TutorialBEE: Computer Programs

Posted on March 16, 2008 by JamieBee

Today I had a conversation like this:
She asked “I need advice from a young graphic designer to an old graphic designer.”
I replied “am I the young one or the old one? hehehe :)”
She laughed and said “I graduated from college in Graphic Design when you were in diapers. It has been a REALLY long time and am really interested to get started again. Where do I start? What programs do I use? etc. etc. etc…..
I replied with this:My Fav 5:

• Adobe Photoshop CS3 (Ps)
  Click here for more info.
• I use this program for practically everything like to edit my photographs, create wedding invitations, wedding album layouts, digital scrapbooking, or anything RASTOR
• Adobe Illustrator CS3 (Ai)
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• I use this program for practically everything like to draw t-shirt logos, draw business logos, make one page fliers, business cards, brochures, menus, wedding invitations, website layouts, or anything VECTOR
• Adobe InDesign CS3 (ID)
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• I use this program for practically everything like to create multi page directories, newspapers, yearbooks, geneology books, newsletters, or anything MULTI-PAGE
• Mozilla Firefox (fox around the world)
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• I use this program for practically everything like Blogging! Email or better said Gmail my email of choice! or looking at anything on the WORLD WIDE WEB. (This program is open source or FREE! Download it NOW and start using it!)
• Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 (Dw)
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• I use this program for practically everything like creating websites, editing websites, building websites, formatting websites, reading code, or creating anything on the WORLD WIDE WEB

These are my FAV 5. I must open and work in all of these programs atleast once a week or my brain will turn to fish oil! (Grandma J’s quote about watching too much TV can be applied in this situation) You can download any of the Adobe Products for FREE for 30 days. If you are getting ready to start doing your own Graphic DESIGNING there are six different CS3 software collections find out more at Adobe.com/creativelicense/. Depending on your expertise you will choose a different suite. We have the whole ka-bootle with the CS3 Master Collection but you may want to choose the Design or the Web Premium depending on what you will be doing or what you are more interested in learning. Good luck and if you have any questions – you can always ask!