| Subject | Date Asked |
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| Copyright | 9/18/2009 |
Q: "I have a general question regarding copyright. I am a photographer and collage artist. I wanted ...
A: first off sorry for the delay on response. 1. I'm not a lawyer and you should consult one - My ...
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| Is Advertising for me? | 9/15/2009 |
Q: I love design. I have a BA in Business Management, and I want to get involved with Design. So I am ...
A: From what you are describing - Advertising may not be a fit - Sounds more like interior design, ...
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| Illustrator vs Photoshop | 9/8/2009 |
Q: As far as program of choice, with the exception of text and most logos, is Photoshop acceptable to ...
A: Photoshop is for photos and photo illustration Illustrator is for Illustrations INdesign is for ...
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| Graphic Design Business | 2/18/2009 |
Q: How are you? I've been employed as a Graphic Artist for the past few years, however, I'm interested ...
A: freelancing and getting work purely on line will be difficult - there are hundreds of thousands of ...
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| career in web designer | 2/12/2009 |
Q: My name is Kira Toles. Will you please answer my questions. 1.How many years were you in collage? ...
A: 1.How many years were you in collage? "5" 2.What kind of degrees you need to have to be a web ...
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| A little confused? | 1/24/2009 |
Q: I'm a little confused on some basic questions. I'm 17 years old, and I really want to get into ...
A: yes its confusing - there are lots of labels for positions in marketing and graphic arts which make ...
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| Copywriting/Trademarking A Logo Or Label | 1/16/2009 |
Q: I'm not for sure if the following relates to copywriting or trademarking. Having no experience in ...
A: without knowing yoru artistica bility - You can try, and yes as long as your designs are original ...
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| schooling question for graphic design | 12/20/2008 |
Q: I'm a 17 year old who is interested in graphic design. I'd really like to go to college for it once ...
A: Math may be a mandatory course for a degree - but math has almost nothing to do with visual ...
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| logo usage | 10/2/2008 |
Q: Can I use the hypocritical oath logo legally and if so what changes do i need to make so that I'm in ...
A: First off I reccomend talking to a lawyer about this before you do anything - - however I was not ...
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| Problem with a client | 7/16/2008 |
Q: I need some advice. My oldest freelance client—since about 2005—has just let her younger brother ...
A: 1. Did you already talk to them and tell them that its not professional enough? 2. I would suggest ...
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| Portfolio Question | 7/10/2008 |
Q: I have been working as a graphic designer for two years now since graduating and currently thinking ...
A: three options. 1. you could make plastic pockets and mount them to black mount board so the work is ...
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| Portfolio Question | 7/7/2008 |
Q: I have been working as a graphic designer for two years now since graduating and currently thinking ...
A: 1. Unless the school work looks Pro - I would leave it out if you can. 2. Your portfolio only needs ...
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| Graphic Design | 7/3/2008 |
Q: I'm 17 years old and will be a senior next year. I have been interested in grahic design basically ...
A: a. Do you need to know how to draw? - It helps but technically no you don't - Graphic Design is not ...
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| career | 6/23/2008 |
Q: I want to change careers. I'm currently a lawyer, but I've always been interested in graphic design. ...
A: If you have no design/program skills i would find a 2 or 4 year program (a good one, look online and ...
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| Career Question | 6/11/2008 |
Q: I'm hoping you can help me with a career change. I have an associates degree in visual arts and a ...
A: I always say the best time to find a new job is when you already have one - so from that standpoint ...
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| Original file rights | 4/21/2008 |
Q: I work as a GD freelancer. I created a poster for one of my clients last year. This year, his son ...
A: this is why contracts are important or at least some type of written conditions/terms. - The client ...
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| moony_180@hotmail.com | 3/11/2008 |
Q: i wounder if i could get some help with this. what is the differnce between graphic design ...
A: This can be complicated - I would rather consider the different types of graphic design jobs there ...
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| graphic desing career | 3/10/2008 |
Q: i have a few questions and i am asking for advice. i am a university graduate major MIS, and ...
A: The field is not something you can step lightly into and be successful at. Because you have no ...
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| twisted logo | 2/11/2008 |
Q: I need a simple twisted logo [our slogan is "...with a twist"]. I'd like to use a standard font & ...
A: There are lots of websites that do logos cheap - I would reccomend searching one out and looking at ...
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| Pricing | 10/1/2007 |
Q: I was recently asked to set printing standards for a Local Mortgage Business. They already have a ...
A: To make them a brand book, I would charge in the neighborhood of 1000.00 but we are a small company ...
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| Drop Down Menus created in Fireworks for Dreamwav4er | 7/25/2007 |
Q: I've created a dropdown box in Fireworks and it works fine in the Fireworks browser, but when I ...
A: How are you inserting the fireworks? - You need to use the fireworks insert tool in dreamweaver - it ...
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| Questions to ask before starting a project | 4/13/2007 |
Q: I was wondering is you had a list of basic questions you go over with new clients when designing a ...
A: We dont use a checklist necessarily - Every client is different, - a checklist might suggest to them ...
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| logo designing | 1/11/2007 |
Q: I have a question regarding creating logos for companies, and I was wondering if you could help me ...
