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Graphic Design for Business Professionals

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Learn basic graphic design principles anyone can use to make business documents more visually appealing.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Using exercise files
  • How to send feedback
  • Challenges explained
1. Core Concepts
  • Understanding the PARC system
  • Challenge: Applying the PARC system
  • Solution: Applying the PARC system
2. Introduction to Typography
  • Understanding the importance of type
  • Finding font inspiration online
  • Challenge: Setting type
  • Solution: Setting type
3. Introduction to Color
  • Understanding the importance of color
  • Finding color inspiration online
  • Challenge: Create a color theme
  • Solution: Create a color theme
4. Project: Designing a Business Card
  • Breaking down business cards
  • Setting up your business-card project
  • Adding graphics to your business card
  • Setting type on your business card
  • Getting your cards professionally printed
5. Project: Designing an Envelope
  • Setting up your envelope project
  • Adding graphics and text to your envelope
  • Printing your envelopes
6. Project: Designing a Flyer
  • Planning your flyer project
  • Adding images to your flyer
  • Adding text to your flyer
  • Styling the text of your flyer
7. Project: Designing a Presentation
  • Storyboarding your slides
  • Styling your master slides
  • Inputting info and data on your slides
  • Working with slide transitions
  • Exporting your slides to PDF
Conclusion
  • Goodbye

Taught by

Justin Seeley

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