OT: seeking excellent graphics designer

Hi,
I'm looking for someone that can finish a logo concept in
Illustrator
and deliver it back to me in a ai/esp/psd file format.
I need to see some of your previous work.
You can mail me at this mail address... kim at geekministry
dot com
Kim
http://www.geekministry.com

a lot better than me... seriously someone who knows their
media
(Illustrator) and is used to creating logo's for both web and
print.
John Waller skrev:
> Can you define "excellent"?
>
Kim
http://www.geekministry.com

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I'm a novice graphic designer and seeking advice from designers. I would like to know what your vision is on the choice of a display for graphic design purposes. I heard a rumor that the LED-backlit displays aren't really useful for graphic design since they wouldn't represent true image, is this correct? Would you go back and use a Mac like the iMac 24" Core 2 Duo 2.16 just because its display is LCD? Or would you go with the future and buy those new iMacs with LED backlit displays? What could be the advantage or disadvantage? Any real life situation experiences? Any suggestions?
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I suppose the best answer, if you are a novice graphic designer, is to ask if you intend to do color matching with a calibrated measurement device. If not, you choice of display really doesn't matter.
You cannot do simple visual color matching with any LCD or LED-backlit driven panel, whether matter or glossy, as none produce sufficiently accurate color. You must instead use specialized tools like the Pantone matching system and calibrate or set your display for optimum accuracy, while clearly understanding that you must trust the software, and not your eyes.
I do a great deal of graphics work, and find glossy—as opposed to matte—screens difficult to work with. While their highly saturated color makes them good wide-screen DVD playback platforms, the reflective glare from ambient light is annoying. If you choose a glossy display, which is pretty much all you can these days, be sure to set up your environment so as to minimize reflective light sources such as lamps and windows in your workspace.
For the most part, backlighting is backlighting. Backlights driven by light emitting diodes were introduced almost solely to eliminate the undesirable component parts of cold cathode fluorescent lamps and make displays ultimately easier to recycle, lowering their adverse impact upon the environment.

What is the best wide format printer to use for graphic design?

Hello all, I recently upgraded to a new iMac and am looking for the most suitable colour tabloid or super tabloid printer. I am willing to pay as much as $3000 and have read excellent reviews of the Phaser 7500, but the size and weight are too much for me in my home office. I would also consider inkjet models but want something crisp and clear for graphic design and have heard there are problems with compatibility with Snow Leopard and Lion. Am now considering the OKI C830 series. Any experience with this or recommendations? Many thanks!

Had 2 Phaser 7700's - excellent print quality - large footprint, overpriced and consumeables are expensive
Currently have a Konica Minolta Magicolor 7450 - print quality close to the Phasers, large footprint, good price, consumables much cheaper than the Phasers - Noisy, not great in a small office.
No FHE with the OKI but it looks like a nice machine. Best to find a dealer and check out print quality and if you have small space watch out for the fans humming it can get overwhelming intrusive.

Graphic Design Style book recommendations

Are there any Graphics Design Style books for non-graphics designers you can recommend. I'm converting from MS Publisher to Pages 08 the concert programs I produce for our local classical guitar society concerts and I would like to make the program more appealing. All recommendations will be welcomed.
Ed S.

Ellen Lupton's Design it Yourself is a great overview of things to get started,
http://www.amazon.com/D-I-Y-Design-Yourself-Handbooks/dp/1568985525
Thinking with Type is an excellent way to get a better understanding of how things work. It's great for a someone who's just getting their feet wet, but is quite thorough.
http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Type-Critical-Designers-Students/dp/1568984480/re f=pdbxgy_b_imgb
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Best book for graphics design

Hi my name is Aby. I am from India. I am working as a graphics designer in a start up company. I have not done any course in designing. I learnt of my own by seeing youtube videos and examples. I really want to learn professional designing, for which i guess i need to do a course. So please suggest me where i can learn and excel in designing. Otherwise please suggest me any book in which i can learn best designing. Here is my behance portfolio : Aby Abraham on Behance

