Illustrator Cc 2018 For Beginners Basics Tricks

Graphic design for beginners including Graphic Design Theories, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, CC & Creative Thinking

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.4

- Graphic design Theories
- color theory
- Composition & layout rules

What you'll learn

Graphic design Theories
color theory
Composition & layout rules
Grid systems
creative thinking
How to use Photoshop in a creative way to create stunning Ads
advertising rules in action while designing
the science behind achieving great visuals
photoshop tools panels & essentials
about typography anatomy & how to use type & fonts properly
How to use Illustrator in a creative way to create brand identity
How to use illustrator to design Logos
business cards
letterheads
envelope..etc
how to present your graphic design work in a great way to easily get your designs approved by clients
saving & exporting different formats
Illustrator tools panels & essentials
How to use Indesign in a creative way to create amazing editorial design
how to create brochures
catalogs & flyers
how to create multipage editorial design up to 16 pages & more
build your own portfolio through the entire course
Get a portfolio template to customize it according to your own style
about printing & screen designs technicals
how to export your designs in different formats
how to create printing PDF & Impositions for your editorial design
you will get tons of design files & assets to assist you in your designs
you will find many exercises to sharped your design skills
you will learn to select & mask images with different techniques including tough areas like Hair
Smoke..etc.
you will learn how to design precisely in Photoshop using design grids & guides.
Work like a professional in Photoshop mastering all Non- destructive techniques.
Create graphics from scratch.
Use the Pen & drawing tools like a professional in Photoshop
Illustrator & Indesign
Master the Different drawing & illustrations tools & techniques
to speed up your workflow & speed up Illustrator performance as well
Know the details of Glyphs
Stylistic Sets
Variable fonts

* Requirements

* No previous experience of graphic design is required
* Photoshop
* Ilustrator
* Indesign

Description

  • Graphic design Theories
  • color theory
  • Composition & layout rules
  • Grid systems
  • creative thinking
  • How to use Photoshop in a creative way to create stunning Ads
  • advertising rules in action while designing
  • the science behind achieving great visuals
  • photoshop tools panels & essentials
  • about typography anatomy & how to use type & fonts properly
  • How to use Illustrator in a creative way to create brand identity
  • How to use illustrator to design Logos, business cards, letterheads, envelope..etc
  • how to present your graphic design work in a great way to easily get your designs approved by clients
  • saving & exporting different formats
  • Illustrator tools panels & essentials
  • How to use Indesign in a creative way to create amazing editorial design
  • how to create brochures, catalogs & flyers
  • how to create multipage editorial design up to 16 pages & more
  • build your own portfolio through the entire course
  • Get a portfolio template to customize it according to your own style
  • about printing & screen designs technicals
  • how to export your designs in different formats
  • how to create printing PDF & Impositions for your editorial design
  • you will get tons of design files & assets to assist you in your designs
  • you will find many exercises to sharped your design skills
  • you will learn to select & mask images with different techniques including tough areas like Hair, Smoke..etc.
  • you will learn how to design precisely in Photoshop using design grids & guides.
  • Work like a professional in Photoshop mastering all Non- destructive techniques.
  • Create graphics from scratch.
  • Use the Pen & drawing tools like a professional in Photoshop, Illustrator & Indesign
  • Master the Different drawing & illustrations tools & techniques
  • to speed up your workflow & speed up Illustrator performance as well
  • Know the details of Glyphs, Stylistic Sets, Variable fonts

Course content

8 sections • 203 lectures

Graphic Design MasterClass Promo Preview 03:48

Graphic Design MasterClass Promo

How to study for this Graphic Design MasterClass (Very Important) Preview 03:37

How to study for this Graphic Design MasterClass (Very Important)

Graphic design Course Resources & facebook group Preview 00:59

Graphic design Course Resources

Color Theory Fundamentals for graphic designers Preview 05:47

Color theories for graphic designers

Graphic design layout composition rules Preview 09:25

Graphic design layout composition rules like balance, focus, contrast

Graphic Design grids (Grid systems) Preview 04:33

Graphic Design grids (Grid systems)

