Design tutorials on illustration, layout & printing
Design (illustration, layout & printing)
Design tutorials
Design tutorials

Design tutorials on illustration, layout, print & visual design

Design is your thing or should it be? With us, you'll learn something new every day! In the design tutorials, you 'll learn the basics as well as professional tips. Whether it's vector-based illustration with Illustrator and Affinity Designer, layout and printing with InDesign and Affinity Publisher or digital UX and visual design - learn what's important when creating print and web designs in our courses. Tools and functions explained using practical and concrete examples such as flyers, business cards and more! Take a look at our design tutorials and learn what will help you make progress in design.

User Experience & Customer Journey: 04 | The Customer Journey Map

User Experience (UX) & Customer Journey - the practical tutorial

Affinity Publisher Basics Tutorial: 05 | Placing objects, contours and frame options

Affinity Publisher: the basic tutorial

Affinity Publisher Basics Tutorial: 15 | Define paragraph styles

Affinity Publisher: the basic tutorial

Affinity Publisher Basics Tutorial: 25 | Adding and subtracting objects

Affinity Publisher: the basic tutorial

Affinity Publisher Basics Tutorial: 34 | Importing PDFs and editing options

Affinity Publisher: the basic tutorial

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics: 1.4 | Personas

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics: 3.4 | Layer Masks

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics: 4.4 | Corner tool

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics: 5.4 | Black & White

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics: 6.4 | Dodge and Burn Tool

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics

Adobe XD-Tutorial: 04 | Create artboards with different resolutions

Adobe XD Tutorial - Experience Design and Prototyping

Procreate tutorial - the basics of digital drawing on the iPad: 1.4 | Creating a Procreate canvas

Procreate tutorial - the basics of digital drawing on the iPad

Procreate tutorial - Basics of digital drawing on the iPad: 2.4 | Wipe finger and eraser

Procreate tutorial - the basics of digital drawing on the iPad

Procreate tutorial - Basics of digital drawing on the iPad: 3.4 | Reference level

Procreate tutorial - the basics of digital drawing on the iPad

Procreate tutorial - Basics of digital drawing on the iPad: 4.4 | Filters

Procreate tutorial - the basics of digital drawing on the iPad

Sketch tutorial: 1.4 Tools

Sketch tutorial - become a UI and UX designer

Sketch tutorial: 4.4 Designing chat, working with layers

Sketch tutorial - become a UI and UX designer

Learn InDesign - Tutorial for beginners: 1.4 Saving formats and packaging files

Learn InDesign - Tutorial for beginners

Learn InDesign - Tutorial for beginners: 2.4 Loading images via Adobe Stocker

Learn InDesign - Tutorial for beginners

Learn InDesign - Tutorial for beginners: 3.4 Automation through paragraph and character styles

Learn InDesign - Tutorial for beginners

Creation of partial finishing in Adobe InDesign for printing (UV varnish, relief varnish, hot foil)

Learn InDesign - Tutorial for beginners

Design a stylish paper carrier bag correctly and export it ready for printing

Designing PDF print data in Adobe InDesign

Adobe InCopy CC for editors - 4.4 Views and tools: the Assignments panel and the Links palette

Adobe InCopy CC: The workflow to the editorial system

Adobe InCopy CC for Editors - 5.4 Import

Adobe InCopy CC: The workflow to the editorial system

Top tip in Acrobat: 2.4 | Compare documents such as contracts quickly

Razor-sharp Acrobat recipes: masterfully editing PDF files

Razor-sharp Acrobat recipes: 1.4 | No more typing scanned documents - let text recognition do the work for you

Razor-sharp Acrobat recipes: masterfully editing PDF files

What's new in the Creative Cloud: InDesign CC 2017 (November 2016) - Typekit Marketplace

InDesign updates: What's new in the Creative Cloud

What's new in the Creative Cloud: InDesign CC 2015 (June 2015) - Other new features

InDesign updates: What's new in the Creative Cloud

What's new in the Creative Cloud: InDesign CC 2014 (June 2014) - Scaling effects

InDesign updates: What's new in the Creative Cloud

Illustrator for beginners & intermediates - 1.3 Preferences

Adobe Illustrator Introduction: Learn the basics

Illustrator for beginners & intermediates - 3.3 Guides and intelligent guides

Adobe Illustrator Introduction: Learn the basics

Illustrator for beginners & intermediates - 4.3 Text tool

Adobe Illustrator Introduction: Learn the basics

Illustrator for beginners & intermediates - 5.3 Character and paragraph palette at a glance

Adobe Illustrator Introduction: Learn the basics

Illustrator for beginners & intermediates - 6.3 Move path

Adobe Illustrator Introduction: Learn the basics

Illustrator for beginners & intermediates - 8.3 Colorize graphics at lightning speed

