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@shrutillusion 2 күн бұрын
Notification = interruption 🙌
@shrutillusion 2 күн бұрын
This video is a piece of art. Thank you so much for sharing the process.
@designthescenes 2 күн бұрын
Thank you so much!
@mohgraph254 4 күн бұрын
Wow. Congrats on the results of your work. If there is something that I've learned from you that makes us designers irreplaceable by A.I is mastering fundamentals, developing your taste and now..... listening and judging your intuition. Thank you for sharing Alex.
@designthescenes 4 күн бұрын
thanks to you my friend. On the AI, I will come back with a video exactly addressing what you said, we won't be replaced as most think.
@mohgraph254 4 күн бұрын
@@designthescenes Looking forward to it!
@mwhite212 4 күн бұрын
I read Rubin's book a couple of months ago. I was initially put off by it in the first chapter because I thought it was going to be a little too "new age" but it ended up being very insightful.
@mwhite212 4 күн бұрын
Really nice work by the way.
@designthescenes 4 күн бұрын
Hey, I had the same thought, but I gave it a second chance and it was worthy. I still prefer his podcasts
@shrutillusion 6 күн бұрын
Loved the way you said GARBAGE! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
@DarkEnjinu 8 күн бұрын
In my experience a social media site and a website both have their purposes, but when it comes to showing professionalism having a website beats social media. As a photographer I have made contact with clothing designers, models and other photographers who only have a social media presence. A good amount of them (not all) were not very professional with their business or communication.
@designthescenes 7 күн бұрын
Correct, both have their purposes. In my opinion, one should invest most of the energy in the long term, proven method which is a website. Social media requires too much effort for a "negative" return - by negative I mean the impact it has on mental health is only negative, generates anxiety and make people compare themselves with usually fake, staged and made up content.
@TheStrangerMan13 8 күн бұрын
After a much struggle, I got job in an ad agency, I thanked god for that but unfortunately the day 1 was nightmare and I was out of it on day 2 itself.
@designthescenes 8 күн бұрын
Ad agencies are the nightmare of the designer
@ivanaandersson 9 күн бұрын
So far, I have only used Premiere pro for all my animations (and yes, it is a pain), cause I just cannot wrap my head around this Pr to Ae workflow, but after this video, I will definitely try harder. Thank you!
@designthescenes 9 күн бұрын
Essential graphics is a life saver!
@eladbari 10 күн бұрын
Smart workflow, man. AE could be slow as hell. Moving things to Premiere gives you air to breathe.
@designthescenes 9 күн бұрын
Indeed, otherwise I would not animate anything
@Hemlock120 10 күн бұрын
You’ll never please everyone brother - regardless your content is incredibly helpful & valuable. Your time (I believe) will keep being put to good use with this series. Keep up the great work
@designthescenes 10 күн бұрын
Thank you my friend, and not pleasing everyone is a GOOD sign, it means I am doing something useful to others ; )
@Harry_Zed 17 күн бұрын
Good video
@AishaSafdar-p1y 17 күн бұрын
Sir i want to make one page documents for a person whixh thing will help me to make them
@ishikanebhnani1713 19 күн бұрын
Im looking for a macbook which would help me with adobe illustrator and photoshop and video editing as well. Also id be working on animation in the future... Should i go for macbook m2 8 gb?
@ketachkuaseli1421 20 күн бұрын
This is very helpful! Thanks for sharing☺️
@freedomofreligion3248 21 күн бұрын
RAM, Monitor size, graphics interface cards, storage, powerful processor
@50charactersonly61 21 күн бұрын
I am having a difficult time deciding on which MacBook Air to get. I have my eyes on the new 15 Inch model, with 512GB and 24GB memory. Do you think the 24GB of memory is overkill? I have no plans on upgrading this laptop for at least 6-8 years, and I will be using this laptop primarily for being mobile (on the go) as I already have a PC which isn't as fast as the new M models macs, but which has a lot of space. One of the reasons why I prefer the 24GB of memory is because I use the Adobe suite and I also always have multiple browsing tabs open from multiple browsers (not just one browser). I also have the common Adobe apps opened simultaneously - Photoshop, InDesign, Premier pro. I don't do major video editing or animation, but mostly Photoshop, InDesign, and Adobe Express work as well as other Microsoft apps and media players. For the storage I use various cloud storage, and I also do streaming and virtual network app like Parallels. That's pretty much my workflow. It will be my main working computer when I am on the go, but when I'm at home I might just use my PC. Please give me the best advice. Thanks.
