Masterclass: Graphic Design 2023

Learning to create stunning professional designs for everyday client

What you'll learn

You will have beginner to expert level knowledge of graphic design theory that you will immediately be able to apply to your career, job, hobby, or company.

You will learn about the Creative Process.

You will learn Color Theory and how it applies to the world around us, from products and art to branding and advertising and industry who uses the colors.

You will create social media post images for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest & Google display ads.

You will learn about Layout and Composition.

You will retouch Photographs like a Professional.

You will learn different Photo Manipulations tricks.

You will create Movie Posters.

You will learn Masking and Slections.

You will learn about Blend Modes.

You will learn about Slice Tool.

You will create text wraps.

You will learn how to use mockups.

You will learn about text animation in GIF and MP4.

You will learn how to resize Images.

You will learn about file format.

You will learn about Raster and Vector graphics.

Requirements

No previous experience of graphic design is required

Photoshop, Ilustrator, Corel Draw

This course is designed for everyone willing and ready to learn graphic design

Description

Hi there ,I welcome you to the Learn Graphic Design Course for beginners, Intermediates and Pro.My name is Jo BasseyI am a graphic designer with over a decade of design experience. In this course we will learn everything we need to know about graphic design and its application.You don't have to worry about a prior knowledge of design or the tools because it's a project base course. In other words we will be doing practical and real world examples by learning the tools and features necessary to make it easy for your understanding. I will be giving you the fundamentals of graphic design and what make a design good or bad. This principles of design will be the guide of our journey of you becoming a great graphic designer.Because we will be learning the industry standards, from the colors, to the typography e.t.c…How to source images and design inspirations before you start designing.You will learn graphic design theories, graphic design tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Draw), and the creative process by the time this course is over. These theories include color theories and the color wheel, graphic design compositions and layout, layout grid systems, and visual inspiration.

