F2 Design: Letterpress Printing and Poster Design

Explore the creative process of poster design through a variety of approaches. Learn how to use Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator to create eye-catching designs.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Exercise files

1. Gig Poster

• Setting up the document in Illustrator
• Adding type to the gig poster
• Adding images from Adobe Stock
• Adding texture in Photoshop

2. Public Information Poster

• Setting up the document in Illustrator
• Choosing and manipulating imagery
• Adding type
• Adding texture in Photoshop

3. Scrabble Tile Poster

• Setting up the document in InDesign
• Adding the tiles and effects
• Preparing for print

4. Newspaper Blackout Poster

• Setting up the document in Photoshop
• Adding type
• Blacking out the newspaper text
• Finessing and printing

5. Bike to Work Posters

• Setting up the document in Illustrator
• Adding type
• Adding the tread effects with Adobe Stock
• Preparing for print
• Creating tread with the pattern brush
• Incorporating Adobe Stock images with the type
• Cleaning up the Adobe Stock image
• Placing bike images with the type
• Adding texture in Photoshop

6. Fashion Show Poster

• Setting up the type
• Warping the type
• Using a displacement map on the type

7. Text Message Poster

• Editing the image in Photoshop
• Using InDesign to add the frame and preparing for print

Conclusion

• Goodbye