@designthescenes 20 күн бұрын
The latest AIR, 15 inches, portable but big screen size. 16gb memory, at least 512gb SSD. That would be great for you.
@50charactersonly61 20 күн бұрын
@@designthescenes Thank you! Are you positive I don't need 24GB of memory?
@designthescenes 20 күн бұрын
@@50charactersonly61 I dont think you do, I have 16gb and I use video often. BUt it would not hurt to have 24 if you can afford it.
@Coco-xi9hq 21 күн бұрын
you're awesome. smile in the mind is fantastic =]
@designthescenes 21 күн бұрын
Best book I ever read
@gita853 21 күн бұрын
Thank You, it is super useful and inspiring!
@designthescenes 21 күн бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@ciprian_heler 21 күн бұрын
Thank you for the book's recommendations and for your honesty.
@designthescenes 21 күн бұрын
Glad you like them!
@ciprian_heler 21 күн бұрын
@@designthescenes Also, you recommended this book in another video (Typography: Macro and Microaesthetics: Fundamentals of Typographic Design). It is impossible to get it. Can you recommend another one instead?
@designthescenes 20 күн бұрын
@@ciprian_heler oh that's really annoying. Its an old book. I don't have any other recommendations I am afraid : /
@ciprian_heler 20 күн бұрын
@@designthescenes Thank you for taking the time to reply. Anyway, I will keep searching.
@jirehla-ab1671 20 күн бұрын
Have u ever come across max kolo who fixed publiv posters at NYC & who also had children as clients for fun? @@designthescenes Imagine if my clients were like children it would be great
@sogandkhodayari431 21 күн бұрын
Thank you for making these videos, they are really helpful 🫶🏼
@designthescenes 21 күн бұрын
Thanks to you!
@wajihanoor7145 21 күн бұрын
I'm a graphic designer. I use adobe Photoshop and adobe illustrator for large documents design and adobe after effects for video editing and motion graphics, which apple laptop do you recommend?
@designthescenes 21 күн бұрын
The air is still great, I still use the M1, for you, the latest AIR 15 inches, beast of a machine and bigger and nicer screen!
@Linkfrancis6 24 күн бұрын
What is the highest screen size I can get?
@designthescenes 23 күн бұрын
24 inches for the Imac, and AIR comes in 13 and 15 inches (I recommend the 15 one)
@solennial6436 27 күн бұрын
Hi Alex, appreciate your insight. If clients are seeking out “Army of One” creatives who can output agency work then those they are seeking will have to be senior level designers with the years of experience and years to be able to develop themselves in multiple fields. And I would say most senior level designers today are specialized and not generalist. Those just beginning their careers most definitely were not prepared in university for what the industry seems to expect from them moving forward. How can they gain their footing in such an environment? Seemingly most won’t, and that will be a loss for both creatives and clients and thus less creativity.
@designthescenes 26 күн бұрын
I know its really unfair with today's conditions. But having been in the trenches, I believe this is the way moving forward. Schools need to adapt and change their programs to make designers adapt to new gen technologies and demands. The whole structure of learning should be shifted. I don't have the answers to how, but I believe the core focus should be those subjects I mentioned, forget silly subjects like history or other fillers. When I studied most subjects were rubbish except 2 or 3. I believe today is still the same. Your comment made me think, how would I teach young creatives to become relevant in the coming years if I had a school? Food for thought.
@LukeGammerDesign 29 күн бұрын
You've nailed the talking points that I am actually working on!! Luckily I have educational background in videography and photography so the transition on those skills shouldn't be a huge problem.
@designthescenes 29 күн бұрын
phenomenal! learning Ai should be straight forward too, cheers!
