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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Shows how to attract attention with the layout formats of Picture Window, Silhouette, Square Zero, Mondrian, Closure, Oversizing, Juxtaposition, Surrealism, and Shock. Discusses how graphic designers direct attention within an ad by using the layout techniques of “diagonal”, “standard”, “C”, “Z”, “overlapping”, and “spatial progression.” Concludes with a special section on the importance and use of headlines and sub-headlines....
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to design responsive layouts with HTML and CSS, including the latest standards: Flexbox and Grid.
Responsive design demands that websites adapt to the device they are displayed on. Responsive layout is key, and HTML and CSS now offer features that make it easier than ever to create layouts that will work well on a wide range of devices and screen sizes. In this course, Clarissa Peterson covers the basics of designing responsive website...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Find out how well you know CSS Layout techniques, and maybe learn more along the way!
This course with Morten Rand-Hendriksen tests your knowledge with 15 CSS layout challenges exploring the opportunities and intricacies presented by modern CSS layout modules. Challenges range in scope from component-level layouts like horizontal menus to sitewide layouts and responsive layouts across multiple viewport widths. If you want to see how your skills stack...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Learn why grids are so important and how to use them to create strong and consistent designs.
In this installment of Foundations of Layout and Composition, Sean Adams applies his patented illustrative teaching approach to grids: the tool that defines the underlying structure and central proportions of any design. He begins by explaining what a grid is and why it is such an important tool to use in design. He then breaks down the anatomy of grids...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Get hands-on practice with some of the most powerful CSS features.
In this course, instructor Julia Dyck shows you how to create responsive web layouts that adapt to any screen size and provide a seamless user experience. Join Julia as she shows you how to design modular layouts using CSS grids and Flexbox, and adapt them to different screen widths using media queries. She provides an introduction to the basics of grid layouts, explains how to make...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Handle most layout scenarios for your Windows applications with WPF layout panels. Learn how to use six core layout panels, size and position elements, and create custom panels.
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) in Visual Studio 2015 provides developers with a unified programming model for building modern applications on Windows. In this course, expert developer Walt Ritscher steps you through the details of how to create rich Windows user experiences...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Take an advanced look at universal composition and layout principles. Explore techniques and concepts that can help you craft unexpected, visually intriguing design solutions.
Build on what you learned in Graphic Design Foundations: Layout and Composition by taking a more advanced look at universal composition and layout principles. Instructor Sean Adams starts by teaching basic compositional elements, such as shape, color, and negative space. He...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Shows how to create fixed-width EPUBs to sell in the iBookstore.
Join author Anne-Marie Concepción, as she shows how to create fixed-width EPUBs to sell in the iBookstore. The course explores the fixed-layout EPUB format and files, providing a quick-start EPUB template to download, examine, and use to build simple fixed-layout files right away. The course explains how to get content from PDFs and InDesign files into an EPUB, demonstrates editing...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Learn to create compelling layout and compositions with Adobe InDesign.
This course presents key design concepts and techniques that you can use to improve your designs. Designer Nigel French takes you through a series of projects to help you sharpen your layouts and compositions with Adobe InDesign. Nigel uses business cards to show you how to arrange multiple elements in a small space and have them be both readable and visually compelling. Next,...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Effective design and production techniques utilizing the best features of InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
Building a great magazine layout can be a time-consuming and difficult process, and can involve working with a number of applications and perhaps a group of designers to achieve a satisfactory result. In Designing a Magazine Layout, graphic designer and Adobe Certified Instructor Nigel French teaches effective design and production techniques...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to design compelling and effective marketing collateral, including brochures, business cards, posters, media kits, and promotional pieces like holiday cards and swag.
Marketing collateral gives your audience a chance to hold something in their hand, get important news right from their mailbox, and encounter your product or idea on a poster in a public place. Sean Adams, cofounder of renowned design firm AdamsMorioka, helps you make the...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to create stronger, clearer, more attention-grabbing designs by understanding the how, why, and when of layout and composition.
Layout and composition are the building blocks of graphic design. A strong composition will attract attention, clarify understanding, and engage the viewer whether the project is a print- or screen-based project, a still or motion graphic, a 3D or 2D graphic. This course explains the elements, principles, and tools...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to link SketchUp with LayOut to transform your 3D model and generate high-quality plans, sections, and elevations for use with planning and construction.
In this installment of the SketchUp for Architecture series, Paul J. Smith demonstrates how to link SketchUp with LayOut to transform your 3D model and generate high-quality plans, sections, and elevations for use with planning and construction. This course, which focuses on linking the...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to set up and create a magazine template using Adobe InDesign. Graphic designer Nigel French explains body text, headlines, subheads, and images.
Each element of a magazine should support and work in harmony with the other elements. This course deconstructs the elements that make up a typical magazine layout. Looking at examples from newsstand magazines, it examines the purpose of body text, headlines, subheads, captions, straplines, and...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Learn to create interactive fixed-layout EPUBs in InDesign CC, and preserve your design's integrity across multiple browsers and ereaders.
Create a fixed-layout EPUB with InDesign CC and preserve your design's integrity across multiple browsers and ereaders. In this course, Anne-Marie Concepción compares fixed-layout EPUBs to their "reflowable" counterparts; shows how to optimize your existing text and graphics to work in a fixed layout; and demonstrates...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to use Auto Layout programmatically to create user interfaces for multiple iOS devices.
Auto Layout offers a constraint-based design approach that allows iOS developers to create user interfaces for multiple devices. If you're using Swift Playgrounds or need portable and modular code, programmatic Auto Layout is your prime choice. In this course, instructor Steven Lipton talks about the different options you have to create constraints programmatically...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to create custom layouts for your Drupal installation.
Take a detailed look at the custom layouts you can create for your Drupal installation. In this course, instructor Rod Martin steps you through the full process, from a basic layout to customizing navigation menus. Rod begins with a look at a basic layout, then explores how to arrange displays. He explains how you can use block types. Rod shows you how to install the layout builder...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Excellent for any course in advertising, advertising creative or graphic design. Suggests the proper space allocation for the illustration, headline, copy and logo. Discusses whether to use a photograph or original art for the illustration. Covers headline issues such as overprinting, reverse type and typefaces. Shows examples of the optical center, symmetrical and asymmetrical balance and the Kodak "role of thirds." Covers the layout techniques of...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Get a great primer of typography and layout for the aspiring graphic designer.
As a graphic designer, you need to be able to design with type in common scenarios like novels, manuals, brochures, posters, and book and magazine covers. While the design principles are essentially the same, each scenario is unique. There are certain formats and conventions that need to be adhered to (or at least acknowledged) and certain techniques and approaches that...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Learn to create more compelling layouts with Adobe InDesign using contrast, repetition, hierarchy, and scale.
Many designers overlook the importance of composition—it's one of the tasks they do every day. But there are many techniques that you can use to help improve your designs at this fundamental level. Join designer Nigel French as he takes you through a series of real-world projects (business cards, magazines, posters, ads, and book covers)...
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