Learning Adobe Fresco
1h 15mBeginner2022-06-16
Authors

Kyle Webster
Award-Winning Illustrator and Design Evangelist at Adobe
Course details
Learn how to use Fresco, the pressure-sensitive drawing and painting app from Adobe that is designed to be used with stylus and touch devices. Instructor Kyle Webster begins with the basics of how to use Fresco including customizing the interface. He explains technical components of the program such as locating recent documents, saving files, and exporting your work, and dives into more artistic aspects including how to use tools to achieve looks including watercolor, oil, pencils, and mixed media.
Learning objectives
Customizing Fresco
Using gestures
Brush categories
Using pressure input
Pixel, Photoshop, and vector brushes
Infinite scalability
Combining live brushes and pixel brushes
Importing external images
Layers, opacity, and blend modes
Creating a time-lapse
Learning objectives
Customizing Fresco
Using gestures
Brush categories
Using pressure input
Pixel, Photoshop, and vector brushes
Infinite scalability
Combining live brushes and pixel brushes
Importing external images
Layers, opacity, and blend modes
Creating a time-lapse
Skills covered
FrescoDrawingGraphic DesignAdobeLearningAnimation and Illustration
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Create digital artwork like a pro
- 02 - Customize Fresco
1. Welcome to Fresco
- 03 - The home screen and gestures
- 04 - Panels and view modes
- 05 - Brush settings panel
- 06 - The touch modifier
- 07 - Brush categories overview
2. Let s Draw
- 08 - The Fresco pencil
- 09 - Pixel and Photoshop brushes
- 10 - Vector brushes
- 11 - Watercolors
- 12 - Oils
- 13 - Mixed media
- 14 - Import and work with external images
3. Basic Drawing Aids
- 15 - Snap line and the ruler
- 16 - Circle drawing aid
- 17 - Polygon drawing aid
- 18 - Snapping settings
4. The Beauty of Digital Flexibility
- 19 - Layers and properties
- 20 - Layer actions
- 21 - Move and transform
- 22 - Make selections
- 23 - Paint bucket and eyedropper
5. Share Your Masterpiece
- 24 - Save and share
- 25 - Timelapse export
Conclusion
- 26 - Help Adobe build Fresco for you
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