@10239_ Ай бұрын
Thank you for this insight. I'm a first year graphic design student and have been thinking about pivoting into multimedia design. I also have an interest in creative coding and want to learn this to add to my creative repertoire. I've been feeling similar sentiments as to what you have expressed around the redundancy of static images in the design field. This video confirmed that I need to broaden my skill set and equip myself with more expertise. I've already seen the benefit of AI in assisting in writing code for a creative coding project I worked on. Very cool video.
@designthescenes Ай бұрын
yes! glad I could help you, Claude is also really good for code. Cheers friend!
@ivanaandersson Ай бұрын
It became very clear to me a few months in that I will need to know marketing and copywriting and I think every young designer should realize this pretty early on so that they do not get left behind. I also agree about the animation, brands are becoming more and more dynamic, so they will request animations and video.
@designthescenes Ай бұрын
Yes, I have seen it firsthand when I was managing a large team, just static doesn't cut it. I can imagine in the next years to be even more important to be a swiss knife type of designer.
@mwhite212 Ай бұрын
I was just recently discussing with a professor at my school that I don't understand how photography isn't a core requirement for our curriculum.
@mwhite212 Ай бұрын
Also reading books on copywriting.
@designthescenes Ай бұрын
More than reading books about how to write, rather read books you like to start getting a good feeling of how to construct sentences. It can also be blogs etc.
@mwhite212 Ай бұрын
@@designthescenes The book I'm reading now is more about the process and professional expectations. How to create a good brief, dealing with the client, research, how writing changes for specific platforms, etc.
@Abofarouk789 Ай бұрын
What about 3D software and brand strategy?
@designthescenes Ай бұрын
3d would be indeed a good one to have, but I believe these I shared are more essential
@hashemhashem1983 Ай бұрын
Animation and video editing are my worst nightmare. Working with timelines of the video + editing is a huge struggle, one of my old colleagues has the same issue
@designthescenes Ай бұрын
Animating and editing in after effects is a real nightmare. But there is a sequence that works for decent editing and animation: create animations as essential graphics in after effects, give them editable properties. Then edit the whole video in Premiere and add those animations on top. That workflow, when possible, is very smooth and its how I edit youtube videos.
@eladbari 10 күн бұрын
@@designthescenes You guys are lucky, since great design + little animation is much more powerful than great animation + meh design. I come from the flipside. After Effects feels like home to me and now trying to learn design is super hard since there are almost zero effective design courses out there at the moment. Bottom line, you gotta design things yourself and have a pro review it. Or, at least find a course where a pro shares his/her thoughts throughout the full process of the design (real project with a client) to understand at least how their mind works. I'm telling you @hashemhashem1983 - you're in a good place. Don't worry. It's just the fear of AE's UI that's talking.
@serto_art Ай бұрын
I just started by bfa course which is just the beginning 😂
@deckerd9270 Ай бұрын
Man you are underrated😩
@designthescenes Ай бұрын
Thank you friend, its the algo and that my channel has not been discovered. 2025 will bring new topics and we will see. Merry Xmas!
@deckerd9270 Ай бұрын
@designthescenes you too mate❄️
@deckerd9270 Ай бұрын
Can you give the link of website you mentioned.
@designthescenes 23 күн бұрын
I think you mean pentagram design? just google it you will find it easily. Another website for conceptual work is WHY (dot) Design
@chikiki9015 Ай бұрын
Im a web designer and can’t decide which one to buy, Macbook pro M1 (256, 8GB ) or Macbook Air M2 (256GB, 8GB)😅
@designthescenes Ай бұрын
none, get at least 512gb of ssd
@namp5406 Ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. As a student wanting to grow as a designer, I enjoy the straightforwardness. What platform did you use to create your site? Or what platform would you recommend? There's adobe portfolio, wix, square spaces, behance, webflow, figma...etc..
@designthescenes Ай бұрын
I used wordpress but because I have knowledge of web development, for people wanting to keep things simple and more straight forward, I do recommend squarespace, webflow or framer.
@jeysmoothies 2 ай бұрын
6:56 can you make a second video telling us which MacBook Pro to buy
@ambiencenatures 2 ай бұрын
hey man do I need to upgrade of my mac mini m2 16gb unified memory and 512gb gb or I'm so delusional to upgrade a new one mac mini lol
@designthescenes 2 ай бұрын
no man, mac mini m2 16gb is perfect, no need to upgrade
@antonc108 2 ай бұрын
How is a 2013/2014 MBA plastic-ky? Literately the same!
