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| Color and Design 2: The Fundamentals of Harmony (32 Minutes) Posted Dec 16, 2010 |
From Print to iPad: Designing for Tablets and Other Mobile Devices (35 Minutes) Posted Dec 10, 2010 |
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 Learn the logic and concepts behind eye-pleasing color schemes
more detailsBranding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Printing Tips, Client Relations, Type, Layout, Color Harmony, Contrast |
 How to design for tablet computers and the iPad
more detailsDigital Media & Tech, Ebooks, Color, Type, Layout, Magazine Design, Web Design, Mobile Devices |
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| Applying Design History: Lessons from the Bauhaus (27 Minutes) Posted Sep 28, 2010 |
Photoshop - Creating Graphic Background Effects (21:25) Posted Sep 24, 2010 |
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 Get inspired by the roots of contemporary graphic design
more detailsCreativity, Color, Type, Web Design, Design History |
 Helen Bradley creates visually arresting background images using vibrant spiral patterns, sunbursts, and painted shapes
more detailsCreativity, Photoshop, Color, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 5, Backgrounds, Brushes, Gradients |
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| Photoshop - Replicating Vintage Camera Styles (21 minutes) Posted Sep 8, 2010 |
Producing Promotional & Branding Materials: Brand Book (28 minutes) Posted Sep 1, 2010 |
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 Take your images retro with techniques that evoke the look of classic
film
more detailsCreativity, Photoshop, Color, Stock Photography, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 5 |
 Design the book that sets the standard for a brand
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Logo Design, Printing Tips, Type, Layout, Brand Book |
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| Photoshop Elements 8: One-Click Image Improvement (34:56) Posted Aug 17, 2010 |
Photoshop - Quick & Easy Backgrounds (19:35) Posted Jun 21, 2010 |
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 Image enhancement isn't just for professional designers
more detailsColor, Image Selection, Pdfs, Software Tips, Images, Photoshop Elements |
 Simple techniques for creating memorable backgrounds in Photoshop
more detailsCreativity, Photoshop, Color, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 5, Backgrounds, Brushes |
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| Going Beyond the Logo (40 minutes) Posted Jun 17, 2010 |
How to Set Up Files for Print (42:18) Posted Jun 15, 2010 |
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 Turn your client's logo into a powerful multimedia branding campaign
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Logo Design, Printing Tips, Type, Layout, Web Design |
 Follow these time- and money-saving steps before sending files to the
printer
more detailsPhotoshop, Color, Printing Tips, Type, Layout, Pdfs, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Adobe Indesign |
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| 14 Practical Strategies for Developing Creative Solutions (46:00) Posted Jun 9, 2010 |
Don't Waste My Time!: Designing for Short Attention Spans (23:41) Posted May 24, 2010 |
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 Wow the client with unexpected design concepts
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Case Studies, Printing Tips, Client Relations, Layout |
 Make the most of the scant seconds you have to grab your audience
more detailsCreativity, Copywriting, Color, Printing Tips, Layout, Magazine Design, Web Design |
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| Effective Self-Marketing With Online Portfolios (29:18) Posted May 18, 2010 |
Eat Color: Using Color on the Web (26:39) Posted Apr 9, 2010 |
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 Marketing principles that will help you attract clients with your portfolio site
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Client Relations, Business Issues, Web Design, Flash |
 Explore five ways to view and use color on the web
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Web Design |
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| The Why Factor: Teasing Out Constructive Critiques (34:50) Posted Apr 2, 2010 |
Creative Problem Solving (49:56) Posted Mar 31, 2010 |
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 Here's how to get the constructive feedback you need to
move a project forward
more detailsCreativity, Color, Collateral, Type, Layout, Magazine Design, Client relations |
 Examine the thought processes involved in truly creative branding.
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Logo Design, Case Studies, Type, printing Tips |
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| Illustrator Time-Savers: Adding Depth in Illustrator (27:41) Posted Mar 23, 2010 |
Photoshop: Creative Adjustments in Camera RAW (22:42) Posted Mar 17, 2010 |
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 Learn basic-to-advanced Illustrator techniques you can use to add the
illusion of depth to your images
more detailsDigital Media & Tech, Color, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Illustrator |
 Apply crucial fixes to images right in Camera
Raw
more detailsColor, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4 |
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| Color and Design: Finding the Perfect Harmony (29:57) Posted Mar 12, 2010 |
Information Overload: Organizing Website Content (27:00) Posted Mar 2, 2010 |
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 Uncover the secrets of assembling harmonious color schemes for your
logo, print materials, or website
more detailsCreativity, Color, Logo Design, Collateral, Web Design |
 Having lots of content on your website is a good thing, but how can
all that information be organized effectively?
