- Too wordy - 50-60 chars per line - stick to 2-3 fonts max - Not choosing the right colors - Lack of Negative space - Place elements arbitrarily - Failure to create contrast - Not scaling properly - Inappropriate font combinations - inadequate space between lines - Using raster images - trying to achieve perfect symmetry - Failing to communicate effectively - Not being consistent
Started being a TH-camr and doing everything alone,, I found so many things to learn to make life so daunted.Yet I feel lucky and privileged because of the people like you teaching the newbies everything so generously and effectively. Really appreciated and thank you million times.
Excellent. Every point is valid and makes the difference between a delighted audience and death by PowerPoint. Just to pick a hole: in the 15th point, it should be "consistent" and not "consistant" in the box at the bottom. Which brings us to point #16: Proof read with a sharp eye.
Another item overlooked sometimes is that you may need to print out your design. For me, our printers are just black-white laser printers so be mindful about your audience members printing the design when choosing fonts and colors. Also, we have several folks that are color blind in our office, so you need to take that into consideration too when using color as a differentiator within the story you are trying to tell.
If you're designing websites, don't ignore breakpoints. They're not just for different screen sizes. You can create a design just for print to make sure it looks good and doesn't waste ink
Great list that’s easy for anyone without a design background to follow. #1 is actually my favorite thing to solve in design. Taking long paragraphs or chunks of text and figuring out how I can break it down, shorten the words, or how can I transform them into visual concepts
Personally I think the modern web design, though it might look visually appealing the general usefulness is usually very crappy. The web is now full of sites that look good but do nothing. It's the novelty of a big full screen photo home page with nothing but a title and maybe a down arrow button. Then there is a two column alternating image on one side and meaningless text on the other, this continues boringly down to the footer which has about 50 pointless meaningless links. Then there are the mobile websites which are scaled down even further, yes they are responsive but it came at the cost of being useless. I hope trends change and websites start to both look nice and be useful at the same time. Sorry for my rant but the lack of imagination gets to me sometimes.
Since you don't like modern web design, do you have an example of a website that you *do* like? One that you think is effective in its layout and design?
TOTAL RESPECT! You got across your message very clearly and succinctly covering 15 elements of design, all which are important. Newbies could spend many hours watching videos on youtube and not learn half of what you covered!
First, I love your presentation. I just subscribed to your channel. I have been creating newsletters for decades. And I agree with everyone of your points. I especially dislike it when magazines put a red background page with black text. I highly dislike it when the content can't be read. I always favor white background with black text. A good book to have is, "Looking Good in Print".
Wow, this video was made 7 years ago but every point is still applicable today and it is a great summary of all the most important things about presentation. Great job, love it
I'm in my dotage, having worked as a graphic designer in the late 1960s. The most striking thing about this very sensible collections of mistakes is that it could have been produced in those days. It's remarkable. There are some eternal truths. One point; leading is pronounced leding. Line spacing used to be done by lead strip. Nice video.
Very nice. Perhaps we can use the same elements on both good and bad examples to really show the transformative fix that was applied. Very useful. Thanks!
Nice video and good points! I notice i'm not scaling the text enough (maybe my program doesn't make it fun, quick, or smooth enough, maybe excuses) but i'm getting better at it. Also, i haven't thought that the image could drive the selection / mood of the font. Maybe it's something i've been doing already, but now i can do it more consciously. Been struggling with text over contrasty images, but lately i've come to the realization that the images often needs to be muted (or changed), or use the forementioned color overlay. Good stuff! Often simplicity is the key. I rather use more time on simplifying the text and nailing the point, rather than playing around with fonts and colors trying to compensate. Less fonts and better harmony between the few fonts chosen (2-3) is the key. Even sometimes using nothing but the same font, but varying the font size noticeably can bring the goods. Capitalize some of the text, keep the rest normal. Bold and italic where appropriate takes one far enough. All the rest is just some nice extra, but are they essential or aiding?
6:13 The term "leading" is pronounced *ledding.* When texts were still printed with metal type, compositors would increase line spacing by adding additional strips of lead between lines of texts.
Also, the linespace between the text is pronounced 'ledding", not "leeding" because it originated with printing presses where they put pieces of lead between the characters.
Failing do stay consistent. Fixing that a year ago made my landingpage designs waaaaay better. Thanks for the awesome list you put up here. That helped a lot.
Nice video, but the line spacing (leading) is not pronounced the same as in 'leading the the way forward', but like 'leding'. It comes from the old days of print when thin strips of lead (the metal) were placed under the letters to increase line spacing. Great information, only slightly marred by almost-distorting audio. Maybe I should make a video about common video mistakes by non-video producers?! Ho ho! Merry Christmas!
