Joseph Labrecque is a creative developer, designer, and educator with nearly two decades of experience creating expressive web, desktop, and mobile solutions. He joined the University of Colorado Boulder College of Media, Communication and Information as faculty with the Department of Advertising, Public Relations and Media Design in Autumn 2019. His teaching focuses on creative software, digital workflows, user interaction, and design principles and concepts. Before joining the faculty at CU Boulder, he was associated with the University of Denver as adjunct faculty and as a senior interactive software engineer, user interface developer, and digital media designer.

Labrecque has authored a number of books and video course publications on design and development technologies, tools, and concepts through publishers which include LinkedIn Learning ([...]), Peachpit Press, and Adobe. He has spoken at large design and technology conferences such as Adobe MAX and for a variety of smaller creative communities. He is also the founder of Fractured Vision Media, LLC; a digital media production studio and distribution vehicle for a variety of creative works.

Joseph is an Adobe Education Leader, Adobe Community Professional, and member of Adobe Partners by Design. He holds a bachelor's degree in communication from Worcester State University and a master's degree in digital media studies from the University of Denver.

Getting Started

1 Creative Cloud Desktop and Mobile Applications

2 Cloud-Based Photography with Lightroom

3 Raster Image Compositing with Photoshop

4 Designing Vector Graphics with Illustrator

5 Managing Page Layout with InDesign

6 Prototyping for Screens with Adobe XD

7 3d Rendering with Dimension

8 Producing Audio Content with Audition

9 Sequencing Video Content with Premiere Pro

10 Compositing Motion Graphics with After Effects

11 Animating Interactive Content with Animate

Bonus Lesson 1 Fundamentals of Design with Adobe Express

Bonus Lesson 2 Live Performance Capture with Character Animator