Forum discussions – December 2006

Selected discussion topics from the graphic design bulletin boards. All these topics were started in December 2006. Feel free to dive into any that look interesting, or that may offer any solutions or useful advice. Perhaps you can even help someone out?

• Pathfinder in Illustrator – cutting a logo in Adobe Illustrator.
• Newsletter in Adobe InDesign – creating an A3 centre stapled newsletter from an A4 InDesign document.
• Projects for design school – is this workload normal?
• Resizing Adobe Illustrator text box – text box it automatically resizes the text.
• Information about the printing process – information about easy design file set up for printers, to make the process as smooth as possible.
• T-shirt design prices – how much to charge for designing a bands t-shirts.
• Experience of Photoshop CS 3 beta – designers comments about the Adobe beta download.
• Switching from Freehand to Illustrator – Freehand users give some advice on changing vector programs.
• Migration from Quark XPress 4 to InDesign CS2 – SNAP Certification, InDesign and PDF and EPS pre-press issues.
• Accurate Black vs Rich Black – mismatched color profiles and other InDesign Rosetta problems.
• InDesign Windows Font Problems – InDesign does not recognize several fonts under Windows XP.
• Studying design in Los Angeles – what qualifications are needed to be a designer in LA?
• Starting out as a graphic designer – tips for newly qualified graphic designers.
• Photoshop quit unexpectedly – new installation of Adobe Photoshop CS2 won't start.
• Mac or PC for Audio & Video – music and video editing, which platform is best?
• Unable to export pdf – error exporting PDFs from InDesign CS.
• Design work abroad – Canadian designer seeks tips on finding work overseas.
• Archiving clients graphics files – how long should a designer keep a client's files for?
• Using Macs for graphic design – whether to convert to PCs or keep Apple Macs.