Wow, it is very refreshing to see a TH-cam video that gets straight to the point, has no filler, and no pandering to algorithm's (hit that subscribe, smash that bell, etc.). Just pure content and very well done. Love it. But get a better mic, haha.
I thought that this was brilliant! The tips are great. I am a Digital Developer and using design themes and styles to create the 'look' and feel of our Learning Management System and soon, learning content. Looking forward to the next episode... enjoying the script too and Slide Deck Downloads. Pity no option to download the video. I'll find a stream recorder :-)
Hey man. You can download any video off TH-cam just by typing ss before TH-cam in the address bar. For example, wwwdotssyoutubedotcom and follow the instructions. Use actual dots, not the word dot like my example. Duh. Cheers.
"When I got out a jail, As soon as I could I bought a computer and went in bizness for myself as a sign maker, I made a ton of money sellinig very cheap signs to everyone. I had red black and green vunyl thats it! Easy moNEY !The other shops complained my stuff was making the city look terrible but who cars, I make lot of monay! All cash money !" I really did have a 'designer' tell me that about 2 years ago. And he did make quite a few signs without spell check, just like it is above.. He covered every nook in the city with 'signs'. Then he went back to jail. Time to clean up. ' Thank you for making the video that simplifies the most common problems. Well done.
The negative space...ironically, most of the time not clients but the seniors who ruin this aspect in any perfectly used design by commenting "design looks too empty, fill something to make it busy". and when that done, they come up with another point "design looks too cramped let us rethink".
6:14 it's pronounced like ‘led-ding’. As in: the element Lead. That's what letters used to be made out of. Leading is extra lead added in-between lines of text
Thank you so much for this great tutorial before that I am dealing with the designing a lot but now I know which points to keep in mind while designing:)
I love your video, great info for design students. One comment I have is the term leading is pronounced like a lead pencil not like i'm leading you down the path. It refers to a time when people typeset with lead type. "Lead" was placed in between lines according to the amount of space desired.
I think one of the main issus is missing design thinking, research, connotation, experimenting etc. I hope some day I will see a video talking about design rather some basic principle stuff...
As a layman I loved the fonts on the rustic image. They were quite eye catching and I can see them being used to show progress from old to new methods.
FYI - The word "leading" in typography rhymes with "bedding", not "bleeding". It comes from the word "lead" (as in metal), the material used for the spacers that separate lines of text in traditional typesetting. Otherwise, nice video.
The word 'leading' originates from the strips of lead hand-typesetters used to use to space out lines of text evenly. The word leading has stuck, but essentially it's a typographer's term for line spacing. Lead as in the metal, not lead as in 'leading a team' etc.
Great content presented very effectively. One correction: "leading" should be pronounced "ledding" because the word 'leading' originates from the strips of lead between rows of metal type which hand-typesetters used to use to space out lines of text evenly. The word leading is essentially a typographer's term for line spacing.
Great video. All I did was nod my head because I always keep these in mind when making Powerpoint presentations and it never fails to look good and be effective. There are times that my classmates thought that I used a downloadable template when I actually arranged everything myself.
The video brings essential points across. Yes, the audio quality is poor. Would anybody know a better video? At least for beginners, this one here is pretty helpful. Thanks to the producers.
I can add more: Hard to read reversed serif fonts on four color background, using the wrong font on a given subject, designing logos with too much colors , many more.....
Designers call it "leading" as in a lead slug that was physically put between the lines of text in the printing process. They didn't put "leed" between the lines. Seems important to get right when your premise is about mistakes ;)
Your „ineffective color combination“ works pretty well for the German green party. Wonder why? Probably it represents their inefficiency pretty well, too: wysiwyg so to speak.
Learn the Most Common Video Mistakes by Non Videographers: 1. When using a green screen, step far enough away from it that you do not cast a shadow 2. When using a green screen, film with a very fast shutter speed; you can introduce motion blur in post if it feels right, but having it already there makes green keying very difficult 3. Don't use your camera's built-in microphone if you can help it 4. Don't boost your audio so much that it clips 5. Cut off the beginning of your clip; don't leave so much space where you're not talking yet 6. Look out for weird cuts like in 0:23 7. It's okay to do a quick fade out or swipe left to get rid of your visuals; you don't need to do a jarring jump cut every time. This looks especially weird when there is not a cut in your real footage, so avoid it when you can. 8. If there is motion blur in your footage, put some motion blur on your moving graphics as well 9. Avoid filming with distracting elements (e.g. holding a laser pointer the entire time and not doing anything with it) If you need to do a jump cut with your footage and your visuals, do them at the same time; don't space them apart like at 3:46 10. If your jump cut isn't a huge movement, there are transitions in some video softwares to hide them (Morph Cut in Premiere Pro, Smooth Cut in Resolve), and you should definitely do this if possible because jump cuts with small but noticeable movements can look very displeasing 11. At 5:32, don't say things like "Just a few more to go" because it's completely irrelevant to the topic and distracts the viewer 12. At 5:32, it's even worse to say things like "Just a few more to go" because it encourages the viewer to feel bored and realise how long they've been watching 13. At 5:32, it's STILL WORSE to say things like "Just a few more to go" because you're only about halfway through the video and that makes the viewer think you're trying to mislead them 14. Leave a tiny bit more space between your last line and the end of the video; it ends very abruptly 15. I don't have a fifteenth one for you. Which is sad, because I really wanted to roast you in the exact format of the video.