Adobe Illustrator Introduction: Learn the basics

Adobe Illustrator - Create 3D objects

Adobe Illustrator Introduction: Learn the basics

Logo development for photographers - 04 Fonts

Logo development for photographers

Large projects in Adobe InDesign - 2.04 - Generate column titles via the master page

Large projects in InDesign: book, brochure, catalog

Large projects in Adobe InDesign - 3.04 - Quick formatting

Large projects in InDesign: book, brochure, catalog

Large projects in Adobe InDesign - 4.04 - Object corrections

Large projects in InDesign: book, brochure, catalog

Large projects in Adobe InDesign - 5.04 - Index

Large projects in InDesign: book, brochure, catalog

Adobe Illustrator tips & tricks: Scaling effects and contours

Illustrator tutorial: Razor-sharp workflow and design recipes

Create a Halloween invitation card - for beginners

Illustrator tutorial: Razor-sharp workflow and design recipes

Cartography (drawing maps) with Illustrator - Part 4

Illustrator tutorial: Razor-sharp workflow and design recipes

Creating a cat in Illustrator - Part 4

Adobe Illustrator course: creative practice

Creating a loop in Illustrator - Part 4

Adobe Illustrator course: creative practice

Creating lips in Adobe Illustrator - Part 4

Adobe Illustrator course: creative practice

Creating a compass in Adobe Illustrator - Part 4

Adobe Illustrator course: creative practice

Creating text with a long shadow in Adobe Illustrator - Part 4

Adobe Illustrator course: creative practice

Character painting in Photoshop - Module 1.4 Editing a scanned drawing

Digital Painting in Photoshop - Tutorial for digital drawing

Character painting in Photoshop - Module 3.4 Painting armor

Digital Painting in Photoshop - Tutorial for digital drawing

Character painting in Photoshop - Module 4.4 Astronaut coloring

Digital Painting in Photoshop - Tutorial for digital drawing

Folding flyer DIN A5 - portrait format with 4 pages design and print part 2

Fresh print layouts in InDesign - how to create print data as a PDF!

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Artworks in Photoshop

Photoshop filter: Vanishing point

Artworks in Photoshop

Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Enlarge assembly area

Razor-sharp InDesign recipes

Format column with just one click

Razor-sharp InDesign recipes

Simply "mark up" texts in InDesign

Razor-sharp InDesign recipes

Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Importing multi-page PDFs

Razor-sharp InDesign recipes

Designing a brochure as a handout in InDesign

Razor-sharp InDesign recipes

Digital Painting & Matte Painting: Overview of different techniques

Digital & Matte Painting Techniques: the tutorial for Photoshop in German

Customize workspace and quick tools

Acrobat Training - Basics & Tricks

Poster design in Adobe InDesign - Part 2: Ribbon effect

InDesign Video Training - Modern Practice

Default settings in Adobe InDesign

InDesign training - basics & tricks (free)

Paper textures: Crumples, folds & embossing

100 seamless print textures: Paper, Grain, Risograph & Halftone

Grain Textures: Chalk, Spray & Splash

100 seamless print textures: Paper, Grain, Risograph & Halftone

Risograph textures: Raster, clouds & passer

100 seamless print textures: Paper, Grain, Risograph & Halftone

Halftone Textures: Newspaper, FM & Special Screens

100 seamless print textures: Paper, Grain, Risograph & Halftone

Paint a 80s look onto a portrait photo

Photoshop Workshop DVD - Effects for Typography, Layout & Photo - Vol. 2 (free)

Grunge effect for typo and layout

Photoshop workshop DVD - Effects for type, layout & photo - Vol. 1 (for free)

Microsoft Designer: 3.5 | Create hashtags for social media

Microsoft Designer: AI tool for images, graphics, flyers & Co. (Tutorial)

Microsoft Designer: 2.5 | Quick Selection in detail

Microsoft Designer: AI tool for images, graphics, flyers & Co. (Tutorial)

Microsoft Designer: 1.5 | Quick Commands

Microsoft Designer: AI tool for images, graphics, flyers & Co. (Tutorial)

Adobe Firefly: 7.5 | Summary of AI tools in Photoshop

Adobe Firefly (Tutorial): create spectacular images with generative AI

Adobe Firefly: 3.5 | Generative Fill

Adobe Firefly (Tutorial): create spectacular images with generative AI

Adobe Illustrator: 4.5 | Export vector file

Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Basics for a quick start

Adobe Illustrator: 5.5 | Create dashed and dotted lines

Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Basics for a quick start

Adobe Illustrator: 6.5 | Create Silhouette

Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Basics for a quick start

Canva Tutorial: 4.5 | Diagrams

Canva tutorial: Design graphics, create images and videos easily online

Canva Tutorial: 5.5 | Create cover image

Canva tutorial: Design graphics, create images and videos easily online

Midjourney: 4 | Settings for even better pictures

Midjourney tutorial: How the AI creates spectacular images for you

Advertising banners in Photoshop: 05 | Melting Skyscraper on the margins of websites

