Graphic Design Essentials: Adobe Masterclasses & UI/UX Design with XD
400+ learners learning essential tools and techniques for creating graphics, illustrations, and UI with Adobe CC and XD
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Overview
This all-in-one graphic design 3-course bundle demonstrates adobe photoshop, illustrator, and adobe xd. It covers cropping images, working with layers & tools, typography, different drawing & illustration tools & techniques, UI/UX design with adobe xd, and more!
The bundle consists of the following courses:
- Course 1: Adobe Photoshop CC Masterclass
- Course 2: Adobe Illustrator CC Masterclass
- Course 3: Adobe XD UI/UX Design
The courses have been developed by two industry professionals. One has over 20 years of experience in teaching Design & Art and the other one is an industry-renowned entrepreneur and investor in digital technology.
The course covers adobe photoshop including photoshop tools & techniques in creating real-world applications, demonstrates photoshop with graphic design & photography theories, image retouching, selecting & mask images with different techniques, smart objects, and adjustment layers.
The masterclass guides you on how to work with adobe illustrator. It demonstrates logo design and its relation with graphic design in detail. It will guide you to learn the preferences & settings, shapes, guides, grids & rulers, typography, all the essential tools including type tools, path tools, pencil tools, pen tools, and brush tools.
The course also demonstrates UI/UX design with Adobe XD. It covers what UI/UX design is, prototypes, how to design a website from scratch in Adobe XD & more!
The course is perfect for an absolute beginner or even an advanced graphic designer to become a professional graphic designer.
A course completion certificate at the end of the course will add extra value to your CV to stand out in the job market.
You will be able to do the following after completing the Adobe Photoshop CC Masterclass course:
- Crop images
- Enlarge images while preserving quality
- Save Artwork in different formats (psd,jpeg,psb,tiff,png)
- Create layers & handling them
- Create guides, grids, rulers, snap
- Design with brushes & digital painting
- Work with drawing & vector shapes
- Design with selection & masking
- Create and work with smart objects
- Apply adjustments layers
- Image retouching & manipulation
- Work with typography
- Create animated gifs & edit videos
- Finalise & Export files from photoshop
- Design 3D in photoshop
You will be able to do the following after completing the Adobe Illustrator CC Masterclass course:
- Apply different drawing & illustrations tools & techniques
- Know about creating different graphic styles & art directions in illustrator
- Apply colours & control them from different illustrator panels
- Speed up your workflow & speed up Illustrator performance as well
- Apply different illustrator brushes & create your own brushes
- Work with glyphs, stylistic sets, variable fonts
- Design with images & learn how to vectorise & enhance them
- Apply the sneaky & tricky settings & options of an illustrator to use it as a third hand
- Export different formats and prepare your artwork for printing or screen use
- Design confidently with illustrator after practicing on downloadable illustrator exercises & videos you will be able to use your drawing knowledge to draw logos, characters, infographics..etc
You will be able to do the following after completing the Adobe XD UI/UX Design
course:
- Design a website from scratch in Adobe XD
- Pick the best colour schemes
- Design and build a prototype
- Conduct user research
- Work with sketch and wireframing
- Design websites & mobile phone apps from scratch
- Work with fonts
- Identify a customer problem to solve
- Work with various style guides, elements, and prototyping
- Apply for your first job as a UX/UI designer
Why Choose the course?
- Conducted by industry experts
- Get Instant E-certificate
- Fully online, interactive course with Professional voice-over
- Developed by qualified professionals
- Self-paced learning and laptop, tablet, smartphone friendly
- Tutor Support
And you will also get these gifts
- Free PDF Certificate
Description
Course Curriculum
*** Course 1: Adobe Photoshop CC ***
Photoshop Orientation & Essentials
The introductory module covers an overview of the course, the importance of the skills, and more. You'll familiarise yourself with creating documents, workspaces, navigation, cropping, colour modes expanding to resolution concept & enlarging images, and saving artwork in different formats and cloud documents.
Layers
Module two demonstrates the layers concept, panel, blend modes, navigation, and styles.
Transformation & Perspective tweaking
This module will help you to grasp transformation modes & tricks, a puppet to perspective warp.
Design & Work Precisely in Photoshop
This part explains aligning & distribute, mastering precision (guides, grids, rulers, snap)
Brushes & Digital Painting
Module five demonstrates brushes basics, the color panel, creating brushes & settings, digital painting essentials, and updated presets.
Drawing & Vector Shapes
This section explains the vector shapes tool, unified transformation, live shapes & path operations.
Selection & Masking
This module demonstrates photoshop’s selection concept & basics part 1,2,3, tools (parts 1,2), object selection tool, masking & non-destructive editing, focus range combined. You'll also be able to use color range selection & photo manipulation techniques, soft edges selection tricks, pen tools & curvature tools & vector masks.
Smart Objects
Module eight demonstrates raster smart objects, vector & photoshop’s linked files, smart objects to layers (Photoshop CC 2020), and filters.
