Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 154 – Special Delivery Host Jake from Graphic Precision talks about a news story that has been circulating the internet about a special tactic for delivering a resume. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 154 – Special Delivery

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 153 – Thank You Notes The Rookie Designer Podcast with your host Jake from Graphic Precision talks about the use of Thank You Notes to reach your existing clients, potential new clients and a potential employer. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 153 – Thank You Notes

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 152 – Is The Client Always Right The Rookie Designer Podcast returns with Jake of Graphic Precision making announcements about the future of the podcast. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 152 – Is The Client Always Right

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 151 – Freelancers Dilemma In this episode Jake and Carl discuss a freelancers dilemma that you might run into. While working for someone fulltime, especially if it's in the same field or a similar field, you may be approached by a client through your freelance business that you met through your fulltime gig. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 151 – Freelancers Dilemma

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 150 – Preventing Burnout This episode Carl and Jake talk about how they cope with stress and preventing burnout. With different perspectives, Carl dealing with a more corporate environment and Jake with running is own business, as well as a more isolated situation, they provide some suggestions on how designers can prevent burnout. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 150 – Preventing Burnout

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 149 – Office Spaces In this latest episode Jake and Carl talk about office spaces. They talk about their own arrangements and what some of the pros and cons are for each. Jake also shares his excitement in regards to his move to some office space outside of his home, where he currently works full-time. They also talk about what coworking space is and how that works for a designer or freelancer. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 149 – Office Spaces

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 148 – Know What You Don’t Know During the latest episode of Rookie Designer Podcast, Carl and Jake talk about dealing with areas of design and business they aren't good at or knowledgable about. Carl shares a specific story about how he had to make a decision on how to deal with a client asking about a specific area of web design he isn't used to working in. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 148 – Know What You Don’t Know

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 147 – Pricing Projects Jake and Carl talk about the differences between pricing projects hourly and pricing projects on a per project basis. This is a very popular topic of debate and we came to an interesting conclusion. Listen to find out how we each price things ourselves and what our thoughts are. We also test out Blab.im for the first time and Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 147 – Pricing Projects

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 146 – Design College Jake and Carl talk about design college and the value of a graphic design college degree. They also talk about the unfortunate news about The Art Institute and what is surrounding that. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 146 – Design College

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 144 – Client Conundrum In this latest episode of Rookie Designer, Jake and Carl discuss a bit of a client conundrum that happened to Jake recently. They discuss what the situation was, how it was handled and what Jake could have done better. One of the things that is most important when it comes to being a freelance designer Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 144 – Client Conundrum

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 143 – Business Network International (BNI) Jake and Carl talk about Business Network International (BNI) and how it has effected both their businesses. Jake has been in the Pathfinders group of Upstate New York for a few years and Carl recently joined Suburban Success out of Massachusetts. They talk about some of the elements of BNI, such as the “60 Second” Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 143 – Business Network International (BNI)

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 142 – Goals Boo! Rookie Designer is back... again. After a year and a half break Jake from Graphic Precision is back to talk to you about goals. Short term, long term and on going goals. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 142 – Goals

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 141 – Adobe’s Move to CC Jake and Carl discuss Adobe's decision to move to subscription only for their software going forward from CS6, with Creative Cloud. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 141 – Adobe’s Move to CC

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 140 – Networking On and Offline In episode 140 of Rookie Designer Podcast, Jake and Carl discuss networking. They specifically talk about networking for business and networking to help you find a job. The discussion includes options for networking online, as well as offline. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 140 – Networking On and Offline

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 139 – Finding Freelance Work In this latest podcast episode Carl and Jake discuss where to find good, quality freelance work online and offline. Also covering the issue of SPEC work. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 139 – Finding Freelance Work

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Software Review: Samplitude Music Studio 2013 I’ve been using various audio production and music creation programs since the late nineties and have dealt with a wide range of advantages and disadvantages. In general, I like my software streamlined, understandable, and intuitive. It doesn’t seem like a lot to ask, but for some reason a lot of your larger and more well Rookie Designer Podcast - - Software Review: Samplitude Music Studio 2013

