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Hi,

I am trying to find a course either online/or otherwise that covers;

creating eye catching vector graphics;
beginner to intermediate skills in

Adobe illustrator
Adobe Fireworks
Adobe flash

Im pretty handy with pscs4 so not a criteria

Any suggestions would be great!

I guess if it had a title if would go something like.. graphic design skills for web designers/development

[ralph.m]

Might be worth checking out lynda.com, as they have lots of that stuff.

[minusten]

Thanks,

I should...I really don't like the examples they use. I know that sounds stupid .

But, the examples are kinda straight foward and most of my problems aren't like that?

I'm surprised that adobe doesn't have video toots on their wares?

[ralph.m]

This may not help you, as it is a bit random, but I find that just about anything I want to do, if I type a description of it into Goggle, someone will have done a blog post or video about it.

E.g. I'm sure goggling "creating eye catching vector graphics" would get a lot of results.

Or of course, there's Amazon.

I'm sure others will know of some good resources, so stay tuned.

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thanks

[Slackr]

If you are looking for learning design theory then that is a separate issue to learning the skills required to make that vision a reality in a piece of software. There is a pretty good cross over of skills between Photoshop and Illustrator and Fireworks.

At its heart the programs are really just doing 2 things. Creating content using pixels or vectors and then manipulating those shapes or pixels to create different mixes. It sounds like you aren't looking for the skills so much as the design theory side of things. If that is the case I'd recommend heading down Ralph's suggestion route for learning. Find a tutorial on a particular effect or design that you like the look of and then learn how it is put together.

Flash is a different beast though. I'd tackle this part differently if you haven't had any exposure to it before. Start with the basics on this one and build your way up.

[SiberianHuskey]

Lynda.com will teach. I've watched numerous tutorials from Lynda, that's how I became good with Photoshop & Illustrator. If you are using the selection tool for cutting and many other tasks in photoshop, I recommend watching a Lynda.com introduction of photoshop series you will gain or atleast I hope you will gain valuable information. If Lynda.com is not your style of learning do a search for other photoshop training there is a vast amount of tutorials both free and paid online.