Yes. I'll go along with Lawrence. You have a nice set of work on Behance. What skills do you have so far Aby? Do you have other Adobe applications? You really need Illustrator, and probably Indesign, (again as suggested by Lawrence). I am not sure about suggesting a book because graphic design is such a large subject, and goes way beyond just knowing how to use the applications. In my experience, having the ideas is the most important starting point, as that will give you focus on what you need to learn. It will also hard wire it into you, in a sort of use it or lose it way, because so much of what you learn in a linear fashion from a book, is going to be forgotten a week later if you've had no need to make use of it.
Unfortunately, this means lots of frustration and pulling your hair out in the early days, but once you get into it, you will start taking it in really quickly.
For Photoshop, I'd recommend all of the Steve Caplin books. These are How to Cheat at Photoshop, 100% Photoshop, and Art & Design in Photoshop. Steve also has a more recent book called '3D Photoshop', which I have not got round to buying yet, but How to Cheat, and 100% are must have titles for a Photoshop illustrator.
http://stevecaplin.com/
What sets Steve apart from other Photoshop authors is that he is constantly employed by the world's media to create illustrations for newspapers and magazines.
I'll also agree with Lawrence about Lynda.com. Look for titles by Nigel French (I love his Photoshop for Designers - Type Essentials). There are also some good titles on logo design.
I don't feel qualified to recommend books on Illustrator and InDesign, but there are forums for those apps.
Good luck and I hope you make it.

Best Printer For Graphic Design

We are looking to start printing and selling some of our graphic design works as prints similar to this - http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/placeinprint/product/brixton-academy-blueprint-art-print
What is the best printer to use - inkjet or laser
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This printer - Buy CANON PIXMA PRO-100 Wireless A3 Inkjet Printer | Free Delivery | Currys - seems to have good reviews and specs, will this do the job?
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Had 2 Phaser 7700's - excellent print quality - large footprint, overpriced and consumeables are expensive
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Timesheet for Graphic Designer

Hello People
(please be gentle with me, I'm not very experienced with time-sheets etc).
I'm a graphic designer, been made redundant, and after struggling to find a job I'm going freelance but I'm really struggling to use Numbers to create a timesheet. I don't have Excel and don't particularly want to use it, partly sue to cost but also because I don't like it.
I know there are apps out there I could use, but all of those I've looked at either charge or don't do exactly what I need.
As I'm just starting out I need to monitor my workload, the time spent against the time i quote so I can refine things and get my estimating accurate and also make sure I then bill for all the hours I do (when it comes to an hourly rate).
I don't really know how to create spreadsheets using Excel with Formulas and rules etc. So a mate did it for me, but using that sheet in Numbers isn't transferring properly. So we are looking at starting afresh using Numbers but the trouble is neither of us know it well enough to create what I need.
First I need a time sheet, to keep a record of how much time i spend on a particular Job. I'll try to explain (stay with me please!)
To start off I need in my time-sheets the following columns;
Client, Job Number, Project Name, Details, Date, Day, Start Time, End Time, Duration, If it's Fixed Price, If its an Hourly Rate, What the hourly rate is, Total Hours, Price, Discount %, Final Price.
Within these Columns I need to be able to filter by date, by client or by job number - so I can easily check what hours Ive done on a particular job, or on a given day how many hours I've done or how many jobs I've done for a particular client.
As a result I will formulas on the timesheet the number of hours and minutes (down to ten minutes) for the duration, to calculate the price from the hourly rate, then the price after the discount and the final price.
However, some jobs may be a fixed price, and I may work on it for more than one day, Some Jobs may be an hourly price. So, if I put in the coloumn the fixed price each time/day I register time worked on it. It needs to see that that fixed price is for the job, not for that days work.
I would also like to be able to do a forecast sheet, so I can enter estimate details in, to see what I'm forecast to earn.
I would also then need a sheet which pulls in the info from the forecast to show the projected time taken earnings and also pulls in the information from the timesheet to show actual time taken and cost.
Is there any whizz out there that can help me on my way cos it has myself and my friend stumped and time is passing where I need to record my hours.

Hi iconboyip,
This will get you started.
E is formatted with as Date & Time, with no time displayed (by default, it will be midnight at the start of the day).
F and G are formatted as Date & Time with no date displayed.
Enter times with am or pm (or 24 hour clock) on the day you actually start and end. Otherwise, we have the "crossing midnight" problem feature .
H and I are formatted as Duration.
Enter breaks as 1h or 15m or 0.25h
Formula in I2 (and Fill Down)
=G2−F2−H2
To add up the hours spent on each job, another table with the SUMIF function
Formula in A2 of the Totals table (and Fill Down)
=SUMIF(Time Sheet::B,A2,Time Sheet::I)
Regards,
Ian.

