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.

Sketch tutorial: 4.5 iPhone X design

Sketch tutorial - become a UI and UX designer

Learn InDesign - Tutorial for beginners: 2.5 Colors, swatches and Adobe Color

Learn InDesign - Tutorial for beginners

Learn InDesign - Tutorial for beginners: 3.5 Building paragraph styles on top of each other

Learn InDesign - Tutorial for beginners

2 ways to create a perforation for printing: InDesign and perforation editor

Learn InDesign - Tutorial for beginners

Design 3-month calendars for the B2B sector and export them ready for printing

Designing PDF print data in Adobe InDesign

Adobe InCopy CC for editors - 4.5 Editing and formatting texts and working with glyphs

Adobe InCopy CC: The workflow to the editorial system

Adobe InCopy CC for editors - 5.5 Writing PDFs

Adobe InCopy CC: The workflow to the editorial system

Top tip in Acrobat: 2.5 | Accessible PDFs with just a few clicks

Razor-sharp Acrobat recipes: masterfully editing PDF files

Razor-sharp Acrobat recipes: 1.5 | Merge multiple files into one PDF file with a single click - saves time

Razor-sharp Acrobat recipes: masterfully editing PDF files

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

InDesign updates: What's new in the Creative Cloud

What's new in the Creative Cloud: InDesign CC - Optimizations in the Creative Cloud Libraries

InDesign updates: What's new in the Creative Cloud

What's new in the Creative Cloud: InDesign CC 2014 (June 2014) - Organization of color fields

InDesign updates: What's new in the Creative Cloud

Illustrator for beginners & intermediates - 3.4 Saving documents correctly

Adobe Illustrator Introduction: Learn the basics

Illustrator for beginners & intermediates - 4.4 Shape tools

Adobe Illustrator Introduction: Learn the basics

Illustrator for beginners & intermediate users - 5.4 Character and paragraph styles

Adobe Illustrator Introduction: Learn the basics

Illustrator for Beginners & Intermediates - 6.4 The Convert dialog

Adobe Illustrator Introduction: Learn the basics

Adobe Illustrator - Exploded Text

Adobe Illustrator Introduction: Learn the basics

Logo design for photographers - 05 Free fonts

Logo development for photographers

Large projects in Adobe InDesign - 2.05 - Create another master page based on the existing one

Large projects in InDesign: book, brochure, catalog

Large projects in Adobe InDesign - 3.05 - Typography

Large projects in InDesign: book, brochure, catalog

Large projects in Adobe InDesign - 4.05 - Table corrections

Large projects in InDesign: book, brochure, catalog

Large projects in Adobe InDesign - 5.05 - PreFlight

Large projects in InDesign: book, brochure, catalog

Create beveled star
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Create beveled star

Illustrator tutorial: Razor-sharp workflow and design recipes

Cartography (drawing maps) with Illustrator - Part 5

Illustrator tutorial: Razor-sharp workflow and design recipes

Creating a compass in Adobe Illustrator - Part 5

Adobe Illustrator course: creative practice

Character painting in Photoshop - Module 3.5 Common mistakes

Digital Painting in Photoshop - Tutorial for digital drawing

Character painting in Photoshop - Module 4.5 Environment and posture

Digital Painting in Photoshop - Tutorial for digital drawing

Create a print-compliant rollup

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

Making-of: Little journey

Artworks in Photoshop

Photoshop filters: Render filters

Artworks in Photoshop

Adobe InDesign tips & tricks: Multiple copying of objects - keyboard acrobats take note

Razor-sharp InDesign recipes

Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Finding image placeholders for every conceivable resolution

Razor-sharp InDesign recipes

Colored headline effects via the formats

Razor-sharp InDesign recipes

Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Quickly find the color used in the document

Razor-sharp InDesign recipes

Digital Painting & Matte Painting: Excursus - Matte Painting

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

The Acrobat navigation bar

Acrobat Training - Basics & Tricks

Poster design in Adobe InDesign - Part 3: Adding text

InDesign Video Training - Modern Practice

The color management settings in InDesign

InDesign training - basics & tricks (free)

Paper Textures: Vintage, Aging & Stains

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

Grain Textures: Dust, Scratches & Craquelé

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

Risograph textures: Colored Riso prints

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

Halftone Textures: Color Raster & Print Errors

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

Retro photo look
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Retro photo look

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

Create glitter text
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Create glitter text

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

Adobe Firefly: 3.6 | Adobe AI text effects

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

Adobe Illustrator: 5.6 | Flip horizontally and vertically

Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Basics for a quick start

Adobe Illustrator: 6.6 | Insert text into shape

Adobe Illustrator tutorial: Basics for a quick start

Canva Tutorial: 4.6 | Videos

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

Canva Tutorial: 5.6 | Create Projects

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

Midjourney: 5 tips and tricks for better results

Midjourney tutorial: How the AI creates spectacular images for you

Advertising banners in Photoshop: 06 | Typography style

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

Vectorizing in Inkscape: 6 | Optimize and adjust vector graphics

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

Inkscape Tutorial: 4.6 | Spiral Tool

Inkscape tutorial - the basics & tools of the vector program

User Experience & Customer Journey: 06 | Avoiding unnecessary page changes

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

Affinity Publisher Basics Tutorial: 07 | Tips for precise selections and fast navigation