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Software Review: MAGIX Photostory Easy I have had the pleasure of working with MAGIX software Photostory Easy the past week. It is just that very “EASY” and is a super alternative to your current slideshow editor. The interface is extremely user friendly specifically if you aren’t familiar with slideshow editing. I picked it up in about 5 minutes and was Rookie Designer Podcast - - Software Review: MAGIX Photostory Easy

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 138 – Rookie Designer is BACK! Rookie Designer Podcast is back after almost a year off. Jake brings in a new co-host, Carl of Holy Carp Design. As well as introductions, they talk about a collaboration software they use called Podio. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 138 – Rookie Designer is BACK!

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer is BACK! Rookie Designer is BACK! Jake announces that the blog and the podcast are back in action. Bringing more great design content and a brand new co-host, Carl of Holy Carp Design. Both are looking forward to bringing new content to all of their readers and listeners. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer is BACK!

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Software Review: MAGIX Samplitude 11.5 Producer Software review of MAGIX Samplitude 11.5 Producer from the perspective of a podcast producer for both Rookie Designer and Rookie Photog podcasts. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Software Review: MAGIX Samplitude 11.5 Producer

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Awesome New Podcast – Home Work As well as recording a podcast here at Rookie Designer, I love listening to podcasts. Recently I have been listening to a new one that I just had to share called Home Work on 70Decibels.com network. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Awesome New Podcast – Home Work

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Useful Sites: Make Use Of (12 Lists of Best Apps and Sites) We feature a site that has more than regular info: Cool Websites, Software, Internet Tips and 12 Best-Of lists for apps, web and OSs Rookie Designer Podcast - - Useful Sites: Make Use Of (12 Lists of Best Apps and Sites)

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 137 – Financial Fridays In Rookie Designer 137 Kitty & Jake discuss conferences, financial fridays accounting as an independent designer, app recommendation & shortcut of the week. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 137 – Financial Fridays

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designers’ Tools Facebook just released a way to share Lists or Interest Lists as they call them, so I put together a very big list of the following sites that every Rookie Designer should be following. Here is a list of the pages included on our list, but if you have suggestions let me know and I'll add those Facebook Pages to the feed! Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designers’ Tools

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 136 – Presenting A Portfolio In Rookie Designer Podcast episode 136 Kitty and Jake discuss a question that came to them through Facebook about the different ways portfolios are presented. Covering mounted samples, using a PDF, the importance of an online portfolio and how it is important that your portfolio reflect a bit about your own personality. Stay tuned for the short cut of the week and their app recommendations. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 136 – Presenting A Portfolio

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 135 – Follow Ups In Rookie Designer Podcast episode 135 Jake talks about the importance of follow ups with potential clients and existing clients. He talks about how the phone call is not a cold call and following up before the holidays hit can be a real winner for both you and your client. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 135 – Follow Ups

Rookie Designer Podcast - - The Value of Personal Projects Personal projects are an important part of being a well rounded designer. It's easy to get bogged down by the daily routine of working on your client's projects or working at a design job. Giving yourself a way to express creativity without all the pressures will help you grow and learn. In this post I share a few of the personal projects that Kitty and I use to flex our creative muscles. Rookie Designer Podcast - - The Value of Personal Projects

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Book Review: 344 Questions? by Stefan G. Bucher 344 Questions? by Stefan G. Bucher is a very interesting book that looks to help creatives think about their current situations, goals and overall happiness with the use of questions... lots of questions! It almost appears like an info graphic and is creatively designed to make answering the questions fun but is nothing short of thought provoking. It truly is a SELF help book that anyone in the creative industry will enjoy. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Book Review: 344 Questions? by Stefan G. Bucher

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Review: Art Files Art Files is a File Collection Utility for Illustrator documents. Package up fonts and images for sending out and archiving with Art Files. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Review: Art Files

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 134 – Fear In Rookie Designer Podcast episode 134 Kitty and Jake talk about fear. They talk about some of their own fears as designers and how they choose to deal with these fears. They touch on a more general rookie fear and how someone can deal with that. Also this episode they talk about the shortcut of the week and their recommendations. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 134 – Fear

