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I am working at our church helping out with the bulletins, projections, etc simply cause we have no one else interested. I really know nothing and do a lot of "borrow" ideas to make things work. I really like what I am doing, but would love to learn so much more to make things look like your guys stuff.
My questions are these
1. What program is best to use to make the graphics - I have a PC
2. Where should I start?
3. Also I made our church web site without any help or knowledge except what I have learned myself, and ideas the best way to design a website?
thanks for all your help, love reading the posts and looking at all your great work
Posted at 11:45PM, 15 May 2008 PST
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First of all, congrats on stepping in and taking charge of that! Now in response to your questions:
1. Really the best software to use is the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.) However, if you can't afford that, or the church won't pay for it, you can make do with other programs like Word or *shudder* Publisher if you don't commit no-no's like using clip-art, comic-sans, or papyrus. I'm sure other guys/gals on here might disagree, but you gotta use what you've got, right? All that to say, if at all possible, convince someone to buy you the Creative Suite.
2. You're here. That means you're already off to a great start. Viewing other's work is the best way to get inspired and to springboard new ideas and creativity.
Also, websites that offer Photoshop tutorials and web design tutorials are your new best friend. Start with these:
Photoshop/Design Tutorials:
psdtuts.com/
www.photoshoplab.com/
tutorialdog.com/
Web Design Tutorials:
www.alistapart.com/
nettuts.com/
(Feel free to add any I'm missing, guys!)
Really, just doing a search in Google for a particular design style turns up a lot of possibilities too.
3. In addition to the website design sites I recommended above, I'd also HIGHLY recommend picking up a book called HTML For The World Wide Web by Elizabeth Castro. It's a book I picked up in college for a class and have kept ever since and use it constantly as a reference.
When all else fails, just ask us questions here in the lab. Oh yeah, and get a Twitter account ASAP. A lot of us are on there and love talking.
Good luck!
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David M Hepburn edited this topic 7 months ago.
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Kacey - first off welcome to the lab, hopefully you will it to be as useful as so many of us have thus far.
Programs and resources is an oft discussed topic around here, and we've had several discussions relating to that, here are just a few.
Thread #1
Thread #2
Thread #3
Thread #4
Those are a few to get you started, if you have specific questions about anything covered in those threads, don't hesitate to ask, or search through the group discussion board to see if someone may have asked the very same question. Welcome aboard!!
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All through school, the thing my teachers told me over and over and over again when my designs were obviously struggling, was: "Look at good work". That may mean cruising around here, but I'd suggest getting a magazine with a design annual like Print or Communication Arts. I didn't do it nearly enough in school, but now that I'm out in the "real" world, it's my lifeline. Exposing your brain to what is cutting edge will help keep you from getting stuck in a rut.
The other thing I'd say would be to grab a book from a 2nd hand bookstore or something... A Type Primer, A Typographers Workbook, Thinking with Type. Those are great. I say that just because so much of design can look better just by fixing the typography.
And of course everything that David said :)
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welcome to the lab...
There are video tutorials available as well:
Youtube -has a grab-bag of stuff-
lynda.com/ -basically for 25$/month you get access to A TON of tutorials and you learn at your own pace.
churchmediadesign.tv/ >>some tight stuff.
like chad said--just go through our past discussions-because there's just way too much out there to throw at you in 1 thread.
also, before we forget--> show us stuff you're working on in the pool, so we can give you pointers along the way.
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