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POD Squad Graphic Design and Photoshop/Illustrator Training
Where to start
Where to start (4:27)
Graphic design tutorials
GD1 - Four principles of design (1:38)
GD2 - Contrast (5:05)
GD3 - Repetition (2:12)
GD4 - Alignment (3:03)
GD5 - Proximity (3:41)
GD6 - Pairing fonts (5:06)
GD7 - Making the fonts and colors match the phrase (9:34)
GD8 - Vectors vs. rasters (8:31)
GD9 - Resolution - 300 vs. 72 ppi (4:16)
GD10 - Stealing like an artist (3:34)
GD11 - Word cloud designs, grouping in Illustrator (14:17)
GD12 - Examples of matching font to feel (2:44)
GD13 - Composition video #1 - Rule of thirds (7:37)
GD14 - Composition video #2 - Framing design (5:31)
GD15 - Composition video #3 - Leading the eye (5:02)
GD16 - Composition video #4 - Incorporating text and graphics (7:18)
GD17 - Composition video #5 - Overall shape (4:57)
GD18 - Composition video #6 - Changing text orientation (4:23)
Graphic design quick tips
GD QT 1 - Creating artwork at largest possible size (3:05)
GD QT 2 - Choosing fonts with Wordmark (2:12)
GD QT 3 - Jpg format is lossy (3:21)
GD QT 4 - No stretching fonts (1:58)
GD QT 5 - Line breaks and proximity (2:06)
GD QT 6 - Keeping a swipe file (1:10)
Photoshop tutorials
PS1 - Creating new document (4:10)
PS2 - DOGS ARE AWESOME Design - Basic tools such as move tool, text tool, and zoom tool, foreground and background colors (4:08)
PS3 - DOGS ARE AWESOME Design - Layers palette, hiding and showing layers, transparency, file formats (4:05)
PS4 - DOGS ARE AWESOME Design - Merch template vs. mine, shirt colors, hiding name (6:28)
PS5 - DOGS ARE AWESOME Design - Changing, choosing, and pairing fonts, wordmarkit (10:55)
PS6 - DOGS ARE AWESOME Design - Getting inspiration for graphics, free sources (4:46)
PS7 - DOGS ARE AWESOME Design - Pixabay, placing graphics, selecting, magic wand, filling with color, kerning (9:47)
PS8 - DOGS ARE AWESOME Design - Kerning, transforming to resize, positioning and coloring text (3:20)
PS9 - DOGS ARE AWESOME Design - Checking design size and placement, magic wand, stroke, elliptical marquee, copying, rotating (13:23)
PS10 - I LOVE KNITTING Design - Filling text with a photo, choosing the fonts (8:24)
PS11 - I LOVE KNITTING Design - Filling text with a photo, drop shadow, stroke, rotating objects, hex colors (14:04)
PS12 - I LOVE KNITTING Design - Pasting as smart object, copying, rotating (7:53)
PS13 - Tilting individual letters within words (5:44)
PS14 - Creating your own scatter brush (3:54)
PS15 - Using gradients (4:01)
PS16 - Styles palette (3:29)
PS17 - OCEAN CIRCLES Design - Circles filled with photo, elliptical marquee (11:01)
PS18 - YOU WOULDN'T SURVIVE Design - How to distress text with a layer mask (4:11)
PS19 - Filling text with a pattern, creating your own patterns (4:37)
PS20 - Two ways to fill text with a gradient (3:34)
PS21 - Filling text with pattern AND gradient (2:06)
PS22 - Curving text in a circle (7:45)
PS23 - Running filters on images (5:21)
PS24 - YOU WOULDN'T SURVIVE Design - Distressing by using a texture overlay (2:23)
PS25 - YOU WOULDN'T SURVIVE Design - Creating a double burst shape with polygonal lasso (4:06)
PS26 - MY CHOICE IS PEACE Design (watch between IL5 and IL6) - Selecting in Illustrator, lIquefying a gradient, pasting and making changes to a smart object (7:03)
PS27 - MY CHOICE IS PEACE Design - Making text into vector shapes, warping text manually (8:47)
PS28 - MY CHOICE IS PEACE Design - Select inverse, creating stars with polygon tool, image levels (7:25)
PS29 - Using custom shapes and making your own (4:45)
PS30 - Fonts with alternate styles (glyphs) (5:16)
PS31 - DANCY PANTS Design - Glyphs, move tool with cursor activated, rasterize, lasso tool (7:40)
PS32 - DANCY PANTS Design - Making words form part of image, opacity, lasso tool, brush tool (7:35)
PS33 - OFFISHALLY CONFUSED Design - Vignette inside shape, feathering selection, select inverse, clipping mask (8:30)
PS34 - OFFISHALLY CONFUSED Design - Magnetic lasso, add and subtract, save selection, vignette (10:07)
PS35 - OFFISHALLY CONFUSED Design - Choosing fonts that fit the feel (13:20)
PS36 - OFFISHALLY CONFUSED Design - Saturation, adjustment layers, gradient stroke (7:08)
PS37 - Aligning layers of design (3:21)
PS38 - Putting text on a heart-shaped path (11:24)
PS39 - Using filters on a photo to create watercolor look (5:46)
PS40 - Colorizing black and white photo with watercolor (8:33)
PS41 - Typing text on an uneven path, choosing fonts (6:31)
PS42 - Resizing Merch design for mug (3:46)
Photoshop quick tips
