Designing a Typographic Poster with Illustrator

Fine-tuning in Photoshop

A course by Steffen Wagner , Graphic and Product Designer

100% positive reviews (44)

1,538 students

Audio: German

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About the video: Fine-tuning in Photoshop

Overview

“After we have digitally completed the project and exported it as an image file, we continue to work with Adobe Photoshop to fine-tune our typographic poster.”

In this video lesson Steffen Wagner addresses the topic: Fine-tuning in Photoshop, which is part of the Domestika online course: Designing a Typographic Poster with Illustrator. Hone your knowledge of typography and composition to design a creative poster that conveys a hidden message.

Partial transcription of the video

“Fine-tuning in Photoshop In the last lesson we developed our final design and that is the design we will use in this lesson further edit using Photoshop and give it a certain finishing touch. We are now going to create a new document. In this window you determine which dimensions it should have. In our case they are 500 millimeters in width and 700 millimeters in height. That means we have a portrait format. You should pay attention that the resolution is set to 300 dpi or pixel inches, because this way you get an optimal print result in terms of size In color mode we stay with CMYK. The pr...”

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Course summary for: Designing a Typographic Poster with Illustrator

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (44)
1538 students
5 units
18 lessons (2h 55m)
5 downloads

Category
Design
Areas
Creativity, Design, Digital Design, Graphic Design, Poster Design, Typography

Steffen Wagner

A course by Steffen Wagner

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Graphic and Product Designer

Steffen Wagner is a graphic and product designer from Berlin who started drawing and painting at an early age. While studying industrial design in college, he developed an interest in graphic design, especially calligraphy and typography. Steffen went on to create the children's fashion brand IMAKID, which designs customizable clothing using different felt letters.

His interest in letters and communicative design eventually led him to his true passion: lettering and typographic posters. Steffen shares his posters on Instagram and Pinterest, and also designs logos, brand materials, and websites. His most distinguished projects include corporate designs for food companies and numerous works of art for galleries. Steffen's list of artistic influences includes Bauhaus and art styles from different time periods as well as artists like Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian, and Mark Rothko.