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135 Design Skills courses in Liverpool delivered On Demand
You Design Think More Than You Know
By IIL Europe Ltd
You Design Think More Than You Know Today's world is very volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. What used to work, seems to work less efficient or effective. The pandemic shows us that the consequences in daily life can be huge. For some of us, this means confusion and struggle to find solutions to problems. Others reflect on what is happening and reframe this VUCA world as an opportunity for creating new products, services of systems. Start to think as a designer. Designing solutions serves users and customers. Real human beings with names, moods, needs and problems. We sometimes forget, because while creating solutions we fall in love with them. Our attention focuses on the solution. Design thinking has made empathizing with the customer one of the main anchor points. You always remember for whom you are designing and creating. How many ideas would you need to find the one that fits the problem of your user? Ten, a hundred or maybe more? The answer is, more than you think now. Start with questioning the problem. Play and collect different perspectives on the problem. Every single perspective leads to different ideas. In this way you easily reach a great number of solutions. We will share a few relevant, creative exercises so you can challenge your own dominant reaction to solving problems. Having this personal experience will help you to adopt a design thinking mindset to help your clients. What You Will Learn: Introduction to Design Thinking Two Exercises to change your perspectives on problems and solutions Reflection on one's own thinking system How to reframe constraints as valuable opportunities to find creative solutions
Master the powerful page layout program - Adobe InDesign, and learn all the tools and useful techniques for page-layout in no time flat. This course focuses on developing you to use InDesign and create a variety of different single and facing page layouts. You will discover all of the best practices adopted by professional designers for working in InDesign. Besides, explore your own creative ways of using this essential tool and go forth as a creative professional. On completion, you will be skilled and confident enough to create innovative work, and transform your best ideas into reality. Adobe InDesign is a core, popular application designed by Adobe as well as an essential tool in all sorts of design projects. It is greatly used by graphic designers, artists, ebook publishers, marketing professionals since it allows you to work quicker and more efficiently. Highlights of the InDesign CC 2019 MasterClass Gain a thorough explanation of the core features and techniques of this powerful page-layout application. Learn to navigate and customise workplace, design creative page layouts and compositions, work with books and long documents. Be able to work with text, image frames, graphics, export and print developed documents. Learn useful keyboard shortcuts and best practices for creating page-layout flawlessly. Resize documents without having to start from scratch and create a table of contents. Improve your understanding of advanced automation techniques and typographic and typesetting techniques. Who is this Course for? InDesign CC 2019 MasterClass is perfect for anyone trying to learn potential professional skills. As there is no experience and qualification required for this course, it is available for all students from any academic background. CPD Certificate from Course Gate At the successful completion of the course, you can obtain your CPD certificate from us. You can order the PDF certificate for £9 and the hard copy for £15. Also, you can order both PDF and hardcopy certificates for £22. Career path This course opens a new door for you to enter the relevant job market and also gives you the opportunity to acquire extensive knowledge along with required skills to become successful. You will be able to add our qualification to your CV/resume which will help you to stand out in the competitive job industry. Course Curriculum Introduction Why learn InDesign? 00:02:00 How to study? 00:03:00 Getting an Adobe Certification 00:05:00 Basics Interface 00:12:00 Navigation 00:07:00 Creating a document 00:13:00 Preferences 00:08:00 Adobe Bridge 00:05:00 Working with Frames Image Frames 00:11:00 Placing Images 00:10:00 Links panel 00:05:00 Resolution of images 00:07:00 Techniques with Image frames 00:03:00 Text frames 00:08:00 Importing text 00:05:00 Text frame options 00:07:00 Working with Pages Working with pages 00:10:00 Advanced page techniques 00:11:00 Master pages 00:12:00 Master pages techniques 00:06:00 Formatting Text Choosing fonts 00:11:00 Character formatting 00:09:00 Paragraph formatting 1 00:09:00 Paragraph formatting 2 00:07:00 Designing the Layout Lines and Rules 00:08:00 Drawing Shapes 00:09:00 Drawing Tools 00:09:00 Working with Swatches 00:13:00 Special Swatches 00:10:00 Working with Effects 00:08:00 Blend Modes 00:04:00 Grids and Guides 00:09:00 Align and Distribute 00:06:00 Compositional Techniques Working with Layers 00:14:00 Text Wrap 00:09:00 Advanced Text Wrap techniques 00:07:00 Masking techniques 00:09:00 Anchored and Inline Images 00:06:00 Compositional Tips 00:05:00 Mastering Styles Introduction to Styles 00:15:00 Paragraph Styles 00:11:00 Object Styles 00:05:00 Next Styles 00:04:00 Nested Styles 00:06:00 Working with Styles 00:06:00 Advanced Text Features Find/Change and GREP 00:12:00 Fixing common typographic mistakes 00:07:00 Bulleted and Numbered Lists 00:07:00 Multi-level Lists 00:19:00 Footnotes and Captions 00:08:00 Working with Tabs 00:06:00 Creating Tables 00:13:00 Formatting Tables 00:11:00 Data Merge 00:07:00 