Learn | Design at FS

Eric Rosenfeld

Learn the top five techniques from the Adobe guru.

Daniel Moye

Beyond your talent, you need to get out there as a self-promoter and marketer. Get the career you love by letting the creative world know you are here.

Adding Bleed

Triesta Hall

When going to print, bleed needs to exist. If it isn’t in your file, the press staff will put it there. But what is it?

All About Slack

Eric Rosenfeld

Animated Stroke

Eric Rosenfeld

Kinetic typography—the technical name for “moving text”—is an animation technique mixing motion and text to express ideas using video animation. Kinetic typography can come in all shapes and forms.

Art of the Transfer

Omar Martinez

I have developed an image transfer process to create lines and patterns on a canvas and it changed my workflow for making art. My canvas is usually wood, but this can work on paper, wood, or fabric.

Beyond Design

Dana Arnett

VSA designs to solve brand and business challenges.

Brushes & Digital Painting - Photoshop

Amy Williams

Business of Being Creative

Joe Boutin

Joe Boutin is the Founder and CEO of the Orlando based digital agency 3.2.1. He is a Full Sail Graduate and really cool person.

Clipping Masks in Illustrator

Jeff Lang

Color Space

Triesta Hall

Color plays a huge role in the success of a design. This tutorial walks you through how to make a project ready color-wise.

Create a Logo in Illustrator

Adobe

Learn how to turn basic shapes into logos, icons, and illustrations using the Shape Builder tool.

Create a Vector Skull

Jeff Lang

This tutorial will show you how to create smooth paths and to simplify a photo into an icon using Illustrator.

Create an Animated GIF in Photoshop

Adobe

Learn how to export drawings or images from Adobe Photoshop CC layers to create an animated GIF.

Creating Cinemagraphs in Photoshop

Eric Rosenfeld

Creating Your Print Portfolio

Leslie Ferre

This video series will walk you through the creation of your print portfolio.

Design Talk

Don Larson

A Graphic Design career can change as technology, culture, and society changes. Design veteran Don Larson walks us through the process of design from start to finish.

Drawing & Sketching

Tony Philippou

Everyone can learn to draw, and this tutorial will step you through helpful techniques for both the newbie and experienced artist alike.

Expressions in After Effects

Eric

File Format

Triesta Hall

Logos can’t be PNGs, TIFFs can’t be on the web, and GIF is not peanut butter. Learn all about the file types you will use in design.

Freelance Do's and Don'ts

Laura Daniel, Joe Gornik, Matthew Lett, Peter Soutullo, Dan Walker

Questions about freelance work? But what to charge? How do you keep the client happy?

Get Online with Adobe Muse

Laura Daniel

Need a website quick, but don’t want to go to the templated places currently available? Learn the Ins and Outs of Adobe Muse and be online quicker than you think.

Hand Lettering Type

Suzy Johnson

Don’t depend on poorly created fonts—you have the power to create your own!

History of Skateboard Graphics

Peter Soutullo

An Introduction to decades of influential skateboard design, the trends, and the production.

Illustrator Basics 01

Jeff Lang

Learn how to navigate Adobe Illustrator and explore the basic manipulation of vector objects.

Illustrator Pattern Tool

Tom Lange

Illustrator can create patterns that will add depth to your designs.

Image Trace - Bad!

Jeff Lang

InDesign Refresher

Carson Wampler

InDesign is one of the most powerful tools in your creative arsenal. It allows you to quickly create print documents, presentations, and mock up webpages without the hassle of Photoshop’s file size.

Inking Your Illustration

Jacob McAlister

Learn how color can be added (inking) to a drawing in Photoshop by utilizing layers and brush tools. To complete this tutorial, you will need Adobe Photoshop and a scanned line drawing (or one drawn digitally).

Interview Basics

Laura Daniel

You’ve got mad skills, an awesome portfolio and an eagerness to work, but you’ve still got to get through the interview. Join us for an informative session of the ‘do’s and don’ts’ of the interview process and how to make a stunning resume.

Intro to Wordpress

Brent Clemens

Wordpress drives a huge amount of the sites you use everyday. So it is definitely worth your time to learn how to use it.

Introduction to Motion Graphics

Eric Rosenfeld

Introduction to UI & UX

Ricky Neath

Keynote Animation 01

Eric Rosenfeld

You might be surprised how often Keynote is used for something other than a presentation.

Keynote Animation 02

Eric

Keynote Voiceover

Triesta Hall

Learn how to narrate your presentation using Apple Keynote.

Layer Masks 101 - Photoshop

Amy Williams

Lighting Setups

Carson Wampler

A quick reference to some popular lighting setups that can all be done with 3 lights.

Make a Movie Title in Premiere

Adobe

Learn how to apply a text mask, or track matte, to a video sequence for a cool title effect.

Motion for Graphic Design - 03

Eric

Intermediate After Effects Techniques

Motion for Graphic Design - Rendering

Eric

How to render videos in After Effects

Motion for Graphic Design 02

Eric

Using STRAP Keyframes in After Effects

Motion for Graphic Designers 01

Eric

The basics of After Effects for all Designers

Photography for Designers

Carson Wampler

Designers need to think about taking photographs a little differently. After all, the photograph isn’t the last step in our process.

Photoshop Channel Chops

Eric Rosenfeld

The videos are less of a tutorial and more of an explanation of how Photoshop thinks and behaves. A greater understanding of an artist’s tools is always a beneficial endeavor.

Photoshop Round Robin

Gary Nusinov, Amy Williams, Omar Martinez

Use Masks and Layers to make the perfect color corrected image; Photoshop brushes; and creating unique photo composites.

Preparing for Screen Printing

Omar Martinez

Project Felix Quickstart

Eric Rosenfeld

Adobe has never really understood 3D but Project Felix is a lot of fun and a good start.

Resolution

Triesta Hall

Resolution: the most important math you will ever learn as a designer.

Reviewing Portfolios

Jennifer Morla

An inside look at to what professionals look for when they are reviewing portfolios.

Rotation for complex designs in Illustrator

Jeff Sweat

Screenshots in Illustrator

Jeff Lang

Self Portraits in Illustrator

Jeff Lang

Software Choice

Triesta Hall

Using the wrong software for the project at hand is the first rookie mistake. Learn how to choose the right software so you work most efficiently.

Style Sheets in InDesign

Triesta Hall

Work smart, not hard. Style sheets help you automate your publishing projects.

Tile-able Textures

Amy Williams

Making a texture tile-able is a skill every digital artist should have.

Type on Paths - Illustrator

Jeff Sweat

Updating your Operating System

Eric

Using Groups in Photoshop

Amy Williams

This tutorial walks you through how to use Clipping Groups to texture shapes in Photoshop.

Vary line weight in Illustrator.

Jeff Lang

Your Portfolio Experience

Daniel Moye

Everyone wants to see what you bring to the table. Employers look at every element of your portfolio: Your Brand, Your Work and Your Presentation judge whether you can do the job or not.