Graphic Design

Design skills are learned by watching someone work, but a tutorial can look polished and still teach habits a working designer would unlearn. The principle behind a choice — why this grid, why this typeface — is usually the part that gets skipped.

Each guide ranks the tutorials for one skill, keeps the ones that explain the reasoning, and flags the videos that show the what without the why.

Guides

How to remove background in Photoshop: which video to watch

For anyone learning this properly, the 2023 Photoshop Training Channel tutorial by Jesus Ramirez is the one to start with. It teaches a three-step masking formula used on…

How to make an infographic: which video to watch

Start with Venngage if you want to understand the whole process from question to finished file — it is the only video here that treats chart selection as a decision, not a…

How to make a YouTube thumbnail: which video to watch

Watch Aprilynne Alter's guide first if you have the time. It builds the mental model — curiosity gaps, scroll stoppers, composition, contrast — that makes every other…

How to design a poster: which video to watch, and why

For most people starting from scratch, the Canva official 'how to make posters for any occasion' video is the right first watch: it grounds every step in design reasoning…

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How to design a flyer: which video to watch

For most people starting out, Visme's 13-tip guide is the place to begin — it explains the reasoning behind each design decision before showing it in practice, from headline…

How to design a business card: which video to watch

Start with the Visme video: it is the only one here that works through what to avoid and why before covering the positive steps, and it ends with a practical comparison of…

Color theory for beginners: which video to watch first

Sarah Renae Clark is the clearest single starting point: seven minutes, manually scripted, covering hue, saturation, value, temperature, and six colour harmonies with…