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Special Announcement: New Regular Schedule Thought I would try out a different medium. Here is a short video to let our listeners of Rookie Designer Podcast and the new Rookie Photog Podcast know that we will now be releasing on a more regular schedule. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Special Announcement: New Regular Schedule

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Working Through To-Do’s Sometimes life gets in the way and Working Through To-Do's just isn't happening. Catch a breather and get more things done. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Working Through To-Do’s

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 133 – Google+ Pages and Website Backbone In Rookie Designer Podcast episode 133, Jake and Kitty talk about Google+ Pages for business. They go into the differences between Facebook and Google+, as well as giving some useful tips on how to attract people to your Google+ Page so they add you to their circles. During their talk they discuss if it’s ok Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 133 – Google+ Pages and Website Backbone

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Welcome Rookie Photog Welcome Rookie Photog to the Rookie Podcast family! We are growing! Rookie Photog is a podcast geared towards new camera owners and people that want to learn about photography, on both the technical and creative sides. Pete and Jake want to make it easy for you to learn how to take great pictures with a Rookie Designer Podcast - - Welcome Rookie Photog

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie is back in (Feed) Business We did it! We fixed the Feed! After looking through everything on the blog, backend setup, FeedBurner setup… Everything we could think of. Jake even started to email back and forth with Apple and all they said was to check our feeds. So, today We did it! We’re back in business. Here’s what happened: Somehow, we had Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie is back in (Feed) Business

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 132 – Getting Back Into A Routine & A Twitter Question In Rookie Designer Podcast episode 132, Jake and Kitty talk about how they like to get back into the routine. Specifics of sleep patterns, going to the gym and making lists are brought up. They also tackle a very good Twitter question from a fan asking about how to deal with a client who wants Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 132 – Getting Back Into A Routine & A Twitter Question

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Follow Ups Are Great Customer Service As an independent graphic designer there are many things you have to juggle for your business but one of the most important things you should focus on is providing great customer service. One way of providing great customer service is to make sure you do your follow ups. This shows your clients just how important Rookie Designer Podcast - - Follow Ups Are Great Customer Service

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Design By Nature – Book Review As designers we tend to be very aware of the environment around us. Unfortunately sometimes that environment becomes much more of a man made one. We tend to forget to look out the window, step out the door and notice where design really all started… in nature. Design by Nature does a wonderful job of Rookie Designer Podcast - - Design By Nature – Book Review

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Missing From iTunes: Here is a Fix! Recently we have gotten messages through Facebook and Twitter about how Rookie Designer is not available on iTunes. Let us be specific… iTunes Germany and iTunes Australia. Sorry, we just think it’s cool we have people listening in those parts of the world. Still get amazed at the reach of a single podcast or post Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Missing From iTunes: Here is a Fix!

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 131 – Juggling The Clients, Pinterest and 24 Hour Photoshop After a bit of a hiatus, Rookie Designer Podcast is back with episode number 131. During this episode we talk about the challenges of juggling a contract job and freelance clients. We also talk about a pretty cool site for inspiration called Pinterest and we announce the upcoming 24 Hour Photoshop by Mogo Media. We Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 131 – Juggling The Clients, Pinterest and 24 Hour Photoshop

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Bit of Inspiration: Food Landscapes by Carl Warner Sunday morning is a bit of down time for me and one of my favorite things to do is catch the CBS Sunday Morning show. There are always great, short news items that they cover and this past Sunday was no exception. They had a segment on the amazing photographer Carl Warner, who does some Rookie Designer Podcast - - Bit of Inspiration: Food Landscapes by Carl Warner

Rookie Designer Podcast - - SPEC WORK WORMED IT’S WAY INTO MY EMAIL Spec worked revealed it’s ugly head to me the other day so I thought it would be good to share how I handled it and give several reasons why any graphic designer trying to establish themselves as a professional should avoid it. SPEC should be a new four letter swear word in your vocabulary. Let’s Rookie Designer Podcast - - SPEC WORK WORMED IT’S WAY INTO MY EMAIL

