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Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated. Paul Rand

What is the adobe creative suite?

After Effects Acrobat Pro Bridge Illustrator InDesign Photoshop Dreamweaver And on and on.

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Why use photoshop?

If done right, Photoshop can:

Correct color Remove red eye Clean up blemishes Resize and crop Convert to black and white Lighten photos Sharpen images And more!

Photoshop can be done well

And it can be done wrong. Horribly wrong.

Shooting in raw
If you own a Digital SLR camera, I recommend shooting photos in Camera RAW. It allows you to go in and correct aspects of the photo you wouldnt be able to touch if you were shooting in just JPG. If not, no big deal. JPGs can be edited, too.

Here is an example of a photo I took at my cousins wedding. The sun was out and it created harsh shadows, so editing was pretty difficult. But having the extra Camera RAW settings made the final photo better.

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Creating a black, white and color photo

Ever wanted to figure out how to do Photoshop tricks like this? Its pretty easy. Heres how you do it.

How to create a cutout image

Have you ever looked at an ad and could obviously tell that the image was cut out from something and placed on a different background? Its very easy to do and doesnt require much work, aside from being precise.

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What is Indesign and what does it do?

InDesign is what we use to paginate (design) the pages of newspapers. But thats not all it can do. It can also be used to make business cards, resumes, menus the list goes on and on.

Designing a page
Its really not that difficult to design a page. You just need to know what youre doing. Heres how you format text, place a photo, give items a stroke and more.

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Creating vector images

Adobe Illustrator is a really fancy version of Microsoft Paint. The tool is very powerful and allows you to make vector images that are easy to incorporate into different platforms. The great thing about a vector image is that you can make it as big or little as you want and it wont affect the quality of the image at all.

Examples of vector images Ive created

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Looking to play a club sport? Want to watch a Friday night rugby game? Head to the Pioneer Fields. The Lower and Upper Fields are home to three natural turfs. These f elds are used for soccer, lacrosse and rugby, with Field 2 lit for nighttime games. Near the Lower Fields, there is an athletics bubble for used for indoor sports, including camps and indoor soccer. Additional features of the Upper Fields include Cricket Pitch and a practice disc golf hole.

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Big time gap in your schedule? Spend some time playing disc golf at Grizzly Oaks Frisbee Golf. Sponsored by OU Student Congress and Campus Recreation, the course is located on the Main Campus of OU near P11 on Pioneer. Have a game of Frisbee golf on a challenging 18-par course through a scenic, wooded area on campus.

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Part of the Department of Art and Art History for over 40 years, the OU Art Gallery presents six exhibits from September to May. The exhibits have been reviewed by national journals including Art in America and Sculpture Magazine. In addition to lectures, the gallery hosts performances, tours and special events. The gallery is currently displaying the Doctor Berton Collection of Ethnographc Art.

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Part of the School of Education and Human Services at OU, the Lowry Center offers toddler, young preschool, preschool and pre-kindergarten programs, using the newest innovative equipment, materials, and practices to cultivate the development of young children. Experiences and programs are designed based on the childrens interests, with focus on problem solving to promote logical thinking.

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Creating infographics
One of the easiest things to do with Illustrator is to make infographics for charts and displaying data. Heres how you do it.

Where to find inspiration

I find a lot of inspiration on Pinterest, actually. Just search resume or design and youll find many boards to look at.