Deconstructing Design in Photoshop
Take inspiration from good design and make it your own. Join Dave Clayton as he takes you into Photoshop and demonstrates how you can start with an existing design and build on top of it to make something completely unique as a tool to help you learn and improve your craft. When you learn an instrument you play other people’s music, when you learn to cook you use other people’s recipes, and it is no different when you are learning design. In this class you’ll learn how to find inspiration, extract from PDFs, add vector images, incorporate stock photos into your design, work with templates, as well as tips and techniques for adding all the final touches needed to create a complete design.
Release Date: 2017-06-01
Lessons
Inspiration Sources
Join Dave as he introduces the class and gets things started by finding a source of inspiration that we can build on.
Duration: 14 mins 35 seconds
Adding a Logo
Choosing a vector image for your logo provides more flexibility when it comes to printing.
Duration: 8 mins 23 seconds
Incorporating a Person into the Design
Adding a photo of a person to your design may involve extracting them from the background.
Duration: 6 mins 18 seconds
Adding Final Elements
The design has really come along with text, background, and logo, so Dave finishes off the design with some final elements before saving it out.
Duration: 5 mins 10 seconds
Working with Templates
Dave wraps up the class with a look at where to find templates, and how to work with them to create designs.
Duration: 3 mins 18 seconds