
Navigate Photoshop's web design interface, set performance and pixel units, create a 72 ppi RGB document, and master essential tools, layers, and alignment for web design.
Learn how to manage layers and masks in Photoshop, name and group layers, apply clipping masks, use blending and opacity, and align text with guides for web page design.
Learn design grids and the bootstrap grid system to build responsive, structured web layouts with containers, columns, and gutters.
Design a blog layout in Photoshop using a 12-column grid, typography pairing (Roboto, Monserrat), text blocks, headings, bullet lists, and a block quote, while mastering spacing, alignment, and canvas adjustments.
Design a blog post layout in Photoshop by building a header with logo, navigation, and a hero image. Apply a readability-friendly overlay and center the h1 for clear hierarchy.
Explore web user interface elements including select dropdowns, check boxes, radio buttons, and switches, and learn to design interactive states, hover effects, focus, input fields, and forms.
Design interactive Photoshop UI elements, including breadcrumbs, modal dialogs with centered overlays, and social sharing icons, using grid layouts and tag boxes for clear, promotional layouts.
Finalize a blog page layout by positioning a three-column sidebar with widgets, nested comment hierarchy, and post lists, and design two pages showcasing typography, categories, recent posts, and hashtags.
Explore how color palettes shape mood and attention by comparing dental clinic blue-and-white, red restaurant hues, and green organic designs; learn palette selection via color wheels and harmony.
Explore the proximity principle in typography, comparing inner and outer spacing, line height, and interlinear space to create readable, well-structured design blocks.
Explore free stock photos, vector graphics, and icons for web design, and learn licensing rules, including Creative Commons zero, for commercial use.
Explore how to design templates for the US market by selecting pages and blocks for fields like restaurants or hotels, using WordPress-friendly mockups and essential sections from intro to posts.
Explore coffee shop sites to inform a simple one-page landing page design. Choose color schemes from color dot com, typography and fonts from fonts.google.com, and establish a clear visual hierarchy.
Design a WordPress blog layout including a post list with headers, dates, and categories, plus a read more button, optional images, and a sidebar with widgets.
Master wireframing for web design by outlining pages, elements, and information hierarchy to define structure and user flow, using tools like wireframe cc and ex-Penn.
Research inspiration from Pinterest, Dribbble, and awards; plan pages including home and 404, set color schemes, and design a minimum of eight web pages for a theme forest template.
Learn how to prepare a Photoshop template for theme forest by organizing layers and folders, using placeholders as smart objects, numbering pages, and creating clear documentation.
This course is designed for beginners in design. With it, you can go from scratch to confident possession of Adobe Photoshop enough to work with design stocks, which statistically expose higher requirements, take orders for freelancing, or start working somewhere as a designer offline.
Features:
* The bet is made to start from scratch, mastering the basic elements, layout design and, as a result, the sale of those on the stock sites.
* Curse contain homework, you have an opportunity to consult with other newcomers and people from our team.
* After the course ends, there is an opportunity to join our stock team.
* The course is recorded in a video format and involves feedback. No webinars, water, DLC, which will come out later, subscriptions and time bindings. You can study materials at a time convenient for you.
Module 1: Photoshop for Beginners
1.1 Setting up Photoshop and reviewing tools for web design. 1.2. Grids, guides, positioning. 1.3 Layers and masks. 1.4 Color, gradient, vector and raster graphics. 1.5 Tools for typography # 1. 1.6 Tools for typography # 2. 1.7 The system of nets in web design, bootstrap. 1.8 Your first site layout. Design of the blog # 1. 1.9 Your first site layout. Design of the blog # 2. 1.10 UI Web # 1. 1.11 UI Web # 2. 1.12 UI Web # 3. 1.13 Finalizing the page layout. Homework.
Module 2: Web Design for Beginners
2.1 Selection of a color palette for your design. 2.2 Working with indentations, the theory of proximity. 2.3 Composition, anchor objects, placement of accents. 2.4 Resources for the web designer: photographs, vector graphics, use licenses. 2.5 Typical templates sections Themeforest. Designed by WordPress. 2.6 We design a small landing page # 1 Data collection and preparation for design. 2.7 We design a small landing page. Homework. 2.8 We design a small landing page # 3 Design for WordPress. Homework. 2.9 The online approach to designing a website design. Homework. 2.10 Wireframing. Overview of tools. 2.11 Where to draw inspiration? The right approach to design. Homework.
Module 3: Preparing the layout for downloading on Themeforest
3.1 Preparing the layout for uploading on Themeforest # 1. 3.2 Preparing the layout for uploading on Themeforest # 2.
* Analysis of the resulting layout if desired.