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