Learn the concepts and software skills that you need to become a graphic designer. Learn about image editing, logo design, and layout in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- What is graphic design?
- Overview of the creative process
- The creative brief
- Research
- Ideation
- Digital ideation
- Production
- The basics of layout and composition
- The design space
- Principles of layout
- Grids
- Exercise: Layout analysis
- The language of type
- Type terminology
- Type anatomy
- Basic type classifications
- Ligatures
- Type measurement
- Text elements: Character
- Text elements: Paragraph
- Selecting type
- Basic typography guidelines
- Type crimes
- Color components
- Monochrome and temperature
- Color harmonies
- RGB and CMYK
- Process and spot colors
- Color associations
- Color blindness
- Photoshop quick start tour
- Saving a PSD file from Photoshop
- Making basic selections in Photoshop
- Placing and transforming other assets
- Making and refining color selections
- Selecting and refining hair strands
- Selectively changing colors
- Using content-aware scale
- Cropping an image
- Making a black-and-white adjustment
- Illustrator quick start
- Importing a rough sketch
- Drawing the logo
- Creating a color theme
- Creating point type in Illustrator
- Using the Touch Type tool
- Creative Cloud libraries
- InDesign quick start tour
- Creating a new document
- Working with master pages
- Importing graphics into InDesign
- Roundtrip editing with Photoshop
- Adjusting the fit of graphics
- Importing text into InDesign
- Creating text styles in InDesign
- Creating object styles in InDesign
- Creating tables in InDesign
- Finalizing the design
- Using InDesign Publish Online
- Recommended courses
- Connecting with the author
Taught by
Tony Harmer