New York Museum of Illusion (visual Illusions for graphic designers) Preview 06:20

New York Museum of Illusion (visual Illusions for graphic designers)

Photoshop Boeing Minimal Design Project Preview 12:10

Photoshop Boeing Minimal Design Project

Photoshop Art boards designs for advertising campaigns (resolution) (Exercise) Preview 17:10

104 Photoshop Art boards & scaling design for advertising campaigns (resolution challenges)(Exercise included)

Photoshop Vodafone Ad Design project Preview 20:07

Vodafone Design project

Dental Clinic Design (photoshop Project)(Part1) Preview 18:04

Dental Design (photoshop Project)(Part1)

Dental clinic Design ( social media photoshop Project)(Part2) Preview 16:56

Social media Advertising Campaign in Photoshop Ad2 (exercise) Preview 02:19

Social media Advertising Campaign in Photoshop Ad3 (exercise) Preview 01:38

Social media Advertising Campaign in Photoshop Ad3 (exercise)

Mercedes Benz Ad design & concept (part1) Preview 22:37

Mercedes Benz Ad design & concept (part1)

Mercedes Benz Ad design & concept (part2) Preview 08:16

Mercedes Benz Ad design & concept (part2)

Juice Brand logo & label design & mock-up customization (part1) Preview 11:02

Photoshop label design

Juice Brand Ad design (part2) Preview 14:41

Juice Brand Ad design (part2)

Juice Brand Ad design (part3) Preview 25:50

Juice Brand Ad design (part2)

Photoshop Nike Ad design Preview 15:36

Photoshop Nike Ad design

Creative Typography design ideas in Photoshop Preview 07:18

Creative Typography design ideas in Photoshop

Logo design concept & Graphic designer's dilemma Preview 04:11

Logo design concept & Graphic designer's dilemma

Brand's logo Design Process in Illustrator Preview 25:43

Brand's logo Design Process in Illustrator

Importance of branding & how to set brand's visual rules Preview 05:09

Importance of branding & how to set brand's visual rules

Design the brand Identity in Illustrator & Logo Option Preview 18:16

Design the brand Identity in Illustrator & Logo Option

Presenting your designs & designing inside mockups (photoshop & Illustrator) Preview 11:59

presenting your designs & designing inside mockups (photoshop & Illustrator)

Illustrator Logos & Full Branding exercise Preview 01:25

Logos & Full Branding exercise

Indesign essentials brochure project Introduction Preview 00:28

Indesign essentials brochure project Introduction

Indesign New Documents & Graphic Design Templates Preview 10:50

Indesign New Documents & Graphic Design Templates

Indesign Workspace tour & familiarization & save Preview 03:25

Indesign Workspace tour & familiarization & save

Indesign Brochure Project: Cover Design (Part1) Preview 20:45

Indesign Brochure Project: Cover Design (Part1)

Indesign Brochure Project: Cover Design (Part2) Preview 16:14

Indesign Brochure Project: Cover Design (Part2)

Indesign Brochure Project: Inside pages Design (design grid) (Part3) Preview 11:00

Indesign Brochure Project: Inside pages Design (design grid) (Part3)

Indesign Brochure Project: Inside pages Design (Part4) Preview 21:23

Indesign Brochure Project: Inside pages Design (Part4)

Indesign Packages & Exporting (Printing Technicals) Preview 09:41

Indesign Packages & Exporting

Indesign 2022 New Updates (New Name for Masterpages) Preview 06:33

Indesign 2022 New Updates (New Name for Masterpages)

Graphic designer Portfolio Introduction Preview 04:03

Graphic designer Portfolio Introduction

Graphic designer Portfolio Cover (5 design options) Preview 13:11

Graphic designer Portfolio Cover (5 design options)

Portfolio Pages (2-3 resume-cv) (text wrap) Preview 18:22

Portfolio Pages (2-3 resume-cv) (text wrap)

Master Pages, gradient tool, page numbering & special characters Preview 26:31

Master Pages, gradient tool, page numbering & special characters

Pages 4,5 (paragraph styles, dynamic design, object style, triangular grid) Preview 19:14

