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Down 'n' Dirty, Quick and Easy Websites (56:31)
Posted Feb 4, 2010
   Blog Smarter with Angela Riechers (12 minutes)
Posted Feb 3, 2010
No code? No problem! Here's a start-to-finish, step-by-step workflow for quickly making stripped-down yet aesthetically pleasing websites.  more details

dreamweaver, Photoshop, Type, Layout, Web Design, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Illustrator 		  Our expert instructor shares her blog's backstory and offers ways to blog smarter.  more details

Design & Photo, blogging, Direct Access
 
History Lessons: Applied (41:25)
Posted Feb 2, 2010
   5 Makeover Web Strategies (25:09)
Posted Jan 29, 2010
Even at the size of a Times Square digital billboard, certain fundamental rules of design still apply.  more details

Creativity, branding, marketing, promotion, new media, Color 		  It's easy to know when a website needs a redesign, but knowing just what to do with an outdated site is a lot more difficult.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 details

Creativity, branding, marketing, promotion, Color, Client Relations, Type, Web Design, Logo Design
 
Tips on Blog Design with Angela Riechers (11 minutes)
Posted Jan 27, 2010
   Making the Most of It (36:51)
Posted Jan 26, 2010
Designer and instructor Angela Riechers gives advice on creating and maintaining an eye-pleasing blog, based on her personal blogging experiences.  more details

Design & Photo, blogging, Direct Access 		  These smart design strategies will help you maintain your sanity and your standards when you're resource-strapped on a project.  more details

Type, Business Issues, InDesign, Layout, Image Selection, Stock Photography, Magazine Design
 
Hold Your Own Photo (14:11)
Posted Jan 22, 2010
   Photoshop: From Ho-hum to Wow! (26:09)
Posted Jan 21, 2010
Polaroid nostalgia is in full swing, and this photo-collage technique in Photoshop makes use of the instant-film craze.  more details

Photoshop, Stock Photography, Software Tips, Masks, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Image Selection 		  You can use Photoshop to bring out the magic of photos that are muddy, soft, or blandly composed  more details

Photoshop, Color, Image Selection, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Stock Photography
 
Design Police Report: 5 Web Design Crimes (27:30)
Posted Jan 12, 2010
   Gender Benders: Busting Design Cliches (36:45)
Posted Jan 8, 2010
These websites are guilty of heinous design felonies that alienate users.  more details

Creativity, branding, marketing, promotion, Copywriting, Type, PDFs, Web Design 		  Aim for a gender-specific audience without falling back on cliched visual language.  more details

Creativity, branding, marketing, promotion, Copywriting, Color, Type, Image Selection, Magazine Design, Stock Photography
 
All About Photoshop Brushes (42:12)
Posted Jan 7, 2010
   Deceptively Simple Illustrator Techniques (38:33)
Posted Jan 5, 2010
This tutorial teaches you all the techniques you need to enhance your work with Photoshop brushes.  more details

Creativity, Photoshop, Color, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4 		  Design a complex logo using quick, simple Illustrator techniques.  more details

branding, marketing, promotion, Logo Design, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Illustrator
 
History Lessons (29:24)
Posted Dec 23, 2009
   Gummy Bear Awards for Sticky Websites (28:47)
Posted Dec 18, 2009
What can today's media-makers learn from 1950s magazine design?  more details

Creativity, Copywriting, Color, Type, Layout, Magazine Design, Stock Photography, Image Selection 		  What are the stickiest sites on the web? The answers in this tutorial may surprise you.  more details

Creativity, branding, marketing, promotion, Web Design
 
You're My Type (32:45)
Posted Dec 14, 2009
   InDesign Secret Weapons (31:13)
Posted Dec 9, 2009
Really memorable type affects its audience on a non-literal, emotional level.  more details

Creativity, relationships, Type, Layout, Magazine Design, Web Design 		  Here are five techniques hand-picked by instructor Geoff Blake to speed up your workflow in Adobe InDesign.  more details

Photoshop, InDesign, Web Design, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Magazine Design
 
Design Influences: Visual Inspiration from the Past (30:24)
Posted Dec 7, 2009
   Photoshop - From Color to B&W and Back (29:16)
Posted Dec 4, 2009
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 details

Creativity, branding, marketing, promotion, Color, Type, Magazine Design 		  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 details

Photoshop, Color, Stock Photography, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Image Selection
 
