Video#1:
Understanding Adobe Photoshop Features You Will Use
(9 minutes and 38 seconds)
Adobe
Photoshop can be a complex tool only because you can
do so much with it, however for in this video series,
we're going to keep it as simple as possible. In fact,
in this video you'll see an overview of the few tools
and Adobe Photoshop features we will use. When you see
this video, you'll see how you can do so much with so
few features, but you'll learn how to use them in depth
in the future videos.
Video#2:
Importance of Royalty Free Images and How
to Find Them
(7 minutes and 39 seconds)
When
you create your own minisites, you'll need to have access
to professional photography to make your designs look
great for whatever subject matter. Well, in this video,
you'll learn the importance of using Royalty free images
and how you can find them to fulfill your needs.
Video#3:
How to Use the Adobe Lasso and Crop Tool
(7 minutes and 35 seconds)
The
Adobe Photoshop lasso and crop tools are the tools that
you'll use to take people and objects out of regular
pictures and put into your minisite designs. I'm sure
you've seen headers with people or objects in them right?
We'll that's where the lasso tool and crop tools come
into play. So you'll learn what they can do for you,
but most importantly how to use them correctly.
Video#4:
How to Work with Layers to Make Art Creation
Easier
(5 minutes and 40 seconds)
Layers
are the big secret to making photos come to life. In
Photoshop you can take several photos and merge them
together to make it looks like it's one picture. At
the same time, layers will make your life as a minisite
creator so much easier, you'll save lots of time. In
this video, you'll learn how to use layers to your advantage.
Video#5:
How to Understand the Art of Balancing Your
Designs
(7 minutes and 59 seconds)
Do
you remember looking at a picture and saying to yourself,
nice picture, it's looks right. Or maybe you thought,
"that picture doesn't look right". We'll this
is when balancing your designs comes into play. If you
learn how to balance your headers, footers, ecovers,
and more correctly you'll learn how to make your minisites
look right when people look at them.
Video#6:
How to Create a Minisite Header
(11 minutes and 14 seconds)
Here's
the fun part. You were shown videos 1-5 for a reason,
that is, to help you understand the basic fundamental
concepts before you got started creating the actual
designs. The best part, is that you can take videos
1-5 and apply them to other things besides just minisites!
So with that said in this video, you'll learn how to
create a professional minisite header using the tools Adobe
Photoshop and what you learned earlier.
Video#7:
How to Create a Minisite E-Book, DVD, E-cover
(9 minutes and 47 seconds)
Just
as it says, you'll learn how to take the header you
designed in the previous video and create an ebook or
dvd ecover. You see, creating the header first allows
you to understand how to easily transfer the designs
to the ecover and balance it out.
Video#8:
How to Create a Minisite Background and Footer
(6 minutes and 41 seconds)
Lastly,
you'll learn how to create the final touches of the
minisite, which is the background and the footer. These
two are very easy to create, because you can use your
learning experience from videos 6 and 7 to transfer
those ideas to video 8. |
No more long evenings and wasted weekends learning the simplest basics. In these
step-by-step videos you learn how design your own mini site, at your own pace, with clear, descriptive guidance, even if you have not used Adobe Photoshop before.