Pages 4,5 (paragraph styles, dynamic design, object style,  triangular grid)

Pages (6,10,11) Tips & tricks: Content placer, content collect, gap tools Preview 15:43

Pages (6,10,11) Tips & tricks: Content placer, content collect, gap tools

Indesign Exercise (Designing Pages & Frame masking techniques) Preview 03:16

Indesign Exercise (Designing Pages & Frame masking techniques)

Indesign Tables (styling, formatting, rounded corners & tricks) Preview 15:27

Indesign Tables (styling, formatting, rounded corners & tricks)

Golden ratio grid, Fibonacci Grids using Indesign Gap tool Preview 07:29

Golden ratio grid, Fibonacci Grids using Indesign Gap tool

Type in depth in indesign (Auto thread, styles, spelling, open type, glyphs) Preview 10:14

Type in depth in indesign (Auto thread, styles, spelling, open type, glyphs)

Indesign Packages, Impositions, pre-checking, preflight, find change & spelling Preview 12:25

Indesign Packages, Impositions, pre-checking, preflight, find change & spelling

The Power of Photoshop Preview 00:43

The Power of Photoshop

Creating Photoshop documents Preview 03:51

Creating Photoshop documents

Photoshop workspaces Preview 08:08

Photoshop workspaces

Navigation in Photoshop Preview 09:04

Navigation in Photoshop

Cropping images Preview 07:17

Cropping images

Color Modes in photoshop Preview 08:55

Color Modes in photoshop

Resolution & enlarging images without losing quality Preview 08:22

Resolution & enlarging images without losing quality

Saving Artwork in different formats (psd,jpeg,psb,tiff,png) Preview 08:57

Saving Artwork in different formats (psd,jpeg,psb,tiff,png)

Photoshop 2022 (Save a Copy & NFT) Preview 01:21

Photoshop 2022 (Save a Copy & NFT)

Layers concept & Handling them Preview 10:40

Layers concept & Handling them

Photoshop's Layers Panel Preview 15:23

Photoshop's Layers Panel

Photoshop 2020 New Layers Navigation Preview 01:08

Photoshop 2020 New Layers Navigation

Unleash creativity with Blend modes Preview 13:08

Unleash creativity with Blend modes

layer styles Preview 10:24

layer styles

Transformation Modes & Tricks Preview 13:41

Transformation Modes & Tricks

Puppet warp in photoshop Preview 06:51

Puppet warp in photoshop

Perspective warp in photoshop Preview 04:42

Perspective warp in photoshop

Align & Distribute in photoshop Preview 03:57

Align & Distribute in photoshop

Mastering Precision in photoshop (guides, grids, rulers, snap) Preview 12:36

Mastering Precision in photoshop (guides, grids, rulers, snap)

Brush basics & color panel & symmetrical drawing in photoshop Preview 15:08

Brush basics & color panel & symmetrical drawing in photoshop

brushes panel & getting cool photoshop brushes Preview 06:40

brushes panel & getting cool photoshop brushes

Creating brushes & brush settings in photoshop Preview 12:25

Creating brushes & brush settings in photoshop

Digital painting Essentials, mixer brush&color replacement brush tools Preview 09:54

Digital painting Essentials, mixer brush&color replacement brush tools

Digital painting Tutorial using Photoshop Preview 09:50

Digital painting Tutorial using Photoshop

Tilde key brush shortcut (Photoshop CC 2020) Preview 01:09

Tilde key brush shortcut (Photoshop CC 2020)

Vector shapes essentials & tools Preview 10:36

Vector shapes essentials & tools

Live shapes & Path operations in photoshop Preview 05:59

Live shapes & Path operations in photoshop

selection concept in Photoshop & basics part1 Preview 12:23

selection concept in Photoshop & basics part1

selection concept in Photoshop & basics part2 Preview 03:48

selection concept in Photoshop & basics part2

Photoshop selection tools part1 Preview 13:12

Photoshop selection tools part1

Photoshop selection tools part2 Preview 05:30

Photoshop selection tools part2

Photoshop Object selection tool & properties panel update 2020 Preview 04:16

Photoshop Object selection tool & properties panel update 2020

Photoshop 2022 Updates (New object selection & Neural filters) Preview 21:00

Photoshop 2022 Updates (Object selection & Neural filters)