Understanding Camera Raw (35:31)
Posted Dec 3, 2009
   Logo Concepts from Paper to Computer (12:57)
Posted Nov 24, 2009
Adobe Photoshop's Camera Raw software gives you total control over image processing  more details

Photoshop, Image Selection, Stock Photography, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Software Tips 		  Designer Lauren Matsumoto locates the origin of effective visual branding in the simple hand sketch.  more details

Creativity, branding, marketing, promotion, Logo Design, Client Relations, Illustrator
 
The Business of Microstock (1 hour, 15 minutes)
Posted Nov 23, 2009
   Lightroom for Designers (42:10)
Posted Nov 19, 2009
During this Mediabistro panel discussion, microstock agencies, successful microstockers and traditional stock photographers discuss current trends and opportunities in the microstock market.  more details

Digital Media & Tech, TV, Film & Video, Photography, new media, Recorded Event, Microstock 		  If you deal with groups of images on a regular basis, Adobe Lightroom may save you a lot of tedious shuffling between programs  more details

Photoshop, Image Selection, Stock Photography, Web Design, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Client Relations
 
PDF-Based Forms 101 (48:49)
Posted Nov 16, 2009
   Who's the Package For? (27:27)
Posted Nov 12, 2009
Interactive PDF-based forms are a convenient eco-friendly alternative to paper-intensive info-gathering.  more details

Client Relations, Business Issues, PDFs, Acrobat, Illustrator, Alternative Materials 		  Angela Riechers deciphers the branding messages today's products convey to their audience through packaging.  more details

Creativity, branding, packaging, marketing, promotion, Color, Type, Copywriting
 
5 Acrobat Survival Tricks (36:10)
Posted Nov 10, 2009
   Illustrator Time Savers: Adding Dimensionality with 3D Effects (29:10)
Posted Nov 6, 2009
Geoff Blake addresses five common problems faced by Acrobat users.  more details

Type, Layout, PDFs, Software Tips, Acrobat, Adobe Creative Suite 4 		  Though not a 3D-imaging program per se, Adobe Illustrator has a number of cool features with which you can add dimensionality to shapes.  more details

Creativity, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Illustrator
 
Branding Yourself (25:24)
Posted Nov 4, 2009
   Create a Flash Website (49:09)
Posted Oct 30, 2009
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 details

Creativity, branding, marketing, promotion, Color, Business Issues, Image Selection, Illustrator 		  Adobe-certified trainer Alison Cattelona shows you how to create a simple website in Flash without too much ActionScript.  more details

Digital Media & Tech, Photoshop, Web Design, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Flash
 
InDesign Life Changers (53:58)
Posted Oct 28, 2009
   How to Build a Logo - Type, Image, and Space (27:32)
Posted Oct 26, 2009
Publication designer Joseph Caserto introduces InDesign features that altered his professional life forever.  more details

Career, Collateral, InDesign, Layout, Magazine Design, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Color 		  Parsons professor Alex W. White closes his four-part series on logo design by examining how the three main components of a mark-type, image, and space--can interact successfully.  more details

Design & Photo, branding, marketing, promotion, relationships, Logo Design, Case Studies, Type, Creativity
 
Trademark Essentials for Graphic Designers (39:51)
Posted Oct 23, 2009
   Photoshop - Create Patterns That Repeat (46:04)
Posted Oct 2, 2009
Shel Perkins breaks down intellectual property law for creatives. This tutorial answers the following questions (among others): What constitutes trademark infringement?  more details

Career, Digital Media & Tech, Creativity, branding, marketing, promotion, Client Relations, Business Issues, Project Management 		  This tutorial by Helen Bradley deals with creating cool repeating patterns for use in all sorts of places. Helen shares her process for making both simple and complex patterns, creating seamless...  more details

Photoshop, Type, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4
 
Top 10 Brand Management Activities for Designers (41:44)
Posted Sep 30, 2009
   Dress for Success with Typography (24:51)
Posted Sep 29, 2009
Branding expert Jonathan Gouthier counts down his top ten tips for long-term success in branding. Jonathan's suggestions and ideas go beyond design issues to address the complications, common...  more details

Creativity, branding, marketing, promotion, Case Studies, Client Relations, Business Issues 		  Aliyah Marr showcases her favorite websites that have accomplished masterful messaging with typography. Ranging from blogs to brand sites, Aliyah's faves will inspire you with their creativity,...  more details

Creativity, branding, marketing, promotion, Type, Web Design
 
Breaking Into Design (7 minutes)
Posted Sep 29, 2009
   Advanced Float Layouts (32:13)
Posted Sep 25, 2009
These days, designers need serious skills. Our expert will lead you through some of the steps to help you get started as a designer in a tough economy.  more details