PS QT 1 - Resizing image to window and to actual size (1:51)
PS QT 2 - Filling outline font with color, magic wand (1:32)
PS QT 3 - Content-aware fill (1:48)
PS QT 4 - What to do when you accidentally fill entire image with color, locking layers (0:53)
PS QT 5 - Using contiguous box with magic wand, tolerance, adding to a selection (1:05)
PS QT 6 - Adding a texture to distress image, using overlay blending mode (1:03)
PS QT 7 - Keeping things on separate layers (1:14)
PS QT 8 - Selecting objects with the polygonal lasso tool (1:17)
PS QT 9 - Putting a triangle shape behind words using polygonal lasso (3:00)
PS QT 10 - Basic way to warp text (0:35)
PS QT 11 - Marquee styles (ex.: resizing Merch shirt to hoodie size) (1:34)
PS QT 12 - Making document (canvas) bigger, reset dialog box (ex.: changing Merch hoodie to shirt size) (3:03)
PS QT 13 - Quickly choosing layers with Auto-Select Layer, layer groups (1:30)
PS QT 14 - Two ways to crop an image (1:00)
PS QT 15 - Two ways to move text using text tool (0:56)
PS QT 16 - Fast way to change text color (1:25)
PS QT 17 - Coloring certain graphics with gradient (1:34)
PS QT 18 - Drop shadow alternatives, transparency issues, stroke, layer offset (2:46)
PS QT 19 - Defining a gradient stroke, creating a gradient with abrupt color change (2:47)
PS QT 20 - Favoriting fonts in Photoshop (1:33)
PS QT 21 - Character palette sliders (1:23)
Illustrator tutorials
IL1 - Creating a document for Merch (2:25)
IL2 - Creating basic shapes and lines (2:44)
IL3 - Shape colors, stroke and fill, color picker, gradients, saving swatches, color palette (2:53)
IL4 - Rearranging shapes in front of or behind others, layers (2:41)
IL5 - MY CHOICE IS PEACE Design - Fitting text into shapes, drawing line segments, using pathfinder to divide, ungroup, selections (6:03)
IL6 - MY CHOICE IS PEACE Design - Manipulating selection points and handles with direct selection tool (9:42)
IL7 - Pen tool - straight lines (5:29)
IL8 - Pen tool - curved lines (4:37)
IL9 - EKG line with word (12:22)
IL10 - Making basic heart shapes (6:26)
IL11 - Image trace - making a vector from a photo (5:17)
Illustrator quick tips
IL QT 1 - Changing artboard size (0:52)
IL QT 2 - Basic blend from one object to another (0:57)
Design critiques and makeovers
DC1 - I LIFT SO I DON’T CHOKE PEOPLE Shirt Design - Font choice, centering, leading, guides and rulers (7:41)
DC2 - I’M JUST HERE TO PET ALL THE CATS Shirt Design - Curved text, alignment, all caps vs. upper and lowercase (4:16)
DC3 - I DO THIS FOR THE MONEY Mug Design - Proofreading, word order, size (1:52)
DC4 - SAVE THE EARTH Mug Design - Confusion, proximity, distracting background (1:34)
DC5 - 3 RULES OF LIFE Pillow Design - Boring type, random alignment (1:37)
DM1 - FOOTBALL SEASON STARTED Shirt Design - Football, pen tool, smart objects, alignment (29:17)
DM2a - NEVER GIVE UP - font contrast, alignment, tracking (13:32)
DM2b - NEVER GIVE UP - Colorizing text (6:22)
Print-on-demand platform tutorials
GB1 - Uploading mug to Gearbubble, creating mockups (12:57)
GB2 - Integrating products from Gearbubble to eBay, Shopify, Amazon (1:34)
GB3 - How to end or relaunch a campaign in Gearbubble (1:40)
MBA1 - How to upload a design to Merch, MerchLister Pro, PrettyMerch extension, keywords, brand names, Manage tab (11:33)
PF1 - Connecting your Etsy shop with Printful (1:33)
KDP1 - How to upload a low-content journal or book to KDP (29:47)
Sales platform tutorials
EB1 - eBay: Creating template for mugs, listing, keywords, photos, mockups (9:39)
ET1 - Etsy: Setting up shop and listing a product (9:39)
ET2 - Etsy: Dashboard, how to get paid, viewing your listings, setting up shipping (5:57)
SH1 - Shopify: Setting up a Shopify store with an overview of all the options and settings (10:25)
General Productivity and Computer Tips
GT1 - Clipboard managers for copying and pasting, using Paste software (5:11)
GT2 - Managing fonts with FontBase, installing fonts, Open Type vs. True Type, Fontbook, collections, activating fonts (17:59)
GT3 - Categorizing fonts with FontBase, collection examples, deleting fonts (16:19)
GT4 - Using bookmarks in Chrome (5:42)
GT5 - Using your browser's search feature to find things on Teachable (0:56)
GT6 - Using Merch Resize to resize Merch designs for hoodies and PopSockets (1:25)
Downloads
POD Resources
Design Jumpstart
Texture Packs
Vector Packs
Font pairing examples
Merch templates
KDP Interiors, Patterns, and Cover Plates
Logo Tips: How to Prevent Your Business or Blog Logo From Looking Amateurish
GD4 - Alignment
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