Design mistakes from paid designers who should know better: Basic color theory on contrast in color (hue), saturation, and contrast. -- It is a very bad idea to put two light colors together. Too little contrast makes things unreadable. White text with yellow to gold to orange to red backgrounds, or the other way around? Too thin type? You are going to lose customers who can't read that, sometimes even if it is large or bold. The same with too little contrast if it's too dark. Try to have extra contrast for more impact. This doesn't only affect people with bad eyesight or color-vision problems. It affects all users. If you want to annoy or turn off people, or just make them take a few seconds too long having trouble reading even a title, a brand name or flavor, etc., then you are going to risk losing customers. Take a trip through the grocery store and see how things are mishandled in color usage. Or any product design. Very common mistake these days.
Hello, I am a middle school and high school teacher within the Oxford School District. I would love to show my students some of your videos for educational purposes in the online component of my class if you are ok with it.
Font Leading is not pronounced leeding, it is pronounced ledding. Why? Because it's from the strips of lead (soft metal) used to add linespace in the old days of metal type. Think of leaded glass windows, stained glass leading. Short E, not long E. You should have learned that in class! Or from reading if self-taught.
I found it quite useful. Thank you. However, there were some things about the presentation that irritated. You call typefaces fonts. This is wrong. It is also confusing. Examples of typefaces are Univers, Baskerville Old Face, Placard, Gill Sans, Arial, Times New Roman. The two main ways of discriminating typefaces is serif and sans serif. Fonts are different alphabets within a typeface. For instance, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic, Condensed, Small Caps. These are all the same typeface, but have different characteristics, such as weight. It's simple enough.
@@Stadno you missed my point completely. even when it was in front of you. check the video again and try to understand why it was not a smart example. it is not a question whether the rule is right or not. cheers.
I love being a Graphic Designer....but I also hate being a Graphic Designer, y'know? There's no respect for our craft, people pick up a copy of Photoshop and boom they think they're a designer. Worst still, they treat you like a tool, you spend hours on a design and they come in and say "change this, make this bigger....now make this purple, I like purple." "Use comic sans, in fact make it all comic sans". I'm specialising and getting the hell out of Graphic Design to preserve my sanity. (oh cool video btw)
Color choices are arbitrary unless you know your audience. @ 2:01 these colors are great if you are talking to 18 year olds who do a lot of DIY web pages and snapchat design of crazy stuff they are making on their own.
Hi there all your videos are great. Please can you do a step by step video as to how u r at the fron of your videos and slides are back and you are still able to pin point at the right place. Many thanks
I think all the points are valid yet, paradoxically, many of the ugly examples of 'bad' design are more eye catching than the polished 'professional designer' text. I think it's all a matter of scale. If you're selling eggs from your porch then a catchy hand painted sign is probably better than a professionally made one that's suitable for a corporation, such as Google.
How do vector and raster images / pictures differ? What should be my ideal rationale when choosing any one of the two for a particular purpose? Please illuminate, or guide to a worthwhile tutorial. Thanks in advance! Regards and smiles 💐
Hello! Vector images usually comes in different file or format (.eps/svg) and they can be scaled without becoming pixelated while raster images (usually in jpg/png format) becomes pixelated when the size is increased.
Although I found your points very good. The constant reference to "Amatuers" and "Non Designers" was distracting. It felt as if you are insulting your target audience. If you are designing, you are a designer, even if you are not a master at your craft. I would just remember that in marketing & designing the words you use envoke a feeling, so choose them wisely too.
Another good point is to go back and look at your work another day because when you look at the same document for a long period of time, you might not see something that looks off.
Tight leading or line-height is OK if it fills a purpose in a concept. It's not just rules but ways to break'em. Gotta know when and where to apply the different methods.
The term "leading" is properly pronounced "ledding." It comes from the (ancient) method of hand typesetting in which thin bars of metal--lead--were dropped in between lines of text to add space between the lines.