Design & Photo, design, career, Crash Course 		  If you've seen artist/designer Geoff Blake's two-part series on CSS float layouts, you're ready for the advanced techniques in this...  more details

dreamweaver, Web Design, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4
 
Rollovers in Dreamweaver (33:09)
Posted Sep 23, 2009
   Design Smart with Color (31:59)
Posted Sep 18, 2009
Adobe-certified educator Alison Cattelona demonstrates several methods of setting up attractive rollovers in Dreamweaver: importing a simple rollover button from Photoshop, creating...  more details

dreamweaver, Printing Tips, Web Design, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4 		  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 details

Creativity, Color, Image Selection, Stock Photography, Illustrator
 
Information Design (53:47)
Posted Sep 16, 2009
   InDesign Time-Savers: Fun With Tables (40:46)
Posted Sep 15, 2009
Art director Anna Savoie is your guide for this comprehensive tour of information design. She shares loads of insights and tips that will help you ace the practical and aesthetic challenges of...  more details

Type, InDesign, Layout, Creative Suite 3, Guides 		  Adobe-certified instructor and author Claudia McCue shows how tables are easier to use, more flexible, and more intuitive in InDesign than they are in other apps. Claudia arms designers with a...  more details

Collateral, InDesign, Layout, Magazine Design, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4
 
Size Matters! (38:40)
Posted Sep 11, 2009
   How to Build a Logo, Part 2: Image and Space (24:05)
Posted Sep 8, 2009
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 details

Creativity, Color, Type, Layout, Image Selection, Magazine Design, Web Design 		  In the third installment of his "How to Build a Logo" series, professor Alex W. White describes the various ways in which designers can interestingly exploit the complex relationships between image...  more details

Creativity, branding, marketing, promotion, relationships, Logo Design, Case Studies
 
Fixing Photos - Techniques You Should Know (46:23)
Posted Sep 3, 2009
   Masks in Photoshop: The Essentials (55:04)
Posted Sep 1, 2009
Expert photo editor Helen Bradley demonstrates some common fixes for landscape and streetscape photos: removing sensor dust and graffiti, replacing a lackluster sky, erasing unwanted people without...  more details

Photoshop, Image Selection, Stock Photography, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4 		  Award-winning designer and educator Joseph Caserto gives you an extensive overview of masks in Photoshop CS4, incorporating the features and most common applications of quick masks, layer masks,...  more details

Photoshop, Software Tips, Masks, Adobe Creative Suite 4
 
Float Layouts in Photoshop, Part 2 (28:31)
Posted Aug 28, 2009
   Float Layouts in Photoshop, Part 1 (34:13)
Posted Aug 26, 2009
The second half of this series picks up exactly where Part One left off. Geoff Blake outputs his Photoshop layout for Dreamweaver, then concentrates on optimizing the layout using CSS. Adjusting CSS...  more details

dreamweaver, Photoshop, Web Design, Adobe Creative Suite 4 		  Instructor Geoff Blake breaks down the process of creating CSS float layouts. After explaining the fundamentals of floats, Geoff suggests some helpful techniques for effective development of layouts...  more details

dreamweaver, Photoshop, Web Design, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Illustrator, Slicing
 
Worldwide Comedy Club (29:19)
Posted Aug 21, 2009
   10 Tips on Rebranding for Designers (35:15)
Posted Aug 21, 2009
Aliyah Marr's latest inspirational tutorial focuses on the power of humor as a design tool. Her diverse array of hilarious examples drawn from the web includes text-only sites, prime-time TV spots,...  more details

Creativity, branding, marketing, promotion, Copywriting, Web Design 		  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 details

Creativity, branding, marketing, promotion, Color, Case Studies, Client Relations
 
Animated Preloaders in Flash (30:33)
Posted Aug 19, 2009
   Photomerge and HDR Techniques in Photoshop (30:55)
Posted Aug 17, 2009
Design pro and consultant Chris Calabrese guides you through the entire process of coding and customizing a Flash animated preloader for a website. You'll come away from this tutorial with ideas and...  more details

Web Design, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Flash 		  Instructor Helen Bradley supplies a battery of tips on capturing image sequences for HDR and processing them using Photoshop as well as Photomatix Pro, a recommended downloadable application. Helen...  more details

Creativity, Photoshop, Stock Photography, Software Tips, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Photomerge
 
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