SPECIAL UPDATE. 

I'm new to Udemy and really want you to take my class. I spent hundreds of hours developing it and I'd like you to take my course. Therefore, for a limited time I'm reducing the price of my class from $99.99 to $19.99! Please take my class and ask me any questions you might have. I promise you that you will learn so much about design, photoshop and creativity. I'd like to hear from you! 

About this course

This course is for Photoshop CC beginners that want to learn digital graphic design for responsive web sites, mobile, email, Facebook/Instagram ads and much more. This class is about much more than Photoshop. It’s about using Photoshop for graphic design, the creative process, UX/wireframing, how to use graphic design tools, presenting your designs, pro tips from professional graphic designer, working with clients and much more!

I will not only teach you about Photoshop but I will teach you the entire creative process that I’ve been using with clients for over 20 years. I’ve created an example real client, Lava Restaurant and Bar, that we’ll be working for. I’ll teach you how to work with a client and multiple ways you can present your designs. I’ll give you pro tips and insight into using photoshop as a design professional. I’ll show you how to UX (user experience)/wireframe like a pro then convert those wireframes into an amazing looking design. I’ll teach you why this part of the process is important and how it will save you time and make you a better designer and also make you more money. I’ll show you how to take the web site design then create not 1 but 3 Facebook ad designs for the client. I’ll teach you how to design an email and then create a 2nd option in minutes. Throughout every lesson I’ll show you the tools as we need them and how use them. Very importantly, I'll show you how I use the most common tools for design everyday. As a professional designer, I work in Photoshop every day, all day, it’s what I do.

What makes me qualified to teach Photoshop?

I've been working in advertising in downtown Chicago for over 20 years. Sometimes I have only hours to design an email, a banner or even concepts for a web site. My job is demanding so I need to move fast and efficiently in a program that is known to be slow. I will show you how to move like a pro and create designs at blazingly fast speeds. As we say in advertising, everything is due yesterday because it is such demanding job. I’ve worked with some of the largest companies in the world such as McDonald’s, Purina, Nintendo, Milk campaign, Nestle, Harley Davidson motorcycles and many more. One of the greatest projects that I was the lead designer on was the web site for the famous movie Avatar. Yep, I designed and oversaw the entire web site but did so with a team of great creatives. The Avatar web site launched in over 20 languages and was the largest web site global marketing campaign ever launched in the world.

I wanted to bring all my years of experience, knowledge and hard work to you so you can see how someone who earns their living with Photoshop works. So, buckle up and prepare for an energy filled, pro tip packed, information loaded course from a 20 year pro who uses the exact same design approaches everyday to design for the top companies in the world.

My promise to you is that you will learn a ton about design, creativity, presenting, technical knowledge and most importantly you'll feel like a pro and can in Photoshop by the time you complete my class. Thanks in advance. Reginald.

What am I going to get from this course?

• You'll learn all the essential tools needed for web design to create web sites, ads, emails and much more.

• You'll be able to navigate Photoshop, creating new projects, design you ideas, share with clients and export for online ads.

• You’ll learn hundreds of PRO Tips that will save you thousands of hours in design.

• You’ll learn how to move around Photoshop at blazingly fast speeds.

• You’ll learn about the creative process.

• You'll learn how to manage layers and folders like a pro.

• You'll learn multiple techniques to mask photos quickly.

• You'll learn how to select and edit just parts of your image with a number of selection tools.

• You'll learn about smart objects  and what makes them powerful in design

• You'll know how to use layer blending modes, layer styles, and blending modes to create cool effects in seconds

• You'll learn typography fundamentals of adding type, spacing and more.

• You'll learn how to save your Photoshop projects for web and deliver to clients

• By the time you're done with this class you'll FEEL LIKE A PRO!

This course will get you started in Adobe Photoshop graphic design, including:

• Getting started with Photoshop CC

• Navigating and customizing  the workspace like a pro

• Tons of PRO TIPS from a 20 year seasoned advertising professional

• Learn how to take your creative ideas and work as a freelance designer

• Learn the creative process that I’ve been using for 20 years and professional agencies use

• Learn the how to UX and Wireframe and why it’s important

• Learn how to go from client request, to wireframe to design, to presentation like a PRO

• Using the Photoshop layers panel to create, delete and organize layers

• Placing photos into your designs and editing them like a pro

• Masking like a pro with brush, selection and more

• Using layers for photo effects

• Learn how a professional designer places a photo

• Creating shapes and applying effects

• Creating smart objects and understanding their power

• Adding and editing layer styles like gradients and drop shadows

• Adding and editing text in layouts from web design to online ads

• Learn multiple ways to export your designs to share with clients

Watch my video about the class and I think you'll be excited to learn so much about graphic design for the web, mobile, email, ads and so much more! I hope to hear from you soon!