Efficient Design: Optimize Your Photoshop & Illustrator Workflow
A course by Valeria DubinVisual Communication Expert
A course by Valeria Dubin, Visual Communication Expert
Learn the secrets behind having a smart workflow between design programs that is quick, efficient, and professional.
Knowing how to communicate is only half the battle. You also have to know how to proficiently work with the design tools you use for your creative pieces. Valeria Dubin, a visual communication expert with more than 20 years of experience, gives you the tools to work efficiently with visual editing software.
In this course, learn how to use different features in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to make your design process quick, efficient, and professional. Discover new tricks to improve your workflow and save time on your design projects so you can focus all your energy on designing.
And if you want to learn all the tricks of the trade in Illustrator, check out this Domestika Basics also taught by Valeria Dubin: Adobe Illustrator for Graphic Design.
What will you learn in this online course?
20 lessons & 19 downloads
What Will We Do in This Course?
2 minutes, 10 seconds
Workflow and Your Workspace in Illustrator
16 minutes, 12 seconds
Workflow and Your Workspace in Photoshop
14 minutes, 59 seconds
What Is the Workflow For? Practical Example (Part 1)
15 minutes, 48 seconds
What Is the Workflow For? Practical Example (Part 2)
9 minutes, 15 seconds
Design for a jazz cover 1
18 minutes, 9 seconds
What's included in this course?
Start by getting to know Valeria. She tells you about her professional background in visual communication and the influences that lead her to become an expert and create her personal approach to graphic design.
Next, explore the concept of a workflow and how it can be applied to Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Learn where key features are located to help you streamline your workflow while reviewing some basic concepts and customizing your workspace.
Now it's time to start designing your jazz CD and other related graphics in Illustrator. Valeria explains how to convert images into vectors and shows you how to work more quickly and efficiently during the design process by teaching you how to use the program's quick editing tools and automation features.
In the next unit, prepare a mock-up of your designs. Discover the most efficient way to combine Illustrator files in Photoshop and learn how to edit them directly in Illustrator using external links and smart objects. Then, Valeria shows you some useful features in Photoshop, like actions, that allow you to quickly package your design without losing quality.
Wrap up the course by experimenting with some of Photoshop's automation features to save you lots of clicks while working and learn how to process images without even opening your files. Valeria also teaches you how to record and play actions in Illustrator and program command sequences to automate manual processes.
Recommended software & tools for this course
What is this course's project?
Apply everything you learn in the course to design an entire jazz CD and a set of related graphics.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
All Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator users who want to learn how to work faster and more efficiently.
Requirements and materials
Basic notions of graphic design and a working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator are recommended.
All you need for this course is a computer with both programs installed.
Reviews
- 8 months ago
Me encanta el temario del curso
- 1 year ago
Excelente curso para lograr un workflow
- 1 year ago
Excelente curso para lograr un workflow más eficiente entre ambos programas.
- 2 years ago
Esta bien el curso. Haca años que uso ambos programas y unirlos en un solo trabajo siempre al principio me planteaba dudas de cual seria la mejor manera.
- 2 years ago
Megusta mucho la forma de la explicacion y los metodos utilizados
Valeria currently works as a freelance designer collaborating on graphic design projects geared towards spaces, like signage for the old Estrella Damm factory, or strategy and brand building projects for clients like the El Miracle cheese factory and The Family Language English school.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- Presentation
- Influences
- What Will We Do in This Course?
- U2
What Is Workflow?
- Workflow and Your Workspace in Illustrator
- Workflow and Your Workspace in Photoshop
- What Is the Workflow For? Practical Example (Part 1)
- What Is the Workflow For? Practical Example (Part 2)
- U3
We Design in Illustrator
- Design for a jazz cover 1
- Design of a Jazz Cover 2
- Design of a Jazz Cover 3
- Other Coordinated Elements and More Workflow 1
- Other Coordinated Elements and More Workflow 2
- Different Design, Same Appearance: Tools to Help You Be More Creative
- Ready Set Go!
- U4
Mockup Montage in Photoshop
- The Smart Way to Combine and Edit Illustrator Files in Photoshop
- Adjusting the Design to Mock-up 1
- Adjusting the Design to Mock-up 2
- Ready to Present: Photoshop Does Almost Everything!
- U5
Let Illustrator and Photoshop Do the Work for You
- Photoshop in Automatic Mode
- Illustrator in Action!
- FP
Final project
- Efficient Design: Optimize Your Photoshop & Illustrator Workflow
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FAQs
You’ll learn how to blend manual and digital graphic design techniques, streamline your workflow in Illustrator and Photoshop, create signage, tell visual stories, build sustainable identities, and automate tasks for professional projects.
This is an intermediate-level course, perfect for those who already have basic graphic design skills and some experience with Illustrator and Photoshop.
You’ll need access to Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, a basic understanding of graphic design, and a willingness to work with both hands-on and digital methods.
You’ll discover how to customize your workspace, set up shortcuts, automate tasks, and use actions and scripts to speed up your process and boost productivity.
Yes, the course covers everything from traditional techniques like paste-up to advanced digital processes like vectorization and automation in Illustrator and Photoshop.
Absolutely, you’ll explore signage concepts, graphic space design, and how to effectively integrate visual communication in both physical and digital environments.
Yes, the course includes how to combine copywriting and typography as expressive and functional elements to strengthen your visual communication.