Photoshop CC 2021, New Features & Updates
This part explains the features & updates of Photoshop CC 2021
Adjustments Layers in Photoshop
You'll be able to use layers fundamentals, color adjustment, and exposure expands to tonal & contrast adjustment.
Image Retouching & Manipulation
This module demonstrates photoshop liquify filter, spot healing brushes & patch tool, content-aware fill 2020 update, scaling, move-extend, clone stamp tools & smudge tool. You'll also explore dodge, burn & sponge tools, retouching project parts 1,2,3, fix & whiten teeth (natural look), Photoshop project: repairing damaged images & coloring them parts 1,2, creating mockups using vanishing points, and clone stamp in vanishing point SOK.
Typography
Module twelve demonstrates font selection & filtering, character control panel, paragraph control, and text improvements in Photoshop CC 2020 to the character & paragraph styles panel. You'll also explore the 3D neon-type effects (Nike Ad), advanced type details, text warp & typing on a path, and creative typography design ideas.
Animated Gifs & Video editing in Photoshop
This section will guide you to enhance your skills in creating animated gifs & videos, saving them as gifs in Photoshop CC 2020, and video editing (complete video project).
Finalizing & Exporting Files
Module fourteen demonstrates preparing files for printing, creating PDF files, image optimisation & save for the web, import from the device.
3D
This module will guide you to turning images, 3D layers & moving cameras & elements, adding materials & saving lights in 3d & exporting and animation in 3D.
*** Course 2: Adobe Illustrator CC ***
- Introduction
- Fundamentals & Basics
- Colors, Appearance & Graphic Styles in Illustrator
- Drawing Tools & Techniques
- Illustrator CC Updates
- Brushes
- Design With images
- Typography in Illustrator
- Advanced Techniques & Tricks
- Exporting & Finalizing Artwork
*** Course 3: Adobe XD UI/UX Design ***
- Introduction
- Introduction
- Graphic Design
- UX Design
- UI Design
- Optimization
- Starting a Career in UX/UI Design
Certificates
Course Central is proud to offer a Certificate of Completion to all who complete courses successfully. Course Central tracks the learner’s course progress. However, the learner is responsible for validating the completion and understanding of the course. All Certificates of Completion can be validated from the Course Central website using the validation code.
Transcripts
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Who is this course for?
The key benefit of graphic design for businesses is that it can help gain high visibility, resulting in higher conversions. Utilising Graphic design is beneficial for professionals and individuals who can use this skill to not only make something look good but also organises information to help deliver a message in the most impactful way possible. When anyone combines the right image, a well-written headline and professionally executed in a well-established package, a business will hit its target.
A solid graphic design can do wonders for your business, especially if you are trying to stand out from the competition. Moreover, an influential visual identity can help you communicate your brand, build a stronger brand image, and create awareness and a positive impact on your customers and clients.
A professional can use Graphic design to represent a business's values, which are attractive and unique and can help create a positive first impression in the minds of the consumers. Having skills in graphic enables one to accurately represents a business's values, which is attractive and unique, increasing sales of products or services. Improve market position, boost customer loyalty and reduce customer complaints in any sector.
- Anyone who wants to use Graphic Design for his career.
- Graphic designers, Photographers, Illustrators, digital artists, and motion graphic artists.
- Creative people like art as a hobby and want to express their Artistic thoughts and ideas in accurate designs & Artwork.
- Want to Master Adobe illustrator from scratch in an Artistic & Creative way
- Have already some illustrator knowledge & want to Advance your experience
- interested in Design or Art
- Want to do your business designs
- Interested in creating illustrations & vector art to express creativity
Explore and improve your career!
Requirements
Existing qualification level: No specific previous qualification is required. However, a basic understanding of Maths, English and ICT would benefit in understanding the content.
Existing skill levels: Minimum ICT skills to operate any computer system is beneficial. No skill in working with Graphic design is essential.
Technical requirements: Access to any computer or laptop would benefit from practising and following the instructions.
Career path
This training course will lead you to many different career opportunities, here are few prospects:
- Graphic Designer - Average £41,314 per annum in the UK
- Professional Adobe UI/UX Designer - £54,360 per annum
- Freelance Graphic Designer - £35,000 to £55,000 per annum in the UK
- Photo Editor - £35,000 per annum
- Digital Designer - £37,500 per annum
Questions and answers
Do you need photoshop to do this course?
Answer:Hi Grace, You don't need Photoshop to view this course. But if you want to learn while you watch the videos you may like to have the Photoshop installed in your computer. The course is for life time access so you can comeback to the course whenever you are ready.
This was helpful.Hello does this course cover logo design?as well thank you.
Answer:Hi Karla, This course will give you a broader understanding of graphic design to enable you to create logos and other designs. But the course doesn't specifically focus on logo design. Please check the course outline.
This was helpful.Please are there tutors on this course
Answer:The course comprises three courses- Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and XD. All of them have been developed and delivered by Tutors working in the industry. It is a video course demonstrating how to use the application and the tools. There are resources included as well.
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