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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to design a stylish brochure using Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
Brochures are essential marketing tools, which establish brands and help them cut through the clutter from the competition. Here designer and educator Nigel French taps into his 20+ years of professional experience and shows how to use Adobe InDesign (with some help from Illustrator and Photoshop) to create a brochure. Throughout the course, Nigel puts each concept...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This course walks you through how to design logo type and provides assets for you to follow along.
While the letterforms used in a logo are obviously important for identifying the name of a company, slogan, or marketing campaign, they are also another opportunity to convey a visual representation of the company. In this course, Nigel French demonstrates fundamental techniques for working with type in your logos. Nigel takes a methodical, hands-on...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This comprehensive course about color focuses on using Photoshop to manage, change, and edit color.
In this installment of Photoshop for Designers, Nigel French shows you how to correct, manage, edit, and change color. The course looks at concepts such as the color wheel and color harmonies as well as the practicalities of using the Color Picker, leveraging the power of color channels, and the characteristics of different color modes in Photoshop....
24) Designing a Book
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to design a book with Adobe InDesign. Find out how to place and style text, add images, create the book cover, and prepare your design for printing.
Learn how to design a book that will be cherished for years to come. Nigel French breaks down the components of an elegant and readable book, starting from the ground up in Adobe InDesign. This class covers setting up your document, placing and styling text, working with images, creating the...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to create striking, sophisticated type treatments in Photoshop. Explore a range of techniques that can help you efficiently illustrate your ideas with type in Photoshop.
Expand your creative mindset with type. In this installment of Photoshop for Designers, instructor Nigel French shows how to create a range of beautiful type treatments using efficient, nondestructive techniques. Nigel describes how to combine letters and imagery and how...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to design your very first infographic.
Infographics distill information into a digestible, picture-driven format that viewers can easily retain. Whether you wish to design your first infographic for a marketing report, a personal project, a company brochure, or an event, this course walks you through the very first steps. No prior knowledge of infographic design is needed. Instructor Nigel French helps you identify when a graphic representation...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to maximize the potential of Photoshop filters by combining filters and through the use of Smart Objects, blending modes, and filter masks.
Photoshop filters are often misused by designers. Filtered images can look garish or generic—but with the right application, the results can be eye-catching and unique. Author Nigel French teaches a creative approach to filters, explaining how to combine them with other filters and with the Photoshop...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Add Adobe Bridge to your graphic design workflow. Learn how to use the powerful tool to organize, edit, and batch process images.
Photoshop for Designers shows how to leverage the best features in Photoshop for your design work. This installment focuses on Adobe Bridge, a versatile asset management tool that's tightly integrated into the Photoshop workflow. Bridge helps you organize your images, batch process photos, and nondestructively edit raw,...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to set up and create a magazine template using Adobe InDesign. Graphic designer Nigel French explains body text, headlines, subheads, and images.
Each element of a magazine should support and work in harmony with the other elements. This course deconstructs the elements that make up a typical magazine layout. Looking at examples from newsstand magazines, it examines the purpose of body text, headlines, subheads, captions, straplines, and...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Illustrator on the iPad has arrived. Discover what this easy-to-use—and surprisingly powerful—app has to offer when it comes to type and type effects.
Illustrator on the iPad has arrived. Adobe has reimagined their popular desktop design and illustration package to leverage the unique capabilities of the iPad. In this course, Nigel French highlights what this easy-to-use—and surprisingly powerful—app has to offer, showing graphic designers...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to design a dynamic magazine layout—from concept to completion—using InDesign CC. Explore how to set up a document, work with images and typography, and copyfit text.
Building a great magazine layout can be a time-consuming and difficult process. In this course, graphic designer Nigel French shares effective design techniques that can help you create dynamic magazine layouts using Adobe InDesign CC. From setting up a document to working...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Style guides are the foundation of a strong brand identity. Learn how to develop a style guide to inform the use of elements such as logos, typography, color, and imagery.
A style guide helps clarify a company's voice, look, and identity. It also ensures that the brand is memorable and consistent over time. In this course, designer Nigel French explains how to develop a style guide to build and maintain a strong brand identity. Learn about the purpose,...
33) Type Tips
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Take your love of letterforms to the next level. This series explores all things related to type and the practice of typography.
Take your love of letterforms to the next level with this series that explores all things, big and small, related to type and the practice of typography. These tips are aimed at people using Adobe Creative Cloud: primarily InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. Some tips are specific to particular applications and some are...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Explore the typography options, type-related features, and type-specific preferences of Adobe InDesign.
InDesign Typography explores the numerous type options, type-related features, and type-specific preferences of Adobe InDesign. Using practical, real-world examples, instructor and designer Nigel French explains the purpose of each feature and describes the conventions for how and when to use it. Part 1 focuses on "micro typography" or the appearance...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Expand your creative options. Learn how to move your artwork between Illustrator and Photoshop and take advantage of the strongest features in each program.
Expand your creative options. Learn how to move your artwork between Photoshop and Illustrator and take advantage of the strongest features in each program. Designer Nigel French explains different ways to transition your artwork back and forth: copying and pasting, linking, exporting, and sharing...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Get a great primer of typography and layout for the aspiring graphic designer.
As a graphic designer, you need to be able to design with type in common scenarios like novels, manuals, brochures, posters, and book and magazine covers. While the design principles are essentially the same, each scenario is unique. There are certain formats and conventions that need to be adhered to (or at least acknowledged) and certain techniques and approaches that...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to design a business card that is eye-catching and functional.
Learn how to design a business card. In this course, designer Nigel French covers all aspects of the design process—from font choice to paper stock—so you can create a business card that is at once eye-catching and functional. He walks through what information to include, size and format considerations, and printing options. He also demonstrates how to set up a template...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to use Illustrator and Photoshop to create a distressed type treatment inspired by Grunge.
Welcome to this installment of Type Project, where Nigel French shows you how to choose historically appropriate typefaces and apply design treatment to fit a particular style. Here he uses Illustrator and Photoshop to create a type treatment inspired by Grunge—the style most commonly associated with the music scene that originated in Seattle in...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Design your first logo in a few simple steps. Learn how to select the right font, shapes, colors, and file format and build your logo from scratch.
Logos are the visual representation for your brand—the mark identifying you among a sea of competitors. This course was created to give you the skills you need to build a strong, evocative logo—for yourself, your small business, your company, or your event—from scratch. Join instructor Nigel French...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Explore the creative process of poster design through a variety of approaches. Learn how to use Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator to create eye-catching designs.
A stylish poster both attracts attention and speaks well to the event or idea being advertised. After all, if a poster is clever, professional, and cool, onlookers will likely think the same of the event. In this project-based course, designer and educator Nigel French demonstrates how...
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