‘Get started with Creative Digital Skills’ (2025) is available as a Kindle eBook and as a large text, full colour paperback. The Kindle version is currently FREE to download. Grab it before 6 September!
The Kindle version is FREE until 6 September. With eleven chapters including introductions to image editing, video editing, motion graphics and generative AI, and links to over 45 specially-designed webpages with explainer videos, step by step processes, key terms explained and quiz questions to test your knowledge, it’s the perfect accompaniment to your autumn of digital creativity 🙂
The paperback version is available for £10.79 (or approximate equivalent globally). Featuring eleven chapters, over 200 pages, links to over 45 dedicated video explainer pages complete with step by step processes, key terms and quiz questions to test your knowledge, it’s the perfect way to kickstart your digital creativity 🙂
CHAPTERS
- ONE: Introduction to image editing using GIMP
- TWO: Introduction to image editing using Photoshop
- THREE: Introduction to image editing using PaintShop Pro
- FOUR: Introduction to video editing using Vegas Pro
- FIVE: Introduction to video editing using Premiere Pro
- SIX: Introduction to motion graphics using After Effects
- SEVEN: Introduction to 3d modelling using UModeler for Unity
- EIGHT: Create online learning content using Articulate Rise 360
- NINE: Generative AI productivity workflows
- TEN: BONUS Generative AI workflow – Introduction to LTX Studio
- ELEVEN: Support information
CHAPTER CONTENTS
Digital Video Editing
Using Vegas Pro or Adobe Premiere Pro, learn how to add video clips to the timeline, sequence them, add titles and music, and export the sequence as a video file.
Image Editing
Using Gimp, Corel PaintShop Pro or Adobe Photoshop, learn simple beginner image editing workflows including how to crop and rotate images and apply colour correction.
3D Modelling
Using UModeler for Unity, learn to navigate a virtual 3D space, add shapes to the workspace and move, resize and manipulate them into different shapes and forms. Use our step-by-step guidance to create a 3D car model based on the Canyonero from the Simpsons.
eLearning Development
Using Articulate Rise 360, learn how to build microlearning content that informs and engages. Build a short online module about the recent rise of Generative AI. Add text, images, embedded video and a quiz, and export the microlearning to view online.
Creating Motion Graphics
A friendly introduction to Adobe After Effects, including how to create a composition, add video clips and text to layers, apply built-in animation effects and animate text using keyframes. Build a short cinematic movie title animation sequence.
Generative AI Workflows
Harness cutting-edge online AI tools to speed up your workflows. This chapter includes how to use AI to add alt-text to online images and research YouTube videos, and how to create your own Generative AI – powered toolkit from scratch using WordPress and the AI Engine WordPress plugin.
HOW TO USE THE BOOK
Read the information, watch the videos, complete the projects! This book is designed to be used alongside our step-by-step explainer videos and additional online resources. Direct links are provided in every section. Jump straight to the chapter which interests you the most if you like!
Every video page linked to from the book (there are over 45!) comes with additional resources including step-by-step instructions, definitions of key terms and quiz questions to test your knowledge:
The Kindle version is FREE until 6 September. With eleven chapters including introductions to image editing, video editing, motion graphics and generative AI, and links to over 45 specially-designed webpages with explainer videos, step by step processes, key terms explained and quiz questions to test your knowledge, it’s the perfect accompaniment to your autumn of digital creativity 🙂
The paperback version is available for £10.79 (or approximate equivalent globally). Featuring eleven chapters, over 200 pages, links to over 45 dedicated video explainer pages complete with step by step processes, key terms and quiz questions to test your knowledge, it’s the perfect way to kickstart your digital creativity 🙂
