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Muhammad Ahsan Pervaiz

Do you think that UI Designers use Photoshop in the same way as other Designers?

Do you know what are the basic concepts, settings and tools UI Designers know and you don’t?

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Do you think that UI Designers use Photoshop in the same way as other Designers?

Do you know what are the basic concepts, settings and tools UI Designers know and you don’t?

So if you want to learn UI Design with Photoshop and upgrade your confidence and Skill levels in Photoshop; this course is for YOU. This course is equally good for Beginners and Experts so don’t worry if you haven’t used Photoshop before.

Most of us don’t know the basic settings, shortcuts, tools and extension we need in Photoshop to become a UI Designer, we make same mistakes and keep on wasting time online searching for different settings and answers to common UI Design issues and problems.

What you will learn?

  • Master basic tools of Photoshop specific to UI Design.
  • Apply your knowledge to Landing Page design, Web App or Mobile App Design
  • Use Common Shortcuts, tools and Secret Extensions to speed up your web design workflow
  • Learn about basics of Light and Shadow concepts in
  • Dribbble Shot re-design step by step exercises

Course Structure

  • More than 20 Practice Examples and design Challenges to get you better at UI Designing
  • Quizzes to test your knowledge of Photoshop regarding UI Design

Student Request Lecture Series

A lot of lectures are added on weekly basis on the request of my current students so join in and request any design problem or anything new you want to learn

  • How to Install Photoshop ZXP extensions in CC2018 (Student Request Lecture)
  • Dribbble Styled Dashboard Graphs and Stats Design Exercises (Student Request Lectures)

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What's inside

Learning objectives

  • Start your career as ui designer
  • Learn the settings necessary for ui design process
  • Learn all the basic tools of photoshop for ui design
  • Start using photoshop with solid foundation in ui design
  • Learn all the photoshop shortcuts for ui design
  • How to use photoshop extensions to speed up ui desing process
  • Tips and techniques for efficient usage of photoshop for ui design
  • Learn how to use custom scripts in photoshop for ui design
  • Learn about color schemes and typography online tools
  • Learn how to use gradients and patterns in ui design
  • Create wireframes and learn the tools needed to create them
  • Learn how to design modern dashboard graphs and elements
  • Learn how to design modern hero/headers of websites
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Syllabus

What this course will cover and why UI Design matters in enhancing Usability and UX of any Design project

Become a UI Designer from scratch. Learn the secret tips, techniques, methods used to create awesome User Interfaces for Mobile and Web App

Start with a solid foundation in UI Design and Learn the tool part of UI Design Process

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In this video, you will learn why User Interface Design matters and why you should never devalue it

All the settings, shortcuts and preferences of Photoshop you nee for UI Design

This lesson focuses on tweaking Photoshop performance and settings for UI Design

In this lecture, we will learn how to set our color proof photoshop settings for less color mismatch problems

Updated: Color profile settings are crucial so your designs colors are rendered same across all the devices. A lot of new designers make this mistake and regret in the end when they need to create the whole design again

Custom made shortcuts make your design life so easy...Don't miss out this lesson. We will create shortcuts only for the tasks we are going to do over and over again. And we are free to set whatever shortcut key we like for Photoshop

Students who are having problems setting up keyboard shortcuts on MAC OS, this video is for you

Learn how to setup your Photoshop Workspace and Panels for UI Design. We
will create custom panel and remove the extra panels we don't need

Photoshop Settings for UI Design

Watch this video to learn which Monitor is best for Web Design and UI Design work

Download all PSD files and resources from this link

Getting familiar with photoshop tools and techniques we are mostly used in UI Design

How Photoshop controls and interface work. We will cover how to access the options of any tool we use in Photoshop

Photoshop CC2017 has option to customize the toolbar and also its shortcut keys. In this lesson, i will show you how to customize your toolbar

How to create New Document for UI Design purpose, what resolution should it be, what tools and extensions should be around in your workspace

In this lesson, you will learn all about Photoshop's art-boards. How to create them and how to use them, how to arrange or move them or edit their sizes.