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Job Hunting: The New Dating Game (Part 2) Continued from Job Hunting: The New Dating Game (Part 1) The garden of employment Welcome back to another exciting episode…..okay, maybe not…but, welcome anyway. In concluding this series, I’m going to go over a few things that tend to be overlooked by many educational institutions….although, there are instructors that may take some time off from Rookie Designer Podcast - - Job Hunting: The New Dating Game (Part 2)

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Job Hunting: The new Dating Game (Part 1) Hi friends!  My name is Andy Mitchell and I’m excited to be a guest blogger on Rookie Designer.  I’m happy and fortunate to say that I’ve spent my career working in the creative fields at different capacities….different jobs, job titles and of course, different industries. One thing has always remained constant:  the job junt. (dun, dun Rookie Designer Podcast - - Job Hunting: The new Dating Game (Part 1)

Rookie Designer Podcast - - RSS ‘Rookie’ Mistake We messed up. I should have written this sooner. No! No! Wait! This isn’t another Netflix apology note and no we aren’t splitting our Podcast and Blog items into separate sites. However I did want to acknowledge a little bit of a stumble we have had here at Rookie Designer. Unfortunately Rookie Designer was recently Rookie Designer Podcast - - RSS ‘Rookie’ Mistake

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Press Release: Prepressology Receives 2011 American Graphic Design Award Half of the Rookie Designer team is pleased to annouce… Prepressology awarded Certificate of Excellence from Graphic Design USA for Capital District Gold Parties logo identity design. Hudson Falls, NY, September 16, 2011 – Prepressology (www.prepressology.com), the one person independent design business is excited to announce it has been awarded the prestigious American Graphic Design Rookie Designer Podcast - - Press Release: Prepressology Receives 2011 American Graphic Design Award

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Bit of Inspiration: Trey Ratcliff’s Burning Man Photos Some of you may know but some may not, that Kitty and I are both avid photographers. Kitty’s focus is on food photography, concert photography and a splash of landscape photography. I, myself tend to focus more on landscape photography, iPhone Photography and really anything that catches my eye. We both find our adventures with photography do Rookie Designer Podcast - - Bit of Inspiration: Trey Ratcliff’s Burning Man Photos

Rookie Designer Podcast - - New York State 9/11 Memorial Flag Revealed With the 10th anniversary of the horrific attacks on September 11, 2001 coming up this Sunday, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled the New York State 9/11 Memorial Flag during a brief press conference earlier today, This new flag design will be flown over the 9/11 memorial site in New York City, in Albany – Rookie Designer Podcast - - New York State 9/11 Memorial Flag Revealed

Rookie Designer Podcast - - 4 Items Designers Should Think About Before the Next Big Storm As I am sure almost everyone is aware, hurricane Irene passed through New York last weekend. While doing so she left behind some pretty massive damage, mostly due to flooding. While it is uncommon for us to see such a massive storm pass through our state, we New Yorkers are no stranger to crazy weather. Rookie Designer Podcast - - 4 Items Designers Should Think About Before the Next Big Storm

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Video Tip: Adobe Bridge – Rotating and Ranking Photos Working with Adobe Bridge to rotate photos and also rank your photos using 1 to 5 stars. Sharing the keyboard shortcuts for both. Do you have something you would like to know how to do and think it would make a good video tip? Drop me a line on our contact form or send me an email Rookie Designer Podcast - - Video Tip: Adobe Bridge – Rotating and Ranking Photos

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Plaintext Keeps it Simple Many times as a designer you will find yourself trying to juggle many different projects and trying very hard to stay productive. One of the tools I use to help stay productive is my iPhone but more specifically some of the apps on my iPhone. I thought I would take this post to talk about Rookie Designer Podcast - - Plaintext Keeps it Simple

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Guest Post on InDesignSecrets.com I am very happy to announce that I had the opportunity to write a guest post for InDesignSecrets.com – The World’s #1 Resource for All Things InDesign. InDesignSecrets.com is a really awesome site I have been following for years. Developed by David Blatner and Ann-Marie Concepcion, the site include an extensive blog and great podcast. David and Rookie Designer Podcast - - Guest Post on InDesignSecrets.com

