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Designing Posters

Nicki HartLessons: 17Length: 2 hours
Graphic Design Adobe InDesign
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1.1 Course Overview

Welcome to Poster Design. This course will guide you through everything you need to get started designing professional posters in a variety of sizes. We’ll cover three different designs, including the classic movie and character posters, plus an event poster.

1.Introduction
5 lessons, 21:50

1.1
Course Overview
01:52

1.2
Basic Elements of a Poster
05:06

1.3
Organizing Content
06:33

1.4
Choosing a Size
06:09

1.5
Photoshop vs InDesign
02:10

2.Using One Image: The Movie Poster
6 lessons, 56:00

2.1
Creating the Document
09:50

2.2
Background and Image Layout
09:44

2.3
Text Formatting & Type
10:34

2.4
Wrapping up the Design
12:21

2.5
Create a Character Poster Part One
07:21

2.6
Create a Character Poster Part Two
06:10

3.Using Multiple Images: The Event Poster
3 lessons, 29:39

3.1
Choosing & Placing Images
10:48

3.2
Layout Design Part One
08:49

3.3
Layout Design Part Two
10:02

4.Exporting & Printing
2 lessons, 12:41

4.1
Exporting a PDF
03:47

4.2
Printing Options
08:54

5.Conclusion
1 lesson, 01:34

5.1
Final Thoughts
01:34

Nicki Hart
Nicki Hart
Nicki is Owner/Creative Director of Multi-Designs. She works with clients on web, print, photography and new media projects specializing in complete marketing campaigns for authors. She currently works with clients all over the world. She shares design tips and tutorials through Digital Hart Studios’s latest venture, Design Like a Pro, on Youtube and Tuts+ .
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