Handling Assets InDesign Snippets 00:03:00 InDesign Libraries 00:06:00 Creating Templates 00:03:00 Content Collector/Placer Tool 00:04:00 Sharing assets with CC Libraries 00:06:00 Long Documents Creating Table of Contents 00:10:00 Table of Contents settings 00:07:00 Text Variables and Markers 00:11:00 Smart Text Reflow 00:07:00 Creating a Book file 00:11:00 Fixing copy and exporting book 00:07:00 Preparing for Print Proofing Colors 00:12:00 Flatterner Preview 00:04:00 Proofing copy 00:07:00 Exporting a PDF 00:10:00 Saving a Package 00:05:00 Interactive Document Formats Creating EPUBs 00:04:00 Interactive PDFs 00:05:00 Publish Online CC 00:03:00 New Features in CC 2018 New Size and Position options 00:04:00 Paragraph Border 00:02:00 Endnotes 00:01:00 Text Assets in CC Libraries 00:03:00 Improved Font Selector 00:02:00 CC 2019 New Features Enhanced visual font browsing 00:04:00 Convert Footnotes & Endnotes 00:02:00 Content-Aware Fit 00:01:00 Adjust Layout 00:03:00 Import PDF Comments 00:02:00 Space Between Paragraphs 00:03:00 Conclusion Creating Your Portfolio 00:12:00 Conclusion 00:01:00 Exercise Files Exercise Files - InDesign CC 2019 MasterClass 00:00:00 Certificate and Transcript Order Your Certificates or Transcripts 00:00:00
Strength in Scenarios - Getting Meaningful User Feedback on Designs
By IIL Europe Ltd
Strength in Scenarios - Getting Meaningful User Feedback on Designs 'What do you think?' and 'How does this look?' are easy questions to ask when presenting users with potential design concepts, but they rarely give way to meaningful feedback. Using scenarios (workflow-based stories that provide a framework for getting user feedback) allows the user to give more honest, relevant feedback that's more closely related to the work they do on an everyday basis. It's essential to gather user feedback during all stages of an iterative design process and using scenarios to support design assessments works well within an Agile environment. In this workshop session, geared towards designers and product owners, we will explore what goes into creating meaningful scenarios and how they can be used. We will practice writing scenarios based on provided user workflows and paper prototypes. Scenarios can be a great tool in your toolbox for gathering requirements that your users will appreciate. Learning Outcomes: Write realistic scenarios that help users give meaningful feedback Discover the differences between what you see and what you hear Apply feedback and observations to refine designs
Strength in Scenarios - Getting Meaningful User Feedback on Designs
By IIL Europe Ltd
Strength in Scenarios - Getting Meaningful User Feedback on Designs 'What do you think?' and 'How does this look?' are easy questions to ask when presenting users with potential design concepts, but they rarely give way to meaningful feedback. Using scenarios (workflow-based stories that provide a framework for getting user feedback) allows the user to give more honest, relevant feedback that's more closely related to the work they do on an everyday basis. It's essential to gather user feedback during all stages of an iterative design process and using scenarios to support design assessments works well within an Agile environment. In this workshop session, geared towards designers and product owners, we will explore what goes into creating meaningful scenarios and how they can be used. We will practice writing scenarios based on provided user workflows and paper prototypes. Scenarios can be a great tool in your toolbox for gathering requirements that your users will appreciate. Learning Outcomes: Write realistic scenarios that help users give meaningful feedback Discover the differences between what you see and what you hear Apply feedback and observations to refine designs
COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN + NICKY SIMPSON ONLINE ON-DEMAND FEES: FULL COURSE £35 WHAT THE COURSE IS ABOUT: A great short course, led by textile artist NICKY SIMPSON. This course introduces you to repeat patterning using PowerPoint, with video tutorials and comprehensive step-by-step guides. Whether you are using this in school, wanting to print for fashion or furnishing, or simply printing a T-shirt, this is a great way to get your own artwork or photographs into a repeat pattern for printing. It can also be used to print on paper for cards or letters and much more. This course shows how you can easily do repeat pattern designs, layering designs, inserting your designs into shapes and fashion illustration, with lots of exemplars and some inspirational designers. WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR: This course is suitable for anyone. You may be a teacher wanting to up-skill, a student who wants to further your current knowledge, or anyone who would like to be more creative with very limited equipment! All these tutorials can be used directly with students in schools. WHAT TO EXPECT: This comprehensive course offers a series of 6 short video tutorials, where you can practice alongside Nicky, working in your own time, at your own pace. Each video can be paused and rewound, using step-by-step guides. Introduction: Welcome to the training room Video Tutorial 1: How to use the Picture Format Tool Bar Video Tutorial 2: Creating Repeat Patterns Video Tutorial 3: CAD from your own primary images Video Tutorial 4: Layering images Video Tutorial 5: Inserting Your Repeat Patterns Into Shapes Video Tutorial 6: Fashion Illustration PDF: Designers & Exemplars LEARNING OUTCOMES: Learn and practice a new and exciting skill. Develop confidence and enhance your IT skills with free tools! Create exciting repeat patterns that can be used for fashion, interiors or stationary. A creative activity to get your own photographs into a repeat pattern ready for printing. YOUR TRAINER:
