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In today's video I'll be telling you about how to start graphics from scratch I'll also tell you about the most important programs as well as skills that Needs to be used and learnt in every specialty, as well as some reference For learning those skills, so that you start on the right track and cut Through tons of useless efforts and without any further ado, go straight And hit that like & subscribe buttons, to stay updated and let's dig in Assalamu Allaykum how are you guys? hope you're doing great and good I'm Mohammed Ali & this is Nour design channel, alright look here The graphics field of work is ginormous and it's hard to lean it all together So it's important to pick single specialty and stick to it and to choose Such thing need you to take step back with me and recall with me When was the first time you heard about graphics, this is most likely The thing that got you here and the thing you're passionate about, And would love to proceed in it so after recalling that moment Let me explain all types of graphic fields so that you can pick one That you love and suits you, I'll tell you about every specialty, It's occupational name, the programs needed for the job and lastly Free resources in Arabic that can help you get started easily, So the first job we have is Visual Identity designer AKA Logo designer AKA Branding Designer or simply put Trademarks Designer So what does he do? He creates the visual identity of the whole project For example company like MacDonald's has specific Logo (M) has specific colors both Yellow and red, so if you see those colors from far and tell you this is fast food company, despite the fact that you can't see it clearly you'll guess it correctly as MacDonald's and that's what the company did, practically planted in your head their own colors and logo, so you're capable of identifying them at all time and that's the Visual Identity designer's job he does all that he starts with the logo of the company, then onto the frequently used colors as well as the business cards design and letter heads all those printable related to the company, this designer must do as well as designing the various packaging of various companies even selecting typographies used in the designs, anything visually related to the company depends on him, so in order to be visual identity designer, or logo designer what programs do need to learn? No. 1 Adobe Illustrator basically No.2 Adobe Photoshop in order to create some designs like mock ups Meaning when I'm done with logo need to show the client the final product so this is done on Photoshop As for the free resources to learn those programs, No.1 Adobe illustrator Mr.Mohammed Khayal, on YouTube, has full adobe illustrator course From scratch everything I'll mention in this episode is down in the description You can save this episode as reference for you to use later, in that channel You'll find multiple free courses like the commercial & Advertisement designing course And in it he shows you how to do business cards, letter heads & envelops, and many Various things if you're planning on specializing in visual identity field No.2 is Mr. Nour Homsi Channel on YouTube, the channel has multiple playlists For learning adobe illustrator, as well as multiple playlist for designing Logos and visual identity in general, the academic part behind the subject Because as you know it doesn't take program to make designer There are tons of basics you've to master before starting designing So Mr. Nour teaches you how to design even on Ms. Paint, The 2nd field we have today is the Marketing & Advertising Designer So what does he do as well, well write those down Poster designing both printed & digital, Flyers, Info graphics, book covers Billboards, brochure both printed & digital-shirts, Menus, Vehicles Banners And many various things, and lastly Social media Advertisement designs Which gained great deal of attention recently, and there's huge Demand on it, because no business now can start without making social media Accounts and therefore designers are needed to make those designs used On their pages, and this is one of the richest fields for you right now as designer And one of the most enjoyable things to do, and in this field of marketing and advertising you'll need more than just one program No.1 is Photoshop, No.2 is Adobe Illustrator, No.3 is InDesign those are The essential 3 programs that'll qualify you to work with any company, agency Or even if you don't have InDesign, depending on the Job requirements But there are another 2 programs that'll be huge Plus for you and will Make you shine among other designers, which are, No.1 is Cinema 4D Learning 3D program will be add so much to your skills in Ad. Designing Especially that you'll be needing multiple stocks which you won't be able to find online so you can recreate them In whatever angle you like in the 3D program, the 2nd program is AfterEffect You don’t necessarily know everything about this program but it'll be Great to know the basics of the program, because lot's of times you'll be Asked to create Gif file, those movable pictures, or banners on websites Which require minimum motion to it, so if you can do it it'll be huge plus for you Now let's talk resources, and for Learning Photoshop and No.1 is Nour Design Channel, My own channel on YouTube here You'll find playlists for learning Photoshop for beginners in practical way You'll find me teaching you about all the tools and how to create design Using then at the end of each episode also you'll find playlist About learning social media designs, you'll find 20 videos where I'm Explaining social media designs from scratch to professionalism Every episode is aprox. An hour long or even less, also you'll find some advanced lessons where try to apply some variable techniques in Photoshop, and use the tools in different ways to create different results one more important thing is advertisement designs, which is manipulation designs using different photos, and you'll find series that'll teach you the basics of manipulating photos as well as shades and lights, color correction basics and anything that will help you merge pictures together to come up with professional and accurate looking advertisement the second resource you can use is Mostafa Makram TV Channel on it you shall find course for every program whether photoshop Illustrator or Indesign and even Montage course on Premier and Aftereffects and another for Cinema 4d, all are great courses and you can learn tons from them and of course as we said Adobe illustrator has full course here on Mr. Mohammed Khayal channel and it’s regarded as one of the greatest courses in the whole Arabic content as well as full course for learning InDesign program and many playlist that has more advanced level InDesign content lot’s of great stuff and as for cinema 4D Mr.Mostafa Makram channel as well as After effects The third Field we have for today