In this lesson, you will learn about How Layers works, what is their stacking order. How to use Transparency in layers and how to use Layer Fill property

In this lesson, i will show you how to filter and find different types of layers using Photoshop's filter options in Layers Panel

What settings are necessary for Text and Paragraph Tool in Photoshop for UI Design and what options they have for a UI Designer

You will learn how to use kerning, tracking, leading and all the options available in Character panel.

In this lesson, you will learn all the options available in Paragraph Panel like Hyphenate, Indentations and alignements

Learn the powerful shape tool, we will cover how to combine different shapes to create new ones and how to subtract one shape from another

Pen tools is used in combination of Direct Selection tool and Shapes tool. So i will cover few tips on how to use all these tools combined in UI Design

It is a student request lecture. In this lesson, i explained in detail that how pen tools works and how to stroke its path and how to create basic icons with it. We will do two basic exercises to create a profile icon and an eye icon

How many kinds of selection UI Designers use while working in Photoshop. What are the shortcuts and ways to create, add or subtract selections

How to align multiple objects in Photoshop and how to horizontally and vertically space them with custom shortcut keys

Clipping masks are used a lot of in UI Design process. This lecture will cover how to create clipping masks and how to apply them to UI Design

Try to create this simple UI by using only clipping masks and shapes. If you can't then download my PSD exercise file to investigate

Clipping Mask Simple Design Challenge

Layer masks are also used to hide portions of layers, we will see how to do that in this lecture

Learn the use of Smart Objects in UI design. Smart Objects is one of the latest Photoshop featuers

Learn how we can use linked smart objects to save time and create Headers and Footers across multiple Designs and can edit them from one place and it will be changed on all others

In this lesson, we are are going to use layer comps to show different states of a single button and in the end we will export different layers comps to PSD files

In this lecture, i will show you the difference of shortcut keys of Photoshop for MAC and Windows users so MAC users gets what my shortcuts are actually as i am using Windows OS in my lectures

We will learn all the daily routine Photoshop keyboard shortcuts along with some custom keyboard shortcuts we created in previous lecture. These Photoshop keyboard shortcuts help a lot in speeding up your work

Smart guides and snapping helps us a lot in placing your elements on your Photoshop canvas. This feature is available in latest releases of Photoshop CC2017 and CC2018

Installing and Using Action files in Photoshop → Youtube
Creating your own Action set in Photohsop → Youtube

Lets check the knoweldge of Photoshop Basic Tools we use in UI Design

This video solves the problem of how to access Toolbar Dropdown menu. And why your layers and artboards sizing are mis-matching. And the problem "Why my Layer Effects are not visible"?

All these questions were asked by Alexandra Velez

How to use Photoshop layer styles for UI Design

We will create a rounded button with Multiple drop shadows to understand how light and shadow works while using Drop Shadow layer style in Photoshop

In this lesson we will learn how to apply inner shadow which we normally see in a lot of BUTTONS

Stroke effect have multiple uses in UI Design, it can be used as border or used in Ghost Buttons...We will see all that in this lecture

We will learn how to save layer styles in Photoshop and use them further in any other UI design elements

Learn all about creating, saving, using gradients in creative ways while designing Web and Mobile Apps

Gradients are basically blend of two or more than 2 colors in a continuous way, i will disucss one online tool to blend Material and Flat UI Design colors

In this lecture, we will look at various examples of using gradients in web and UI designs and i will also give tips for starters on which colors to use for gradients

I will talk about 3 ways to create gradients in Photoshop and few tips on which one to use and which one to avoid

In this lecture, we will deep dive into Photoshop Gradient Overlay Layer effect and understand its settings

We look deep dive into Gradient Editor and will learn how to create and edit new gradients, how to save them and how to save your whole gradient library

We will learn how to use patterns in web and ui design, methods of creating and importing patterns in Photoshop

We will have a quick look at different examples where patterns have been used, i will give few tips on how to use patterns and what patterns are

In this lecture, we will learn pattern overlay layer style and pattern fill methods to apply patterns in Photoshop

In this lesson we will download an image pattern file and will create a pattern from it using Photoshop and will apply it to some shape or layer

In this lecture, we will learn how to download, install and use ready made .PAT pattern files in Photoshop

In this quiz, i will give your an image and you need to tell me what layer style i have used in each situation.

