Become a Professional Graphic Designer

Become a Professional Graphic Designer, available at $84.99, has an average rating of 4.32, with 205 lectures, based on 1715 reviews, and has 15773 subscribers.

You will learn about 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 This course is ideal for individuals who are Aspiring graphic designers or Web designers or Artists It is particularly useful for Aspiring graphic designers or Web designers or Artists.

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Summary

Title: Become a Professional Graphic Designer

Price: $84.99

Average Rating: 4.32

Number of Lectures: 205

Number of Published Lectures: 203

Number of Curriculum Items: 205

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 203

Original Price: $27.99

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What You Will 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

Who Should Attend

Aspiring graphic designers

Web designers

Artists

Target Audiences

Aspiring graphic designers

Web designers

Artists

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.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to Graphic Design

Lecture 1: Hello And Welcome

Lecture 2: What Is Graphic Design?

Lecture 3: Can Only Skilled Artists Be Good Graphic Designers?

Lecture 4: Areas Of Graphic Design To Explore

Chapter 2: Visual Communication Fundamentals

Lecture 1: What Makes A Design Visually Pleasing

Lecture 2: Organizing Information In Your Layouts

Lecture 3: Using Alignment To Your Advantage

Lecture 4: Setting The Designs Rhythm

Lecture 5: Letting A Design Breathe With Whitespace

Lecture 6: Creating Visual Interest With Contrast

Lecture 7: Designs That Work And Dont Work

Chapter 3: Building Successful Layouts

Lecture 1: Determining The Designs Message

Lecture 2: The Terminology Of Type

Lecture 3: Typeface Styles & Resources

Lecture 4: Choosing A Typeface Hierarchy

Lecture 5: Understanding Colours Psychological Impact

Lecture 6: Building Your Designs Colour Palette

Lecture 7: Understanding Colour Spaces

Lecture 8: Sourcing Imagery For Your Layouts

Lecture 9: Raster vs Vector Graphics

Chapter 4: The Tools To Put It All Together

Lecture 1: An Overview Of The Tools Of The Trade

Lecture 2: Alternatives To Standard Industry Tools

Lecture 3: Web Design Tools & Software

Lecture 4: HTML & CSS: Is It Really Rocket Science?

Chapter 5: Starting A Career As a Graphic Designer

Lecture 1: Getting A Job As A Graphic Designer vs Going Freelance

Lecture 2: Getting Started And How To Land Work

Lecture 3: Joining The Design Community

Lecture 4: Finding Continued Inspiration

Chapter 6: Becoming a Graphic Designer | Conclusion

Lecture 1: Wrapping Up

Chapter 7: Getting Started with Photoshop For Graphic Design

Lecture 1: Welcome, Heres What Well Learn

Lecture 2: Understanding Raster Graphics

Lecture 3: A Crash Course In Graphic File Formats

Chapter 8: Getting Comfortable In The Photoshop Environment

Lecture 1: A Tour Of The Photoshop Interface

Lecture 2: Customizing & Saving Interface Workspaces

Lecture 3: Opening & Creating New Documents

Lecture 4: Zoom & Navigation Techniques

Lecture 5: Multiple Undo With The History Panel

Chapter 9: Resizing & Cropping Images

Lecture 1: An Introduction To Resizing Images

Lecture 2: Cropping Your Images

Lecture 3: Using The Canvas Size Command

Lecture 4: Introducing Free Transform

Chapter 10: Creating & Working With Selections

Lecture 1: Getting Started With Selections

Lecture 2: Creating Elliptical Selections

Lecture 3: Adding To & Subtracting From Selections

Lecture 4: Transforming Selections

Lecture 5: Floating Selections And Duplicating

Lecture 6: Creating Selections With The Quick Selection Tool

Lecture 7: Free Transforming Selections

Chapter 11: Working With Layers

Lecture 1: Introducing Layers

Lecture 2: Pulling An Image Off Its Background

Lecture 3: Combining Images Together

Lecture 4: Rearranging, Resizing & Renaming Layers

Lecture 5: Selections & Multiple Layers

Lecture 6: Blending Modes, Opacity & Fill Layers

Lecture 7: Getting Organized With Layer Groups

Lecture 8: Introducing Text Part 1: Artistic Text

Lecture 9: Introducing Text Part 2: Paragraph Text

Lecture 10: Filtering Layers By Type

Chapter 12: Retouching & Color Correcting Photographs

Lecture 1: Removing Red Eye From Photos

Lecture 2: Removing Blemishes With The Clone Stamp Tool

Lecture 3: Additional Touchup Tools: Spot Healing, Healing Brush & Patch Tool

Lecture 4: Using Photoshops Toning & Focus Tools

Lecture 5: Using Photoshops Auto-Correct Commands

Lecture 6: Using Brightness/Contrast

Lecture 7: Additional Color Correction Commands

Lecture 8: Non-Destructive Correcting With Adjustment Layers

Chapter 13: Retouching & Color Correcting Photographs

Lecture 1: Getting Started With Photoshop Filters

Lecture 2: Working With The Filter Gallery

Lecture 3: Using Filters Non-Destructively

Lecture 4: Introducing Layer Styles

Chapter 14: Wrapping Up | Photoshop For Graphic Design

Lecture 1: Photoshop for Graphic Design Summary

Chapter 15: Getting Started With Illustrator CC

Lecture 1: Welcome, Heres What Well Learn

Lecture 2: Understanding Raster & Vector Graphics

Lecture 3: A Crash Course In Graphic File Formats

Chapter 16: Getting Comfortable In The Illustrator Environment

Lecture 1: Opening, Creating & Working With Multiple Documents

Lecture 2: A Tour Of The Illustrator Interface

Lecture 3: Customizing The Illustrator Environment

Lecture 4: Saving Saving Interface Workspaces

Lecture 5: Zooming And Navigation Techniques

Lecture 6: Using Illustrator’s Outline Mode

Chapter 17: Working With Selections

Lecture 1: Using The Selection Tool

Lecture 2: Using The Direct Selection Tool

Lecture 3: Free-Handing Selections With The Lasso Tool

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