Photoshop Masking & Non destructive editing Preview 21:44

Photoshop Masking & Non destructive editing

Focus range combined with Photoshop selection tools Preview 07:24

Focus range combined with Photoshop selection tools

Color range selection & Photoshop photo manipulation techniques Preview 11:21

Color range selection & Photoshop photo manipulation techniques

Photoshop Pen tools & curvature tool & vector masks Preview 14:38

Photoshop Pen tools & curvature tool & vector masks

Soft Edges selection tricks Preview 07:28

Soft Edges selection tricks

Raster smart objects Preview 05:32

Raster smart objects

Vector smart objects & linked files Preview 11:05

Vector smart objects & linked files

Smart Objects To Layers (Photoshop CC 2020) Preview 01:24

Smart Objects To Layers (Photoshop CC 2020)

Updated Presets photoshop 2020 Preview 03:09

Updated Presets photoshop 2020

Smart Filters Preview 13:14

Smart Filters

Photoshop Adjustment Layers Fundamentals Preview 06:47

Photoshop Adjustment Layers Fundamentals

Color Adjustment layers Preview 17:50

Color Adjustment layers

Tonal & contrast Adjustment layers Preview 15:58

Tonal & contrast Adjustment layers

Photoshop filters: Liquify Filter Preview 11:22

Photoshop filters: Liquify Filter

Spot healing brushes & Patch tool Preview 08:04

Spot healing brushes & Patch tool in photoshop

Photoshop Ai: Content Aware move-extend tool Preview 05:34

Photoshop Ai: Content Aware move-extend tool

Photoshop Ai: Content Aware Scaling (Enlarging images without distortion) Preview 11:25

Photoshop Ai: Content-Aware Scaling (Enlarging images without distortion)

Clone Stamp tools & smudge tool Preview 16:05

Clone Stamp tools & smudge tool

Dodge, burn & sponge tools Preview 06:45

Dodge, burn & sponge tools

Photoshop Content Aware fill Preview 05:40

Photoshop Content Aware fill

Photoshop Content Aware fill Update 2020 Preview 01:50

Photoshop Content Aware fill Update 2020

Photoshop Retouching Graphic Design project part1 (Editing (Camera Raw settings) Preview 10:08

Photoshop Retouching project pt1 (Editing (Camera Raw settings))

Photoshop Retouching Graphic Design Project part2 Preview 15:57

Photoshop Retouching project pt2 (body,Skin,hair,shadows highlights))

Photoshop Retouching Graphic Design project Part3 (eyes) Preview 12:49

Photoshop Retouching project Part3 (eyes)

Photoshop Retouching Graphic Design project Part 4 (Professional touches) Preview 01:38

Photoshop Retouching project Part 4 (Professional touches)

Fix & whiten Teeth in Photoshop (Natural look) Preview 06:46

Fix & whiten Teeth in Photoshop (Natural look)

Repairing & coloring damaged images Project in Photoshop part1 Preview 20:00

Repairing & coloring damaged images Project in Photoshop part1

Repairing & coloring damaged images Project in Photoshop part2 Preview 08:44

Repairing & coloring damaged images Project in Photoshop part2

Creating Mockups in Photoshop using Vanishing point Preview 07:21

Creating Mockups in Photoshop using Vanishing point

Clone stamp in Photoshop Vanishing point Preview 06:44

Clone stamp in Photoshop Vanishing point

Font Selection & filtering Preview 05:56

Font Selection & filtering

Character control panel Preview 05:06

Photoshop Character control panel

Paragraph Control Panel Preview 09:06

Paragraph Control Panel

Character & Paragraph Styles in Photoshop Preview 08:13

Character & Paragraph Styles in Photoshop

Text warp & typing on a path Preview 11:23

Text warp & typing on a path

Advanced Type in Photoshop Preview 10:14

Advanced Type in Photoshop

Text Improvements (Photoshop CC 2020) Preview 03:41

Text Improvements (Photoshop CC 2020)

