Tuesday 25 October 2016

The Beginnings

Past few weeks we have been practicing Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator programs during our workshops which are considered essential across the professional designers, photographers, editors etc. Personally I have been using editing program called Pixelmator which I found easy to learn and use now on the daily basics. This application is cheaper (£22.90) and therefore much more cost effective than Photoshop (monthly subscription around £9.99/year £89.00). The quality of the Pixelmator is comparative to Photoshop. Pixelmator can do everything what Photoshop does but it does not work another way around. On the other hand, Pixelmator can be great tool for the beginners and a good first step into editing pictures. Photoshop is more powerful and therefore suitable for professional use.

I have used Photoshop for my work in the past however Illustrator is completely new program for me. Honestly I find this application more difficult and challenging but it brings new ways and options into designing process.


Consequently I have been looking for the best learning sources and tutorials. Firstly, www.lynda.com - education platform which provide wide range of tutorials and teaching courses online is extremely helpful. The videos are very well made with attention to the details. However this is paid subscription service what can be not so affordable for students. Luckily, on Youtube hundreds of videos tutorials are free and easy accessible to everyone.

(Video made of layers in Adobe Premier, 7/10/2016)

(Eadweard Muybridge, Running Cat, 1887)

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