Design your own advertising banners in Photoshop - 10 modern top designs to recreate (tutorial)

Vectorizing in Inkscape: 5 | Photograph and import drawing

Vectorize in Inkscape: Convert pixel images (PNG, JPG) into vector graphics

Inkscape Tutorial: 2.5 | Save or export document

Inkscape tutorial - the basics & tools of the vector program

Inkscape Tutorial: 4.5 | 3D Box Tool

Inkscape tutorial - the basics & tools of the vector program

Inkscape Tutorial: 5.5 | Placing pixel images

Inkscape tutorial - the basics & tools of the vector program

User Experience & Customer Journey: 05 | Landing pages and orientation triggers for scrolling

User Experience (UX) & Customer Journey - the practical tutorial

Affinity Publisher Basics Tutorial: 06 | Graphic text, frame text and fill text

Affinity Publisher: the basic tutorial

Affinity Publisher Basics Tutorial: 16 | Building initials and paragraph styles on top of each other

Affinity Publisher: the basic tutorial

Affinity Publisher Basics Tutorial: 26 | Quick image corrections in Affinity Publisher

Affinity Publisher: the basic tutorial

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics: 1.5 | Set up document

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics: 3.5 | Layer Effects

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics: 4.5 | Pencil Tool and Vector Brushes

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics: 5.5 | Shadow Lights

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics: 6.5 | Blur Tool

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics

Adobe XD Tutorial: 05 | Grid settings for columns and rectangular grids

Adobe XD Tutorial - Experience Design and Prototyping

Procreate tutorial - Basics of digital drawing on the iPad: 1.5 | User interface

Procreate tutorial - the basics of digital drawing on the iPad

Procreate tutorial - Basics of digital drawing on the iPad: 3.5 | Layer masks

Procreate tutorial - the basics of digital drawing on the iPad

Procreate Tutorial - Basics of digital drawing on the iPad: 4.5 | Color manipulation

Procreate tutorial - the basics of digital drawing on the iPad

Sketch tutorial: 1.5 The most important plugins

Sketch tutorial - become a UI and UX designer

The right approach to design

Illustration, layout, printing - learn with our design tutorials

Master the vectors

Tutorials for all facets of design

Do you want a vector-based logo? A flyer for an event? Or a website for a company? Whatever you want to tackle in your design: With our design tutorials on layout, print, illustration and visual design, you'll learn how to design properly! Our experienced trainers will introduce you to the tools of InDesign, Illustrator, Affinity Designer, Publisher and more - and more than that: the design tutorials use practical examples to show you how to actually use the tools.

Which programs and applications are shown in the design tutorials?

The design tutorials naturally introduce you to the classics - whether InDesign, Illustrator, InCopy, Acrobat and Photoshop from Adobe or Affinity Photo, Affinity Publisher and Affinity Designer from Serif. Learn the basics or get numerous professional tips. We also take a closer look at Canva, Inkscape and Procreate, for example. In our InDesign tutorials in particular, you can see how different designs for business cards, brochures, menus, door hangers, table displays and much, much more can be created from a blank page.

Create illustrations and graphics based on vectors

Would you like to create graphics such as logos or illustrative elements yourself that look great in any size? Then learn how to work with vectors with our design tutorials . The advantage compared to pixel images: Graphics based on vectors can be scaled as desired without any loss of quality and can therefore be easily adapted for use on the web or in print. Take a look at our training courses on creating vector graphics and become a master of vectors with Adobe Illustrator and Affinity Designer tutorials, for example.

Video trainings and templates

A wide range of courses on graphic design, layout & printing

Would you like to create professional graphic designs for your company? Whether print products such as business cards, invoice templates and employee newsletters or digital graphics: creative layouts and stylish typography give your design a personal touch. Our video tutorials show you step by step how to skillfully create high-quality designs for web and print. Click through our wide range and choose your design tutorial for creative desktop publishing with Adobe InDesign, Affinity Publisher and more.

UI and UX - learn visual design with practical online courses

Whether online store or company website, blog or app - you can only attract visitors to your website with an intuitive and clear interface design. Do you have a concept for a new website in mind or would you like to revamp your existing one? Then take advantage of the possibilities of modern UX, UI and visual design! In our practical online courses, we show you how to use programs such as Sketch and Adobe XD to visualize your ideas. Start the tutorials now and show us how you envision your websites.

Tip for time savers: Templates, image material & vector graphics

Do you have a lot on your plate and little time to create your designs and graphics yourself? But you still want stylish designs? - We have something for you - ready-designed templates, helpful images and vector graphics: From business cards and exposés to invoice templates and delivery bills, icons and rating systems to flyers and posters. Simply select your templates and graphic assets, download them and use them straight away. This saves you valuable design time that you can put towards other projects.