- Hey guys! Everyone on
the internet these days
or at least the people at BuzzFeed,
seem to be obsessed with ways
to "hack" your everyday life.
To be honest, I don't know
if "hack" is the right word,
but I thought that I would share
a few random graphic
design tips and tricks
that I have picked up over the years.
If you do a lot of print work,
you probably end up with a lot
of copies of your own posters.
You could roll them up,
but it's nice to keep them
flat and in perfect condition.
If you don't have large
flat files, which I don't,
just stack them on top of each other
in a normal poster frame
and they'll stay flat
and untouched until you
need to pull one out again.
Plus, you can display the poster
that's on top anywhere in your house.
Let's say you draw
something in your sketchbook
and you want to get it onto your computer,
but you're not worried about being
super high quality or anything,
just grab your phone and
take a photo of the page.
You can also set up your phone
to have it automatically upload to Google+
so that you can essentially scan a page
of your sketchbook without ever
getting up off the couch.
Do you need to cut a really
precise line out of paper?
You could use your metal ruler
that has cork on the back,
but the cork makes it sit a
little bit above the paper,
so you can't always be sure
if you're hitting the
exact line that you need.
Instead, you can put a
piece of masking tape
on top of your ruler and flip it over.
Now your ruler won't move around
and it's also exactly
flush with your paper.
Are you working on a project
that has full color bleed on both sides,
such as homemade business cards?
Well, if you want it to
look more professional,
take a marker that's the
same color as the design
and just color on the side to the paper
so that you don't see the
white paper underneath,
and now it looks way more professional.
Okay, so are you designing
thumbnails for YouTube?
Well, Youtube.com has a
white background these days,
so to make sure that the
colors in your thumbnail
look exactly how you want
them to look on the site,
just change your canvas background
from the default dark
gray to a custom color,
which you can set to white.
You can do the same thing in Premiere
by changing all of the
default dark gray palettes
to be a lighter gray so that you can
get a better sense of what your video
is going to look like
on a white background.
Okay, have you saved images
simply because you've
liked the color scheme?
Well, if you want more color inspiration
inspired by that design,
just drag the image into
Google image search,
then scroll down to
visually similar images,
and you'll see a ton more photos,
all with very similar color schemes.
I hope some of these tips were
useful to some of you guys.
Let me know in the comments
if you have any other tips
or tricks you want to share
or if you have any questions about
what I just talked about here.
If you're new here or if you
missed my last few videos,
I put up a video the other day
about my recommendations
for basic art supplies,
especially for back-to-school,
so you can check that out right here.
If you want to see more
about how I use Photoshop,
I posted a video a little while ago
about how I make my YouTube
thumbnails right here.
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I hope you guys stick around.
I make new videos every
Tuesday and Thursday.
Thank you all so much for watching,
I will see you all next time.
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