Design Courses Online

 

Commercial Art

Intro to Graphic Design
Free
by Sean Berg, Designer, Entrepreneur and Design lover
22.9K students 1.5K active students (236 Reviews)


Design a Letterhead
Free
by Tara Roskell, Graphic Designer 20+ Years Industry Experience
11.6K students 199 active students (155 Reviews)


Logo Design Fundamentals
Free
by Andrew Boehm, Growing business online
4.1K students 487 active students (11 Reviews)


Figure Drawing: The Reilly Technique
Free
by Donelli J. DiMaria,
26.7K students 855 active students (99 Reviews)


Free
by Will Kemp, Professional Artist & Author
5.7K students 276 active students (32 Reviews)

Photography

Photography Course
Free
by Karl Taylor, Photography: Learn Faster. Learn Better
69.8K students 2.5K active students (625 Reviews)


Photoshop & Lightroom for Photographers
Free
by Yanik Chauvin, Professional Photographer
31.3K students 740 active students (84 Reviews)


Lightroom 5 Photographer Workflow
Free
by Jerad Hill, Professional Learner and Sharer of Information
6.1K students 489 active students (29 Reviews)


Create a Photography Site with SmugMug
Free
by Ryan Oakley, Photography Nerd and Owner of PhotographyOnTheSide.com
8.8K students 157 active students (44 Reviews)


Photography: Start Shooting in Manual
Free
by Jerad Hill, Professional Learner and Sharer of Information
51K students 3.7K active students (252 Reviews)


Green Screen Photography
Free
by Dave Cross, Photoshop Educator Since 1990
15.1K students 571 active students (47 Reviews)


Photo Editing on the Cheap
Free
by Jeremy Shuback, Professional Trainer to over 200,000 designers
6.8K students 244 active students (35 Reviews)


Photographic Light Meter Use
Free
by Don Giannatti, Photographer, Designer, Author and Educator
8.3K students 360 active students (101 Reviews)


 

Adobe Software

Intro to Photoshop CC
Free
by Train Simple 11.6K students 569 active students (27 Reviews)


Adobe Certified Training: Photoshop CS6
Free
by Train Simple 10.4K students 257 active students (50 Reviews)


Photoshop for Web Design
Free
by Mr Carl Heaton 8.2K students 889 active students (75 Reviews)


Getting Started with InDesign CC
Free
by Train Simple 3.9K students 151 active students (11 Reviews)


Adobe InDesign Made Easy
Free
by Infinite Skills 3.8K students 291 active students (3 Reviews)


Adobe Illustrator CS3
Free
by Mr. Jonathon Levin 5.1K students 199 active students (13 Reviews)


Learn Adobe Illustrator
Free
by Eduonix Learning Solutions 13.3K students 643 active students (15 Reviews)


Illustrator CC
Free
by Train Simple 6.9K students 364 active students (39 Reviews)


Intro to Adobe Flash
Free
by Infinite Skills 55.2K students 1.1K active students (50 Reviews)


 

Video

Video Editing in Adobe Premiere Pro
Free
by Philip Ebiner, Founder of Video School Online
7.2K students 220 active students (108 Reviews)


Create Animated Marketing Videos
Free
by Lisa Irby, Online Entrepreneur
2K students 332 active students (34 Reviews)


Business Video: How to Engage Prospects
Free
by Lou Bortone, Video Marketing Expert
2.6K students 40 active students (9 Reviews)


Video Editing in Photoshop CS6
Free
by Artem Vasilenko, Designer, webmaster and economist.
6.5K students 283 active students (6 Reviews)


Tips from a Professional Filmmaker
Free
by Philip Ebiner, Founder of Video School Online, Video Creator,

Entrepreneur
9.9K students 331 active students (60 Reviews)


After Effects Crash Course
Free
by Philip Ebiner, Founder of Video School Online
6.8K students 262 active students (61 Reviews)


After Effects
Free
By Bucky Roberts, Computer Programmer and Developer
13K students 498 active students (41 Reviews)

Multimedia

– 3D Animation
– Audio Files, .wav, mp3
– Flash Animation
– Java Applets
– Video Production
– ScreenFlow (for Mac users)
– Camtasia for PC
– Omnidazzle
– Bamboo Pen and Tablet
– SplashEO
– LeadPlayer


 

Website Design

On our site, the focus is to show you how to design simple websites that get listed on search engines, and are able to generate a cash-flow within a few months.