Nice. But i'm of the view that in the designers world nothing is a thumb rule actually, it is clients choice at the end which matters, if client want more or less colors you have to add/remove those, if he/she wants more or less text then you have to follow so in the designing or graphic world it's all about clients choice.
Some nice tips. But the audio quality needs to be reviewed. It seems like you are using the wrong (type of) microphone for the room (which sounds untreated, perhaps consider using a more appropriate mic) and you're close enough to the microphone which makes the reverbs even worse.
I just got started with wordpress and started by creating my website using the Astra theme and the outdoor adventure starter site. The header and menu text is white with transparent background to contrast with the background picture. When adding sub-menus, this causes a problem as the background of the sub-menus are white and the text is white… How do I change the sub-menu properties - both font and background (solid color or transparency)?
Also you will have to take into account details like where the business is setting up with price when you do the pricing as a result a business has a year and a half to achieve the goal or they go busted this is how I get results the location what the business wants at a decent price also never make a logo below the quality you stated to them. And also send them emails at the start of the design the mid way point for changes and the finalising stage just to make sure they are happy with it and if no more changes to the design then finish and go to the business never send by postal unless your a international designer then yes definitely send all ways send it by 1st class recorded and send them a copy of the tracking information. If anyone has any other information to add to this use the comments section below.
🙆🙋Sir any vector graphic if we zoom it will not pixelate inside software but if we export vector graphic as a file .jpeg,PNG, GIF, TIFF no out put shows vector that vector graphic shows pixel so in what format I should export to see vector graphic ... without pixalation
- Too wordy
- 50-60 chars per line
- stick to 2-3 fonts max
- Not choosing the right colors
- Lack of Negative space
- Place elements arbitrarily
- Failure to create contrast
- Not scaling properly
- Inappropriate font combinations
- inadequate space between lines
- Using raster images
- trying to achieve perfect symmetry
- Failing to communicate effectively
- Not being consistent
thank you saved me 10 minutes of ear bleeding audio
Thank you, might need to make a video called "Learn the most common facilitator mistakes by non-facilitators" lol, hard to listen to
Your presentation lacks visually appealing elements so I disregarded it. Huh....I guess he's right.
@@jeskow19 #troll
@@silverluna8218 #trolletta
Started being a TH-camr and doing everything alone,, I found so many things to learn to make life so daunted.Yet I feel lucky and privileged because of the people like you teaching the newbies everything so generously and effectively. Really appreciated and thank you million times.
We're so glad you find our videos useful!
#preach ❤
Thid inspired me to make a video of most common audio mistakes
Now you inspired me to make a video on most common grammar mistakes. 😁
Lmao
People makes mistake, you too because you're people.
Jokes aside, the video really needs to be made. especially on compression, or lack of normalization.
This comment thread has made me so happy that Switzerland just legalized Suicide Pods.
This guy taught more in 10 minutes compared to my four years in design school.
You're kidding
@@user-nc9zh9ur8h I am?
Yes, he hit all the right points.
Excellent. Every point is valid and makes the difference between a delighted audience and death by PowerPoint. Just to pick a hole: in the 15th point, it should be "consistent" and not "consistant" in the box at the bottom. Which brings us to point #16: Proof read with a sharp eye.
death by Powerpoint, that's hilarious! 😆
But i m an amture and haven’t made any
Guess that makes me a pro
@@suzannelogue3775 The original was 'death by bullet point' but this is good as well.
I've been a draftsman for about twenty years. I take this knowledge for granted. The concepts you listed are second nature to me. Good job.
Thanks Saint. We know that for non-designers these concepts are a bit more difficult to grasp.
So true! It feels like is obvious but is not 😅
Learn the most video mistakes by designers :
- terrible audio quality
Continue pls
+ poor chroma key separation
Too generic stock music
loooololol thank you
Lol , it is true
said by people who can't make their own content
Another item overlooked sometimes is that you may need to print out your design. For me, our printers are just black-white laser printers so be mindful about your audience members printing the design when choosing fonts and colors. Also, we have several folks that are color blind in our office, so you need to take that into consideration too when using color as a differentiator within the story you are trying to tell.
If you're designing websites, don't ignore breakpoints. They're not just for different screen sizes. You can create a design just for print to make sure it looks good and doesn't waste ink
So helpful and I like that you aren’t “trying to be cute” like most other similar type videos I’ve watched. Thanks for keeping It real!
Great list that’s easy for anyone without a design background to follow.
#1 is actually my favorite thing to solve in design. Taking long paragraphs or chunks of text and figuring out how I can break it down, shorten the words, or how can I transform them into visual concepts
Very straight to the point, with supporting graphics and no waffle. Outstanding! Thank you.
