Graphic Design for Business Professionals
2h 9mBeginner2014-04-17
Authors

Justin Seeley
Graphic Designer, Software Trainer
Course details
Not a graphic designer? No problem. In this course, staff author and designer Justin Seeley shares graphic design secrets anyone can apply to make their business documents look great. No graphic design knowledge necessary!
Justin breaks graphic design into an easy-to-follow acronym, PARC, or proximity, alignment, repetition, and contrast, and shows how to apply these principles to everyday design challenges. He also shows how to use the two major tools in a designer's arsenal, typography and color, to grab attention and set the appropriate mood for your documents. Then you'll work together on four different design projects that you might encounter in any office: a business card, an envelope, a flyer, and even a presentation.
Learning objectives
Applying the PARC system to design projects
Selecting and setting type
Creating a color theme
Adding images and illustrations
Preparing projects to be professionally printed
Designing a slideshow, business card, or flyer
Justin breaks graphic design into an easy-to-follow acronym, PARC, or proximity, alignment, repetition, and contrast, and shows how to apply these principles to everyday design challenges. He also shows how to use the two major tools in a designer's arsenal, typography and color, to grab attention and set the appropriate mood for your documents. Then you'll work together on four different design projects that you might encounter in any office: a business card, an envelope, a flyer, and even a presentation.
Learning objectives
Applying the PARC system to design projects
Selecting and setting type
Creating a color theme
Adding images and illustrations
Preparing projects to be professionally printed
Designing a slideshow, business card, or flyer
Skills covered
Design BusinessDrawingSmall Business and EntrepreneurshipPersonaGraphic DesignAnimation and Illustration
Concepts
Introduction
- Welcome
- Using exercise files
- How to send feedback
- Challenges explained
Core Concepts
- Understanding the PARC system
- Challenge - Applying the PARC system
- Solution - Applying the PARC system
Introduction to Typography
- Understanding the importance of type
- Finding font inspiration online
- Challenge - Setting type
- Solution - Setting type
Introduction to Color
- Understanding the importance of color
- Finding color inspiration online
- Challenge - Create a color theme
- Solution - Create a color theme
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
Project - Designing an Envelope
- Setting up your envelope project
- Adding graphics and text to your envelope
- Printing your envelopes
Project - Designing a Flyer
- Planning your flyer project
- Adding images to your flyer
- Adding text to your flyer
- Styling the text of your flyer
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