Before & After, How to design cool stuff! show

Before & After, How to design cool stuff!

Summary: Before & After teaches graphic design. John McWade explains design using everyday language and simple illustrations. From Web pages to sales brochures to logos to presentations, he will help you understand design and communicate everything more beautifully and clearly.

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  • Artist: John McWade
  • Copyright: 2010-2012 Before & After | John McWade

Podcasts:

 Design on a square grid, part 1 | File Type: video/x-mov | Duration: 6:25

A followup to our Design Talk post "How many squares?"

 Design on a square grid, part 2 | File Type: video/x-mov | Duration: 5:45

A followup to our Design Talk post "How many squares?"

 PowerPoint: Keep your backgrounds simple | File Type: video/x-mov | Duration: 3:40

Simple backgrounds keep audience attention on your talk, not your slides

 Supersize it! | File Type: video/x-mov | Duration: 4:23

An oversize image makes a great design fast

 Cutout photo brings the viewer close | File Type: video/x-mov | Duration: 3:51

Two approaches to illustrating a short sidebar about the Titanic.

 Three suggestions for your next logo | File Type: video/x-mov | Duration: 8:18

Got a message from Clayton Moore, who's designing his business card . . .

 How to design a business card fast | File Type: video/x-mov | Duration: 3:06

Our "invisible square" technique is easy, versatile and fun!

 The power of empty space | File Type: video/x-mov | Duration: 2:34

How one web site set its type to blend formal with informal

 Expressive type alignment | File Type: video/x-mov | Duration: 4:55

How one web site set its type to blend formal with informal

 How to typeset a list of names, part 1: Design the header | File Type: video/x-mov | Duration: 8:45

Skillful typesetting can make even the most ordinary document look great.

 How to typeset a list of names, part 2: Set the list | File Type: video/x-mov | Duration: 5:17

Skillful typesetting can make even the most ordinary document look great.

 Fill the page | File Type: video/x-mov | Duration: 3:43

How do you fill a wide page with a tall image? Three cool possibilities.

 Add QR codes to your business card | File Type: video/x-mov | Duration: 3:42

Design a card with print and smartphone functionality.

 Nine captions on one photo! | File Type: video/x-mov | Duration: 4:07

There's more to a photo than meets the eye. Here's a great way to unpack the stories it has to tell.

 Cool stickout photos | File Type: video/x-mov | Duration: 4:02

A basic photo-cropping technique with countless uses!

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