A: Pricing on logos can vary dramatically - here is how you can figure it out however especially at an ...
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| favicon doesn't work | 12/19/2006 |
Q: I have created a 16x16 favicon.ico image, but for some reason it is not working. Any idea why? Here ...
A: You dont need tags - you just put the favicon in your root directory - Be advised some browsers dont ...
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| Resolution and format of logos | 10/15/2006 |
Q: I am an ammeture self-taught designer and I'm doing a logo design for an aquaintance. I'm done with ...
A: Let me first explain the difference between raster and vector. A raster image is resolution ...
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| Quark freezes when I import a clipped photoshop eps | 10/6/2006 |
Q: I hope you can help! I run Quark 4 and Quark 5 on classic mode 9, and CS on OS10. Whenever I try to ...
A: This sounds like a quirky quark thing - The first thing i would do is download any quark updates ...
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| graphics pixellation | 9/25/2006 |
Q: I recently prepared graphics for a cd booklet. All pictures were set to CMYK 300 dpi, but the ...
A: That sounds like it was the printers inability to output encapsulated postscript (EPS). EPS are the ...
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| Copyright Violation? | 8/29/2006 |
Q: I have been asked to design a logo for someone's business, and I was sent an image file of a design ...
A: Copyright is always an issue, however you have to use your judgement. You also have to control your ...
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| Have just a few basic questions about graphic design. | 7/30/2006 |
Q: my name is Jake and I am interested in a career in graphic design and I just have a few questions. ...
A: 1.) I think different people like it for different reasons - but the main reason is you get to be ...
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| Careers | 6/27/2006 |
Q: I'm under the impression that computer graphics people don't make nearly as much as they used to. Is ...
A: When you first start out you can expect to make between 15 - 50 dollars an hour depending on where ...
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| Photoshop | 6/2/2006 |
Q: What photoshop software do you recommend for more advanced photo editing? I want to be able to ...
A: Photoshop has 2 versions that are available now - Photoshop CS2 which is the ultra professional ...
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| graphic design careers | 5/23/2006 |
Q: My 16 year old son is doing a project for school. He is having trouble finding benefits for a job ...
A: Graphic Design is not right for everyone but for people that want a job with the potential to be ...
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| Photoshop Images from Mac to Windows | 5/4/2006 |
Q: I have a small in-house design shop. We use Photoshop on a Mac, OS9 to rework digital photos. They ...
A: First - I know this is silly - but I am assuming all your Inks are FULL in the printer. Second I am ...
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| graphic technology | 4/24/2006 |
Q: Is there a loss of authenticity through the development of technology and design processes?
A: This question reminds me of something one of my painting professors would ask about computer graphic ...
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| graphic design | 4/12/2006 |
Q: how long after high school does it take to becom a graohic design?
A: Most designers I know go to college for 4 years - however if you get an internship at a really good ...
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| Web designer, and graphic designer | 2/9/2006 |
Q: 1. How did you learn to design documents for the Web? 2. Did you encounter any difficulties ...
A: The first thing to do when creating web pages is design the page in a layout program preferably ...
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| Desktop publishing-abbreviations | 12/19/2005 |
Q: I am designing an interior for a book and there are style sheets embedded in the file. I don't ...
A: In indesign or quark a person can name style sheets whatever they like - These abbreviations dont ...
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| website critique | 12/9/2005 |
Q: I am a graphic design student from Cincinnati, Ohio. I am currently working on putting my online ...
A: Mike, Your site looks great - far superior to what I usually see from students - I know you are ...
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| Graphic Design | 12/7/2005 |
Q: Christopher Quereau, I am a senior in high school and am interested in graphic design. I would ...
A: It can be hard to break into new york coming from another state - ie: if you go to school in Iowa ...
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| send color samples? | 11/23/2005 |
Q: There is an internship I want to apply for and the description says no e-mails, no phone calls, and ...
A: It is in your best interest to mount on 11 x 14 black boards - you can use sprayment to do this. - ...
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| Project | 10/24/2005 |
Q: I am looking for someone to do some simple form development that needs to look very professionally ...
A: We may be the right firm - lets discuss it - Below is my contact info - we are here 8 - 5 est. We ...
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| career change | 7/26/2005 |
Q: My questions are pretty general. I'm having your typical mid-life crisis or something to that ...
A: It's great you have an art background. Many IT people become "graphic Designers" or "web designers" ...
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| Advice | 6/30/2005 |
Q: Here is a link to view some of my pictures: www.geocities.com/captivearies/myart_pg1.html Thank you ...
A: Interesting Imagery - nice artwork - However - Graphic Design is not typically thought of as art - ...
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| Graphic Design | 4/26/2005 |
Q: Christopher, Hey my name is Sipha and I'm a junior attending Bodine High School for International ...
A: Are there any specific colleges that I should attend that will better prepare me for graphic ...
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| when i shoot with my camera i get this | 1/27/2005 |
Q: extra pixels will fill in and image will not be sharp dont i neeed somehting like genuine ...
A: That is correct - Photoshop adds pixels to enlarge the image - But the image is what it is - You ...
