Make Quick & Easy Websites, Social Media Graphics & Video

Make Quick & Easy Websites, Social Media Graphics & Video, available at $34.99, has an average rating of 4.55, with 71 lectures, based on 35 reviews, and has 6942 subscribers.

You will learn about Make stunning and professional-looking websites, web images, web videos, and social media graphics the quick and easy way using free online tools Know how to plan a web site and make images web-ready and high quality Take your regular logo and put it on a transparent background in four minutes or less Be up and running fast using the most essential and useful free tools Wix, Canva, Stencil, InVideo, Audacity, and Gimp Get a birds-eye view of the design process from concept to final product Create a quick and dirty, yet persuasive promo video using simple iMovie trailer templates in just 1 hour Make a quick and easy, yet persuassive web video using the free web-based program InVideo Understand how to create and use voiceovers in your videos, as well as how to be up and running quickly converting, editing, and transforming audio using the free program Audacity. This course is ideal for individuals who are Absolute beginners, design and web novices, and people who fight with computers and technology will get A LOT out of this course or People with little to no budget for web hosting, domain names, imaging programs, and web/graphic design services should take this course or This course was designed especially for busy people who want to be up and running ASAP or Those looking for an in depth course on web or graphic design or a full tutorial on specific software programs should NOT take this course. This courses gets you up and running using the most effective tools and does NOT get into ALL the tools and features of each specific program. It is particularly useful for Absolute beginners, design and web novices, and people who fight with computers and technology will get A LOT out of this course or People with little to no budget for web hosting, domain names, imaging programs, and web/graphic design services should take this course or This course was designed especially for busy people who want to be up and running ASAP or Those looking for an in depth course on web or graphic design or a full tutorial on specific software programs should NOT take this course. This courses gets you up and running using the most effective tools and does NOT get into ALL the tools and features of each specific program.

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Title: Make Quick & Easy Websites, Social Media Graphics & Video

Price: $34.99

Average Rating: 4.55

Number of Lectures: 71

Number of Published Lectures: 71

Number of Curriculum Items: 77

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 76

Original Price: $99.99

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What You Will Learn

Make stunning and professional-looking websites, web images, web videos, and social media graphics the quick and easy way using free online tools
Know how to plan a web site and make images web-ready and high quality
Take your regular logo and put it on a transparent background in four minutes or less
Be up and running fast using the most essential and useful free tools Wix, Canva, Stencil, InVideo, Audacity, and Gimp
Get a birds-eye view of the design process from concept to final product
Create a quick and dirty, yet persuasive promo video using simple iMovie trailer templates in just 1 hour
Make a quick and easy, yet persuassive web video using the free web-based program InVideo
Understand how to create and use voiceovers in your videos, as well as how to be up and running quickly converting, editing, and transforming audio using the free program Audacity.

Who Should Attend

Absolute beginners, design and web novices, and people who fight with computers and technology will get A LOT out of this course
People with little to no budget for web hosting, domain names, imaging programs, and web/graphic design services should take this course
This course was designed especially for busy people who want to be up and running ASAP
Those looking for an in depth course on web or graphic design or a full tutorial on specific software programs should NOT take this course. This courses gets you up and running using the most effective tools and does NOT get into ALL the tools and features of each specific program.

Target Audiences

Absolute beginners, design and web novices, and people who fight with computers and technology will get A LOT out of this course
People with little to no budget for web hosting, domain names, imaging programs, and web/graphic design services should take this course
This course was designed especially for busy people who want to be up and running ASAP
Those looking for an in depth course on web or graphic design or a full tutorial on specific software programs should NOT take this course. This courses gets you up and running using the most effective tools and does NOT get into ALL the tools and features of each specific program.

Are you ready to take charge and learn quick and easy methods for creating and editing powerful websites, web images, social media graphics, and web videos like a professional in just a few hours?

Whether you are an entrepreneur, employee, content creator, teacher, author, or social media maven, over the last few years it has become CRUCIAL to know how to do a little bit of everything online.

With this beginner’s masterclass as your guide, you’ll learn how to confidentially and professionally create and manage your OWN website as well as unique images, web videos, and social media graphics for your website, blog, eCourse, eBook, presentations, or social media pages.

-No design skills required.

-No expensive software required.

-Beginners and busy people welcome.

Save time, money, and sanity by learning how to finally make your own website, images, and media without having to always pay someone else to do them for you.