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Layout, Web Design, Next-Generation Journalist |
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| The Art of the Business Card (34:19) Posted Feb 18, 2010 |
History Lessons: Design in Times Square (41:25) Posted Feb 2, 2010 |
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 Strong, innovative design is the key to making your business card
stand out from the pack.
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Type, Layout, printing Tips |
 Even at the size of a Times Square digital billboard, certain
fundamental rules of design still apply.
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, New Media, Color |
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| 5 Makeover Web Strategies (25:09) Posted Jan 29, 2010 |
Photoshop: From Ho-hum to Wow! (26:09) Posted Jan 21, 2010 |
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 It's easy to know when a website needs a redesign, but knowing just
what to do with an outdated site is a lot more difficult.
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Client Relations, Type, Web Design, logo Design |
 You can use Photoshop to bring out the magic of photos that are
muddy, soft, or blandly composed
more detailsPhotoshop, Color, Image Selection, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Stock photography |
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| Gender Benders: Busting Design Cliches (36:45) Posted Jan 8, 2010 |
All About Photoshop Brushes (42:12) Posted Jan 7, 2010 |
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 Aim for a gender-specific audience without falling back on cliched visual language.
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Copywriting, Color, Type, Image Selection, Magazine Design, Stock Photography |
 This tutorial teaches you all the techniques you need to enhance your work with Photoshop brushes.
more detailsCreativity, Photoshop, Color, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4 |
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| History Lessons: Timeless Design Principles (29:24) Posted Dec 23, 2009 |
Design Influences: Visual Inspiration from the Past (30:24) Posted Dec 7, 2009 |
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 What can today's media-makers learn from 1950s magazine design?
more detailsCreativity, Copywriting, Color, Type, Layout, Magazine Design, Stock Photography, image Selection |
 This tutorial illustrates how contemporary designers draw on art
movements from the early-to-mid 20th century such as Art Deco, Bauhaus, and
Pop Art.
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Type, Magazine design |
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| Photoshop - From Color to B&W and Back (29:16) Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Who's the Package For?: Secrets of Packaging Design (27:27) Posted Nov 12, 2009 |
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 This tutorial shows you not just one or two, but seven quick and
useful ways to convert color images to grayscale (or black and white).
more detailsPhotoshop, Color, Stock Photography, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Image selection |
 Angela Riechers deciphers the branding messages today's products
convey to their audience through packaging.
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Packaging, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Type, copywriting |
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| Branding Yourself (25:24) Posted Nov 4, 2009 |
InDesign Life Changers (53:58) Posted Oct 28, 2009 |
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 NYU instructor Anna Savoie zeroes in on the role that design and
branding play in the creative professional's ongoing project of
self-promotion.
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Business Issues, Image Selection, illustrator |
 Publication designer Joseph Caserto introduces InDesign features that altered his professional life forever.
more detailsCareer, Color, Collateral, Indesign, Layout, Magazine Design, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4 |
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| Design Smart with Color (31:59) Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Size Matters! (38:40) Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
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 This tutorial is about how to use color to make your design process easier. Ivan Freaner gives you tips on generating exciting color swatches inspired by nature photography and incorporating them...
more detailsCreativity, Color, Image Selection, Stock Photography, Illustrator |
 It's no secret that design is shrinking to accommodate the demands of new media, so how can you design on a relatively tiny scale without minimizing the impact of your work? Angela Riechers presents...
more detailsCreativity, Color, Type, Layout, Image Selection, Magazine Design, Web Design |
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| 10 Tips on Rebranding for Designers (35:15) Posted Aug 21, 2009 |
Inspired Originality (39:45) Posted Aug 14, 2009 |
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 Before you work on your next brand redesign, you should watch this tutorial by branding professional and educator Jonathan Gouthier, whose ten tips will help designers take full advantage of all...
