The halftone effect can spice up any of your designs and the process is pretty simple. The layer can be used on all sorts of designs including both text and images. One of my favorite ways to use it is to place it over photos when I’m making zines.
Learn how to perfect the halftone effect in under ten minutes with this video!
The pathfinder tool can be useful in uniting and editing simple objects into more complex designs. This demo shows how to make famous logos using only pathfinder.
Learn how to wrap text around an irregular silhouette in Adobe Illustrator in this 30 second TikTok.
LinkedIn Learning/Lynda is a site that offers video courses taught by experts about business skills, software skills, and for what you are probably here for… creative skills!
As Simmons students, we have access to the site which is a great resource for learning and freshening up on skills. There are courses on Adobe programs, specific skills and techniques, networking, productivity, industry standards, the list goes on.
In order to access the site, head over to lynda.com (LinkedIn Learning) and follow the “sign-in” link. From there, choose the option “sign in with your organization portal” using your Simmons login and password.
Voila!
The full courses can be rather long, but they are broken up into digestible sections that are a few minutes long.
Take this Illustrator 2021 Essential Training course for example.
The full course is 5.5 hours…
But the sections are only a few minutes each.
If you are looking to learn something specific, you can browse through the contents of the course and jump to where you need to be.
Per usual, the Lab Agents are always here to help you out and walk you through any issues you may be having. Happy learning!
So you’ve used the pen tool to make some cool line art, or you’ve made it in ProCreate and brought it over to Photoshop and you realize the lines aren’t as thick/thin as you need them to be…
Don’t panic – theres a quick fix for that.
(It works for images you have scanned in too!)
The process doesn’t take longer than 30 seconds, and this 2 minute video teaches you exactly how to do it.
Get an introduction to creating vector art in Adobe Fresco with this video tutorial.
In Comm 246: Digital Imaging for Design you will be using the iPad and the app Procreate. There are also some Brushes you may hear Prof Grabiner refer too. Check below for how you can get them for yourself.
Procreate is an iPad specific drawing app. You can get it from the app store for $9.99. It’s totally worth it if you like drawing, making some small graphic design projects or GIFs and other easy animations. You can exported you work as a .psd file so you can edit in Adobe Photoshop on your computer.
You can buy it in the app store the link is here:
There are two types of brushes that we have for the CommLab iPads below are links to where you can get them for yourself if you want.
