Print production is a good skill to learn if you want to become a advertising production manager, print buyer, or printing services coordinator. Here are the top courses to learn print production:
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1. Fundamentals of Print Production
In the course you will learn all about print production and best practices for your next print job. Learn how detailed and complex the print process truly is, and the value of working with someone who has the expertise to ensure your job is handled correctly. There is an enormous difference between a quality print job and simply sending your files to a local franchise print shop. In this course, we open the doors of our Art/Production Department to give you an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of what the print process looksLearn how to better communicate with your printer, think about print as you're designing, and choose the correct paper, inks, colors, and fonts for your project. We'll also help you understand how to create files that print with no surprises and how to catch print problems before they become catastrophes. The course will help you and your printer produce a professionally finished print job, whether it's a business card, brochure, or multipage magazine, and anything else. By the end of this course you will have a solid understanding of the print production life cycle and be better prepared to print your next print project. While it is tempting to hire a freelance graphic designer to create materials that can be sent directly to a low-cost printer, not all graphic designers know how to properly prepare files for printing. Once a design is approved, the files must be "packaged". Unless the graphic designer is trained in production management, the odds increase substantially for a less than satisfactory print job. The reasons vary from missing fonts and/or images, to the use of incompatible software, for example. This generates delays, cost overruns, unanticipated proofing rounds, late-stage design changes, and sometimes disappointment over the finished job. Meticulous attention to detail at each step of the process is necessary to avoid these kinds of issues...
2. 3D Printing: Solving Problems Through Product Design
Invent your very own product! Join Lauren Slowik (Design Evangelist Shapeways) to create a 3D printed object that solves a problem in your morning routine. She takes you through the steps of identifying an everyday problem sketching a solution making a simple 3D digital rendering and printing your final product. Lauren shares how she iterates and evolves her plans to get the design just right — all so you can do it too. No previous experience necessary! Whether youre a DIY enthusiast casual tinkerer or just want to learn more about one of todays most buzzy technologies youll leave this class with a full understanding of how to conceptualize prototype and bring your design to life. Design is about trial and error and 3D printing lowers the barrier to try things quickly and easily at a low expense. This class is great for everyone who want to improve the world around them and come up with a unique product they can hold in their hands...
3. Create & Sell Print on Demand Products On Etsy
Have you ever wanted to make some money from the comfort of your own home without doing network marketing and having high upfront costs? The truth is that you can design coffee mugs and sell on marketplaces, such as Etsy and eBay with no experience, or design skills. I've been doing Print on Demand (POD) without being a designer, and you can too. Sometimes, it's easier to just use a road map that someone else has already had experience with. Why spend hours re-creating something that is already out there? That's what I do here, share with you the tools, resources, research, and knowledge to get you selling mugs and other similar products in no time. What will you be able to do after taking this course?Open an Etsy account and optimize itLearn What other channels you can sell onLearn which types of mugs sell the mostLearn how to create selling designs for mugs, which topics work bestMarket your mugs via ads and social mediaStart an eCommerce empire through a simple, yet robust business model of mugsNOTE: THIS COURSE IS HELPFUL TO SELL ANY POD PRODUCT ON ETSY, NOT JUST MUGS. This course includes: Text information, Video screen-shares, and downloadsTools that are FREE and some paid that I use personallyA teacher that is always available to help! Just send me a message! If you're ready to start this side hustle, enroll now!...
4. Create Compelling Products: Design, Print & Sell Tea Towel Calendars
In this class Ill show you how to design a calendar with your art that you can use to create fabric tea towels (or print on paper if thats your preference). Youll be using Adobe Photoshop and Spoonflower to design print and sell your own tea towel calendars...
5. Intro to Package Design: Creativity, Print Production, and Hot Sauce
Package Design is a very important aspect of graphic design as good design simple helps drive sales. Without it a good product can easily be missed. Package design is also a medium that forces you to know how to properly setup files for print. If you do not know how to properly setup things like bleed crop marks trim marks margins or consider font sizing etc then this class cannot be missed! Dont worry if you arent familiar with these terms they are so much easier than you might think...
6. From Design to Product: Sell Your Art Online Through Print on Demand
Are you an artist who wants to make money by selling your art on real life products through print on demand websites like Redbubble and Society6? Then this class is for you!...
7. Print On Demand for Artists: Painting to Pattern to Product, The Complete Process
I sell a lot of my work through Print on Demand stores such as Society6 and Redbubble...
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Updated December 8, 2023