Affinity Publisher: the basic tutorial

Affinity Publisher Basics Tutorial: 17| Character Styles

Affinity Publisher: the basic tutorial

Affinity Publisher Basics Tutorial: 27 | Resource management and image effects

Affinity Publisher: the basic tutorial

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics: 1.6 | Open files

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics: 4.6 | Fill and Transparency Tool

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics: 5.6 | Gradation Curves

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics: 6.6 | Blur and Sharpen Tool

Affinity Designer Tutorial - Basics

Adobe XD-Tutorial: 06 | Helpful presets with UI-Kits

Adobe XD Tutorial - Experience Design and Prototyping

Procreate tutorial - Basics of digital drawing on the iPad: 1.6 | Actions menu item

Procreate tutorial - the basics of digital drawing on the iPad

Procreate tutorial - Basics of digital drawing on the iPad: 3.6 | Clipping mask

Procreate tutorial - the basics of digital drawing on the iPad

Procreate Tutorial - Basics of digital drawing on the iPad: 4.6 | Recolor

Procreate tutorial - the basics of digital drawing on the iPad

Sketch tutorial: Installing 1.6 libraries

Sketch tutorial - become a UI and UX designer

Sketch tutorial: 4.6 User profile, blur effect

Sketch tutorial - become a UI and UX designer

Learn InDesign - Tutorial for beginners: 2.6 Creating simple shapes and contours

Learn InDesign - Tutorial for beginners

Learn InDesign - Tutorial for beginners: 3.6 Column with one click on object formats

Learn InDesign - Tutorial for beginners

Design and print Advent calendars in star format for the B2B and B2C sector

Learn InDesign - Tutorial for beginners

Design and print a hardcover book

Designing PDF print data in Adobe InDesign

Adobe InCopy CC for editors - 4.6 Placing and editing images

Adobe InCopy CC: The workflow to the editorial system

Adobe InCopy CC for editors - 5.6 Preferences

Adobe InCopy CC: The workflow to the editorial system

Razor-sharp Acrobat recipes: 1.6 | Search entire folders of PDFs

Razor-sharp Acrobat recipes: masterfully editing PDF files

What's new in the Creative Cloud: InDesign CC 2015.4 (June 2016) - Publish your own designs via Adobe Portfolio

InDesign updates: What's new in the Creative Cloud

What's new in the Creative Cloud: InDesign CC 2014.2 (February 2015) - Time advantage thanks to new functions

InDesign updates: What's new in the Creative Cloud

What's new in the Creative Cloud: InDesign CC 2014 (June 2014) - More user-friendly tables

InDesign updates: What's new in the Creative Cloud

Illustrator for beginners & intermediates - 4.5 Brush tool

Adobe Illustrator Introduction: Learn the basics

Illustrator for Beginners & Intermediates - 5.5 The Symbol Palette

Adobe Illustrator Introduction: Learn the basics

Illustrator for beginners & intermediates - 6.5 Crop with clipping masks

Adobe Illustrator Introduction: Learn the basics

Adobe Illustrator - Create app icon

Adobe Illustrator Introduction: Learn the basics

Logo development for photographers - 06 colors

Logo development for photographers

Large projects in Adobe InDesign - 2.06 - Create color swatches

Large projects in InDesign: book, brochure, catalog

Large projects in Adobe InDesign - 3.06 - Excursus GREP

Large projects in InDesign: book, brochure, catalog

Large projects in Adobe InDesign - 4.06 - Reload images

Large projects in InDesign: book, brochure, catalog

Adobe Illustrator tips & tricks: Zoom better & create a new file faster

Illustrator tutorial: Razor-sharp workflow and design recipes

Cartography (drawing maps) with Illustrator - Part 6

Illustrator tutorial: Razor-sharp workflow and design recipes

Creating a compass in Adobe Illustrator - Part 6

Adobe Illustrator course: creative practice

Character Painting in Photoshop - Module 4.6 Details and Mars Surface

Digital Painting in Photoshop - Tutorial for digital drawing

Design of a poster DIN A2 printed on one side - Après-Ski-Party

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

Making-of: Memento Mori

Artworks in Photoshop

Photoshop filter: Liquefy

Artworks in Photoshop

Tips & Tricks for Adobe InDesign: Alignment

Razor-sharp InDesign recipes

Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Cool effects with the soft gradient edge

Razor-sharp InDesign recipes

Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Convert texts to paths quickly and, above all, correctly

Razor-sharp InDesign recipes

Tips & tricks for Adobe InDesign: Display format deviations with a click

Razor-sharp InDesign recipes

Digital Painting & Matte Painting: Optimizing the workspace

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

The Acrobat default settings

Acrobat Training - Basics & Tricks

Poster design in Adobe InDesign - Part 4: Creating QR codes and textures

InDesign Video Training - Modern Practice

The selection tool in InDesign

InDesign training - basics & tricks (free)

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.