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Multi Me

In this exercise you will learn to merge parts of photos using masking and a little color correction. You take a series of photos from the same camera position, while only the subject moves to a different position each time. Then you merge all these photos into one image. And the subject? That’s you! Time: …

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A Deck of Cards

In this exercise you will design a couple of cards from a full deck of cards. Together with the class we’ll design all 52 playing cards. To get a playable deck of cards, we need to set out some rules and guidelines as a framework. Within this framework you’re free to do whatever you like. …

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A Simple Booklet

You’re going to create a simple booklet with styled headings and body text. This exercise is a basic guide, you can add more complexity and customization to the booklet by adding more pages, more images, and more style variations. You can experiment with different layouts, typography, color, and image manipulation options and explore other features …

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A Simple Poster

You’re going to create a simple poster using text and images. This exercise is a starting point, feel free to experiment with different layouts, typography, color and image manipulation options, and to explore all the features and tools in Indesign. Time: 60 minutes

A Simple Brochure

You’re going to create a simple brochure using text and images. This exercise is a starting point, feel free to experiment with different layouts, typography, color and image manipulation options, and to explore all the features and tools in Indesign. Time: 60 minutes

A Simple Layout

You’re going to create a simple layout using text and images. This exercise is a starting point, feel free to experiment with different layouts, typography, color and image manipulation options, and to explore all the features and tools in Indesign. Time: 30 minutes Set up Text Image Layout and Finishing up

Excalibur

In Photoshop, you can make something glow as if it were a light itself. You can also create lighting by working with adjustment layers and masks. In this exercise you will make the sword Excalibur glow as if it possesses magic power…

Gradients In Depth

With the Gradient Tool you can choose from 3 types of gradients: Linear, Radial or Freeform. But what if none of these offer you a solution? Then you can think of merging multiple gradients. Or maybe a Gradient Mesh is the solution.

Art Brushes

The Paintbrush Tool is one of the oldest tools next to the Pen Tool. The Pen Tool works with Bézier curves, which gives tight curves, but doesn’t look like drawing by hand. The Paintbrush is more like drawing in that respect: the line simply follows the brush tip. There are different types of brushes that …

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