is Motion Graphics, it’s one of the most on demand Fields because and that’s because Motion graving advertisements are way cheaper than Traditional advertisements, so firms always seek motion graphics To make introductions about it and in the shape they desire which always does the trick in the end so what does motion graphic designer does exactly? No.1 he makes full motion graphic video, No.2 makes animated logos Basically gives any design motion beside he can add tons of suff On the videos that explain lot, like right and left pop ups Making videos more attractive and easier to understand The programs used in motion graphics are Top of the list & No.1 is Adobe Aftereffects as well as Illustrator Because you can draw on illustrator then create the motion on aftereffects And sometimes we use Photoshop to make designs the turn them into Motion graphics on Aftereffects, and huge plus is the Cinema 4D program Which is 3D program and has huge compatibility with Aftereffects One of the most important resources to learn Aftereffects, No.1 is course on Mostafa Makram’s channel, No.2 course on Mohammed Zakzouk channel, and what makes that one better is that He’s actually motion graphic specialist and expert, so he’ll be the best To explain it to you as well as Fekra Channel of Sohaib Aldosoky Where you can find playlist that illustrates your beginning in motion graphics As well as various lessons explaining motion graphics basics, and how to enter such field The next channel is Soni Designer where you’ll find an amazing & useful Content and many practical applications showing how to do Certain things in motion graphics as well as full course for motion graphics on his channel The 4th Field we have today is UI Design better know and User interface design, so what does he do? No.1 various website pages, he makes the external interface Not the coding or the programming behind the website Just the external design, as well as the external features of Smart Phone Apps The App outer face, and sometimes he can design the games interfaces Or the games various screens that he designs, UI/UX design is on hot demand Right now and that’s obviously related to the huge leap in App usage we’re seeing today, which are used to facilitate the customers Lives through various services offered through those applications So what are the programs needed for UI/UX design? No.1 Adobe Xd, No.2 Sketch Program on Mac devices No.3 Figma program, No.4 which is usually needed Photoshop Which is used to make the banners that will be displayed in The user interface you’re making but some people used to design The whole thing on Photoshop but that was ancient history As for the resources to learn those programs, No.1 we have Adobe Xd on Mr. Mohammed Shaltout Channel, which has full Course on learning adobe Xd, No.2 Alaa darwish Channel which has Another awesome course on learning Xd and you can watch both Courses and see what suits you better and which one you’d love to Dive in more, No.2 is Figma Program, with full course on Barmag Channel You’ll find the link in the description as said all those channels are Right here down below in the description box where you can save it as reference Of course the sketch program has no enough Arabic content Because it’s used essentially on mac devices so it’s available In foreign content but haven’t seen any Arabic content that has value in it The 5th field we have today is Montage and video Editing so what’s that? It’s field that makes edits to all the videos you see on TV, whether videos, Movies, series or even programs anything montage or clipping in videos To reach the final form that you’re watching or even this video here, is called montage Which is clipping videos into smaller parts to place it in certain order That tells certain story, or even sends certain message, and in order for You to master montage, you need to learn Adobe premiere Pro. Or final Cut on Mac, or Davinci resolve And in those cases we always go to Mr. Mostafa Makram Where there’s full course for Adobe premiere, and another For Davinci resolve and many various techniques are on the channel And you’ll need Adobe Aftereffects to add variable effects on your videos And the 6th field we have for today is 3D designing, and the 3D is huge Field and really diverse, starts from designing some advertisements to designing Some prototypes and shapes of products as well as games that has 3D in them Architectural design, animation movie designs, many and various things But there are some basic programs to start with in the 3D world Before sailing to far in it,No.1 is 3DMax which is star specially In Architectural design, whether interior or exterior designs, and on it You can do any 3D design you desire and it’s characterized with its Compatibility with AutoCAD where you can plan everything on AutoCAD And send it to 3D Max to put your Architectural Touches, No.2 we have Autodesk Program Maya which is used more in making 3D animation movies And No.3 is cinema 4D Which is mainly used in designing advertisements And in motion graphics in general as well as various advertising Every single program we mentioned in the 3d category can do everything The other programs do but every one of them has its own uses As for the resources from which can learn the 3D No.1 as we stated Before Cinema 4D Mostafa makram channel, as for 3D Max and Autodesk It’s available at Easy Channel, you’ll find One full course for 3D Max And another for Maya Program and there are other fields that fall under graphics Like concept art or becoming concept artist, to create concepts or scenes which are then used in movies and as well the illustration field which means becoming an artist or an illustrator in companies and that means you can draw vector art, which you can later be moved on Aftereffects and make motion graphics videos, so sometimes There are illustrator & Animator where both works on single video To give us the final product we see, those types of fields need More technical hand drawing skills and vision and an artistic sense More than programs but the main programs used in those type of work Are Photoshop, illustrator and as told you before all the resources are In the description box below, and there’s channel called Ottl Fanny, Remember that name Where you’ll find may podcast of people actually working in art business And you can check what they’re talking about and what are the skills needed To enter such fields whether concept art or drawing in general or 3D etc. And this channel is called Ottl Fanny and it’ll be of great help since it’s made By people working in the industry, that’s it, that was our episode for today And as said you’ll find in the description all the resources we used in this episode You can save it and use it as reference later, and if you like the video Don’t forget to hit the like and subscribe and turn the bell on to stay updated And stay tuned for more awesome, awesome awesome episodes This is Mohammed Ali and Bye bye!