Personally I think the modern web design, though it might look visually appealing the general usefulness is usually very crappy. The web is now full of sites that look good but do nothing. It's the novelty of a big full screen photo home page with nothing but a title and maybe a down arrow button. Then there is a two column alternating image on one side and meaningless text on the other, this continues boringly down to the footer which has about 50 pointless meaningless links.
Then there are the mobile websites which are scaled down even further, yes they are responsive but it came at the cost of being useless.
I hope trends change and websites start to both look nice and be useful at the same time. Sorry for my rant but the lack of imagination gets to me sometimes.
Since you don't like modern web design, do you have an example of a website that you *do* like? One that you think is effective in its layout and design?
agree with yout comment
Modern web design isn't visually appealing at all.
bring back flying toasters?
TOTAL RESPECT!
You got across your message very clearly and succinctly covering 15 elements of design, all which are important. Newbies could spend many hours watching videos on youtube and not learn half of what you covered!
Thanks John!
First, I love your presentation. I just subscribed to your channel. I have been creating newsletters for decades. And I agree with everyone of your points. I especially dislike it when magazines put a red background page with black text. I highly dislike it when the content can't be read. I always favor white background with black text. A good book to have is, "Looking Good in Print".
Yes, it's always good to be able to read the content clearly!
Wow, this video was made 7 years ago but every point is still applicable today and it is a great summary of all the most important things about presentation. Great job, love it
Thanks so much, Brian. Cheers.
I'm in my dotage, having worked as a graphic designer in the late 1960s. The most striking thing about this very sensible collections of mistakes is that it could have been produced in those days. It's remarkable. There are some eternal truths. One point; leading is pronounced leding. Line spacing used to be done by lead strip. Nice video.
Very nice. Perhaps we can use the same elements on both good and bad examples to really show the transformative fix that was applied. Very useful. Thanks!
The most common mistakes made by newbies well pointed out. This is a pretty good reference video, despite some smaller production flaws.
Thank you so much. I will try to avoid those mistakes in my design.
Great 101 video, i learned all these things myself. This can be great information for starters in webdesign.
This was awesomely helpful. Thanks for solving problems I didn't know I needed to ask.
Nice video and good points! I notice i'm not scaling the text enough (maybe my program doesn't make it fun, quick, or smooth enough, maybe excuses) but i'm getting better at it. Also, i haven't thought that the image could drive the selection / mood of the font. Maybe it's something i've been doing already, but now i can do it more consciously. Been struggling with text over contrasty images, but lately i've come to the realization that the images often needs to be muted (or changed), or use the forementioned color overlay. Good stuff!
Often simplicity is the key. I rather use more time on simplifying the text and nailing the point, rather than playing around with fonts and colors trying to compensate. Less fonts and better harmony between the few fonts chosen (2-3) is the key. Even sometimes using nothing but the same font, but varying the font size noticeably can bring the goods. Capitalize some of the text, keep the rest normal. Bold and italic where appropriate takes one far enough. All the rest is just some nice extra, but are they essential or aiding?
6:13 The term "leading" is pronounced *ledding.* When texts were still printed with metal type, compositors would increase line spacing by adding additional strips of lead between lines of texts.
Interesting trivia... :)
Also, the linespace between the text is pronounced 'ledding", not "leeding" because it originated with printing presses where they put pieces of lead between the characters.
Yep, that's where he lost me. He made some good points, but that was such a basic error that I questioned his expertise.
Loving the entire tutorial series. Thank you for the inspiration.
Your welcome :)
@@VismeApp You're welcome. 16th point: Spelling
@@akisa.7001 LOL Dont mind it bro, that's not about design
Failing do stay consistent. Fixing that a year ago made my landingpage designs waaaaay better. Thanks for the awesome list you put up here. That helped a lot.
Nice video, but the line spacing (leading) is not pronounced the same as in 'leading the the way forward', but like 'leding'. It comes from the old days of print when thin strips of lead (the metal) were placed under the letters to increase line spacing. Great information, only slightly marred by almost-distorting audio. Maybe I should make a video about common video mistakes by non-video producers?! Ho ho! Merry Christmas!
He lost credibility with me by not knowing something so basic
@@Joey-bq4hu maybe English isn't his first language
@@av3ngers17 Wouldn't make a difference if he knew the subject well enough.
as soon as i heard him pronounce it that way, i automatically knew he had no formal training... that is THE MOST BASIC thing in design
@@rachelknight3433 Yup, same here.
I was watching It with pleasure. Clear and simple. Thanks!