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REVISED RULES OF GRAPHIC DESIGN
1. Before you can break the rules of graphic design, you must first know the rules of graphic design.
2. Microsoft Word is not a graphic design program.
3. The greatest obstacle to an effective campaign is usually the client.
4. Always build in a little extra safety time when determining project deadlines; just in case something goes wrong or breaks.
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6. Any advertisement will be successful as long as you give away a free tool set.
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10. Photoshop is not a verb.
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Exotic
Brush Script
Monotype Corsiva.
12. Never mess with a client who tosses his own dick salad.
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14. Microsoft PowerPoint is not a graphic design program.
15. Images pulled off of the Internet DO NOT work in print.
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17. Clipart is evil.
18. Clipart is your best friend.
19. The best computer for the job is the one that is working when you really need it.
20. Camera-ready art that is built to the exact specifications is good; camera-ready artwork that is scanned off an inkjet printout and faxed to you is bad.
21. Microsoft Publisher is the most dangerous piece of software in existence.
22. When you find a good print house, keep it.
23. Develop good relationships with other designers who work in other specialty areas; it always comes in handy in a pinch when looking for artwork or logos.
24. Never be satisfied with your current level of expertise; always look for ways to improve your talents and understanding of design.
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26. Learn good time management skills.
27. Educate the client whenever possible.
28. Dont get too defensive about creative feedback. Be able to offer solid reasons for your design decisions and be prepared to offer alternative suggestions as a compromise.
29. There is always a way to make a good layout, better.
30. A starburst is a method for poor designers to draw attention to the copy points that should have been addressed through better layout.
31. Never blindly trust a file sent to you by another designer unless you truly trust the designer.
32. The designer that doesnt keep up with current technology wont be a designer for long.
33. Always pay attention to changing design trends.
34. You will find yourself identifying typefaces on billboards as you drive down the interstate (Note: This will drive your family and friends nuts).
35. No one but designers and artists will ever truly understand the creative process.
36. Just because you have a computer and a program does not automatically mean that you are a graphic designer.
37. Only production artists and bosses seem to have 9-5 workdays.
38. No matter how many hours you work, make sure you set aside enough time to let your creative mind recharge.
39. A solid marketing plan can help poor creative. Good creative will never help a poor marketing plan.
40. Never underestimate the importance of being able ********.
41. A good designer needs to know how to fix his own computer.
42. A good designer can be effective w

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44. The creative mind works best when it works uninterrupted.
45. Dirty balls suck. Go optical.
46. The bigger the size of the project, the less it should say (in reference to copy on billboards, banners and posters).
47. Keep the Bevel and Emboss layer effects in Photoshop to a minimum.
48. You dont have to have formal training in graphic design to be successful, but it sure does help.
49. Take whatever steps are necessary to get the creative juices flowing.
50. More often than not, you cant fix it in post.
51. Get the client to sign off on everything before doing any printing or production.
52. That which doesnt kill you will only try harder the next time.
53. If in doubt, talk to the printer.
54. The key to defending yourself against backseat designers: Back up your chair suddenly.
55. Changing the keyboard layout on your fellow designers computer is a great way to break up the monotony of a stressful workday.
56. In advertising, sex sells. In graphic design, sex usually means youre hogging up all the bandwidth and have a sticky keyboard.
57. Never be afraid to push the limits of good taste (case in point, rule #56).
58. Never accept less for a job than you believe your time and effort is worth and get it in writing.
59. A good designer is thinking at least five steps ahead of the step hes currently on.
60. Never be afraid to walk away from a design and start over.

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Graphic Designer / User-Interface Engineer Job Opening

Title:
Graphic Designer/User-Interface Engineer
Job Qualifications:
- Must be an innovative Graphic Designer/User-Interface
Engineer
- Minimum 4 years experience developing web-based user
interfaces
- Expert knowledge of Adobe graphic design applications such
as Flash, Photoshop, and Illustrator or alike products
- Experience with Adobe Flex and ActionScript3
- Has a proven track record designing and documenting
high-quality user interface designs for web-based applications
- Possesses a strong visual design sense and general design
principles
- Has some background in object-oriented design and
programming
- Able to work effectively from a remote home office
- Has excellent interpersonal and communication skills and
collaborates well in person, online, or on the phone
Job Description:
This position offers an opportunity to work on high-end
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software and consumer products. As a User-Interface Engineer, you
will be expected to:
• contribute strong leadership through all phases of
development including functional requirements development, UI
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• support other developers to ensure successful
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Candidates will be expected to provide a portfolio of their
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- Can be based anywhere in the U.S.
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- 3 to 6 month engagement with potential for perm placement
If you are looking for a new exciting opportunity, please
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Kevin,
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2013 MacBook Air for graphic design?

