http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/graphic-design-employment-blog.html The Graphic Design Employment Blog keeps you up-to-date with new articles and additions to the graphic-design-employment.com website. Subscribe here. en-us graphic design employment Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:00:03 GMT Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:00:03 GMT graphic-design-employment.com http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/free-quark-to-indesign-conversion.html Do you need to convert a large or complex Quark file to InDesign? It'll need some reworking however you do it, but here is the free Quark to InDesign conversion method as well as a commercial option. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:00:03 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/proofreading-marks-chart.html As a graphic designer, I find it useful to have a proofreading marks chart in front of me when ploughing through heavily corrected pages! Here are some of the most common proofreading marks & examples Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:34:21 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/eps-drop-shadow-problem.html If you are experiencing an EPS drop shadow problem in InDesign where the shadow appears as a rectangle, here is a solution. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:48:31 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/multiple-pages-in-indesign.html How to create a document containing multiple pages in InDesign in a single spread. Also apply different sizes to individual pages. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:48:04 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/universal-proofreading-symbols.html An often overlooked skill in graphic design training is the ability to interpret universal proofreading symbols. If you're a designer and know nothing about proofreading, learn these essential basics! Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:45:28 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/accent-marks.html One of the first stories I heard when I began my training for a career in graphic design was a tale of woe. Someone lost their job because they didn't know how to create accent marks on Apple Macs! Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:09:11 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/how-to-edit-pdf.html If you need to know how to edit PDF files there are a number of ways to approach the task. To make complex changes you'll need Illustrator and Photoshop to help. Acrobat treats them as super-plugins. Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:08:22 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/edit-pdf-documents.html When you edit PDF documents there are several ways to do it. You can edit using Adobe Acrobat, but Acrobat X editing tools are much better than before. Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:07:43 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/indesign-files.html Learn how to set up InDesign files for press. This article demonstrates bleed, CMYK, spot colors and PDFX1a creation by producing a business card layout design. Applicable to all document layouts. Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:58:41 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/adobe-illustrator-how-to-convert.html Learning the basics of prepress graphic design? This tutorial shows when using Adobe Illustrator how to convert text to outlines to avoid font hassles. Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:51:29 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/gimp-vs.html Gimp vs Photoshop - how do they compare? Gimp is free image manipulation software and part of the GNU Project. This beginning Gimp tut explains how Mac users install and use Gimp at a basic level. Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:49:28 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/just-what-is-a-bitmap.html One of the few ways that poor image quality can be improved. This article, 'Just What is a Bitmap', gives a simple explanation of the Bitmap Photoshop color mode and demonstration of its use in print. Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:46:33 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/photoshop-cut-out.html If you want to retain transparency when placing images in InDesign, you need to save a Photoshop cut out image as a layered PSD file. It'll blend in nicely! Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:37:41 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/press-ready.html A graphic design tutorial explaining how and why images are made press-ready. Builds confidence in graphic design graduates and first-job seekers by demonstrating industry techniques. Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:32:14 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/color-management.html Color management can be confusing for designers. As long as consistency in maintained and you preflight your documents, you'll be fine. Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:29:07 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/color-mode.html If you're uncertain about what color mode to convert prepress images to, here you'll find the basics of creating CMYK, Grayscale and Bitmap images. Which of the color modes should you select and why? Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:23:53 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/paper-dimensions.html A handy guide to standard paper dimensions, including paper sizes, possible uses and Free ISO 216 Page Sizes Cheat Sheet Poster infographic download. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:15:10 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/a7-paper-size.html A7 paper size. Details, possible uses and free infographic of the ISO A7 paper size in graphic design. Free ISO 216 Page Sizes Cheat Sheet Poster infographic download. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:11:04 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/a6-paper-dimensions.html A6 paper dimensions. Details, possible uses and free infographic of the ISO A6 paper size in graphic design. Free ISO 216 Page Sizes Cheat Sheet Poster infographic download. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:09:56 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/a1-paper-size.html A1 paper size. Details, possible uses and free infographic of the ISO A1 paper size in graphic design. Free ISO 216 Page Sizes Cheat Sheet Poster infographic download. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:04:25 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/a5-paper-dimensions.html A5 paper dimensions. Details, possible uses and free infographic of the ISO A5 paper size in graphic design. Free ISO 216 Page Sizes Cheat Sheet Poster infographic download. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:49:15 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/a4-paper-dimensions.html A4 paper dimensions. Details, possible uses and free infographic of the ISO A4 paper size in graphic design. Free ISO 216 Page Sizes Cheat Sheet Poster infographic download. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:46:12 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/a3-paper-dimensions.html A3 paper dimensions. Details, possible uses and free infographic of the ISO A3 paper size in graphic design. Free ISO 216 Page Sizes Cheat Sheet Poster infographic download. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:43:23 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/a2-paper-dimensions.html A2 paper dimensions. Details, possible uses and free infographic of the ISO A2 paper size in graphic design. Free ISO 216 Page Sizes Cheat Sheet Poster infographic download. