Jun. 1st, 2006 07:11 pm
Pardon me while my ego bursts forth
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textualdevianceSo, I'm 99% done with the term. Just answering questions about a story in production right now, and otherwise twiddling my thumbs until my law final Monday.
This morning was interesting. I woke up late because I'd been up til 2 last night, and so I dashed into my editing class 10 minutes late. Almost as soon as I sat down, the prof started asking for volunteers to show their in-progress final projects. Mine being 90% done at that point, and already in the class's shared folder, I really couldn't say no.
So, half-awake, I showed my project. Well, I guess it was good, because then half the class started asking me for advice about InDesign. Bear in mind that I never did do the formal training class for that that everyone else did. I guess all my dicking around with Front Page and PhotoDraw (and I still wish that were being updated; there needs to be a mid-range image editor--something beyond the basics, but not as cumbersome as Pshop) was actually useful. I seem to have decent instincts for layout and graphics software.
The real shot in the arm, though, was running into the prof in the hall later. She told me she thought my project looked great, and said it was a "delight" to have me in class this term. O_O! This is the department head, btw. Eep! I guess she doesn't regret pointing me toward that scholarship/internship thang. ;)
*ego explodes*
The other amusing part of the day was explaining the tech behind the net neutrality issue. I opened my mouth and M poured forth. It was disturbing. After I was done I said to myself--wtf? Since when did I give a shit about how networks function? Apparently parts of M's brain sneak out and wiggle into my head when I'm sleeping.
Oh, and my old-skool geek law prof/advisor laughed when I told her I was thinking about taking a technical writing class next year. She said I could probably sleep through it. Heh.
So I felt verreh geeky today. But I'm really starting to understand that I'm in the right field. I'm just more of an editor than a reporter. I've kind of always been that way, I guess. I like writing and research, but I'm more of a big-picture person. I like bringing different elements together into a whole, rather than getting bogged down with one thing.
Two days with little to do. Can't really pack too much because almost everything I'd pack is stuff I need for at least one more night. I'll prolly just go home tomorrow with a few bags of stuff and then come back Sunday for the dept. picnic. I'll have M with me then so I can make him help.
This morning was interesting. I woke up late because I'd been up til 2 last night, and so I dashed into my editing class 10 minutes late. Almost as soon as I sat down, the prof started asking for volunteers to show their in-progress final projects. Mine being 90% done at that point, and already in the class's shared folder, I really couldn't say no.
So, half-awake, I showed my project. Well, I guess it was good, because then half the class started asking me for advice about InDesign. Bear in mind that I never did do the formal training class for that that everyone else did. I guess all my dicking around with Front Page and PhotoDraw (and I still wish that were being updated; there needs to be a mid-range image editor--something beyond the basics, but not as cumbersome as Pshop) was actually useful. I seem to have decent instincts for layout and graphics software.
The real shot in the arm, though, was running into the prof in the hall later. She told me she thought my project looked great, and said it was a "delight" to have me in class this term. O_O! This is the department head, btw. Eep! I guess she doesn't regret pointing me toward that scholarship/internship thang. ;)
*ego explodes*
The other amusing part of the day was explaining the tech behind the net neutrality issue. I opened my mouth and M poured forth. It was disturbing. After I was done I said to myself--wtf? Since when did I give a shit about how networks function? Apparently parts of M's brain sneak out and wiggle into my head when I'm sleeping.
Oh, and my old-skool geek law prof/advisor laughed when I told her I was thinking about taking a technical writing class next year. She said I could probably sleep through it. Heh.
So I felt verreh geeky today. But I'm really starting to understand that I'm in the right field. I'm just more of an editor than a reporter. I've kind of always been that way, I guess. I like writing and research, but I'm more of a big-picture person. I like bringing different elements together into a whole, rather than getting bogged down with one thing.
Two days with little to do. Can't really pack too much because almost everything I'd pack is stuff I need for at least one more night. I'll prolly just go home tomorrow with a few bags of stuff and then come back Sunday for the dept. picnic. I'll have M with me then so I can make him help.
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PhotoDraw's charm is that it's very stripped-down and simple, but not insultingly so, like those cheesy crop-and-edge kits that come with new cameras.
All of the stuff that makes Pshop great for pros--things like specific number values for colors, etc.--are just too intense for basic mockup work. PhotoDraw has all the necessary basic stuff--sizing, cropping, textures, cloning, etc.--but presented in a way that isn't overly-technical. You don't need a degree in graphic design to use it.
Adobe makes stuff for pros. Microsoft makes stuff for plebes. It's more a matter of UI than function that makes me wish it were still being updated. They put out Digital Image Pro a couple of years ago, but they over-complicated it--trying to go too far in Pshop's direction. 90% of the image tweaking I do comes down to: resize, crop, sharpen, brighten/contrast, soften edges, add a color background and text. Pshop is way too much software to just do that. No sense buying a Ferarri if all you want to do is drive to the grocery store and take the occasional road trip, y'know?