INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHIC DESIGN

• Introduction & Welcome to the Course!
• Get Up and Running With Adobe Creative Cloud

LEARNING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

• Introduction to the Project
• Working With Text: Type Tools, Adobe Type kit, and Creating Outlines
• Working with Shapes, Color & Graphics
• Artboards and Creating Additional Designs
• Exporting Your Files

LEARNING PHOTOSHOP (CREATING A POSTER)

• Poster Introduction and file setup (revised)
• Gathering Assets
• Refining Selections Update: The New Photoshop 2015.5 Selection and Masking Space
• Refining Selections
• IWorking With Text
• Refining the Layout
  Creating
• Additional Looks to Give Your Client Options
• Exporting Your Artwork

CREATING A LOGO

• Introduction to This Section
• Research and Gathering Ideas
• Creating a Mood board
• Bring in Your Text and Picking Fonts
• Basic Tool Overview
• Creating Your First Looks
• Refining Ideas
• Designing Your Presentation For Your Clients
• Exporting and Sending Comps to Clients
• Finalize Your Logo, Part 1: Refining Color and Creating a “Details” Page
• Finalize Your Logo, Part 2: Artboard Setup for Quick Export and File Management
• Finalize Your Logo, Part 3: Batch Export Files and Professional Client Delivery

LEARNING PHOTOSHOP (CREATING A COMPOSITE IMAGE)

• Introduction to Photoshop Compositing
• Getting assets for your first composite image
• Compositing Continued & Color Levels
• Refining Selections
• Pushing Your Design Further
• One More Idea & Exporting Your Image

CREATING A MAGAZINE AD

• Project Introduction
• Setting Up the File
• Gathering Assets and How to Scrape Photos
• Getting Things in Place
• Design Continued.
• Further Refinement, Adding Photos, and Masking with Shapes
• Export the Final Ad for Press & Reviewing Design Decisions
• How to Package Editable Photoshop Files to Share With Someone Else

BASICS OF INDESIGN (CREATING AN EBOOK)

• Introduction and File Setup
• Placing Assets and Basic Layout
• Finalize the Design, Exporting, and Packaging Final Files

BASICS OF INDESIGN (CREATING A BROCHURE)

• Project Introduction
• Beginning With the End in Mind
• File Setup
• Outside Layout: Part 1
• Outside Layout: Part 2
• Inside Layout
• Exporting Final Files, Part 1: Generic Export
• Exporting Final Files, Part 2: Adding Printer Marks and Fold Guides in InDesign
• Exporting Final Files, Part 3: Add Printer Marks and Fold Guides in Illustrator

CREATING CUSTOM BUSINESS CARDS

• Project Introduction & File Setup
• Business Card Design
• Exporting Final Files and Custom Finishes

INTRODUCTION TO BEHANCE

• Features overview of behance
• Create a custom cover and full width portfolio image for behance