Magazine Cover Design with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

About this course

Want to design effective and unique Magazine Covers? Learn about the process, theory, techniques and test your skills by working on the class project!Join Martin Perhiniak (Graphic Designer and Adobe Certified Instructor) and learn his workflow and best practices he developed over 20 years working as a creative professional for clients like BBC, Mattel, IKEA, Google, Pixar, Adobe.In this class you'll learn:Creating professional magazine covers for all kinds of clients/businessesThe complete magazine cover design workflowImportant Print Design terms you need to knowEditing photos with Adobe Photoshop and preparing them for the coverCreating the masthead and vector elements in Adobe IllustratorPutting everything together in Adobe InDesignUsing Styles in Adobe InDesign to effectively format main and supporting cover linesWho this class is for?Anyone planning to become a graphic designerCreatives aiming to improve their technical skills and understanding of design theoryAnyone specialising in Editorial DesignYou don't need to be a creative professional to take the classWhat you will need?Adobe Creative CloudDesire to make something awesomeEven if you’re new to designing covers or Adobe applications, you’ll find the simple and effective techniques discussed in this course easy to use and apply to your work!

Course objectives

• To teach students the complete magazine cover design workflow
• To improve technical skills in graphic design
• To help students apply design theory to real-world projects