Wow, it is very refreshing to see a TH-cam video that gets straight to the point, has no filler, and no pandering to algorithm's (hit that subscribe, smash that bell, etc.). Just pure content and very well done. Love it. But get a better mic, haha.
Our newer videos have much better audio. 😄
I thought that this was brilliant! The tips are great. I am a Digital Developer and using design themes and styles to create the 'look' and feel of our Learning Management System and soon, learning content. Looking forward to the next episode... enjoying the script too and Slide Deck Downloads. Pity no option to download the video. I'll find a stream recorder :-)
Hey man. You can download any video off TH-cam just by typing ss before TH-cam in the address bar. For example, wwwdotssyoutubedotcom and follow the instructions. Use actual dots, not the word dot like my example. Duh. Cheers.
"When I got out a jail, As soon as I could I bought a computer and went in bizness for myself as a sign maker, I made a ton of money sellinig very cheap signs to everyone. I had red black and green vunyl thats it! Easy moNEY !The other shops complained my stuff was making the city look terrible but who cars, I make lot of monay! All cash money !"
I really did have a 'designer' tell me that about 2 years ago. And he did make quite a few signs without spell check, just like it is above.. He covered every nook in the city with 'signs'. Then he went back to jail. Time to clean up. '
Thank you for making the video that simplifies the most common problems. Well done.
Thanks for this. I used to work beside designers at college. I was doing art of course.
So what I get out of this in summary is ?Consistent balance in all things!" thank you for the upload.
Yes, balance is key!
The negative space...ironically, most of the time not clients but the seniors who ruin this aspect in any perfectly used design by commenting "design looks too empty, fill something to make it busy". and when that done, they come up with another point "design looks too cramped let us rethink".
It's very important to know all of us.thanks a lot .
I find this video is very useful and helpful!!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!!
6:14 it's pronounced like ‘led-ding’. As in: the element Lead. That's what letters used to be made out of. Leading is extra lead added in-between lines of text
Yes, you’re right.
Absolutely correct.
From a lead linotype machine operator of the print era before computers.
Haha I was just about to comment this
Excellent way of expressing, I am a learner of Digital developer and the information shared was very useful...sainathan
Thank you very much Sainathan.
We're glad you found this useful !
Thank for the great tips! This was very informative, helpful and beautifully presented. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much for this great tutorial before that I am dealing with the designing a lot but now I know which points to keep in mind while designing:)
That's Great Sunmeet. Thanks for the comment.
I love your video, great info for design students. One comment I have is the term leading is pronounced like a lead pencil not like i'm leading you down the path.
It refers to a time when people typeset with lead type. "Lead" was placed in between lines according to the amount of space desired.
I think one of the main issus is missing design thinking, research, connotation, experimenting etc. I hope some day I will see a video talking about design rather some basic principle stuff...
As a layman I loved the fonts on the rustic image. They were quite eye catching and I can see them being used to show progress from old to new methods.
FYI - The word "leading" in typography rhymes with "bedding", not "bleeding". It comes from the word "lead" (as in metal), the material used for the spacers that separate lines of text in traditional typesetting. Otherwise, nice video.
Thanks for the heads up. And yes, you're right of course. Our bad.
The word 'leading' originates from the strips of lead hand-typesetters used to use to space out lines of text evenly. The word leading has stuck, but essentially it's a typographer's term for line spacing. Lead as in the metal, not lead as in 'leading a team' etc.
Hi Andy, yes we realize that. Thanks for the reminder! :)
Great content presented very effectively. One correction: "leading" should be pronounced "ledding" because the word 'leading' originates from the strips of lead between rows of metal type which hand-typesetters used to use to space out lines of text evenly. The word leading is essentially a typographer's term for line spacing.
Great video. All I did was nod my head because I always keep these in mind when making Powerpoint presentations and it never fails to look good and be effective. There are times that my classmates thought that I used a downloadable template when I actually arranged everything myself.
Kek flexing on youtube about making highschool powerpoints
The video brings essential points across. Yes, the audio quality is poor. Would anybody know a better video? At least for beginners, this one here is pretty helpful. Thanks to the producers.
I can add more: Hard to read reversed serif fonts on four color background, using the wrong font on a given subject, designing logos with too much colors , many more.....
Designers call it "leading" as in a lead slug that was physically put between the lines of text in the printing process. They didn't put "leed" between the lines. Seems important to get right when your premise is about mistakes ;)
LOL - at my job, we actually call it FONTIFICATION because we do have people who try to emphasize 5 words within 15 pages with crazy fonts and colors
Your „ineffective color combination“ works pretty well for the German green party. Wonder why? Probably it represents their inefficiency pretty well, too: wysiwyg so to speak.
Very clear and neat! thanks for sharing!