@nedzmincelikovic 3 ай бұрын
It’s funny I’ve been commenting on other videos of yours regarding computers. The hard truth about design is that you can perform with such a low-configuration computer and still do amazing work. Personally I use MacBook Air M2 13.6” 8 GB RAM 512 SSD for Graphic Design & Motion Design (After Effects, 2D Motion Graphics mostly). Using the full Adobe CC Suite for professional work, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and never got a headache. A better computer won’t make you a better designer, it’s the inspiration & conceptualization of ideas. :)
@designthescenes 3 ай бұрын
haha 100%, people think they need a mac ultra to do graphic design and silly editing... no guys you need a basic one with decent storage, good to go - I still use an M1 air. Thanks for sharing!
@50charactersonly61 21 күн бұрын
But 8GB of memory? That's too little. Photoshop and After Effects drain the memory on my PC and it's 16GB. Yes, I know two different OS, but still.
@designthescenes 20 күн бұрын
@ 16gb always best, for most designers not doing heavy lifting 8gb would do. but certainly 16 will last longer, I personally have the 16gb 1tb storage M1 AIR and still works great.
@nedzmincelikovic 18 күн бұрын
@@50charactersonly61 the things is that the M2 chips are soooo well optimized in switching cross-app tasks, that the 8/16 GB becomes very unnoticeable. At least from my experience since I’m working also at a company and use their M3 Pro 16” MacBook Pro with 18 GB of RAM.
@cruztube23 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for the video! One question (because I'm interested in the new Mac mini) : What monitor would you suggest to pair with it? Apple's displays are out of my budget. Is there a really good monitor that has very precise color calibration out of the box, with camera and speakers as well? Thank you in advance!
@designthescenes 3 ай бұрын
uff that monitor its really hard to find, last time I checked it didn't exist, the only monitor with good audio, mic and decent camera is the Apple one (at least as far as I know). Maybe you would benefit tremendously with the Imac?
@cruztube23 3 ай бұрын
Probably. I'm still on the 2020 5K iMac. Best display there is. I was thinking about your suggestion already but I'm finding it hard to get the regular M4 when the M4 pro is out there 😁
@designthescenes 3 ай бұрын
@@cruztube23 I would not upgrade to be honest, I used that computer in 2020 and it was a phenomenal machine, but if you want a new one its hard to beat apple displays
@designthescenes 3 ай бұрын
To everyone about the SSD not slowing down your computer, the information is widely available and it is a fact, just from a quick search: "SSD will run slower if you fill it up. According to a survey, the write speed of an SSD will obviously slow down when the used space accounts for more than 75%. What's worse, your PC may slow down and get stuck when you're playing games or running some boot applications." Don't cut costs in here, go for the 512GB SSD or 1TB if you can, important for your computer to run smoothly, and also convinience of just using one device, external SSDs can be lost, or can fail.
@iamblanktape 3 ай бұрын
Interesting perspective, I was more leaning towards upgrading ram to 24GB on my new Mac Mini order. My intel macbook pro with 16GB is close to 80% usage and 10gb swap memorry. I agree with the power of modern computer you do not need MacBook Pro.
@designthescenes 3 ай бұрын
24gb will do better, but assuming you use the usual design tools you would be completely fine with 16.
@u3vs62cja 3 ай бұрын
more hard drive space doesn’t make your computer quicker
@designthescenes 3 ай бұрын
fill the SSD to the max, tell me later
@timjanssen3966 3 ай бұрын
The MacBooks don’t have hard drives they have SSD’s. And no more storage does not make your MacBook faster. Hooking up an external SSD via Thunderbolt 4/5 would still be performant. Also if your internal SSD breaks you’re screwed as you cannot get them replaced. Better to have an external SSD for projects or even an external hard drive for cold storage of projects you’ve finished.
@designthescenes 3 ай бұрын
@@timjanssen3966 Correction: SSD, not HDD. And the same to you, fill your SSD to the max, tell me later. Google it, you will find that is a fact well known to anybody that knows a bit about computers. And about external ssds, good luck if it breaks though, and nothing beats the simplicity of just one device.