3D Neon Type effect in Photoshop (Nike Ad)(Graphic desgin) Preview 15:36

3D Neon Type effect in Photoshop (Nike Ad)

Creating Animated Gifs & Videos in Photoshop Preview 13:50

Creating Animated Gifs & Videos in Photoshop

Video editing in photoshop (complete video project) Preview 19:38

Video editing in photoshop (complete video project)

Preparing our file for printing & creating Photoshop pdf files Preview 10:07

Preparing our file for printing & creating Photoshop pdf files

Image Optimization & Save for web Preview 07:56

Image Optimization & Save for web

Photoshop CC 2021 New features Preview 05:10

Photoshop CC 2021 New features

Turning images into 3D Using Photoshop Preview 08:51

Turning images into 3D Using Photoshop

Photoshop 3D Layers & moving cameras & elements Preview 16:30

Photoshop 3D Layers & moving cameras & elements

Adding materials & saving photoshop views in 3D Preview 07:03

Adding materials & saving photoshop views in 3D

Photoshop lights in 3D & exporting Preview 11:52

Photoshop lights in 3D & exporting

3D Photoshop Animation Preview 03:25

3D Photoshop Animation

The Power of Adobe Illustrator Preview 01:03

Illustrator Documents Preview 04:21

creating Illustrator Documents 

Illustrator workspaces & Properties Panel Preview 12:52

illustrator workspaces & Properties Panel

Illustrator 2022 Workspace Minor Update Preview 00:54

Illustrator 2022 Workspace Minor Update

Artboards Preview 12:48

Illustrator Navigation & zooming Preview 08:40

illustrator Preferences & Settings Preview 11:38

Illustrator Basic geometric shapes Preview 15:50

Illustrator Basic geometric shapes

Illustrator Transformation & Rotation Preview 11:52


Illustrator Transformation & Rotation

Illustrator Pathfinder & shape builder tool Preview 11:04


Illustrator Pathfinder & shape builder tool

Illustrator Selection tools & methods Preview 09:16


Illustrator Selection tools & methods

grouping elements in illustrator Preview 05:45


grouping elements in illustrator

illustrator Layers Preview 07:51

Illustrator Align & distribute panel Preview 03:55


Illustrator Align & distribute panel

Illustrator Guides & Rulers Preview 11:20


Illustrator Gudies, Guides & Rulers

Exercise: Drawing Basic Geometric shapes Preview 17:03

Illustrator Stroke Panel​​ Preview 09:17

Illustrator Stroke Panel

Illustrator color panels (color, swatches, themes, guide)​​ Preview 18:37

Illustrator color panels( color, swatches, themes, guide)

Illustrator Gradient colors panel Preview 12:34

Illustrator puppet warp tool Preview 03:58

Illustrator puppet warp tool

Illustrator Appearance & Graphic style panels Preview 09:28


Illustrator Appearane & Graphic style panels

Illustrator effects Preview 14:03


Illustrator effects

Illustrator Exercise (Appearance, Graphic Style, Gradients, strokes) Preview 09:13

Illustrator Exercise (Appearance, Graphic Style, Gradients, strokes)

Illustrator Typography Anatomy & Character control Preview 14:33


Illustrator Typography Anatomy & Character control

Illustrator CC 2020 New Features & Updates Preview 08:44

Illustrator Touch type tool Preview 01:59

Illustrator Touch type tool

illustrator Paragraph panel Preview 12:22

Illustrator Fonts (Filtering, Variable, glyphs, stylistic sets, open type panel) Preview 15:36

Illustrator Fonts (Filtering, Variable, glyphs, stylistic sets, open type panel)

Type on a path tools in Illustrator Preview 06:57

Type on a path tools in Illustrator

Illustrator text wrap Preview 02:08

Illustrator text wrap

Illustrator Typography Art directions & trending visual effects (Graphic Design) Preview 14:24

