Design Your Own Holiday Cards in Photoshop (A)

Course details

DIY your way to holiday cheer—Photoshop style! This course will guide you step-by-step, from a new blank Photoshop document, all the way to a finished (fully customizable), ready-to-print, design. Use it as is—or as an inspirational starting point!

I've filled this hands-on project with some of the most requested techniques and effects compiled from more than 10 years of teaching Photoshop around the world. As you make your way through the course, you'll gain real-world experience in sought after Photoshop skills including:

• formatting documents for print
• working with color
• adding and styling type
• manipulating layers
• correctly saving to various file formats
• adding special effects like pattern overlays
• and so much more

Everything you need is included: The carefully curated fonts, the pattern files, and illustrations. I'll even share my personal recommendation on where to order your finished cards from. 

All you need to bring to the table are whatever photo(s) you want to include, and access to Photoshop. It doesn't even have to be a current (or even recent) version. Really. Everything this design involves is accessible in pretty much any edition of Photoshop. (Yes, that even includes Photoshop Elements.)

This course will walk you through everything you need to know to successfully create your own holiday cards. Designed for even the most novice of Photoshop users, this course will give you the skills you need to complete the project, without drowning you in details that are better saved for a more in-depth course (like my comprehensive course, Photoshop Bootcamp For Photographers & Freelancers: A Complete Beginner's Guide for Aspiring Photographers and Designers). I trust you'll find that it strikes a good balance between providing enough instruction to accomplish the goal, and not weighing you down with round about background theory. In other words, this course will provide results and answer the question, "How do I do xyzy?" without making you earn a PhD in Photoshop to make it happen.

Let's do this. Make your holiday cards something special this year— design them yourself!