In this section, you will learn the beginner level concepts behind UI Design, choosing fonts and colors for Beginners for Web and App Design

In this lecture, we will look at the use of light and shadow in UI Design to create elevated or Pressed effects mostly seen in many User Interfaces, websites and apps.

I will show you some of the examples from Dribbble so you can get more grip on the usage of light and shadows in UI Design

In this lecture we will learn, how many colors to use in a UI Design effectively

We will learn how to get color schemes from logo or branding and basics of getting more colors using Hue bar in Photoshop

I will talk about few tools i use the most for creating color schemes or getting all the shades of any color

This list contains all the tools i use for creating color schemes, download the PDF for all the resources

In this lecture, i will show you online tools to combine and pair typography and how to choose fonts for Beginners

Ready Made Typography Resources for all the beginners out there

How to use Grids and Guides in your User Interface Designs and Web Design effectively

In this lecture, i will teach you the basics of Grids, gutters and margins and how to use grids while you are designing in Photoshop

In this lecture, i will discuss two ways to create Grids in Photoshop, one is Photoshop's default grid layout system and other is a plugin called GuideGuide

This video about using Bootstrap Grids in Photoshop was an answer to a question a student asked me inside a course. So please watch it on my YouTube channel

How to use and install photoshop scripts and extensions to automate few tasks within Photoshop CC

All the links to Helpful Scripts for Web and Mobile App Designers to speed up workflow in Photoshop

Learn how to install Photoshop Scripts and set keyboard shortcuts to them, Download the resources file for some Script Resources

In this lesson, i will show you how to find Photoshop's Preset folder to install Scripts, patterns, gradients, color swatches using MAC Operating System.

A lot of my students were having problems using MAC OS to install scripts so here is a little help for MAC users.

Download all the Free Extensions used by UI Designers, along with the ZXPInstaller to install some of the extensions and plugins that use ZXP installer

You will learn how many file formats these Photoshop extension comes in and how to install each type of extension in Photoshop. Also learn how to install these extension manually

How to install manually and using ZXP Installer on MAC OS using Photoshop CC2018

We will talk about Photoshop Free and Premium extensions and how they help us in speeding up the Web or Mobile UI Design process

In this lesson, i am going to show you how these extensions help you speed up your workflow. You will see how these Photoshop Extension works like a Super Power and saves time and efforts. See me using some of the extensions for UI Design work

For those students who are using CS6 version of Photoshop, they can't use rounded corners and few plugins so here are a list of links and plugins they can use in CS6

We will learn how to use operating system based color calibration. Also we will cover hardware based color calibration and what monitors designers should purchase

We will learn about color calibration tools available and how to use online tools to calibrate your monitor colors

We will perform color calibration on Windows and Mac using only operating system based software or drivers

This quiz is related to color calibration and monitors a web designer or a UI Designer needs

We will do a lot of Exercises and will try to do some Challanges to learn how practically we can use our Photoshop knowledge to create User Interface Designs

Try to create a soft Button in Photoshop using dropshadows and stroke effect or Download PSD file to check how i created it

Step by step guide on how to use Stroke, clipping masks and drop shadows to create soft button in Photoshop

In this lesson, i will show you a 3D button made with Photoshop and will give you some hints...Try to make this button without seeing the PSD file attached

Then open my PSD file and checkout what i had done to create this button...

Pressed or Inset effect is used a lot in UI Design for showing state of pressed button. In this lecture, we will master creating this Pressed or Inset effect in Photoshop

In this lecture we are going to create awesome and Modern Hero (Header) area which are very trendy these days. I will be using Griddify and Quick Guides Photoshop plugins during the lecture...