In this course you will learn:

Easy and quick ways to create professional websites, web & social media graphics, and videos for the web and social media in minutes using free online tools
How to take your regular logo and put it on a transparent background in four minutes or less
Learn the most essential and useful tools in Canva, Stencil, Wix, InVideo and the freeware imaging program Gimp
Understand how to get free images, music, and video for your projects that you can use worry-free every time
Absorb the most important design principles as we work together making real websites, images, videos, and social media graphics for real clients
Understand how to better choose and organize type, images, colors, and layout in your designs
See how to schedule and deliver graphics through the free social media post-planning tool, Buffer.
Get a birds-eye view of the design process from concept to final product.
Create a quick and dirty, yet persuasive promo video using InVideo.

This course was created especially for complete beginners as well as people who fight with technology who want to gain new and valuable digital imaging skills and web design skills that can be used every day. You can watch and follow along with me as I show you through case studies for actual client s how I make professional-looking social media graphics and web images using the free online tools Canva and Stencil and easy, code-free/fuss-free websites using the powerful free tool Wix. You’ll also learn how to make the most essential image fixes and edits using the free program Gimp as well as the trial version of Adobe Photoshop. I’ll also show you how to make easy and effective web videos using InVideo. Also as a special bonus, you’ll learn how to use simple iMovie trailer templates to make professional and effective promo videos in just 1 hour.

I’m a practicing award-winning multimedia artist and an Associate Professor of Digital Media who recently taught for universities, international schools, and NGOs in Myanmar from 2016-2019. I co-founded and directed the Film and Digital Media Program at The American University of Rome (2006-2016). I’m now living in Lilongwe, Malawi and am a Digital Media and Animation Specialist for The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA Malawi).

Since 2000 I’ve been teaching students all over the world using my tried and true custom approach (turning complex information into something simple, memorable, easy-to-understand in as short amount of time as possible) to ensure that you get the most important, relevant, and useful information that can be applied immediately.

New bonus lectures and resources will continue to be added and timely design advice will be provided in the discussion forum. I love to help and always respond to inquiries and discussions ASAP.

Empower yourself now by enrolling in this course and join our growing learning community! Click the “Take This Course” button in the upper right corner and let’s get started building your new web and image creation skills today.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Welcome and Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Wix: Make a Quick and Easy Professional Website for Free

Lecture 1: Why Choose Wix Over Other Website Builders?

Chapter 3: Getting Ready to Rumble: Get Ideas, Gather Your Content, and Prepare Your Images

Lecture 1: First Thing's First: Get Your Website Ideas, Text, and Images In Order

Lecture 2: Laying the Groundwork: Creating a Site Inventory and Navigation Chart

Lecture 3: Organize Your Content and Fine Tune Your Ideas

Lecture 4: Making Images Ready To Use on the Web

Chapter 4: OK Go! Making Your New Website in Wix

Lecture 1: Set Up a Wix Account and Choose Your Template

Lecture 2: Setting Up Your Logo on Your Home Page

Lecture 3: Put Your Existing Logo on a Transparent Background (*In Under 4 Minutes)

Lecture 4: Saving, Setting Your Wix Site's Name, and Customizing Your Home Page Slider

Lecture 5: Working With Text and Adding Links in Wix

Lecture 6: Make Sure THIS Crucial Information is On Your Homepage

Lecture 7: Get Your Image Galleries in Shape and Finalize the Homepage Text

Lecture 8: Adding Services or Events

Lecture 9: Add Your Social Media Links to the Site's Footer Bar

Lecture 10: Edit the Mobile Version of Your Wix Site and Hit Publish

Lecture 11: Fixing Up the Menu and Adding a Blog to the Site

Lecture 12: Editing and Formatting Blog Posts in Wix

Lecture 13: Setting Up Your Contact Form and Page

Lecture 14: Adding Animated Effects to Images

Lecture 15: The Final Wrap Up and Important Last Things You Need to Know Before You Go

Chapter 5: Creating Web and Social Media Graphics With Canva and Stencil

Lecture 1: Social Media Graphics Using the Free Tools, Canva and Stencil. A Quick Overview

Lecture 2: Welcome to Canva! Getting Started and a Few Important Design Tips

Lecture 3: Choosing Templates and Sizes For Different Social Media Platforms -Let's Start!

