Looking for some Photoshop brushes, textures or fonts to spruce up your Valentine’s Day themed designs this year? Look no further! We’ve compiled this handy collection of graphic design resources perfect for all of your Valentine’s Day projects. Free Vector Pack: Polygonal Hearts – This pack consists of 10 polygonal hearts in vector format that are awesome enough to fill in your boring Valentine’s Day greeting cards and posters. … Read More
Looking to try something new in Adobe After Effects? We compiled a list of these 5 popular tutorials from posts we made to our Facebook page over the past few months. Whether you’re just learning visual effects or you want to add some new techniques to your repertoire, we hope you will find these tutorials helpful. #1 – How to Replace the Sky in a Video: Sky replacement is a… Read More
Whether you’re looking to buy a new computer or are on the hunt for some discounted design software we’ve got you covered in this ultimate list of student discounts. Why spend more money when you can take advantage of these awesome deals?! Apple Education Pricing: Shop the Apple Store for Education, save up to $200 on a new Mac, and up to $20 on a new iPad. Education pricing is… Read More
Whether you’re a student studying digital media design at Platt College or you’re a designer currently working in the industry, chances are you’ve used a tutorial to learn a new skill or technique. We enjoy sharing helpful and inspiring tutorials we find online through our Facebook, Twitter, Google + and Pinterest pages almost daily! Through researching our social media insights we compiled this collection of the Top 10 Design Tutorials… Read More
The holidays are almost here! For designers and creatives Christmas is not only a time of year for giving back and spending time with loved ones, but also an opportunity to pick up some extra design projects for the holidays! We hope this variety of resources we’ve picked out will help you with any designs you create this season! Free Christmas Vectors for Your Festive Designs: Save money on your… Read More
Platt College Graphic Design Alumni and Professional Photographer, Andrew Serrano, has recently started sharing his photography knowledge with others through tutorials and workshops. In this tutorial Andrew shares with us the importance of lighting for your photography. The Importance of Light: Tutorial by Andrew Serrano How important is light when it comes to photography? Very important! Light is one of the most important factors when it comes to shooting. It… Read More
Looking to brush up on your Maya skills or try something new? Check out the following collection of our top 5 most popular pins on Pinterest! #1 – Making Of ‘Black Wires’ By Carlos Ortega: This detailed tutorial shows step by step how to create a cute cartoony 3D character using Maya. #2 – Creating an Advanced Multi-Character Rig for Futurama’s Bender in Maya – Part 1: In this series,… Read More
Thanksgiving is almost here! Here’s a collection of different design resources that are perfect for any of your seasonal dinner invitations, flyers, posters or websites! 21 Thanksgiving Vector Graphics and Greeting Templates: Thanksgiving vector graphics and PSD templates to add a touch of holiday theme to your fall design projects. This collection includes a wide variety of vector graphics like Thanksgiving icons, buttons, vector illustrations of turkeys, pilgrims, fall backgrounds,… Read More
New to Photoshop? Get started with this collection of helpful beginner tutorials! Master Photoshop’s Selection Tools in Under 30 Minutes: This article explains some of the different and powerful selection tools that are available in Adobe Photoshop. Intro to Photoshop’s Filters: Filters are used to change the appearance of an image, layer or selection in Photoshop. In this tutorial, you will be introduced to some common filters, and how to… Read More
Popular Design Tutorials Platt College is home to many talented digital media designers who understand that learning can always be continued outside the classroom. One of the many ways they can add to their design knowledge is by using a variety of different tutorials that will help them learn extra tips or tricks. For this article we have compiled a collection of the 10 most popular tutorials that we have… Read More