I watched the video. I think that it 's very interesting and helpful for everyone, thanks.
This lesson help me a lot
Learn the Most Common Video Mistakes by Non Videographers:
1. When using a green screen, step far enough away from it that you do not cast a shadow
2. When using a green screen, film with a very fast shutter speed; you can introduce motion blur in post if it feels right, but having it already there makes green keying very difficult
3. Don't use your camera's built-in microphone if you can help it
4. Don't boost your audio so much that it clips
5. Cut off the beginning of your clip; don't leave so much space where you're not talking yet
6. Look out for weird cuts like in 0:23
7. It's okay to do a quick fade out or swipe left to get rid of your visuals; you don't need to do a jarring jump cut every time. This looks especially weird when there is not a cut in your real footage, so avoid it when you can.
8. If there is motion blur in your footage, put some motion blur on your moving graphics as well
9. Avoid filming with distracting elements (e.g. holding a laser pointer the entire time and not doing anything with it)
If you need to do a jump cut with your footage and your visuals, do them at the same time; don't space them apart like at 3:46
10. If your jump cut isn't a huge movement, there are transitions in some video softwares to hide them (Morph Cut in Premiere Pro, Smooth Cut in Resolve), and you should definitely do this if possible because jump cuts with small but noticeable movements can look very displeasing
11. At 5:32, don't say things like "Just a few more to go" because it's completely irrelevant to the topic and distracts the viewer
12. At 5:32, it's even worse to say things like "Just a few more to go" because it encourages the viewer to feel bored and realise how long they've been watching
13. At 5:32, it's STILL WORSE to say things like "Just a few more to go" because you're only about halfway through the video and that makes the viewer think you're trying to mislead them
14. Leave a tiny bit more space between your last line and the end of the video; it ends very abruptly
15. I don't have a fifteenth one for you. Which is sad, because I really wanted to roast you in the exact format of the video.
Design mistakes from paid designers who should know better: Basic color theory on contrast in color (hue), saturation, and contrast. -- It is a very bad idea to put two light colors together. Too little contrast makes things unreadable. White text with yellow to gold to orange to red backgrounds, or the other way around? Too thin type? You are going to lose customers who can't read that, sometimes even if it is large or bold. The same with too little contrast if it's too dark. Try to have extra contrast for more impact. This doesn't only affect people with bad eyesight or color-vision problems. It affects all users. If you want to annoy or turn off people, or just make them take a few seconds too long having trouble reading even a title, a brand name or flavor, etc., then you are going to risk losing customers. Take a trip through the grocery store and see how things are mishandled in color usage. Or any product design. Very common mistake these days.
"Failure to scale elements properly" looks better without scaling.
Some refer to this topic as "hierarchy", meaning important elements should grab more attention.
Made a lot of sense for this non-designer. Thanks
Hello, I am a middle school and high school teacher within the Oxford School District. I would love to show my students some of your videos for educational purposes in the online component of my class if you are ok with it.
Excellent and straight-to-the-point!
Thanks!
I have learned from your vlog, thanks, I'm an amateur graphic designer
Ineffective color combination - agree much!
4:50 the top failure is better for me xD
Font Leading is not pronounced leeding, it is pronounced ledding. Why? Because it's from the strips of lead (soft metal) used to add linespace in the old days of metal type. Think of leaded glass windows, stained glass leading. Short E, not long E. You should have learned that in class! Or from reading if self-taught.
I found it quite useful. Thank you. However, there were some things about the presentation that irritated.
You call typefaces fonts. This is wrong. It is also confusing. Examples of typefaces are Univers, Baskerville Old Face, Placard, Gill Sans, Arial, Times New Roman. The two main ways of discriminating typefaces is serif and sans serif.
Fonts are different alphabets within a typeface. For instance, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic, Condensed, Small Caps. These are all the same typeface, but have different characteristics, such as weight.
It's simple enough.
Smart! Suggested using 3 type fonts at most.
Gives example of 3 font usage as bad!
Very smart!
@@Stadno you missed my point completely. even when it was in front of you. check the video again and try to understand why it was not a smart example. it is not a question whether the rule is right or not. cheers.
Went to your site to see the other 4 mistakes.. lasted about 10sec's .... popup hell!!!
so nr 1 and 2 are the same basically, readabillity is in there twice as well, and there are a few other repetitions.
Very nice and valuable tips
I love being a Graphic Designer....but I also hate being a Graphic Designer, y'know? There's no respect for our craft, people pick up a copy of Photoshop and boom they think they're a designer. Worst still, they treat you like a tool, you spend hours on a design and they come in and say "change this, make this bigger....now make this purple, I like purple." "Use comic sans, in fact make it all comic sans".
