Build a Stunning Website in Minutes with Adobe Portfolio
Did you know you can have a beautiful, professionally-designed online portfolio up and running tonight for free, if you subscribe to any of Adobe's Creative Cloud plans, including the Photographers Bundle plan? It's called "Adobe Portfolio" and it's included in your Creative Cloud subscription and this course, by Scott Kelby, is designed to take you, step-by-step through the simple process of getting your portfolio up and running right away. You'll be amazed at how full featured Adobe Portfolio is, and how easy it is to pick your template, upload your images, customize your layout, and share it online. It's way better than you'd think.
Release Date: 2016-05-27
Lessons
Introduction
Intro and overview of the built-in templates.
Duration: 3 mins 25 seconds
Photo Galleries
How to create your photo galleries; how to add and delete images, how to reorder your images, and how to choose the cover photos for each album.
Duration: 6 mins 32 seconds
Galleries, Titles, Captions, Navigation
Adding additional galleries; page titles, and captions, along with navigation.
Duration: 6 mins 9 seconds
Adding Additional Galleries
To get to where we need to be in the class (for the next segment) we need to add a couple more galleries.
Duration: 4 mins 26 seconds
Customizing Your Home Page Layouts
Customizing your home page layouts: Changing the order of your Galleries on the home page; hiding galleries; Changing the size and shape of your cover images; and customizing the cover overlays.
Duration: 3 mins 33 seconds
Adding Your Logo
Adding your logo to your portfolio (or just adding your name in type); customizing your navigation; adding social media links; and controlling the look and position of text on your site.
Duration: 4 mins 46 seconds
Trying Different Layouts
Trying different Portfolio layouts; seeing a live preview on desktop, tablets and smartphones.
Duration: 8 mins 28 seconds
Adding a Masthead
How to add a custom splash page (Portfolio calls it a “Masthead”) before they reach your portfolio, and how to include text, buttons, etc.
Duration: 3 mins 31 seconds
Additional Pages
Adding additional pages, like an “About” page, or links to a blog, or embedding videos, and more.
Duration: 4 mins 43 seconds
Global Settings
Choosing the global settings for your page; thing like sending it to your own custom domain; adding Google Analytics; SEO; a custom Favicon; adding password protection for client proofing and more.
Duration: 4 mins 22 seconds