Available in | English |
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Owner | Adobe Systems |
Key people | Scott Belsky; Will Allen; Zach McCullough |
URL | www.behance.net |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional[a] |
Launched | November 6, 2005; 15 years ago[1] |
Behance (stylized as Bēhance) is a social media platform owned by Adobe 'to showcase and discover creative work'.[2][3]
Businesses like LinkedIn, AIGA, Adweek, and Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, and schools such as Art Center College of Design, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), School of Visual Arts (SVA), Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), and the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) have used their services.[4] In July 2018, Behance had over 10 million members.[5]
History[edit]
- Web And App Design. Adobe Indesign.
- Jul 7, 2020 - Industrial Design,Product Design,Adobe Photoshop,Adobe Illustrator,Adobe InDesign,Rhinoceros 5.0,Keyshot,Sketchbook Pro.
Behance was founded by Matias Corea and Scott Belsky in November 2005.[6] The company initially relied on revenue, generating income by selling banner ads, job postings and later, 99U conference tickets. In May 2012, their first round of outside funding received $6.5 million from investors including Dave McClure and Jeff Bezos' personal investment firm, Bezos Expeditions.[7][8]
The company was acquired by Adobe Systems for $150 million in December 2012.[9]
Corporate affairs[edit]
Create A Project To create a Project: Login to your Behance profile Click the blue Create a Project button on the top of the Behance page Begin adding content. When you're done uploading your w. Download the best freebies design resources from Dribbble and Behance. Get the latest free PSD for UI, mock-ups, icons, fonts, templates and backgrounds. In this tutorial, we're going to learn 10 essential tips for beginners in Adobe InDesign.-.
Products[edit]
Users can sign up to Behance and build profiles consisting of projects. Both registered and unregistered users can 'appreciate' any particular project, as well as comment on them. Members of Behance can follow other users' profiles. Co-founder Belsky compared the first version of Behance's online porfolios with 'project' structures as providing an organised art showcase, in comparison to DeviantArt and Saatchi's digital community.[10]
Adobe Portfolio[edit]
Adobe Portfolio (formerly ProSite) is Behance's DIY web design application, similar to popular tools such as Weebly and Joomla. It is a personal portfolio side creation tool on the web and it syncs with a users Behance project.[11] Adobe Portfolio can only be accessed by buying an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription
Served sites[edit]
Content from the Behance Network gets fed into a network of sites called the Served sites, which display work in specific categories such as fashion, industrial design, and typography. In September 2010, more were added, including branding, digital art and toy design. In April 2012, advertising, art, architecture and more were added as categories.[12]
Action Method[edit]
Action Method is a productivity methodology targeting creative professionals. It includes a line of paper products (since 2014 sold by The Ghostly Store rather than Behance itself) and an online application called Action Method Online (although this was discontinued 1 June 2014). Its purpose is to connect every event with a set of specific tasks which the user can perform, called action steps.[13]
99U[edit]
99U is a consulting service and annual conference in New York City that focuses on marketing. The name 99U comes from the Thomas Edison quote that 'Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.'[10] In 2011, 99U won a Webby Award for 'Best Cultural Blog.'[14]
Awards[edit]
- 2009 Webby Award Finalist (The Behance Network) – Self-Promotion/Portfolio Category
- 2009 Silicon Alley Insider Award Finalist – Most Loved Product or Service[15]
- 2011 Webby Award Winner (The 99%) – Best Cultural Blog[16]
- 2017 Webby Award Winner (Behance) – Community[17]
Criticism[edit]
When Adobe Systems bought Behance in 2012, some thought the purchase was so that the company could 'track every designer's activity'.[18]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'BeHance.net WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools'. WHOIS. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
- ^'News Analysis Adobe Behances The Creative Class With 150M Community Acquisition'. blog.softwareinsider.org. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
- ^'Adobe Acquires Social Media Platform Behance to Power its Creative Cloud Community'. techcrunch.com. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
- ^School Galleries on BehanceArchived 2015-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, Behance.net
- ^'On Using Graph Database technology at Behance. Interview with David Fox | ODBMS Industry Watch'. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
- ^Staff, Inc (2019-02-27). '13 All-Star Founders Share the Single Best Piece of Advice They Ever Received'. Inc.com. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- ^Empson, Rip (15 May 2012). 'After 5 Years Of Bootstrapping, Behance Nabs $6.5M From USV, Jeff Bezos, Dave Morin & More'. TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^Cook, John (14 May 2012). 'Amazon's Jeff Bezos backs Behance, a place for artists to showcase their talents'. GeekWire. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^'Crunchbase Overview Behance'.
- ^ abBelsky, Scott (2018). The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture. Penguin UK. ISBN9780241981436.
- ^'Interview with Founder of Behance: Challenges and Takeaways'. zurb.com. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
- ^Cunnane, Prof Vincent; Corcoran, Dr Niall (2018-06-21). ECSM 2018 5th European Conference on Social Media. Academic Conferences and publishing limited. ISBN978-1-911218-84-5.
- ^'How To Use The Action Method With Todoist'. Productivityist. 2014-06-03. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
- ^'2011 Webby Award Winners'. Webbyawards.com. October 28, 2011. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
- ^'Congratulations To The Winners Of The 2009 Silicon Alley Awards!'. Business Insider.
- ^'Home'. Archived from the original on 2012-01-26.
- ^'Behance -- The Webby Awards'. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
- ^'Automated Graphic Design'. Modes of Criticism. 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2019-09-18.
External links[edit]
What is Behance and how does it fit into Adobe Creative Cloud?
Behance is the leading online platform to showcase and discover creative work. The creative world updates their work in one place to broadcast it widely and efficiently.
How can I share to Behance from Creative Cloud, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign?
While you cannot share directly from the Creative Cloud apps to Behance, please visit Behance.net and upload directly. From there, you will be able to access all your Creative Cloud files and select which ones you'd like to add to projects.
How can I access Behance from within Adobe Creative Cloud desktop app?
Adobe Creative Cloud allows you to stay connected with your workgroups and creative community via your desktop, website, or mobile device. Install Creative Cloud desktop app to access your Behance Activity Feed and Portfolio, and to share and discover new work.
If you already have a Behance account, log in. If you don't have an account, log in with your existing Adobe ID; doing so will automatically create a new Behance account for you.
When signing up for your Behance account, you are prompted to select a user name, which is part of your unique profile URL. Your URL is at behance.net/user_name. You can see the public view of your profile there, or log in to behance.net for full editing capabilities.
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Log in to Behance with your Adobe ID. Please visit the Behance Helpcenter or contact Behance support if you're having trouble logging in.
Can I log in to Behance with my Creative Cloud login information?
Yes!
If you don't have a Behance account yet: Visit behance.net and click Activate Account, or sign in with your Adobe ID to create an account.
If you do have a Behance account: Simply log in to Behance with your Adobe ID.
How can I change the link between my Behance and Creative Cloud accounts?
To associate your Behance account with another Adobe ID you have, in your Behance account settings, click Use a different Adobe ID in the Switch Adobe ID section. (You may want to do this if you had two Creative Cloud accounts or Adobe IDs, for example.) If you do this, you'll always log in to Behance with the Adobe ID you switched to.