I'm specialising and getting the hell out of Graphic Design to preserve my sanity. (oh cool video btw)
Fantastic tutorial! Subscribed, thank you! =)
A fitness trainer walks into a bar and start talking about design into a can.
Some people listen.
lol xD
Thank you, Mr. Baddajoke
Thank you very much. I needed this one.
Direct and to the point!
Color choices are arbitrary unless you know your audience. @ 2:01 these colors are great if you are talking to 18 year olds who do a lot of DIY web pages and snapchat design of crazy stuff they are making on their own.
Hi there all your videos are great. Please can you do a step by step video as to how u r at the fron of your videos and slides are back and you are still able to pin point at the right place. Many thanks
Its leading as in lead pencil. Not leading as in leading a parade. This dates back when they used lead to fix typography for a letterpress.
I think all the points are valid yet, paradoxically, many of the ugly examples of 'bad' design are more eye catching than the polished 'professional designer' text. I think it's all a matter of scale. If you're selling eggs from your porch then a catchy hand painted sign is probably better than a professionally made one that's suitable for a corporation, such as Google.
How do vector and raster images / pictures differ?
What should be my ideal rationale when choosing any one of the two for a particular purpose?
Please illuminate, or guide to a worthwhile tutorial.
Thanks in advance!
Regards and smiles
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Hello! Vector images usually comes in different file or format (.eps/svg) and they can be scaled without becoming pixelated while raster images (usually in jpg/png format) becomes pixelated when the size is increased.
Hey Sir, i like your presentations, how do i achieve this kind of presentation where the slide is the background
Although I found your points very good. The constant reference to "Amatuers" and "Non Designers" was distracting. It felt as if you are insulting your target audience. If you are designing, you are a designer, even if you are not a master at your craft. I would just remember that in marketing & designing the words you use envoke a feeling, so choose them wisely too.
Great tips but audio not so much.
We apologize; this was one of our first videos in series and we didn't do a good job on audio.
@@VismeApp thanks for making the video.
Another good point is to go back and look at your work another day because when you look at the same document for a long period of time, you might not see something that looks off.
Great tip!
Tight leading or line-height is OK if it fills a purpose in a concept. It's not just rules but ways to break'em. Gotta know when and where to apply the different methods.
The term "leading" is properly pronounced "ledding." It comes from the (ancient) method of hand typesetting in which thin bars of metal--lead--were dropped in between lines of text to add space between the lines.
Nice. But i'm of the view that in the designers world nothing is a thumb rule actually, it is clients choice at the end which matters, if client want more or less colors you have to add/remove those, if he/she wants more or less text then you have to follow so in the designing or graphic world it's all about clients choice.
Some nice tips.
But the audio quality needs to be reviewed. It seems like you are using the wrong (type of) microphone for the room (which sounds untreated, perhaps consider using a more appropriate mic) and you're close enough to the microphone which makes the reverbs even worse.
Awesome guyzzz!!!! Tons of useful info!
Concise and on-point. Thanks, I learned something.
Thanks!
Chuckling at the text for "Failing to create contrast". That's pretty meta.
it is a perfect line up lesson for non-designers
I just got started with wordpress and started by creating my website using the Astra theme and the outdoor adventure starter site. The header and menu text is white with transparent background to contrast with the background picture. When adding sub-menus, this causes a problem as the background of the sub-menus are white and the text is white…
How do I change the sub-menu properties - both font and background (solid color or transparency)?
Thank you very much - very helpful
which software was used to make this video? Like seeing the presenter talking infront while the slides are displayed behind...
Great tips. These are the most common mistakes I am hired to fix!
Hey great job
but don't get too close the green screen next time and your lightning to please.
and i feel there's a screen below you to
Also you will have to take into account details like where the business is setting up with price when you do the pricing as a result a business has a year and a half to achieve the goal or they go busted this is how I get results the location what the business wants at a decent price also never make a logo below the quality you stated to them. And also send them emails at the start of the design the mid way point for changes and the finalising stage just to make sure they are happy with it and if no more changes to the design then finish and go to the business never send by postal unless your a international designer then yes definitely send all ways send it by 1st class recorded and send them a copy of the tracking information. If anyone has any other information to add to this use the comments section below.
5:57 I would rather go with the first photo. Font combination in that upper image was more attractive and gave a vintage like look.
the bottom font is fine. the top one is disgusting to look at.
🙆🙋Sir any vector graphic if we zoom it will not pixelate inside software but if we export vector graphic as a file .jpeg,PNG, GIF, TIFF no out put shows vector that vector graphic shows pixel so in what format I should export to see vector graphic ... without pixalation