Illustrator Typography Art directions & trending visual effects

Illustrator type envelope distort Preview 04:16

Illustrator type envelope distort

Illustrator Type Exercise (Typography Composition) Preview 02:44

Illustrator Type Exercise (Typography Composition)

Illustrator pencil tool Preview 06:35


Illustrator pencil tool

Illustrator Pen Tools Preview 13:52

Illustrator curvature tool Preview 05:25

Illustrator curvature tool

Illustrator Pen Tools & curvature tool exercise Preview 18:25

Illustrator Pen Tools & curvature tool exercise

Illustrator drawing modifying tools Preview 13:47

Illustrator drawing modifying tools

Illustrator Transform & Liquify tools Preview 09:47

Illustrator Transform & Liquify tools

Illustrator envelope distort Preview 07:12

Illustrator envelope distort

Drawing Symmetric Shapes in Illustrator Preview 08:34

Drawing Symmetric Shapes in Illustrator

Drawing Concentric Symmetrical design Using Illustrator magic Preview 11:03

Drawing Concentric Symmetrical design Using Illustrator magic

Illustrator Brush tool Preview 03:35


Illustrator Brush tool

Drawing modes & blob brush tool Preview 17:23


Drawing modes & blob brush tool

Illustrator Clipping Masks Preview 11:06

Illustrator Clipping Masks

Illustrator Opacity Masks Preview 07:35

Typography Clipping Masks Preview 03:41

Clipping Typography Masks

illustrator live paint bucket tool Preview 08:56

illustrator live paint bucket tool

Recolor Artwork in Illustrator Preview 08:42

Recolor Artwork in Illustrator

Illustrator Exercise: Complex Drawing Preview 08:39

Illustrator Exercise: Complex Drawing

Illustrator Complex Drawing techniques explained (Graphic Design complex work) Preview 14:55

Illustrator Complex Drawing techniques explained

Illustrator Art Brushes Preview 13:42

Illustrator Art Brushes

Illustrator Scatter Brush Preview 09:34

Illustrator Scatter Brush

Illustrator Bristle Brush Preview 06:56

Illustrator Bristle Brush

Illustrator Calligraphic brush Preview 09:36

Illustrator Calligraphic brush

Illustrator Pattern brush Preview 07:35

Illustrator Pattern brush

Illustrator Images brushes Preview 09:18

Illustrator Images brushes

Illustrator Exercise: Brushes to create full Graphic Design Project Preview 03:24

Illustrator Exercise: Brushes

Illustrator blend tool Preview 10:22

Illustrator blend tool

Illustrator Symbols & creating a symbol system Preview 11:42

Illustrator Symbols & creating a symbol system

Patterns in Illustrator Preview 09:05

Patterns in Illustrator

Illustrator perspective drawing Preview 12:19

Illustrator perspective drawing

Illustrator Graphs Preview 14:46

Illustrator Graphs

handling images in illustrator (Essential for Graphic Designers) Preview 15:28

learn how to manage images in illustrator

Images Preparation before tracing in Illustrator Preview 06:52

Images Preparation before tracing in Illustrator

Tracing images in illustrator Preview 12:30

Tracing images in illustrator

Enhancing traced Vectors & coloring hints Preview 06:29

Enhancing traced Vectors & coloring hints

Illustrator Exercise (Images) Preview 03:23

Illustrator Exercise (Images)

Exporting illustrator files & save for web Preview 06:50


exporting illustrator files & save for web

Preparing & exporting illustrator file for printing Preview 06:44

Preparing & exporting illustrator file for printing

Illustrator Asset Export panel Preview 01:52

Illustrator Asset Export panel

Illustrator export for screens, save for web & Archiving files Preview 08:59

Illustrator export for screens, save for web & Archiving files

Illustrator CC 2021 New features & updates Preview 05:46

Illustrator CC 2021 New features & updates

Illustrator CC 2022 Updates New 3D panel & Material Preview 10:09

Illustrator CC 2022 Updates New 3D panel & Material

UNLOCK MORE DESIGN SKILLS (Bonus Lecture) Preview 02:00