Building a Portfolio with Adobe Portfolio

Course details

Adobe Portfolio comes free with any Creative Cloud plan and enables designers to quickly and simply build a website to showcase their creative work. No web design knowledge required! In this course, Rich Harrington provides an overview of Adobe Portfolio, and shows how to create and optimize an online portfolio so it fits your creative style. He shows how to choose a template, customize the site, and import content from Lightroom, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Behance. The course wraps with tips on publishing your portfolio, such as creating a custom domain.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Working with Adobe Portfolio
02 - Using the exercise files

1. Overview of Adobe Portfolio

03 - What Adobe Portfolio is and isn't great for
04 - Floating remote controls and the Editor toolbar

2. Setting Up the Portfolio Site

05 - Choosing your template for a portfolio site
06 - How to customize colors and fonts for your portfolio
07 - How to customize the background of your portfolio
08 - How to customize the layout of your portfolio

3. Adding Items to Your Portfolio

09 - How to save photos for the web from Lightroom
10 - How to save photos for the web from Lightroom Classic
11 - How to save photos for the web from Photoshop
12 - How to save photos for the web from Illustrator
13 - How to add items to a portfolio site
14 - Syncing a Collection from Lightroom to your portfolio
15 - Importing content from Behance
16 - Adding content with embed code

4. Organizing Your Content

17 - Getting organized with Collections
18 - Customizing project covers
19 - Using lightboxes to display content
20 - Using Photo Grid to display content
21 - Adding an external page

5. Other Essential Content and Customizations

22 - Creating an About page
23 - Creating a Contact page and contact form
24 - Using a custom image logo
25 - Editing your site navigation
26 - Adding social links
27 - Customizing your header and footer

6. Publishing Your Adobe Portfolio

28 - Previewing and publishing your portfolio
29 - Making edits and updates after publishing
30 - How to unpublish content
31 - Using a custom domain name for your portfolio
32 - Additional publishing and security controls

Conclusion

33 - Next steps