Web Development: HTML + CSS
Free
by Bradley Berger, Learn Web Dev By Doing
14.9K students 981 active students (157 Reviews)


Website in 1 Week with HTML5 and CSS3
Free
by Ryan Bonhardt, Online Learning Enthusiast & Teacher at Maker-Based
12.4K students 2.2K active students (95 Reviews)


Learn HTML5 Programming
Free
by Eduonix Learning Solutions, The Knowledge Edge
133K students 7.4K active students (975 Reviews)


The Basics of APIs
Free
by General Assembly, Campus for Technology, Design and Entrepreneurship
14.1K students 495 active students (26 Reviews)


HTML, HTML5 Guide

HTML Examples
HTML tutorial HTML5
HTML Reference


CSS Cascading Style Sheets

CSS Examples
CSS Tutorial, CSS3
CSS Reference

Color and Images

There are many publishing and blogging platforms around today, like Word Press, which mean that almost anyone can publish online within minutes. Website design is a new field, and it’s constantly changing as cloud programming and open source enables new design software.

Live Color Palette
Stock Photography
GIF Animation

Images & Copyright Law

– iStockPhoto
– Flickr Creative Commons
– Digital Photography
– Sell Stock Photography
– Sell Stock Photos
– iStockPhoto Affiliate Program
– Photoshop
– Image size, clarity
– Google image search, tags
– Backlinks

 

Top Animation Schools

1. California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, better known as CalArts, is one of the top-ten schools for aspiring animators.

2. University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California, houses the John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts (HenchDADA), which offers innovative courses taught by award-winning animators. Animation students have access to private workstations throughout 4 state-of-the-art animation studios.

3. Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Savannah, Georgia, offers art and design degrees and the animation program offers access to ultramodern Mac and PC labs with Adobe Creative Suite, Maya, Motion Builder, Dragonframe, and Houdini.

4. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, one of the nation’s oldest schools of art and design. The major in Film/Animation/Video (FAV) offers the opportunity to produce a portfolio of animated works.

5. The University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) hosts a wealth of top-rated animation classes.

6. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, offers animation, computational and interactive art, game arts, and video and performance art.

7. Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida. Ringling College of Art and Design (RCAD) is home to North America’s #1 Computer Animation program in Digital Filmmaking, Illustration, and Motion Design.

8. New York University Tisch School of the Arts, New York, New York

9. At U-Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, programs include Digital Media and Design (DMD), Graduate Computer Graphics and Game Technology (CGGT), and the Center for Human Modeling and Simulation PhD (HMS).

10. The University of Central Florida (UCF) School of Visual Arts and Design undergraduate programs include Character Animation, Experimental Animation, and Cinema Studies. SVAD offers concentrations in Illustration, Drawing and Printmaking, and Type and Design.

11. Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York

12. Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, California

13. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

14. Columbia College of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

15. Parsons The New School for Design, New York, New York

16. Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California

17. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

18. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

19. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

20. University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas

Coroflot.com lists over 80,000 graphic design portfolios, and currently has almost 1,000 job listings. AigaDesignJobs.org is a great place to find design job opportunities. Many companies are prospecting for new and experienced designers.

Krop.com is a large, well-known site to find graphic design jobs. New job openings are listed by top agencies and design studios.

DesignRelated.com showcases many great listings, including design management jobs, interactive jobs and many other design jobs with varying experience requirements.

FreelanceSwitch.com is a growing job board that sports a variety of design, development, illustration, and Flash job listings.

SmashingMagazine.com is a design related blog, and also has a design job board with both full-time and freelancing positions.

FreshWebJobs.com tends to lean more towards web design related jobs, but there are jobs for graphic designers on this site as well.

source:   YouTheDesigner.com