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Cadet
02-10-2005, 02:38 AM
I am deeply interested in graphic design, yet i don't know how to get started... could anyone give me any helpful tips to get me started in this line of work
thanks a million CADET
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Mickey
02-10-2005, 07:02 AM
How old are you?
Where do you live?
In highschool, or college ect. give us some background...
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defjoe
02-10-2005, 08:09 AM
search... use it and you will find a TON of stuff on this.
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Cadet
02-11-2005, 01:03 AM
Living in London, 15 yrs of age soon to move onto college, as i said, could anyone give me any advice on how to get started?
Mickey
02-11-2005, 01:07 AM
I don't know much about London or the schooling over there but I would look into graphic design schools you could attend and learn the programs:
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign,
and Quark Xpress
and search this forum for more info on this topic, there is a lot.
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Cadet
02-11-2005, 01:58 AM
thanks for all your help. I'm getting an emac soon hopefully, already with adobe photoshop and illustrator so perhaps best to wait til then...
also im not all too sure how to navigate round this site...any explanation or does it grow on you?
Cadet.
Patrick Shannon
02-11-2005, 02:13 AM
> thanks for all your help. I'm getting an emac soon hopefully, already with adobe photoshop and illustrator so perhaps best to wait til then..
Some advice (since I have an eMac too), first thing you're going to want to do for the eMac model is bump it up to 512MB of RAM or more, Adobe CS programs are not always fun with a mere 256MB. But once you do that, it's like gravy.
Patrick Shannon
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Cadet
02-11-2005, 02:31 AM
ill keep that in mind thanks, although its in close competition with the mac mini in my eyes, do you know if i will be able to get the most out of adobe cs programs with a mini?
Cadet
02-11-2005, 02:34 AM
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morea
02-11-2005, 02:41 AM
literally? /emoticons/blink.gif
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D-Zine
02-11-2005, 02:49 AM
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TBdesign
02-11-2005, 03:21 AM
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since he is new - and I am new (thought not a cadet's age) - just to say hello to all of you...
about me - wouldn't dare to call myself 'a designer' or anything near that....work in CS (illustrator, PS, InD - Mac) and Quark(PC)....
Once had a problem with Quark (not enough memory to save a document) and suddenly had to redo everything from scratch in InD on Mac I've never used before....
about this 'not enough memory' - since then I haven't touched Quark:))but have to do it - will be back here surely if the problem persists:))
anyway - thanks to reading the forum till late hours - I slept in today......but I have read a huge chunk of your posts, checked some of the links etc etc etc....and found it really helpful - so I am back to look at/watch pros:))
morea
02-12-2005, 05:37 AM
welcome to the forum, bea. It's a great resource and I'm sure you'll enjoy it here! /emoticons/cheers.gif
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Patrick Shannon
02-12-2005, 06:09 AM
> ill keep that in mind thanks, although its in close competition with the mac mini in my eyes, do you know if i will be able to get the most
> out of adobe cs programs with a mini?
I don't see why not. Don't expect G5 performance or anything, but the 1.25Ghz G4 is a very capable performer. The Mini should be fine if you already have a monitor, keyboard/mouse, etc. But the RAM is key.
Patrick Shannon
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