
Introduction to the design course
Let's learn more about the environment of photoshop and what are the things we are going to learn.
The first tool we learn is the move tool, which helps us to move objects in our design.
rectangle selection tool to select objects.
Polygonal selection tool to select a specific part of a design with straight lines.
Magic wand will select part of the design with a specific color tone.
Crop tool is to cut part of our design.
Healing patch help us to fix part of the design similar to other parts of it.
Brush tool is to paint something on our design.
This is the first practice we have on the course about brush tool.
The paint bucket is to put color on a big area with no color before or specific color tone.
The next tool is blure which will blur part of the design like a brush.
The pen tool has many uses like selecting an area or painting a new object.
We will learn how to write something and how to edit it based on the needs we have according to our design.
Let's practice and put a text on a mug.
Now let's practice how to put a text on a ground, like a street.
Shapes are the next type of objects we learn and help us to draw specific designs with special structures.
In this lecture we will learn how we can subtract a shape from an other shape.
Now let's learn more about layers and creating folders for them to keep the layers clean and understandable.
We can add different effects to a layer like a shadow, color, gradient, and so on.
in this lecture we will learn how we can change or edit the color of an image.
There are a lot of filters we can use to change the way our design look which we will learn more about them in this lecture.
Rulers help us to create objects and design them connected to each other.
Introduction to the design structure and typography
15 typography rules that will help you create a better design and deliver the message more easily.
To be able to design higher quality content, we need to have some colors selected for our bsuiness.
Knowing more about lights and how they point out to objects is very important.
In this lecture, we will learn about. important elements of every design.
To have a better design specially for marketing purposes we must understand the layers in our canvas and environment of the design.
Let's practice by creating a quote image from Winston Churchill
An other practice to get better at what we have learned by now.
A great way to improve designs is to look at great works.
Here are some websites that can provide the elements you need for your designs
Introduction to creating single post designs for instagram.
Create and apply a unique signature across all content and platforms to build instant brand recognition and drive traffic to your website.
Master creating high quality single posts to prep for carousels. Practice by sourcing a matching image, designing the background, and crafting concise text to avoid information overload via Instagram collections.
Practice composition, layering, and typography in a Photoshop post by adjusting image size, depth, color, icons, and alignment to create cohesive content for social media.
Learn why carousel posts enhance storytelling and engagement on social media. Compare carousel with single images and videos, and apply practical steps through guided practice.
Layer shapes with images, apply gradients and color tweaks, and duplicate elements to test red, gray, or black-and-white styles for engaging slides.
Design slide five of the carousel by planning composition, aligning text and image, and layering backgrounds, gradients, and a basketball element to harmonize color and balance.
Demonstrates creating a Photoshop social media carousel for content marketing on Instagram, emphasizing engaging visuals, a comment-driven call to action, and practical editing steps like brightness, contrast, and saturation.
Learn how to use Adobe Timeline in Photoshop to animate shapes, text, and layers, create a video timeline with frames, and export the result.
Learn to export layered Photoshop elements as separate pngs with transparent backgrounds, import them into Camtasia, and animate text and background for Instagram-ready floating image videos.
Learn to animate a second slide in Photoshop and Camtasia by exporting slides as JPEG and creating a dynamic pagination with an active red circle.
Animate slide two by exporting edited visuals from Photoshop, then create pagination indicators in Camtasia, turning the active circle on screen with timed pop-ups for a polished workflow.
Animate slides by moving shapes across frames, duplicating layers, and adjusting timing to control when arrows appear. Preview and refine each slide, copying across frames for consistent animation.
The complete Photoshop and design course to create content for marketing, advertisement and social media platforms like Instagram, YouTube, Facebook.
The chapters we have along the course:
Photoshop fundamentals
Content structure and typography
Single post image
Carousel post for Instagram
Video editing and animation
This course is not just a design course were we learn how to use tools in Photoshop to create a design, but we will also learn how a design structure should be so you get good result from marketing point of view.
There is a massive gap in the market. People either know how to create designs or how to do marketing, but not both of them. That's why people have problems in creating a design that helps the marketing process and increase sales. So by learning what we have in this course you can become a good designer which can also help companies to grow and increase sales.
We will start this program by learning about the fundamentals of Photoshop, the tools and strategies you need to create advanced designs along the way. We also have a lot of different assignments and quizzes so you can master the photoshop fundamentals.
Then we will learn more about some important rules that every design must have, a general structure that works on all kinds of designs. We will also learn more about typography since it plays a major role in delivering a message to audiences.
After that we will focus on creating content in different formats for different social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Youtube. Images, carousel, videos, animations and much more.
So if you are really ready to learn this great skill of designing professional content for businesses, click on take the course and let's begin this journey together.