Lecture 4: Working With Text in Canva (-And Some Good Typography Advice)

Lecture 5: Adding Images (-From Canva and Also Your Own)

Lecture 6: Using Filters, Icons, Frames, and Other Canva Goodies (-Plus We Tint Our Logo)

Lecture 7: Downloading and Sharing Your Finished Design

Lecture 8: Extra: Resizing for Social Media, Animated Gifs & Making Videos Using Canva Pro

Lecture 9: Extra: Using a Post Planner. Buffer Mini Crash Course

Lecture 10: Making a New Social Media Graphic Using Stencil (Case Study)

Lecture 11: Stencil: Let's Make Another New Graphic, This Time From Scratch (Case Study #2)

Lecture 12: The Final Stencil Image Wrap Up. +Icons and Other Features.

Chapter 6: Making Essential Image Edits and Fixes in the Free Program Gimp

Lecture 1: "Which Program Do I Need?" How to Get Started.

Lecture 2: Adjusting Your Levels: Always do this First and Every time. (Gimp)

Lecture 3: Layers: An Important Concept to Know in Gimp, Photoshop, etc.

Lecture 4: Adjusting Brightness, Contrast, Hue, and Saturation (Gimp)

Lecture 5: Scaling, Rotating, Flipping, and Transforming (Gimp)

Lecture 6: Easy Resizing, Cropping, and Formatting For Any Situation (Gimp)

Lecture 7: Removing Red Eyes and Blemishes (Gimp)

Lecture 8: Brighten That Smile and Just Add Lipstick -To a Horse of Course. (Gimp)

Lecture 9: Blurring Out a Face, Logo, or Background (Gimp)

Lecture 10: Take Something Annoying Out of the Background (Gimp)

Lecture 11: Finding and Adding GIMP Plugins and Custom Brushes

Chapter 7: Create Easy But Powerful Marketing Videos Using InVideo

Lecture 1: Introduction: Increase Engagement & Tell Stories. Why Online Videos Work

Lecture 2: Why 30 Seconds is The Magic Number For Online Videos. Planning Your Short Video

Lecture 3: Which is the Right InVideo Plan For You? Free and Premium Options.

Lecture 4: Sign Up for FREE Here and Get a Discount Code for the Business Plan

Lecture 5: Understanding the Three InVideo Workflows: When Should You Use Each One

Lecture 6: Introduction to Workflow #1: Getting Started (Case Study)

Lecture 7: Finishing Up Our First Quick N' Dirty Promo Video (Case Study)

Lecture 8: Uploading Your Own Video and Images, Editing Music, and Tweaking Settings

Lecture 9: Previewing, Exporting, and Sharing Your Video

Lecture 10: Introduction to Workflow 2: Overview, Case Study, and Video Design Tips

Lecture 11: Promo Video Tips and Building a New Project In WorkFlow #2 (A Second Case Study)

Lecture 12: Final Design Tweaks and Finishing Up Our Workflow #2 Case Study Video

Lecture 13: Intro to Workflow #3: Let's Make a Quick n' Dirty Square Video for Social Media

Chapter 8: Resources For Adding and Editing Sound and Voice Overs in InVideo

Lecture 1: How to Easily Add Voice Overs to Your Projects -Case Study

Lecture 2: Use This Free, Easy Online Tool For Coverting Audio Formats

Lecture 3: How to Change and Convert Audio Files in Audacity: A Crash Course

Lecture 4: The Final Version With All the Sound Resoved: A UN Animation Case Study

Chapter 9: Free Video Course, Resources, Extras, and Conclusion

Lecture 1: Extra: Remove Text or an Object from a Photo FREE (and fast!)

Lecture 2: Extra: 5 Easy & Free Tools That Will Free Your Creative Soul

Lecture 3: More Open Source Video and Audio Resources

Lecture 4: Extra: 7 Easy Ways to Earn Money Online With or Without a Website

Lecture 5: 75+ Resources to Get Free Images, Music, and Videos For Your Projects

Lecture 6: Extra: Making Image Fixes on the Go Using Photoshop's Free Online Editor

Lecture 7: Extra: Do's and Don'ts for Making a Video Business Card: (Case Study)

Lecture 8: Extra: Keeping Sketchbooks and Journals: Enhance Your Creative Process

Lecture 9: Thank You For Taking This Course. Please Review

Lecture 10: Bonus: Freebies, Discounts, and Special Offers

Instructors

Edu Evolution
Best-Selling Instructor, Artist, Professor

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