Overview

Section 1: Getting Started

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Exercise File

Lecture 2 Exercise File Video

Section 3: What is Graphic Design

Lecture 3 What is Graphic Design

Lecture 4 Types of Graphic Design PT 1

Lecture 5 Types of Graphic Design PT 2

Section 4: The Creative Process

Lecture 6 Let's Talk About Creativity

Lecture 7 Creative Process

Lecture 8 Creative Brief Research Ideation Production

Section 5: Layout and Composition

Lecture 9 Layout and Composition

Lecture 10 Principles of Layout

Section 6: Elements in Graphic Design

Lecture 11 Elements in Graphic Design

Section 7: Color Theory

Lecture 12 Color Theory

Lecture 13 Color Harmony

Lecture 14 Color Meaning & How It Affects Designs

Lecture 15 Color Profile or Color Models

Lecture 16 Brands Who Uses These Colors

Section 8: Typography

Lecture 17 Typography Introduction

Lecture 18 Typography

Lecture 19 Font Classification

Lecture 20 Typeface Hierarchy

Section 9: Raster vs Vector Graphics and File Format

Lecture 21 Understanding Raster and Vector Graphics

Lecture 22 Understanding File Format

Section 10: Getting Started With Photoshop

Lecture 23 Software Tour

Lecture 24 Photoshop Workspace

Lecture 25 Creating Saving Opening Document

Lecture 26 Photoshop Thumbnails

Section 11: Basic Selections

Lecture 27 Rectangular & Elliptical Marquee Tool

Lecture 28 Selection Tool

Section 12: Cropping

Lecture 29 Cropping An Image

Lecture 30 Frame Cropping

Lecture 31 Straighten Image with crop

Section 13: Text

Lecture 32 Creating a Text in Photoshop

Lecture 33 Creating a Text Wrap

Lecture 34 Creating a Text In Line & Circle

Section 14: Layers

Lecture 35 Using Layers in Photoshop

Lecture 36 Bringing Images Together

Lecture 37 Selecting Different Layers

Lecture 38 Organize Layers with Groups

Section 15: Masking and Selections

Lecture 39 Mask Image Inside Text

Lecture 40 How to use Patch Spot Healing Content Aware Move Tool

Lecture 41 Put a Text Behind a Person

Lecture 42 Put a Text in Between an Image

Lecture 43 Refining Hair Strands

Section 16: Colors & Adjustment Layers

Lecture 44 Image Color Pop with Vibrance

Lecture 45 Image Pop and Blend Background with Levels

Lecture 46 Image Pop and Blend Background with Curves

Lecture 47 Changing Color of Anything with Hue

Lecture 48 Changing a Single Color with Hue

Lecture 49 Making a Black & White Image

Section 17: Blend Modes

Lecture 50 How Does the Blend Modes Work PT 1

Lecture 51 How Does the Blend Modes Work PT 2

Lecture 52 How Does the Pass Through Work

Section 18: Filters and Effects

Lecture 53 Filter & Effects on Image

Lecture 54 Adding Noise Effect

Lecture 55 Adding Oil Effect

Lecture 56 Creating the Dotted Half Tone Effect

Lecture 57 Creating the Gaussian & Motion Blur

Lecture 58 Using the Camera Raw

Lecture 59 Smart Object Smart Filter

Section 19: Slice Tool

Lecture 60 How Does Slice Tool Works PT 1

Lecture 61 How Does Slice Tool Works PT 2

Section 20: Timeline

Lecture 62 How to Create Text Animation in GIF PT 1

Lecture 63 How to Create Text Animation in GIF PT 2

Lecture 64 How to Create Text Animation in MP4

Section 21: Artboards

Lecture 65 How to Use the Artboard

Lecture 66 Creating Design in Different Dimensions

Lecture 67 Exporting Artboard Designs to Jpeg

Lecture 68 Exporting Artboard Designs to Pdf

Section 22: Exporting Files for Print

Lecture 69 PSd to EPS to CDR

Lecture 70 PSD to EPS to AI

Section 23: Photo Manipulation & Retouching

Lecture 71 How to Retouch a Photo

Lecture 72 Text Effect Manipulation on a Red Pepper

Lecture 73 Simple Text Effects

Lecture 74 How to Create a Realistic Glowing Light Effect

Lecture 75 Creating a Light Reflection in a Room

Lecture 76 How to Create a Dual Tone Effect

Lecture 77 How to Create a Glitch Text Effect

Lecture 78 How to Create a Dispersion Effect

Lecture 79 How to Create a Dual Lighting Effect

Lecture 80 How to Create a Liquid Stretch Man

Lecture 81 How to Create a Colorful Portrait

Lecture 82 Creating a Double Exposure Effect

Lecture 83 Creating a Drip Effect

Lecture 84 Create a Tree Man Face

Lecture 85 Creating a Lost Boy & a Dinosaur

Lecture 86 How to Create a Movie Poster PT 1

Lecture 87 How to Create a Movie Poster PT 2

Lecture 88 Creating Optical Illusion Portrait

Lecture 89 Creating a Text Portrait

Lecture 90 Creating a Text Cube

Lecture 91 Creating a Real Rain Effect

Lecture 92 Creating a Mirror Effect

Section 24: Mockups

Lecture 93 How to use mockups

Section 25: Design Project

Lecture 94 Moodboards

Lecture 95 Creating the Logo & Elements

Lecture 96 Adding Colors to the Elements

Lecture 97 Creating the Primary Design

Lecture 98 Creating Different Flyer Color

Lecture 99 Creating Tickets

Lecture 100 Creating the Paper Wristband

Lecture 101 Creating Quote Template

Lecture 102 Creating Landyard Design

Lecture 103 Creating the Tote Bag

Lecture 104 Creating Volunteer Card

Lecture 105 Creating Polo

Lecture 106 Creating a Subway Banner

Lecture 107 Creating a Lamppole Banner

Lecture 108 Exporting the Files

Lecture 109 Presentation of Design

Section 26: Chosen A Career As a Graphic Designer

Lecture 110 Applying for a Graphic Designer Job vs Freelance

Lecture 111 How To Land a Work

Lecture 112 Finding Inspiration

Section 27: Additional Content

Lecture 113 Free Icon Websites

Lecture 114 Free Vector Websites

Lecture 115 Free Image Websites

Lecture 116 Free Font Websites

Section 28: Congratulations

Lecture 117 Congratulations

Beginners Graphic Designer