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globuser2014-12-01 19:28:01
Layouts and prototypes
globuser, 2014-12-01 19:28:01

How to retrain as a web designer from a graphic designer?

I have a very extensive experience (7-8 years) in the field of printing and layout of printed materials (higher education, specialty - graphic design): development of business cards, booklets, leaflets, banners, pillars, catalogs, logos, calendars, corporate identity and design .
Very extensive experience in the field of layout of printed publications: newspapers, magazines, brochures, catalogs, etc.
Proficiency in graphic products Corel, Adobe, Microsoft.
There is a great desire to retrain in the field of web design (due to the high demand in this area for employees).
Currently I am studying literature on GUI development, prototyping, usability,
user psychology, light-color perception, etc.
What do you need to quickly retrain in the field of web design? What is the best way to adapt to a new field?
It is clear that you need to start with simple projects, but where to get them?
Plus, a big request to suggest good video courses (the same YouTube and others), seminars, webinars, books, sites on the basics of web design: from working out the concept of sites to color and graphic design.
Free and paid resources. Can such resources really help in development?
Maybe someone has interesting projects for a beginner in the field of web design, write Skype, let's chat.
Thank you all for the response, advice, discussion.

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Kirill Nikitin, 2014-12-01
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Some problem is not obvious. Design is design, no matter what. Either it looks good and works, or it doesn't. Whether it's a brochure or a website, it doesn't matter.
And here we come to the technical part of the question, which, as I understand it, you are not very interested in. In a sense, when you prepare layouts for printing, you work in CMYK, not RGB, provide for bleed indents, set the correct dpi, fonts to curves, tiff or eps, and so on ... these are all technical points that relate to design as such do not have, but must be observed. So here, whether to typeset or not - decide for yourself along the way, but you will have to understand the basic principles of html / css or you will encounter the fact that your fakes will not work.
Well, I advise you to follow the galleries of the best works, subscribe to RSS for example. Even this, for an experienced person with taste and software skills, should be enough to adapt to the web. But I highly recommend taking technology courses somewhere at codecademy . For webdiza, it certainly will not be superfluous, to put it mildly.
In addition, you may need to develop for frameworks like Bootstrap, Foundation, etc. It is also useful to know about them and the principles of their work.
For galleries, a small list:
www.revision.ru
https://www.behance.net/
www.thefwa.com
www.siteinspire.com/websites
www.webdesignserved.com
bestwebgallery.com
www.awwwards.com
www.cssdesignawards. com
www.csswinner.com
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ankfrv, 2014-12-01
@ankfrv

In a nutshell, you can't tell. Here is a different color palette, different principles of working with fonts, limitations in css capabilities, tons of literature.
But I'm interested in printing. For slightly different reasons - for general development. Can we help each other explore new horizons?

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