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:40:03 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/a1-paper-dimensions.html A1 paper dimensions. Details, possible uses and free infographic of the ISO A1 paper size in graphic design. Free ISO 216 Page Sizes Cheat Sheet Poster infographic download. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:37:00 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/a0-paper-dimensions.html A0 paper dimensions. Details, possible uses and free infographic of the ISO A0 paper size in graphic design. Free ISO 216 Page Sizes Cheat Sheet Poster infographic download. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:31:10 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/letter-paper-dimensions.html Letter paper dimensions.This size is used in the USA and Canada. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:00:19 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/tabloid-paper-dimensions.html Tabloid paper dimensions.This size is used in the USA and Canada. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:59:47 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/ledger-paper-dimensions.html Ledger paper dimensions.This size is used in the USA and Canada. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:56:13 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/legal-paper-dimensions.html Legal paper dimensions.This size is used in the USA and Canada. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:54:17 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/using-dreamweaver.html If you're a graphic designer or website design novice, this series of articles teaches you how to create a website from scratch, using Dreamweaver. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:26:53 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/convert-microsoft-publisher-to-pdf.html If you need to convert Microsoft Publisher to PDF, don't panic - there is a way online. And it's free. It took me a while to find, but now I'll never lose the link again. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:26:20 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/convert-publisher.html If you need to convert Publisher files to InDesign, short of recreating the document from scratch by hand you'll need a plugin like Pub2ID to help you out. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:25:37 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/indesign-to-quark.html One of the ways to convert InDesign to Quark is to use the Markzware InDesign plugin, Q2ID. It works with InDesign CS5 and Quark 9, as well as with earlier versions, and it's fast. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:25:02 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/quark-to-indesign.html One of the ways to convert Quark to InDesign is to use the Markzware InDesign plugin, Q2ID. It works with InDesign CS4 and Quark 8, as well as with earlier versions, and it's fast. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:23:42 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/convert-quark-to-indesign.html If you need to convert Quark to InDesign, here is a case study showing how to proceed. If the file is Quark XPress version 5 or later you will need to do some back-saving. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:20:48 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/remove-background-from-image.html Remove Background From Image - How to cutout hair using Fluid Mask and Photoshop. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:18:17 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/cutting-out-hair-in-photoshop.html Cutting Out Hair in Photoshop. A photoshop tutorial showing how to manipulate channels to create a mask cutout. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:17:39 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/how-to-cut-out-hair-in-photoshop.html How to cut out hair in Photoshop. A tutorial on using replace color, levels and channel manipulation to create a usable cutout mask for hair. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:16:52 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/hair-cutout-in-photoshop.html Cutting out images using paths is all very well until you come across hair or fur. This article explains how to do a hair cutout in Photoshop without using paths that won't take all day. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:16:05 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/photoshop-hair.html Four in-depth Photoshop Hair Cut Out Tutorials including full write-ups and accompanying video Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:15:10 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/student-cs5-discount.html A Student CS5 Discount can make the difference between getting a job and losing a job. Knowing Adobe software inside out will give you the confidence that other candidates might lack. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:11:35 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/graphic-design-software.html Since the introduction of the Apple Mac, graphic design software has transformed the industry. Find out what software you need to learn for graphic design employment in today's studios. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:53:02 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/how-do-graphic-design.html Every creative experiences some sort of writers block at one time or another. So how do graphic design creatives get past this hurdle? Here are some ideas to start you off. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:55:08 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/graphic-design-interview.html So you've got yourself a graphic design interview! How do you handle it? Actually it's all common sense. Keep confidence high, think about what they want to hear and know the job you are applying for! Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:49:28 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/graphic-design-resumes.html The basics of how to write effective graphic design resumes. A format that presents the information clearly and logically. Don't get carried away! Write a good graphic design CV and get the job. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:48:54 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/career-information-on-graphic-design.html If you're starting out in graphic design, you'll find career information on graphic design employment. Also find numerous websites listing jobs in graphic design for all levels. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:48:26 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/graphic-design-employment.html The Graphic Design Employment website has been created for graphic design graduates who might have gaps in their knowledge after college. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:47:58 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/graphic-design-books.html Visit our online store for graphic design books. You'll find books on graphic design in advertising, typography, color and much more. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:47:09 GMT http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/graphic-design-portfolio.html Submit your Graphic Design Portfolio and Resume to GDE and get yourself known. If you're a job-seeking graphic designer or a freelancer, submit your work for consideration for free. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:44:34 GMT