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Web design : Make your photos look great in web design
Rating: 4.7 out of 5(17 ratings)
1,173 students
Created byDawid Tuminski
Last updated 10/2016
English

What you'll learn

  • Resize the image in Photoshop
  • Resize the canvas in Photoshop
  • Tell the difference between image and canvas
  • Transform an image
  • Add images to Photoshop document
  • Crop and straighten an image
  • Save an image for Web
  • Speed up working with multiple images
  • Get great colors and contrast
  • Add vintage effect to a photo
  • Place images in Illustrator
  • Clipping images in illustrator
  • Find great stock photos on the web for free
  • Compress images

Course content

3 sections • 13 lectures • 1h 16m total length

  • Learn to quickly resize an image in Photoshop.6:08

    The quickest way to resize an image is by using the keyboard shortcut of Ctrl+T, which is the same as going to the Edit menu and choosing Free Transform command.

  • Learn to quickly resize the canvas in Photoshop.4:42

    Change the canvas size size instead changing the image size - this way of working will allow You to fit the image properly on the canvas and make it look great!

  • Learn to crop and image and the power of grid overlays. Straighten an image.6:44

    Cropping removes a part of an image, that in some way can be distracting and hence unnecessary. It helps the viewer in better understanding of the situation portrayed in the photo. In other words, it helps to focus on what's most important in an image.

  • Learn two different ways of adding images to a Photoshop document.7:45

    Let's take a look at opening and placing images inside a Photoshop document and also the usefulness of a great Photoshop extension - Mini Bridge. It's also vital to properly organize you work when handling multiple images and it's really easy when you discover and start arranging your photos the right way.

  • Learn to use the full potential of Save for Web command.6:00

    Save for web command is a bit like a little new piece of software in itself. What's most important for us is the file format we will choose upon saving the image, its quality if we are using jpg and the image size. Thanks to this command we can also preview an image in a web browser and also check how long will it take to download!

  • Let's put all the techniques from previous lectures into practice.3:25

    Resizing the canvas allows us to not only get the right image dimensions, but also nicely balanced composition.

Requirements

  • You should have basic command of Photoshop CS6 and Illustrator CS6

Description

I found this course very useful. Thanks to gained knowledge on Photoshop's techniques I can not only improve my website but also preserve my private photos in a better quality. Techniques are very easy to learn and thanks to them I want to know Photoshop better. The teacher was very straight to the point and his methods were very clear and fun at the same time. I'm waiting for more courses :-)

Come on, join the happy community!

If You want to know how to:

  • Resize the image and canvas
  • Tell the difference between image and canvas size
  • Transform, crop and straighten an image
  • Speed up working with multiple images
  • Correct colors and contrast
  • Add vintage effect to Your photos
  • Handle images in a web design in Illustrator

in just a few clicks,

You've found the right course!

Say you are working on a web design for a client and they want to use specific images that they supplied. But you can see that their quality isn't all that good and they can really mess up your design. 

Or you're just struggling with the photos Your auntie sent You, so You can make them prettier, 'cause You are so good at computers, but not that great at Photoshop. Well, here you will learn some simple and easy techniques that will make your photos look great in a web design or just in Your family photo album. And you will learn how to get great results with just a few simple clicks.

The techniques we'll discover are super easy and yet very effective, so even a complete newbie shouldn't have problems following along.

First part of this course is reserved for Photoshop: You'll learn how to resize images and canvas, how to effectively use Levels and Curves, how to add a, very trendy, retro effect and much more. Basically You will see how to make Your photos look great with just a few clicks!

In the second part you'll learn how to use Illustrator to incorporate images into a web design project: how to place images, how to clip them etc.

This course is also about smooth workflow between Photoshop, as a photo editing software and Illustrator as a web design software. So, if You're one of those designers who have, by far, been using Illustrator for desktop publishing or logo design projects and You want to expand Your skillset, well this is the course for You, too!

So, what You're waiting for? If You're serious about starting out as web designer or you're just looking for simple techniques to make virtually any photo look great with just a few clicks, don't wait any longer! Enroll in this course and make Your work easier and faster!

Who this course is for:

  • This course is very “targeted” – it’s supposed to teach You a set of very useful skills, but is not about going through every aspect of Photoshop nor Illustrator. So You should have some basic understanding of those two programs. If you don’t, don’t worry. The techniques we’ll discover are super easy and yet very effective, so even a complete newbie shouldn’t have problems following along.

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