I've been looking at the new 2013 13-inch MacBook Air for quite some time now. I'm a graphic designer, so I'll be looking to use Adobe CS6 (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Acrobat) and Aperture. Also of course, the general things such as Safari, Mail and iPhoto.
I have the new 27-inch iMac at home, which serves as my main machine. 3.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.6 GHz, 32GB RAM (8GB at the moment - upgrading soon), 1TB hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX with 1GB. I love it!
I absoloutely love the MacBook Air - it's a lovely design, so lightweight and the new 12 hour battery life is just epic!
If I were to get the MacBook Air, I would definite upgrade to these specs;
- 1.7GHz dual core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz (although I'm told the i7 will drain battery quicker, and isn't much faster?)
- 8GB RAM
- 128GB Flash Storage (or possibly 256GB - bare in mind, I have a 1TB external hard drive).
So I guess the big question is... Will the new 2013 13-inch MacBook Air, with these specs, be sufficient for my needs?
Thanks in advance!

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
The problem of the MacBook Air is the GPU, and Adobe apps don't support the GPU of your MacBook officially because it's an integrated GPU.
Sincerely, if you want to use that type of applications, the only valid Mac is the 15-inch MacBook Pro. It includes a quad-core processor, 4 GB of RAM (with the possibility to add up to 16 GB), a 500 GB HDD (with possibilities for bigger HDDs and SSDs) and a NVIDIA GPU which will work with your applications without any problem. Also, you can modify the RAM and hard drive without voiding the warranty.
If you want to give the MacBook Air a try, buy it and see if your applications work properly. You have 14 days to return it if it doesn't work as you expected, but to be sure, go for the 15-inch MacBook Pro. The MacBook Air is designed for home tasks

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Greetings everybody, my name is David, and I'm hoping to get a little assistance building a computer system either from scratch or from a couple of computers I have picked out.
I hope this that doesn't sound unrealistic but I only have around $600 in my budget to build a Graphic Designer machine. My intentions are to get a subscription to Adobe cloud so I would have access to all of Adobe CS6 products. (I won’t be using any of the Touch or Game developers applications.)
I would like to post two links to two machines that I picked out that are in my price range and would like some advice as to whether or not either one of these machines have enough processing power to be able to handle all Adobe CS 6 products.
I am aware that neither one of these machines have a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and that I would have to purchase one and add it. Which leads me to my first question; are the processors on either one of these machines capable of handling a GPU that is on the Adobe recommended list for processors?
And secondly, if I were to build a machine from scratch, is $600 enough to build a machine that is capable of handling Adobe CS6 products? When building a machine from scratch can you tell me what the minimum requirements are for a motherboard? Or are there any sites that offer specific advise for building PC's for graphic design?
I noticed after looking through the list of recommended graphics processing units that the majority of those are very expensive, in the $500-$3000 range. Can you please recommend a graphics processing unit that is in the $200-$300 range that would be fully adequate to handle Adobe products? Also what things do I need to take into consideration when building the machine from scratch to ensure that all my hardware is capable of handling Adobe CS6 products.
What do I need to add to either one of these prebuilt computers to make them Adobe-ready, If they are in fact worthy at all?
Here are the links for two machines that I have picked out:
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I do realize that neither one of these machines have a graphics card in them. Can you tell by looking at the specifications on either one of these machines, whether or not your typical graphics card would fit inside the case If they are indeed worthy in all other respects?
And I realize that I mentioned that I only had $600 to spend, however if either one of these prebuilt machines are powerful enough in all other respects, I don't have an issue waiting a month or two before buying the graphics card and installing a little bit later.
Thank you in advance for your input.
Sincerely,
David