This is the first part of the lecture, watch the second part to complete this exercise

In this lecture we are going to create awesome and Modern Hero (Header) area which are very trendy these days. I will be using Griddify and Quick Guides Photoshop plugins during the lecture...

Using images wisely and creating less content heavy Hero areas is the essence of popular websites these days

This is the second part of the lecture, watch the second part to complete this exercise

We will create another variation of the previous Modern Hero Area Design with rounded elevated button and few more edits. Its a bit more airy design for the same header

In this lesson we are going to create a very Modern looking Hero Header area using some grids, margins and Color overlay adjustment layer. This technique is very popular among web designers or even used in UI and App designs

In this lecture, we will use a masked black to white gradient to create a gradually image hiding effect. We are going to design a great and Modern header with this technique

This is the intro lecture in which i will show you what we will be designing in the next two lessons.

In this lesson, you will learn how to design the naked tabs interface in Photoshop

In this lesson, you will learn how to design the filled tabbed navigation using Photoshop

In this section, we will learn how to remove image backgrounds, how to edit images, how to create simple image pop effects to use in your web and mobile app designs

Good to know

Know what's good
, what to watch for
, and possible dealbreakers
Provides guidance and detailed setup for use of Photoshop for UI Design
Designed for those with no UI Design experience
Provides instruction on how to get started with a UI Design career
Taught by recognized UI Designer Muhammad Ahsan Pervaiz
Develops image editing and creation skills for UI Design within Photoshop
Examines the use of Free and Premium extensions to speed up UI design workflow

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According to students, highly rated UI Design with Photoshop from Beginner to Expert in 15 days is led by an enthusiastic and knowledgeable instructor. They say that the engaging lessons are perfect for beginners looking to build a strong foundation in UI Design.
Instructor is very passionate about UI Design.
"From the beginning of the course, the instructor was very knowledgeable and fun to watch."
"I could tell he was very passionate about UI Design and that made it all the more better for me because I wanted to learn all I could!"

Activities

Be better prepared before your course. Deepen your understanding during and after it. Supplement your coursework and achieve mastery of the topics covered in UI Design with Photoshop from Beginner to Expert in 15 days with these activities:
Review Basic Photoshop Tools
Review the basic tools of Photoshop to prepare for the UI Design course.
Browse courses on Photoshop
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  • Go over the Photoshop tools
Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts
Practice using Photoshop keyboard shortcuts to perform common tasks faster.
Browse courses on Photoshop
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  • Find a list of Photoshop keyboard shortcuts
  • Practice using the keyboard shortcuts
UI Design Patterns
Complete one tutorial on a UI design pattern and demonstrate your understanding to your peers and instructors.
Browse courses on UI Design
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  • Choose a UI design pattern tutorial
  • Complete the tutorial
  • Demonstrate your understanding to your peers and instructors
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Show all four activities
User Interface Design
Create a Landing Page Web or Mobile App design and present it to the whole class
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  • Brainstorm ideas
  • Sketch out the design
  • Create the design in Photoshop
  • Get feedback from peers and instructors
  • Finalize the design