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| when i shoot with my camera i get this | 1/27/2005 |
Q: when i shoot with my camera i get this an image: 3264 x 2176 at 72 dpi or 45.33 x 30.22 inches ...
A: You need a program like photoshop. 1. All you do is open the image 2. Go to Image Size 3. Change ...
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| Networking | 1/18/2005 |
Q: can you please advise me on any graphic/sketch artist clubs or organizations where artists would ...
A: Well, I am guessing that your looking for an Illustrator? if so - you can find illustrators on a ...
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| Careers | 1/14/2005 |
Q: My name is Brittany and I am a Middle School student in Michigan. We are doing work on different ...
A: You will definitely need a good understanding of computers and the programs used in Graphic Design - ...
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| Career Planning Assignment | 1/9/2005 |
Q: I am a high school student, and I am looking for information on the career, graphic designer. I am ...
A: 1.How did you get into being a graphic designer? I was always interested in being creative and very ...
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| A question on photoshop | 12/14/2004 |
Q: I have a question regarding photoshop. My girlfriend's cat passed away a few weeks ago and I want to ...
A: I would need to know what version of photoshop y9ou have but you could take your eraser tool - set ...
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| graphic art | 11/29/2004 |
Q: I just separated from the Air Force and have about 50 college credits. Can you tell me the ...
A: Your best bet is to go to a real school ie: state school like Oswego, New Paltz, FIT, Syracuse ...
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| picture to lineart | 11/28/2004 |
Q: Christopher I have some pictures (jpeg, but they can be converted to other formats) taht I would ...
A: There is one program that I know of that does this called Adobe Streamline - you can buy from adobe ...
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| I need a boost | 11/15/2004 |
Q: I graduated in 2003 from UARTS and I need some friends in the graphic design community. It has been ...
A: Mark, The only friends I have in the design world are the ones I graduated from college with and ...
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| Font Issues | 9/28/2004 |
Q: I am working with Quark Xpress 5.0 for PC. I have a file from a mac and I had to convert the mac ...
A: Sorry, that is the only major problem left between PC and mac. - The fonts - you cant use pc fonts ...
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| Question on Freelancing | 9/12/2004 |
Q: Quereau. Hello Mr. Mancini. Thanks for your advice. I have another question regarding ...
A: freelancing with another job can range - it depends on how hard you work, how good you are, and how ...
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| Question on Freelancing | 9/9/2004 |
Q: Quereau. I have just started working for a company that designs ADs and business cards. It is my ...
A: Paul, There is a service called elance.com which lets you bid on graphic design jobs - there is a ...
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| Changing An Image | 8/10/2004 |
Q: Hey. This will probably be pretty easy for you, but okay I have been trying to fix this image: ...
A: In photoshop their is an option under the select menu - to select similiar - you can select the ...
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| proportion in design | 7/21/2004 |
Q: I'm searching for informations how to controll proportions in design.
A: sorry for the delay in answering i was on vacation. By proportions do you men keeping sizes ...
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| portfolio output | 6/15/2004 |
Q: I am gathering opinions about what would be the best method of outputting work for my portfolio. ...
A: I use an HP deskjet 1220c - Which can print up to 13 x 19 which i have found to be a great tool and ...
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| portfolio question | 6/3/2004 |
Q: This is a question about constructing a portfolio. I would like to make a coloring book for my ...
A: You definitely want it to stand out - I'm just saying you should make sure that if you make it stand ...
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| portfolio question | 6/2/2004 |
Q: This is a question about constructing a portfolio. I would like to make a coloring book for my ...
A: That's pretty far outside the box - I would say its OK - IF IF IF - it totally kicks butt and looks ...
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| Portfolios | 5/7/2004 |
Q: For online or print, would you recomend presenting your work in any particular brand of portfolio ...
A: I use a 60.00 pretty nice vinyl case - But most people i find prequalify me using our website. I ...
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| Importing pictures into Pagemaker... | 4/21/2004 |
Q: Christopher, Thank you in advance for any and all assistance you can provide. I am presently ...
A: Hopefully you have photoshop - any version will due or at least some other competent photo editing ...
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| Printing & Generating Ideas | 4/2/2004 |
Q: Good afternoon Mr. Quereau, I am currently trying to build a new graphic design portfolio. I do not ...
A: Sounds like you need entry level design experience rather then books. Learning about the print ...
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| Adobe Photoshop | 3/20/2004 |
Q: I am an amateur designer, and I am designing a logo that will be used as a decal on a vehicle. My ...
A: Logos should be designed in Adobe Illustrator and saved as an EPS file - when you do it this way If ...
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| quark 4.1 | 1/20/2004 |
Q: Pagemaker and Freehand, but not so much with Quark. However, I am required to use the 4.1 version of ...
A: yup, first off if you want it to wrap around a shape/image in quark you need 1 of two things. either ...
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| Sourcefiels and PDF | 10/4/2003 |
Q: Greetings Mr. Quereau, I'm trying to build a 15 Page PDF brochure with a considerable emphasis on ...
A: First off PDF is amazing - Yes it can shrink it down to basically any size you want - the problem is ...
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