Practical Photoshop: Build a Portfolio with 40 Projects
What you'll learn
- Practical Photoshop techniques that can be immediately applied
- Graphic Design skills that are frequently needed in all manner of projects
- You'll create, from scratch, Facebook Ads, Instagram Posts, Youtube Thumbnails, Newsletters, CVs, Business Cards, and much more
- Professional Photoshop workflows that you can immediately incorporate into your projects
Requirements
- Just about any version of Photoshop. Preferably Photoshop CC. CS6 is fine, but not ideal. Lightroom or Elements are not ok!
- There will be a few cases where we'll use Adobe Illustrator, but just to copy-paste some resources, nothing more
- You need a very BASIC understanding of Photoshop.
Description
Please go to lecture 4 to see all the projects included in this course!
Hey! I'm Chris Barin, Adobe certified Photoshop instructor, web & app designer, and entrepreneur. This course is a must for everyone that needs any type of graphics for their business or career. This is all about content creation! You'll learn how to create all sort of designs that are very much required in today's digital age:
Clickable Facebook Ads;
Instagram Posts that will get you tons of likes;
Youtube Thumbnails that will get you clicks;
Newsletters that will improve your open-rate and click-through rate;
CVs (Resumes) that will get you hired or promoted;
Business cards that will make a lasting impression;
Logo design principles that will leave you shocked!
Product Catalogue for sales agents;
Indoor Banner Ads for various promotions;
Beautiful Cover images for your social media profiles;
... and much more!
All these projects are going to be done in Photoshop, but the great thing about it is you don't need any serious experience with it. As long as you have a very basic understanding of the program, I'll teach you everything you need to know. In case you never opened Photoshop and you have no clue about it, then this course may not be for you.
Important Features Included:
Course workbook: use it to get up and running fast. It contains answers to most questions, detailed explanations about certain techniques shown in the videos, and much more;
Live chat: my students frequently find me on our Discord group chat. This is a free program where you can chat with my fantastic community of students, ask questions, and get help fast. I'm regularly on there!
All the sources files are included (PSDs): this means you can quickly replace my content with yours and use my designs without any strings attached!
Facebook group: get access to a private group of over 4000 people who regularly share their designs, insights, and comments.
Photoshop is not just about manipulating photos, making waist smaller or removing acne! Through this course you'll learn how to use it like the powerful tool it is and you'll be able to supercharge your career or personal projects.
About Christian Barin
I'm an Adobe Certified Instructor & Expert in Photoshop;
Bestselling author on Udemy with 6 years of teaching experience and over 220.000 students;
Incredible course reviews that are way above the category average as well as more minutes consumed by my students - this means my content kicks ass!
MOST IMPORTANT: I'm a business owner and content creator. I constantly need high quality designs for my projects. I know what people and businesses require in today's social media age so I created this course around those needs.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who wants to learn Graphic Design and create beautiful content
- Business owners and entrepreneurs who need all sorts of graphics for their projects
- Bloggers, Youtubers, and content creators in general will benefit tremendously from this course
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Course content
- Preview06:28
- Preview02:24
- 00:02Download the Course Workbook & Resources
- Preview00:00
- Preview03:11
- 07:59Activity: Create your first Facebook Ad Design
- Preview03:30
- 05:55Design Assets Explained
- 07:42Best sources for design assets
- 05:54Optional – Setting up Photoshop
- 03:57Activity: Mix and Match Design Assets
- Preview03:11
Instructor
- 4.6 Instructor Rating
- 30,515 Reviews
- 230,410 Students
- 6 Courses
Chris Barin is a professional web and app designer with nearly 10 years of Photoshop experience. He's also an Adobe Certified Instructor and Certified Photoshop Expert.
By being self-taught, he managed to gain the trust of over 200.000 students from all over the world through his Photoshop courses. A staple of his materials is a hand-on, down-to-Earth approach that focuses on getting maximum results with minimal effort.
Chris started out as a freelance web designer and built a loyal client base, earning over $50,000 by designing sites part time. Today, he runs his own Android design studio, 20+ strong, creating fantastic looking apps for clients; his apps have over 100 million downloads to date.
Passionate about teaching, Chris teaches on Udemy because he has been disappointed in the quality of training materials available for people who want to learn design. In his courses, he holds nothing back; he documents and shares his entire experience on how he managed to stand out from the competition and do the work that he loves full-time.
Chris’s courses are some of the highest rated ones in the design category, as well as some of the bestselling ones on the entire platform. Students rave about his fast response time, clear explanations, and overall teaching style. Feel free to send him a message if you have any questions or suggestions for how he can create a better learning experience for you.