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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!:smiley:

I guess if it had a title if would go something likeā€¦ graphic design skills for web designers/development:goof:

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

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Thanks,

I shouldā€¦I really donā€™t like the examples they use. I know that sounds stupid .

But, the examples are kinda straight foward and most of my problems arenā€™t like that?

Iā€™m surprised that adobe doesnā€™t have video toots on their wares?

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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. Iā€™m sure goggling ā€œcreating eye catching vector graphicsā€ would get a lot of results.

Or of course, thereā€™s Amazon.

Iā€™m sure others will know of some good resources, so stay tuned.

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thanks :slight_smile:

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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 arenā€™t looking for the skills so much as the design theory side of things. If that is the case Iā€™d recommend heading down Ralphā€™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. Iā€™d tackle this part differently if you havenā€™t had any exposure to it before. Start with the basics on this one and build your way up.

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Lynda.com will teach. Iā€™ve watched numerous tutorials from Lynda, thatā€™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.