@damonasberry288 3 ай бұрын
@@designthescenesI understand your point but from a cost perspective it’s not worth it. I can get 2TB of storage for what Apple charges for 255GB. A better solution is to only load programs/apps on the internal storage and work off of the external storage. With thunderbolt speeds it is more than sufficient.
@designthescenes 3 ай бұрын
@@damonasberry288 I am not saying to get 2tb of storage, that would be indeed a waste of money, what I say in the video is to at least start with 512gb SSD, 1tb best. For heavy files like video, I would still opt for cloud and not external storage, simply because I had many failed ones and online saves the day, but that's personal. I personally use dropbox since 2019 and never looked back
@fred4838 3 ай бұрын
Why do you not recommend the MacBook Pro?
@designthescenes 3 ай бұрын
Because its not needed for most designers, the ones I recommend are better value. Graphic designers don't need macbookpro. The pro is more recommended to video editors and motion designers.
@riccia888 3 ай бұрын
so you mean blender will work on M4 chip?
@designthescenes 3 ай бұрын
It does work on M1 (but too slow) so on M4 most certainly and if you go for the macmini 24gb m4pro, it should run very nicely. If you want exclusively 3d, then better consider alternatives on the windows world, specially for rendering. Another thing you could do is to use a mac, and render on a render farm, which is what many 3d designers I know do.
@riccia888 3 ай бұрын
@@designthescenes I'm an Illustrator and concept artist and I use photoshop 90% of the time and sometimes 3d. Do you think m4 chip is enough? the imac and mac mini have the same chip right?
@designthescenes 3 ай бұрын
@@riccia888 Yes it would be sufficient, and yes both have the m4
@ciprian_heler 3 ай бұрын
What do you think about the M1 16/512 iMac? Will it be enough for Apple Intelligence in the future?
@designthescenes 3 ай бұрын
Still a great machine, according to the company, Apple intelligence should come for M1s, it must be an MacOs feature, so just upgrade to the lastest version macOS Sequoia 15.1
@ciprian_heler 3 ай бұрын
@@designthescenes Thank you!
@fred4838 3 ай бұрын
I'm current using the M1 iMac with 16GB Ram for Graphic Design (Figma, Photoshop 2025, Illustartor and some video editing) work great no issues what so ever!
@designthescenes 3 ай бұрын
@@fred4838 me too, I have the m1 air and still a beast.. Apple is just too good
@ciprian_heler 3 ай бұрын
@@fred4838 7 or 8 cores GPU and what size is the SSD ?
@mwhite212 3 ай бұрын
I just pre-ordered the M4 Mac mini with 24 gigs and 512 HD. I already have two Asus Pro Art displays and MX keyboard and mouse. I got it with education pricing, so I only paid $899.
@designthescenes 3 ай бұрын
Amazing machine for little money, good one!
@mwhite212 3 ай бұрын
@@designthescenes I simply can't understand how people say Apple's computers are too expensive? Sure, they don't make crap commodity hardware, but when you start comparing similarly priced machines, there's no contest when it comes to Mac's utility and performance.
@designthescenes 3 ай бұрын
@@mwhite212 back in the days Apple was not mainstream, so prices were too high for the budget user. But their plan was to get where they are today, computers for every user. It took them until 2012ish to get closer to Windows laptops, and with M1 it all changed, making Apple the only computer to consider for most people. People who say they are expensive its because they didn't bother to look. Apple is quality of experience, and longevity... other brands just ship garbage.
@jeffbellevue2507 3 ай бұрын
Is the 13 inch macbook air M1 good for graphic design like flyer ? It’s not giving the user eyestrain👆👆
@designthescenes 3 ай бұрын
of course it is
@MarcelGomez-e3l 3 ай бұрын
But there is no hard science behind designing. That's the only drawback. (Of course you will deny it)
@designthescenes 3 ай бұрын
no science indeed, but lots psychology
@tattootiff274 3 ай бұрын
Thankyou, your video helped me make some important decisions today 🎉🎉🎉
@designthescenes 3 ай бұрын
Excellent!
@ciprian_heler 3 ай бұрын
Thank you!