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Case Studies, Client Relations |
 Art director and design critic Angela Riechers offers observations and suggestions on design inspiration. In addition to displaying examples of what inspires her and how she channels that into...
more detailsCreativity, Color, Logo Design, Case Studies, Type, Magazine Design |
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| 5 Photoshop Masking Techniques (27:05) Posted Aug 5, 2009 |
Ultimate Logo Makeovers (36:42) Posted Jul 31, 2009 |
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 Columnist and photo specialist Helen Bradley shares five of her favorite image enhancement techniques incorporating masks (plus a bonus for good measure). These include punching type from an image,...
more detailsPhotoshop, Color, Software Tips, Masks, Adobe Creative Suite 4 |
 Ivan Freaner discusses the ways in which designers can use the tools at their disposal (in this case, Adobe Illustrator) to spice up logos that are lacking in oomph. He focuses not only on improving...
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Logo Design, Type, Illustrator, Guides |
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| Make the Medium Suit the Message (32:56) Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
5 Photoshop Tools for Color Changing (26:40) Posted Jun 26, 2009 |
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 When creating promotional or communication materials, designers must make all the visual elements somehow reflect the "face" of the brand/company, without ever boring the intended audience with...
more detailsBranding, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Client Relations, Type, Layout, Image Selection, Magazine Design |
 Every color change you perform in Photoshop is a unique challenge. Instructor Helen Bradley shows how to use a variety of features to make especially tricky changes, including transforming a pink...
more detailsPhotoshop, Color, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4 |
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| QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign: FAST! (77:22) Posted May 22, 2009 |
Blend Modes in Photoshop: 5 Quick Techniques (33:53) Posted May 19, 2009 |
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 Changing software can be traumatic, but never fear: In this tutorial, Joseph Caserto helps designers make a smooth transition from QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign. If you're in the midst of this...
more detailsColor, Printing Tips, Type, Indesign, Layout, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Quarkxpress |
 With blend modes in Photoshop, you can boost the color and contrast of a flat image, add spot lighting to an image, apply color-protecting fixes, perform non-destructive dodging and burning, and...
more detailsPhotoshop, Color, Stock Photography, Software Tips, Creative Suite 3 |
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| 5 Photoshop Tools You Didn't Know Existed (33:34) Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Color Basics for Print Designers (35:29) Posted Mar 24, 2009 |
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 How can you convincingly turn daylight into sunset using Photoshop? How can you cut text out of an image and maintain editability? How do you knock out the background of an image and get a...
more detailsPhotoshop, Color, Stock Photography, Software Tips, Creative Suite 3 |
 It's impossible to perfectly reproduce every color the eye can see on paper, but Joseph Caserto shows you how to get as close as possible with your layouts and images in Adobe Photoshop and...
more detailsPhotoshop, Color, Indesign, Layout, Magazine Design, Book Design |
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| Fun With Stationery Design (28:09) Posted Mar 17, 2009 |
Efficiency Tips and Tricks - Adobe Illustrator (28:54) Posted Mar 13, 2009 |
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 This tutorial from Ivan Freaner will help you spice up your clients' stationery. Isolating three main elements of stationery design--business cards, letterheads, and envelopes--Ivan demonstrates...
more detailsCreativity, Marketing, Promotion, Color, Collateral, Illustrator |
 Alison Cattelona shows the top techniques she uses to save time in Illustrator. Among these are: using the appearance panel to edit objects, employing the Envelope feature to transform and/or edit...
more detailsColor, Software Tips, Illustrator, Creative Suite 3 |
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| Logo Design in Next to No Time (32:23) Posted Jan 23, 2009 |
Adobe Integration: Photoshop to InDesign (33:50) Posted Dec 23, 2008 |
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 Angela Riechers arms you with the game plan for completing a logo design and getting client approval quickly. She offers hints for each stage in the process, identifies common sources of...
more detailsCreativity, Branding, Color, Logo Design, Client Relations, Business Issues |
 This tutorial from Adobe-certified trainer Alison Cattelona contains numerous tips, tricks, and features that you can employ for smooth integration of Photoshop and InDesign. Alison explores syncing...
more detailsPhotoshop, Color, Indesign, Layout, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4 |
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| Non-Destructive Color Correcting Using Adjustment Layers (41:51) Posted Dec 18, 2008 |
Color-Managed Workflows (48:30) Posted Nov 13, 2008 |
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 Mara Sachs illustrates how to adjust the brightness, contrast, and color of an image without affecting original pixels. Beginning with an introduction to adjustment layers and the new-to-CS4...
more detailsPhotoshop, Color, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4 |
 Picking up where her previous tutorial, Color Management Essentials for Creative Professionals, left off, Rita Amladi provides a...
more detailsPhotoshop, Color, Printing Tips, Indesign, Software Tips, Illustrator, Creative Suite 3 |
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