Career center

Learners who complete UI Design with Photoshop from Beginner to Expert in 15 days will develop knowledge and skills that may be useful to these careers:
UI Designer
As a UI Designer, you will be responsible for creating the visual interface of websites and applications, using the principles of UI Design to ensure that any user interface is easy to understand and use. This course offers instruction and skill building in the fundamentals of UI Design principles and tools, such as Photoshop, making it a great introductory course for those seeking a UI Designer role.
Web Designer
Web Designers focus on the visual presentation of websites, creating the aesthetic appeal and layout of websites. They use visual design tools, like Photoshop, to implement visual effects and graphics in web pages. This course includes instruction on how to use Photoshop for UI Design, featuring lessons on custom scripts, extensions, and settings, all of which are widely used by web designers in the field.
Mobile App Designer
Mobile App Designers create the user interface for mobile applications, which requires proficiency in design tools that can render elements in many different sizes. This course teaches the basics of UI Design using Photoshop, and provides many tips and tricks that can be applied to Mobile App Design in particular.
Graphic designer
Graphic Designers create visual concepts for a variety of purposes, including websites, print media, and logos. They use design tools to create graphics and may have some overlap in their work with UI Designers, especially when designing website elements. This Photoshop course includes instruction on tools particularly relevant to UI/UX design, such as color schemes, typography, and critical design principles.
UX Designer
UX Designers are responsible for the user experience of websites and applications, working alongside UI Designers to ensure that a product is easy to use. They perform research and testing to improve the interaction between users and a product's UI. This course teaches the basic concepts and tools of UI Design in Photoshop. While it does not cover UX Design in depth, the material may be helpful to UX Designers looking to build a stronger foundation in UI Design basics.
Front-End Web Developer
Front-End Web Developers are responsible for the client-side of a website, and must be able to translate design elements into code. They frequently work closely with UI Designers to adapt designs for a functioning website. This course teaches how to use Photoshop for UI Design, which may help those who want to pursue a career as a Front-End Web Developer understand the design side of the development process.
Visual Designer
Visual Designers create visual concepts for a variety of purposes, working alongside UI/UX Designers to create the aesthetic appeal of websites, applications, and other visual products. This Photoshop course teaches how to use design tools, including custom scripts and extensions, which can be helpful for Visual Designers working in a variety of fields.
Art Director
Art Directors oversee the visual style of a variety of projects. Their work may overlap with that of UI Designers, as they may provide creative direction for the user interface of websites and applications. This course teaches the fundamentals of UI Design in Photoshop, which may be helpful for those looking to pursue a career as an Art Director in a design field that includes UI/UX.
UI Engineer
UI Engineers specialize in the implementation of UI/UX designs. They work with designers to create prototypes and ensure that designs can be implemented. This Photoshop course teaches the fundamentals of UI Design. While it does not cover implementation, it may be helpful for those who want to specialize in UI Engineering to build a foundation in the design side of the field.
Information Architect
Information Architects create the structure and organization of websites and applications. They work alongside UI/UX Designers to ensure that a product is easy to navigate. This Photoshop course teaches the principles and tools of UI Design. While it does not cover Information Architecture in depth, the material may be helpful to Information Architects looking to build a stronger foundation in the design process.
Product Manager
Product Managers oversee the development of a product, and may work alongside UI/UX Designers to ensure that a product is both functional and visually appealing. This course teaches the principles and tools of UI Design, which can be helpful for Product Managers looking to build a stronger foundation in UI Design basics.
Product Designer
Product Designers oversee the entire development of a product, and may work alongside UI and UX designers to ensure that a product is both functional and visually appealing. This Photoshop course teaches UI Design principles and tools, which can be helpful for Product Designers looking to build a stronger foundation in UI Design basics.
Marketing Manager
Marketing Managers oversee the marketing and advertising campaigns for a company or organization. They may work with UI/UX Designers to create landing pages and other visual elements for marketing materials. This Photoshop course teaches the fundamentals of UI Design, which can be helpful for those who wish to enter the field of Marketing and understand the visual side of marketing.
Digital Artist
Digital Artists use digital tools to create visual art, which may include elements of UI/UX Design. This course teaches how to use Photoshop for UI Design, which may be helpful for Digital Artists looking to create interactive visual elements for websites and applications.
Creative Director
Creative Directors are responsible for overseeing the vision of branding and marketing campaigns, acting as creative leaders for design teams. This course covers the principles of UI Design and how to use Photoshop for UI Design. This knowledge can be useful for Creative Directors who wish to understand the technical side of design work.

Reading list

We've selected 11 books that we think will supplement your learning. Use these to develop background knowledge, enrich your coursework, and gain a deeper understanding of the topics covered in UI Design with Photoshop from Beginner to Expert in 15 days.
Although written about web forms, this book contains a lot of good information about general web and app design.
While this book is not specific to design, it provides a good foundation for many of the concepts used in design, especially in digital applications.
Pulitzer Prize-winning exploration of the relationship between logic, art, and computation.

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