Selected forum topics from October 2006

The following are some of the discussion topics that have been started on the graphic design forums in October 2006. Some are still ongoing hot topics, whilst others may simply be technical questions or troubleshooting enquiries that have been solved.

Either way, please feel free to use this as an access point into the forums. Otherwise you can go straight to the front page and browse the latest forum topics.

• Using css style files instead of tables – learning about layout out web pages using cascading style sheets.
• How much to charge for a logo design – a freelance designer asks the going rate for creating a logo.
• Problems with a coworker and when to speak up – What to do when a colleague is not pulling their weight.
• Had my first interview today – career advice following a disappointing interview.
• Buying a color printer – choosing paper to use with a new color printer.
• Job interview salary expectations – should a graphic designer ask about salary expectations in a job interview?
• Fonts for logo – designing a logo for the car industry. Designer needs font recommendations.
• Web to print media design – web designer learning the principles of print design.
• Custom Photoshop brushes – trying to get Photoshop CS1 brushes to work in CS2.
• New to studying graphic design – junior designer seeking advice about creating a portfolio.
• Where to get vanishing point plugin for Photoshop CS2.
• Want to stop freelancing and go direct – self-employed designer ready to take the next step.
• Doing a "test" to get a contract – should graphic designers let clients give them test work, or pitch for work, without charging them?
• Design grand master or mentor – who to go to for advice about graphic design? Do you have a mentor or teacher?
• Are blue logos more successful? – How important is color when thinking about designing logos and identities?
• Help With Graphics Portfolio – putting together a portfolio for a university interview.
• Why page bleed is necessary InDesign CS2 documents – practical help and background information about using bleed when publishing documents where the graphic goes right up to the edge of the page.
• External hard drive – backing up graphic design work for a student.
• Inline graphics in InDesign CS – Windows InDesign problems solved with a script.
• Flat rate or hourly rate? – what method to use to charge for design work?
• Can't save in Adobe Illustrator – very strange Illustrator CS problem.
• Deleting swatches in InDesign – tool palette problems in Adobe InDesign.
• Backwards compatibility for Macs – will the new Intel Macs run older PowerPC software?
• Creating hyperlinks in Indesign – using InDesign to make web hyperlinks.
• Double sided InDesign printing – how is it possible to print duplex InDesign layouts and get the crop marks to line up.
• Charging a client for printing – is it ethical to add a charge for managing he client's print job.
• Incomplete design job – should you charge if a client doesn't complete the project?
• Self promotion using Adobe Acrobat – multi-page pdf file for presenting to potential clients.
• tips on getting work – educating clients about graphic design work, so that they better understand the role designers play.
• Lost data – hard disk file corruption issues.