A mockup is a presentation – image of a product that does not (yet) exist. You are going to create a mockup of one of your works using a downloaded template. Below you can see examples of the enormous amount of templates you can find online. Time: 30 minutes
There are many ways to correct color in Photoshop. Choosing the right approach depends on the properties of your image. Below you’ll find a couple of images that have a problem with color. Try to correct these as well as you can. Follow along with the steps in the description to discover different methods. Time: …
InDesign gives you more automation in the form of a generated table of contents. It looks for headers in a particular paragraph style throughout your document. The pagenumbers where these headers are found are added to your table of contents. Time: 30 minutes Continue from the previous exercise Steps: Tip: Whenever you make changes to …
InDesign gives you control over the layout of your body text and your headers by using ‘paragraph styles’. These offer you a great deal of control and automation. Time: 20 minutes Continue from the previous exercise Steps: Open your work from the previous exercise. Now that you have created a layout with some dummy content, …
When you create a design with images and text in InDesign you create a document that is depending on linked content. Any font or image you use is not saved in your working document, but instead is linked to from within your document. So when you wish to save everything as a transferable collection, you …
InDesign places images in your document as linked files. This means whenever you edit the image file outside of InDesign, it will be updated within InDesign. Indesign uses the relative file path to find linked files. If you change the location (path) between your INDD document and the linked files, these links break. They need to …
Masterpages let you handle elements that occur throughout your document, such as headers, footers and pagination. Time: 15 minutes Continue from the previous exercise Steps: Choose Window > Pages if the Pages palette is not showing Double-click the A master Use the Type Tool to drag a small text-frame that will contain the page number …
Whenever you start a new project in InDesign you need to set up your document. The right settings depend on whatever your document is for. In this exercise we will set up a small 8 page booklet for print. Time: 15 minutes Steps: Open InDesign an choose File > Open Click the Print tab. Click …
For this exercise we are going to assume that you are a freelance designer. You need to promote your services through different channels, such as a website, business cards, mailings, etc. You need to stick out and be remembered. What you need… is a logo. Time: 150 minutes Steps Materials: Presentation: Logo Design Hand in: …
When working with vectors, Illustrator is your weapon of choice. Whether it is logo design, pattern design, illustration, architectural or even technical design, Illustrator offers many different tools to suit your needs. Let’s take a look at some of the basics. Time: 90 minutes In this exercise we will address the following subjects: Patterns Opacity …