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Designing for Social Media

by Gary Simon15 Jul 2014

Lessons:15Length:2.2 hours

Graphic Design Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Social Media Branding

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Introduction

01:18

In this course, Gary Simon will show you how to effectively design branding and advertising materials for use on social media outlets including Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube.

The practical component of this course contains two hands-on projects, where you'll use Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator to create comprehensive branding resources for two very different brands. If you're looking to learn the design requirements of each different social media site, how to design to their strengths, and how to establish a strong social media presence for your client's brand—this is the course for you!

1.Introduction
1 lesson, 01:18

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1.1
Introduction
01:18

2.Social Media Design Specifications
3 lessons, 32:43

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2.1
Facebook Overview and Template Creation
10:02

2.2
Twitter Overview and Template Creation
12:01

2.3
Google Overview and Template Creation
10:40

3.Hands-On Social Media Design: Project 1
5 lessons, 54:08

3.1
Constructing a Social Media Design
07:51

3.2
Designing for Facebook in Photoshop (SwoleMax)
11:25

3.3
Designing for Twitter in Photoshop (SwoleMax)
09:27

3.4
Designing for Google in Photoshop (SwoleMax)
15:52

3.5
Uploading & Testing Social Media Design (SwoleMax)
09:33

4.Hands-On Social Media Design: Project 2
5 lessons, 42:15

4.1
Constructing a Social Media Design Strategy for Lampify
03:17

4.2
Designing for Facebook in Photoshop (Lampify)
10:26

4.3
Designing for Twitter in Photoshop (Lampify)
08:45

4.4
Designing for Google in Photoshop (Lampify)
10:52

4.5
Uploading & Testing Social Media Design (Lampify)
08:55

5.Conclusion
1 lesson, 01:18

5.1
Project Overview
01:18

Gsimon

Gary Simon has a 1 year old daughter named Natalie, and a beautiful wife Stephanie. He has two other interests aside from his internet business, which are fitness/lifting and being a hobby musician.

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