Final Couse summary

When this course began I was very worried I would not enjoy being in this class. I wasn't to excited on the fact the only time I was able to take this class it was a writing to learn course. I have already taken my writing to learn courses so I was a little frustrated that I was taking another. After finishing up this course I realized that I wasn't the best with keeping up with the blog assignments but I feel this was because I went into it with a negative attitude. If I would  have had a better look on this being a writing to learn course I feel my writing grade would have been better.

I did love the freedom and creative opportunity that we were given in this class. In course I have taken in the past, the teacher tells you what your project should look like and the information. That is one thing I feel made me love this class, I was able to make choices and do my project over things that interested me.  Having freedom in this class made me want to learn and know how to do new things with photoshop, indesign, and illustrator.

My favorite project that we did in this class would have to the the magazine project, I really enjoyed this project because I would love to work for a magazine some day. Before this project I had no clue that each magazine could have such different specs. I thought that all had the same basic layout and size. I learned the most on this project and it also was my favorite design.

After taking this class I feel my skills have improved a great deal. I have gained confidence in my work and believe that this class had made me have a better eye for the visual design of everything from appropriate fonts to packaging.

I would recommend this class to anyone interested in graphics, out of all the classes I have taken this is by far the best one

Job Search Analysis 3

Job Title: Account Executive (Pharma Advertising Agency) Location: Laguna Beach, California 92651  Applicants must have a  love for branding, quality, and ground-    breaking work with 4+ years of agency experience in pharmaceuticals, aesthetics, health care, or related field. Measurable achievements for client brands they’ve worked on. Have extremely strong oral and written communication skills and able to exemplify commitment to quality and attention to detail through the process improvements in which the client has implemented. The Account Executive should be professiant in Microsoft and all adobe suite. The Account Executive will ensure client needs and goals are being met on every project by managing schedules, budgets, and work plans, and coordinating internal and external creative, design, copywriting, and production resources. Minimum of 4 years of agency experience working with pharmaceutical, aesthetics, healthcare, or related brands.The minimum education requirement is a Bachelor's degree, the job discription salary range is commensurate with experience but most websites the base range is  40,000 to 45,000 .

 SOURCE http://www.talentzoo.com/job/Account-Executive-Pharma-Advertising-Agency/116105.html

Adobe Tutorial on clipping

How to make a clipping path

To make a clipping path you must  open up the photo in PhotoShop. Then in the layers panel, doub-click background and rename it. Then in the tools panel, click on magnetic lasso tool. After this step is completed click on the photo where you want to start, it is best to start in the center. After you slecte your spot, drag the lasso tool around the area that you are saving.Once the whole image is selected
hit commad+shift+I. Then  hit delete, your background should go away and you should only see your selcted image. Your image has now been clipped and is able to be saved as .eps. Finally the image can be moved into InDesign,

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLgqvUVj-Mc

Job Analysis 2

Job Title: Social Media Coordinator

Location: Brooklyn, New York Job Requirements: Must have a bachelors degree preferably with coursework in some or all of these disciplines: advertising, creative writing, marketing, market research, brand management, consumer behavior Have a complete proficiency with Social Media practices, tools and platforms such a Facebook, Twitter, etc. All applicants should have a keen understanding of how social media marketing is applied to film, TV, publishing, gaming and sports brands Excellent analytical and creative writing skills as well as the aability to coordinate and prioritize duties for multiple campaigns and clients. Demonstrating creativity, engagement and collaboration within social media to highlight company. This job required 1 + years of experience, the Salary Range is commensurate with experience. SOURCE http://www.talentzoo.com/job/Social-Media-Coordinator/118679.html

Lawsuit Article Review

Graphic artist Bill Dawson sued Nu Image, Millennium Films, and Technicolor Creative Services for logo theft. Millennium was looking for a new logo and the reach out to Technicolor, a company that provides technical production services for film and TV producers.  Dawson, the head of XK9 graphics studio had a verbal contract with Eric Ladd, an agent at Technicolor. In this aggrement Dawson would create a logos for Millennium in exchange for

Dawson, head of the XK9 graphic studio, says he negotiated a verbal contract with Eric Ladd, an agent for Technicolor. Dawson would develop and present possible logos to Millennium in exchange for a nominal fee, the lawsuit states. If one of Dawson's logos was chosen they would talk about further compensation. Dawson finished his work and showed it to Millennium films, they showed no intrest in purching his work.

In May Dawson was at the movies and noticed his logo in the trailer for Conan the Barbarian. Dawsome began to research and found out that the film company has used without authorization one of his logos in several films, including Conan, Elephant White, Trespass and Puncture, as well as on its website. Dawson is claiming at least $200,000 in damages for copyright infringement and breach of contract.

This lawsuit is still currently in process, due to the fact the company was placed with several lawsuits on different things because of this film.






 SOURCE http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/millenium-films-logo-lawsuit-255867

Adobe tutorial Duotone Image Mode

For this tutorial I am going to explain how to change an image into a duotone

first step is to open the image, Open the photo in Photoshop and apply any adjustments that you want to make to the to it

Second step is to create a black and white version of the image. Do this by selecting Image > Mode > Grayscale.
Third step is Choose Image > Mode > Duotone to display the Duotone Options dialog. From the list select Duotone. The first Ink color will appear but you can change it but clicking on it and selecting a color.Now add a second ink color by clicking in the swatch box.

Forth step then you want to adjust the colors you click the curve icon to the left of each of the color in turn to adjust how the color is applied to the image. The highlights are shown on the right of the chart and the shadows are shown on the left.

Fifth Step the duotone image setting stay the same even if you open a new image, so if you want to have multiple images with the same duotone settings you don't have to go back and reset them everytime.

Pictures of before and after come soon

Source
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whypParrOM4&feature=related

Adobe tutorial on vector design using illustrator

For adobe tutorial I choose how to make a vector design using  illustrator

 First Step is to begin with opening up illustrator
Second step is select (click) on the pen tool in the options panel on the left hand side
Thrid step begin to draw image
forth step use the swatches panel which can be found on the the right hand side and select a color the will be filled in the image
fifth step: Save
sixth step you vector design is now finished

Watch this youtube video to understand more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98-6DdCPRoA


Source: "Adobe illustrator Tutorial." Web. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98-6DdCPRoA