Ultimate Graphic Design: Create Beautiful 40+ Real Projects

Create awesome thumbnails, banners, catalogues, Instagram & Facebook Graphics, Cards, CVs, Newsletters, and more!

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 5.000 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 BarinI'm an Adobe Certified Instructor & Expert in Photoshop;Bestselling author on Udemy with 6 years of teaching experience and over 250.000 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.

Overview

Section 1: Discover the world of Graphic Design

Lecture 1 Welcome & how to use this course

Lecture 2 Quick answers to get started

Lecture 3 Download the Course Workbook & Resources

Lecture 4 See all the course projects here

Lecture 5 First exercise - have fun with it!

Lecture 6 How to make your life easier as a designer

Lecture 7 Graphic Design – A Down-to-Earth Explanation

Lecture 8 Using Photoshop for Every Project

Lecture 9 Design Assets Explained

Lecture 10 Best sources for design assets

Lecture 11 Activity: Mix and Match Design Assets

Lecture 12 Optional – Setting up Photoshop

Lecture 13 What does it take to create beautiful graphics?

Section 2: Design a Facebook Cover Project

Lecture 14 Introduction

Lecture 15 Best Project Settings & Aspect Ratios

Lecture 16 How to create great text for your project

Lecture 17 Selecting Image Assets

Lecture 18 Arranging the Assets on the Canvas

Lecture 19 Designing the Cover

Lecture 20 Typography for the Facebook Cover

Lecture 21 Fine Tuning the Cover

Lecture 22 Conclusion

Section 3: Design a Facebook Cover Project #2

Lecture 23 Introduction

Lecture 24 Analyze your assets and options

Lecture 25 Setting the project’s foundation

Lecture 26 Creating a neutral background with a noise texture

Lecture 27 Sizing up the products correctly

Lecture 28 Creating shadows for the products

Lecture 29 Fine Tuning the Cover

Lecture 30 Using vector graphics to create version 2

Lecture 31 Creative Facebook cover iteration

Section 4: Create Clickable Youtube Thumbnails

Lecture 32 The connection between YouTube thumbnails & Views

Lecture 33 The power of a mockup

Lecture 34 The Absolute best way to design YouTube Thumbnails

Lecture 35 Classic YouTube Thumbnail – Part 1

Lecture 36 Classic YouTube Thumbnail – Part 2

Lecture 37 Abstract YouTube Thumbnail – Part 1

Lecture 38 Abstract YouTube Thumbnail – Part 2

Lecture 39 Choose your own style

Lecture 40 Before and After Thumbnail

Lecture 41 Illustration-based Thumbnail – Part 1

Lecture 42 Illustration-based Thumbnail – Part 2

Lecture 43 Personal Brand Thumbnail

Lecture 44 Text Behind & In Front of you

Lecture 45 Conclusions

Section 5: Designs for Instagram

Lecture 46 Introduction

Lecture 47 Instagram Content Creation Hack

Lecture 48 Clean Product Presentation – Part 1

Lecture 49 Clean Product Presentation – Part 2

Lecture 50 Instagram Mockups – Easy!

Lecture 51 Inspirational Content – Part 1

Lecture 52 Inspirational Content – Part 2

Lecture 53 Black & White Content

Lecture 54 Food Content

Lecture 55 Personal Branding – Part 1

Lecture 56 Personal Branding – Part 2

Lecture 57 Content Striking Colors – Part 1

Lecture 58 Content Striking Colors – Part 2

Lecture 59 How to Post on Instagram from your Computer

Section 6: Designs for Facebook Ads

Lecture 60 Introduction

Lecture 61 Framing Facebook Ads & Quality Standards

Lecture 62 Colorful Product Ad – Part 1

Lecture 63 Colorful Product Ad – Part 2

Lecture 64 Colorful Product Ad – Part 3

Lecture 65 Colorful Product Ad – Part 4

Lecture 66 The question of stock photos & freebies in FB ads

Lecture 67 Vector Based Ad – Part 1

Lecture 68 Vector Based Ad – Part 2

Lecture 69 Vector Based Ad – Part 3

Lecture 70 Vector Based Ad – Part 4

Lecture 71 The Pros and Cons of People-based Facebook ads

Lecture 72 People-Based Facebook Ad – Part 1

Lecture 73 People-Based Facebook Ad – Part 2

Lecture 74 People-Based Facebook Ad – Part 3

Lecture 75 Best Facebook Ad Template – The Foundation

Lecture 76 Best Facebook Ad Template – The Details

Lecture 77 Conclusions

Section 7: Design Business Cards

Lecture 78 Introduction

Lecture 79 Colorful Business card for the CEO – The essentials

Lecture 80 Colorful Business card for the CEO – The details

Lecture 81 Colorful Business card for the CEO – Beautiful Icons

Lecture 82 What do ‘simple’ and ‘clean’ mean?

