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Master Graphic Design & Software with Practical Projects

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About Master Graphic Design & Software with Practical Projects

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Course Guide

Creating Badges Part 1

Creating Badges Part 2

Creating Badges Part 3

Logo Design for Our Package Design Project

Package Design Getting Started

Package Design - Photo Editing

Package Design - Photo Editing part 2

Getting started in Illustrator

Layout and Design

Finishing Up

Working with Adobe Dimensions

Backside Design

Exporting and Print Prep

Book Cover Design - Discovering Your Concept

Book Cover Design - Romance Novel - Cover Ideas

Book Cover Design - Romance Novel - Photo Editing

Book Cover Design - Romance Novel - Non-Destructive Editing

Book Cover Design - Romance Novel - Spine, Bleed and Exporting

Book Cover Design - Romance Novel - Exporting

Non-Fiction Book Cover - Getting Started

Non-Fiction Book Cover - Pill Image

Non-Fiction Book Cover - Typography and the Title

Non-Fiction Book Cover - The Background

Non-Fiction Book Cover - Spine and Back

Non-Fiction Book Cover - The Back and Exporting

Children's Book Cover - The Title

Children's Book Cover - Drawing and Sketching

Children's Book Cover - Exporting

Youtube Thumbnail

Youtube Thumbnail - part 2

Album Art Cover

Album Art Cover - Highlights and Shadows

Album Art Cover - Exporting

Magazine Article Spread

Magazine Article Spread - Working with photos

Magazine Article Spread - inside spread

Magazine Front Cover

Magazine Front Cover - Working with Titles

Magazine Front Cover - Exporting

Conference Branding - Getting Started

Conference Branding - Logo Design

Conference Branding - Colors

Conference Branding - Final Logo

Conference Branding - Color Matching

Conference Branding - Poster Design

Conference Branding - Editing Images

Conference Branding - Lanyards

Conference Branding - Lanyards - part 2

Conference Branding - Client Presentation

Conference Branding - File Prep

Conference Branding - Postcard

Conference Branding - Postcard Back

Conference Branding - Large Banner

Conference Branding - Large Banner Exporting

Conference Branding - Facebook Ads

Conference Branding - Facebook Ads part 2

Conference Branding - Powerpoint Slides

Conference Branding - Display Ads

Conference Branding - Display Ads - Part 2

What You Will Learn?

  • Do you like to learn by doing practical real-world projects? This project-based course is extensive, starting at beginner level and moving all the way to advanced level design projects. With over 10+ hours of video-based project learning this course was created to appeal to graphic design students of any level and can help expose students to all the most popular graphic design projects while learning software and design principles..
  • We master all aspects of design including theory, layout, color, exporting and preparing files for print, working with digital and print files and of course mastering the Adobe software including Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign. 

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  • We will walk through step by step the creation of: 

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  • Badges and Seals

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  • Logo Design.
  • A Complete Package Design for a food project, including the front, back, labels and print preparation..
  • We cover Book cover design and we conquer three different types of book covers including a romance novel, a non-fiction book and an illustrative children’s book cover. We talk about what makes a solid book cover and follow basic layout principles, use grids, work with typography and learn how to create concepts that pop using examples as our guide. 

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  • We will conquer digital projects as well including going over what makes compelling YouTube cover photos and we will create a dynamic one together.
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  • We even talk about creating digital art and as we create an eclectic modern album art cover. 

 Then, we master editorial design as we create a dynamic cover for a home cooking magazine as well as a full article spread. We talk about how to work with larger blocks of text, font pairing and headlines and how to maximize both Photoshop and InDesign to maximize our impact. 

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  • Last, but certainly not least we will have a 4+ hour advanced section for those looking for more detailed real-world projects. We will create from scratch the entire branding package for a conference including the Logo design, lanyards, posters, advertising, a digital marketing campaign, large format welcome banners and even a postcard..
  • This extensive section is perfect for those looking to learn how to export and work with files of all types, how to export, prepare and save them for professional print or for the press..
  • This section goes into an entire new level of detail that will satisfy those curious on how to take on real large-scale graphic design projects for clients. 

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  • This course is prefect for those who prefer a project-based hands on learning approach and for those who love to see all types of different projects being created. This course is great for those wanting to learn and maximize Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and learn tons and tons of new tools along the way that can speed up your workflow..
  • This course is great for beginners, advanced designers and everyone in-between, there is something for everyone, so let’s master graphic design by creating some fantastic and professional level projects together! 
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