Graphics Expert: Advanced Photoshop and GIMP

Advancing the skills of your graphic design career will certainly pay off, as graphic design is considered one of the most profitable careers on the market. The demand for graphic design tasks is simply ENDLESS!

You will always find business owners or even individuals around you who is constantly searching for graphic designers to do various designs for their venture. Whether you're an expert or a newbie graphic designer, you will always be in demand.

The best part is that graphic designing jobs are mostly required from freelancers, so you will have the most time-freedom and job satisfaction compared to thousands of jobs out there! That's because graphic designer is not bound to an office chair for 8 hours from 9 to 5 o'clock like most people do. You as a graphic designer can do your work from anywhere in the world. Most graphic designers nowadays can simply do their graphic design work, and they can surf the waves of the beautiful ocean in Bali, or enjoy hiking in the mountains of Switzerland or New Zealand...

By taking this concise course that’s brought to you by linCademy, you will learn the advanced graphic design skills using Photoshop and GIMP. Regardless of which software you choose to work with, this course will teach you what will improve and advance your graphic design skills.

This course includes:

·        30 concise, to-the-point lectures without any side talks; you get what you need.

·        16 illustrated lectures on using and applying Photoshop advanced features

·        4 important projects done using Photoshop

·        14 illustrated lectures on using and applying GIMP advanced features

 

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs):

-        Use curves to improve lighting and coloring in Photoshop

-        Adjust contrast, brightness and exposure for better lighting in Photoshop

-        Make photo pop and change colors with hue saturation in Photoshop

-        Create web banner ads in Photoshop

-        Create designs for YouTube in Photoshop

-        Design a Facebook ad in Photoshop

-        Design a Facebook page cover in Photoshop

-        Make typography quotes images in Photoshop

-        Use healing brush in Photoshop

-        Use smart filters in Photoshop

-        Use image dispersion effect in Photoshop

-        Use double exposure effect in Photoshop

-        Use neon text effect in Photoshop

-        Use fire text effect in Photoshop

-        Use lens flare effect in Photoshop

-        Use Lomography effect in Photoshop

-        Do digital black and white conversions in GIMP

-        Color a black and white sketch in GIMP

-        Do tone mapping with colors exposures in GIMP

-        Remove film grain or noise in GIMP

-        Use luminosity masks in GIMP

-        Create a contrast mask in GIMP

-        Change background color in GIMP

-        Use various blur filters for cool effects in GIMP

-        Use selective Gaussian blur to remove noise in GIMP

-        Use various paint tools for different effects in GIMP

-        Use color tools to change parts of the image in GIMP

-        Use path tool to create different shapes in GIMP

-        Install scripts, plug-ins and brushes to GIMP