Lecture 83 Personal Branding Business Card

Lecture 84 Business Card Best Design Practices

Lecture 85 Corporate Business Card – Foundation

Lecture 86 Corporate Business Card – Icon Design

Section 8: Design Beautiful CVs (Resumes)

Lecture 87 CV (Curriculum Vitae) Designs in Today’s Market

Lecture 88 Deciding on a CV style

Lecture 89 Setting the foundation of the CV

Lecture 90 Choosing a typeface – really important!

Lecture 91 Rocking Typography

Lecture 92 Gorgeous icons for your CV

Lecture 93 Staying consistent in your design

Lecture 94 Negative space in a CV design

Lecture 95 Creating a timeline for your CV

Lecture 96 Final Thoughts for the Clean CV Project

Section 9: Design Another Beautiful CV

Lecture 97 Creative CV Design

Lecture 98 Modern Typography for a Creative CV

Lecture 99 Use Freepik to make your CV stand out!

Lecture 100 How to adjust vectors and add detailed icons

Lecture 101 Fine-tuning the CV

Lecture 102 The last 10% that makes all the differences!

Section 10: Design Great Newsletters

Lecture 103 Newsletters in today’s market

Lecture 104 Newsletter styles

Lecture 105 Colorful Newsletter in Mailchimp & Photoshop

Lecture 106 Create a catchy newsletter hero-element in Photoshop

Lecture 107 Adding extra details

Lecture 108 The most important element: the CTA

Lecture 109 Create effective layouts in Mailchimp

Lecture 110 Inserting new content in Mailchimp

Lecture 111 Balancing graphics with content

Lecture 112 Design overview

Section 11: Create Animated Newsletters

Lecture 113 Animated Newsletter in Mailchimp & Photoshop

Lecture 114 Create the product presentation in Photoshop

Lecture 115 Animating the product presentation – Method #1

Lecture 116 Animating the product presentation – Method #2

Lecture 117 Create the call to action

Lecture 118 Creating a gift design for the newsletter in Photoshop

Lecture 119 Animating the gift box – the lid

Lecture 120 Animating the gift box – the stars & text

Section 12: Graphic Design Analysis with Chris Barin

Lecture 121 Introduction

Lecture 122 Mazda 3 Launch Ad

Lecture 123 Travel Agency Templates – Good or bad?

Lecture 124 Original Design versus Templates

Lecture 125 Hiring People Through Beautiful Ads

Lecture 126 Premium Office Building Ad – Shocking!

Lecture 127 Huge Telecom Company Blunder!

Lecture 128 50% for 5%

Lecture 129 The reason why most designs are cluttered

Lecture 130 Clichés and Stereotypes in Graphic Design

Section 13: Printed Design: Indoor Ad Banner

Lecture 131 Introduction

Lecture 132 Everything’s about the Style Guide

Lecture 133 Indoor Ad Banner: Laying things out

Lecture 134 Indoor Ad Banner: Typography & Layout

Lecture 135 Indoor Ad Banner: Styling

Lecture 136 Indoor Banner: Final touches & Conclusions

Lecture 137 Extras: Create an indoor ad banner mockup

Lecture 138 Section conclusions

Section 14: Printed Design: Product Catalogue

Lecture 139 Introduction

Lecture 140 Set up the catalogue project in Photoshop

Lecture 141 Styling the cover of the catalogue

Lecture 142 Fine-tuning the cover

Lecture 143 Add something extra to the cover

Lecture 144 Interior page style: Typography

Lecture 145 Interior page style: Layout

Lecture 146 Styling large amounts of text

Lecture 147 Interior pages overview

Lecture 148 Conclusions

Section 15: What you need to know about Logo Design

Lecture 149 The Truth About Logo Design

Lecture 150 Should you design logos as a freelancer?

Lecture 151 Creating logos in Photoshop

Lecture 152 The complexity behind a logo

Lecture 153 Gathering information

Lecture 154 Worst techniques for logo design

Lecture 155 Best techniques for logo design

Section 16: Final thoughts

Lecture 156 Do this before you start freelancing

Lecture 157 Final thoughts

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