Welcome!
  • A few things you need to know
  • Workbook for Section 1 & Download All The Course Resources
  • Photoshop is essential for your future
  • Exercise: Your first design challenge
  • How to solve the previous exercise
  • Set up Photoshop for web design
  • Key areas in Photoshop
  • Six career options after my courses
The fundamentals of Freelancing
  • Discover what freelancing is REALLY all about
  • Without this skill, you can’t succeed!
  • Best and worst way to get started as a freelancer
  • How to set up your freelancing profile
  • The truth about freelancing platforms: Upwork, Freelancer, Fiverr
  • Crowdsourcing revealed: the pro’s and con’s
  • Poll: What are your goals?
  • Don’t go on 99designs before you watch this!
  • Revealed: Coding and Photoshop vs Adobe XD vs Figma
  • Here’s how to start a portfolio and get clients
  • The importance of your mindset
  • Is the competition too difficult on 99designs?
  • 9 tools for working longer: fix eye, back, neck pain
  • Improve your mood & concentration
Welcome to Photoshop
  • Understanding and using layers like a pro
  • Hands on Photoshop in 10 easy steps
  • 25 common mistakes in Photoshop – Part 1
  • 25 common mistakes in Photoshop – Part 2
  • Quiz 1
  • Section conclusion
Photoshop Explained
  • Section introduction
  • This is how professionals move layers
  • Test your speed with this fun challenge
  • Raster layers demystified
  • Discover vector layers in Photoshop
  • Adjustment layers and non-destructive editing
  • How to get beautiful fonts
  • This is how you should work with text
  • Find out why smart objects are amazing
  • Layer types exercise
  • Solving the layer types exercise
  • How to export your work like a pro
  • Learn the best way to align layers
  • How to solve the previous exercise
  • Section conclusion
Photoshop's Tools
  • Section introduction
  • Here's what you need to know about artboards
  • Gain flexibility with Undo and the History Panel
  • Unlock the power of the Marquee tool
  • Crop and eye dropper explained
  • Eraser, gradient, paint bucket with a big twist
  • The brush tool and layer masks
  • The powerful Direct Selection Tool in CS6 and CC
  • Fantastic selections with The Magic Wand and The Quick Selection Tool
  • Pen tool comprehensive: create intricate shapes and selections
  • Important notes about other tools
  • Section conclusion
Web Design - Hands On
  • Introduction
  • Must-watch: No coding explained
  • 10 essential tips to get started
  • The power of a well-written brief
  • Layer styles in CS6 and CC
  • Blending modes explained
  • Hands on navigation – creating modern main menus #1
  • Hands on navigation – creating modern main menus #2
  • Hands on navigation – creating modern main menus #3
  • Hands on navigation – a different main menu
  • Hands on buttons: creating effective call to actions
  • Understanding hero areas
  • Techniques that prepare an image for the hero area
  • How to get fantastic images for your designs
  • Hands on typography: 10 rules to handle text like a pro
  • Hands on clipping masks
  • Hands on testimonials: creating a modern design #1
  • Hands on testimonials: creating a modern design #2
  • Understanding footers
  • Responsive web design
  • Conclusions
Freelancing
  • Introduction
  • Best way to get initial feedback on your design
  • 99designs and Freepik
  • Should I quit my job to freelance?
  • 3 surprising advantages of being a freelance web designer
  • Discovering ways to outperform competition
  • Best places for design projects
  • 15 tips for selecting the best projects
  • Using speed to your advantage: 10 tips to increase it
  • Working smart and consistent
  • Using freebies – more complicated than you think
  • Using inspiration - the right way
  • Should you report a similar or stolen design?
  • Should you reuse designs?
  • Conclusions
Working 1-on-1 with a client for $1200 - BIG mistakes
  • $1200 project for one of my students