Communications Technology Related Links
The following links have been individually selected to help students with their learning. Some links you will find will overlap different topic areas, as they may apply to each. Students, extra marks can be earned by submitting either an additional practical and useful link for a particular topic or updated/dead links that is used in these list of links.
CAREERS
- Job bank
- Ontario college program find
- Salary & Careers
- Digital Art
- Pay scale Canada
- Ontario job futures
- The Balance Careers
- Art/Design Programs
- ZIPPIA
- Learning Path
- Art Careers
- Graphic Designer Info
- Design Job Titles
- How to Become...
- Online Design Teacher
- Grant Search Engine
- Present competently
- Deliver presentation
- Career One Stop
Present well, 4.22
- Give a great presentation, 7.04
DESIGN PRINCIPLES
- Rule Of Thirds
E&P of Design
E&P of Art/Design1
E&P Design/Art2
- E&P of Design
E&P of Design 14.20
E&P Summary
4 Logo Principles 10.05
Logo Design 6.12
ILLUSTRATOR (Ai) RESOURCES
- Adobe General Support
Ai in 5 Min! 6.13
Intro to Ai 10p
Ai in Detail 639p
Ai CS6 Tut 19p
- Intro to Ai
Ai Basics 6pts
Artboard layers 3.37
- Rulers and Guides
- Working with Type
- Type Tool
- Typography tools
- Typography Tips
Type Tool Use 7.31
- Vector Tutorials
- Tatoland School
- Text Effects
Comic Lettering 1
Comic Lettering 2
- Text Effects Tut. 1
- Text Effects Tut. 2
- Text Effects Tut. 3
ILLUSTRATOR TOOLS
- Layout & Cust
- Text pathways
- Format Type
- Typography
- Font
- Fill & Stroke
- Stroke
- Kerning
- Leading
- Vertical scale
- Horizontal scale
- Baseline shift
- Rotate text
- Spacing
- Warp
- Mesh
- Outline
- Effects
- Add gradient
- Layers
- Rasterizing
- Appearance
- 3D Text
PHOTOSHOP (PS)
- A-PS User Guide
- A-PS Tutorials
- A-PS Workspace
Workspace-1 11.14
- A-PS Tool Galleries
- Workspace & Interface
- Intro Guide
Workspace-2 9.03
- Basics
- Essentials Tutorials
- Getting Around
- Customize Tool bar
- Workspaces
- Manage Workspaces
- Layer Shortcuts
- All the Shortcuts
PS Intro Basics 13.10
Candid Intro 14.18
Every Tool 45.41
Learning 2.06.31
Layer Masks 32.10
Masking 8.53
Hair Removal 11.41
Match colors 16.08
Match Subject 30.14
- 25 techniques
- Photoshop roadmap
IMAGE SOURCES
- Best Image Sites-1
- Free Image Sources
- Find Icons
- Wikimedia Commons
- Dribbble
- Behance
- Unsplash
- Designnspiration
- getty images
- Pixabay
- Pexels
- Freepik
- Unsplash
- Vecteezy
GENERAL RESOURCES
- WhatTheFont
- Identifont
- fonts.com
- 70+ Best Free Fonts
- Free Designs
- Brusheezy
- Brush Sets
- 1stwebdesigner Freebies
- Background Patterns
- Background Textures
- Shortcut Stickers
- COLOURlovers
- colour.adobe
- Coolors
- Ssemble
FREE ALTERNATIVE APPLICATIONS
- Office related: Microsoft Office, also try Google G Suite, Libre Office, Free Office
- Vector-Illustration: Adobe Illustrator, also try InkScape, Vectr.com, Gravit, Affinity Design
- Raster-images: Adobe Photoshop, also try Gimp, Paint.net, Photopea, Krita, Affinity Photo
- Music-sound: Adobe Audition, also try Audacity
- Multimedia video: Adobe Premiere, also try DaVinci Resolve, OpenShot, Blender
- Motion Graphics-Animation: Adobe After Effects/Animate, also try Natron, Blackmagic Fusion16/Wick Editor
- Web Authorware: Adobe Dreamweaver, also try KompoZer, BlueGriffon