Your HP Costco link results in an out of stock message
Your ZT Costco link is very likely NOT expandable due to the VERY small power supply... so you will likely NOT be able to add a video card later
For PPro video editing you want an nVidia graphics adapter http://www.pacifier.com/~jtsmith/GPU.HTM and even the low power nVidia may be too much for that computer
Also, for video editing, you need a MINIMUM of 2 hard drives... and trying to edit HiDef video with an i5 will be a study of waiting for things to happen
As Harm said... a $600 computer will work for everything EXCEPT video editing
This DIY list is just about twice your budget, but it will work for video editing
Intel i7 3770 CPU
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Keyboard & Mouse
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Sata DVD Writer
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Use Win7 64bit Pro to use more than 16gig ram
BluRay writer if you want to write BluRay discs
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2 hard drive MINimum, I use 3 (as listed above)
My 3 hard drives for video editing are configured as...
1 - 320Gig Boot for Win7 64bit Pro and ALL program installs
2 - 320Gig data for video project files, and temporary files
When I create a project on #2 drive, the various work files follow,
so my boot drive is not used for the media cache folders and files
3 - 1Terabyte data for all video files... input source & output export files

I've got a MacBook pro 15' running 10.6.6. I want to use an external monitor for my graphic design work running Adobe software and thought I'd try an HD TV. I ran a Mini Display to HDMI lead to the TV but the picture quality was disappointing.

I've got a MacBook Pro 15' running 10.6.6. I want to use an external monitor for my graphic design work using Adobe software and thought I'd try an HD TV. I ran a Mini Display to HDMI lead to the TV but the picture quality was disappointing. I also tried a Mini Display to VGA lead and that wasn't much better. I tried all variations of resolutions in System prefs - Displays but nothing helped. Am I getting something wrong? Thanks all.

In addition to pixel density, you are up against the translation driver card in the TV.
If you read the fine print of computer-resolution-capability in the TV user guide, you will see a chart as tall as the manual page. At the top is the smallest resolution capable, at the bottom is the full use of the 1080p in the TV.
Mac falls into the top 25% of the page, maxing out at 1366x768 often. This is because the TV control card is expected to do too much of the work, but is not designed for computer-monitor processing.
I looked at the resolution charts on 2 TVs before deciding to buy a 1080p LCD monitor that has a TV interface/connector. Computer monitor first, TV second. But the thing is only 27 in. Good thing TV is not as important to me as it is to others.

24" iMac for Graphic Design studio workstation?

Hi there, I've been using macs since the early 90s for graphic design and have always bought their "professional" models, ie towers. These days it seems the line between iMacs and towers is getting a bit blurred... iMacs are pretty darn powerful. So I need to add a workstation to the design studio and am considering just getting a 24" iMac instead of a tower + apple display. I use Adobe CS2 apps (photoshop, indesign, illustrator, etc.) Rarely, I deal with 500meg layered photoshop images, but I don't do any sound/video stuff.
So my big question... is the iMac good enough for a full time graphic designer's workstation or should I stick with a tower? The difference is over a $grand.
G5 tower Mac OS X (10.4.8)

The 24" iMac is a perfect match for a graphic designer.
On the plus side, the large screen is actually 4 inches larger than the smallest Cinema Display (20"), meaning great value. Secondly, you have the small form factor and the conveinience of an all-in-one unit, and the RAM is extremely easy to upgrade, with a ceiling of 3GB; plenty to run Photoshop or Aperture. The Nvidia graphics card is very potent as well; a must for people working with high-res images.
On the downside, you still won't get the sheer performance that a tower such as the Mac Pro will offer. You also won't get the expandability. You can't upgrade the graphics card in the iMac. You also can't upgrade the hard drive easily, and USB and firewire card upgrades (necessary to keep up with todays latest connection methods for digital cameras) are out of the question.
The 24" iMac is superb. It will give you the horsepower to run even a small graphics design business. But if you are serious about graphic design as a career, still go for a tower. You will be glad you did. I wouldn't be surprised if you found yourself selling the iMac and upgrading your system 3 or 4 years from now. However, if you expect to upgrade in that time anyway, the iMac is a better value.
Good Luck with your decision. I know you will be happy no matter which machine you choose!

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I'm a Graphic Designer and Animator with a Mid 2012 15" MBP. My programs get REALLY SLOW, ToonBoom Harmony and Sometimes Illustrator, HELP! I upgraded my Ram to 16GB LONG time ago and it's made a big difference but still the stuff I make is semi complicated/detailed I can't imagine this is the strength of my MBP I refuse to accept that. WIth that said HELP ME PLZ!!! I have deadlines and I dont know what else to do! Steve Jobs my life is your hands right now man...

Maz0327,
if you boot into Safe mode, log in, and run your graphic design and animation apps, do they run just as slowly then?

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