menus in Dreamweaver, to using pathfinders and special effects in Illustrator.

As well as equipping you with a valuable skill set, you will also learn how to get your foot in the door of the graphic design world, from how to land your first job, to finding continued inspiration, to the ins and outs of joining the graphics design community.

On completion of this course, you will have the strong foundation needed to get started in the world of graphic design, along with the skills needed to start working professionally straight away.

Tools Used

Adobe Photoshop: Used for editing and manipulating photographs and images. Improve lighting and colour, add special effects, remove blemishes, create your own images from scratch, and more.

Adobe Illustrator: The standard software for graphics design, and where you do the majority of your work. Create any kind of vector art or illustration your mind is capable of thinking up!

Adobe Acrobat: Transform your work into a format than anyone can view - a PDF. This program also enables you to create, manipulate, print and manage your finished project files.

Adobe Dreamweaver: Design and develop beautiful websites with ease, complete with both a design view and code editor so you can see changes you make on all sides in real time.

Who this course is for:

  • Aspiring graphic designers
  • Web designers
  • Artists

Course content

39 sections • 203 lectures • 20h 38m total length

  • Preview01:40
  • What Is Graphic Design?
    Preview04:39
  • Preview12:21
  • Areas Of Graphic Design To Explore
    06:43

  • What Makes A Design Visually Pleasing
    02:06
  • Organizing Information In Your Layouts
    14:10
  • Using Alignment To Your Advantage
    12:14
  • Setting The Design's Rhythm
    12:43
  • Letting A Design Breathe With Whitespace
    05:47
  • Creating Visual Interest With Contrast
    10:52
  • Designs That Work And Don't Work
    08:24

  • Determining The Design's Message
    08:12
  • The Terminology Of Type
    10:46
  • Typeface Styles & Resources
    08:24
  • Choosing A Typeface Hierarchy
    11:32
  • Understanding Colour's Psychological Impact
    04:43
  • Building Your Design's Colour Palette
    08:03
  • Understanding Colour Spaces
    06:50
  • Sourcing Imagery For Your Layouts
    07:46
  • Raster vs Vector Graphics
    04:26

  • An Overview Of The Tools Of The Trade
    09:53
  • Alternatives To Standard Industry Tools
    06:49
  • Web Design Tools & Software
    07:02
  • HTML & CSS: Is It Really Rocket Science?
    03:25

  • Getting A Job As A Graphic Designer vs Going Freelance
    06:50
  • Getting Started And How To Land Work
    09:33
  • Joining The Design Community
    02:58
  • Finding Continued Inspiration
    02:28

  • Wrapping Up
    01:22

  • Welcome, Here's What We'll Learn
    00:36
  • Understanding Raster Graphics
    04:00
  • A Crash Course In Graphic File Formats
    07:45

  • A Tour Of The Photoshop Interface
    08:41
  • Customizing & Saving Interface Workspaces
    08:33
  • Opening & Creating New Documents
    07:05
  • Zoom & Navigation Techniques
    07:23
  • Multiple Undo With The History Panel
    06:38

  • An Introduction To Resizing Images
    09:51
  • Cropping Your Images
    06:19
  • Using The Canvas Size Command
    04:27
  • Introducing Free Transform
    07:04

  • Getting Started With Selections
    06:51
  • Creating Elliptical Selections
    03:59
  • Adding To & Subtracting From Selections
    05:29
  • Transforming Selections
    04:09
  • Floating Selections And Duplicating
    06:14
  • Creating Selections With The Quick Selection Tool
    05:21
  • Free Transforming Selections
    04:00

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