Introduction
Introduction to graphic design: Projects
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Course requirements
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About the course projects
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1. Photoshop
The Photoshop project
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Creating an artboard document
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Creating a guide layout
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Using wireframe elements
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Challenge: Build the wireframe
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Solution: Build the wireframe
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Populating the frames
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Choosing type
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Using type styles
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Challenge: Using type styles
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Solution: Using type styles
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Creating a color theme
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Using Layer Comps
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Creating alternate layouts
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Exporting assets
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2. Illustrator
The Illustrator project
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Preparatory steps
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Challenge: Choose fonts and colors
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Setting the main text
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Setting the footer text
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Creating an image frame
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Styling the image frame
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Using type on a path
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Challenge: Hierarchy
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Solution: Hierarchy
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Creating a background
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Finishing up
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3. InDesign
Project overview
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Document setup
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Setting margins
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Adding guides
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Challenge: Layout guides
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Solution: Layout guides
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Choosing and pairing fonts
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Challenge: Using in-app capture for colors
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Splitting images for the covers
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Creating tints for the cover flaps
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Adding image content
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Importing and organizing text
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Styling the title block
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Styling the cover quote
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Optical margin alignment
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Setting the back cover text
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Adding character style overrides
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Challenge: Set flap texts
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Solution: Set flap texts
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Creating the spine content
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Adding the publisher's assets
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Exporting assets
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Creating a print finish
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