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Software Review: Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 7 and Designer Pro 7 Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 7 and Designer Pro 7 are the latest updates from UK software company Xara, a sbsidiary of MAGIX AG. Competing in the same arena as Adobe and Corel, Xara brings a software package that allows you to work with in a single program. No need to jump around with multiple Rookie Designer Podcast - - Software Review: Xara Photo & Graphic Designer 7 and Designer Pro 7

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Why Rookies need to use an RSS Reader Do you know what RSS is? RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. RSS (originally RDF Site Summary) is nothing more than a web feed format to publish frequently updated works, such as blogs, news, audio or video, but in a standardized format. An RSS document is often referred as a feed, and includes text  (full or Rookie Designer Podcast - - Why Rookies need to use an RSS Reader

Rookie Designer Podcast - - 5 Reasons Rookie Designers Need Dropbox Dropbox is a software that I have used for several years now and can honestly say I don’t know if I could live without it. It is probably one of the most important, if not the most important piece of software I use. In this post I am going to share with you 5 reasons Rookie Designer Podcast - - 5 Reasons Rookie Designers Need Dropbox

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Addition to The Office: Freelance Ain’t Free Poster Recently the Rookie Designer office moved to a new location, allowing us to have a separate room for our office. Originally all design work, blog writing and podcast recording was done right in the living room. Not the best place, with the least amount of distractions. Far from it! So with the move and the ability to Rookie Designer Podcast - - Addition to The Office: Freelance Ain’t Free Poster

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 130 – The Traveling Designer Hello and thank you for checking out Episode 130 – The Traveling Designer! It’s been a busy last couple of weeks for both Jake and I. Jake moved to a new place and now that he got everything set back  up and running, we are back to record Rookie Designer for you! In this episode, Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 130 – The Traveling Designer

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Video Tip: Vertically Distribute Text Frames – InDesign CS3 This episode I take a question that came in on Facebook and show how you can correctly distribute text frames vertically in InDesign CS3. Do you have something you would like to know how to do and think it would make a good video tip? Drop me a line on our contact form or send Rookie Designer Podcast - - Video Tip: Vertically Distribute Text Frames – InDesign CS3

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Product Review: Square As an independent designer, I was looking for a way that I could accept credit cards from my clients without being robbed by high fees. During my research a friend mentioned they had heard about a service called Square. Square is a credit  card system that works with your iPhone, iPad or Android device. Square Rookie Designer Podcast - - Product Review: Square

Rookie Designer Podcast - - 5 iPhone apps for Freelancers There’s no doubt, that the iPhone has changed the way business is done on the go. Working on your own schedule and having a mobile office, makes it easier for the aspiring freelancer to get around to do what needs to be done while on the road. With this, I want to give you a Rookie Designer Podcast - - 5 iPhone apps for Freelancers

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Video Tip: Measurement Units and Rulers – InDesign CS3, CS4, CS5 A video showing you how to bring up rulers in InDesign, also how to change the measurement units with a document open. I also show you how to set your default measurement unit and explain how to change the zero point of a document. Do you have something you would like to know how to Rookie Designer Podcast - - Video Tip: Measurement Units and Rulers – InDesign CS3, CS4, CS5

Rookie Designer Podcast - - 30 Day Challenges Decided: August 2011 So it is August 1st and it is the time to declare what my 30 Day Challenges will be. Here is what I have decided to take on for August. There are a few and I am excited to get started on them. #1 iPhone Photo of the Day – I plan to take an Rookie Designer Podcast - - 30 Day Challenges Decided: August 2011

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Bit of Inspiration: 30 Day Challenges Recently on Google+, I came across a post by +DaveDelaney titled What can you challenge yourself to do for 30 days? He was inspired by a TED talk given by Matt Cutts called Try Something New For 30 Days. It’s a brief message about setting things in motion to make positive changes in your life, Rookie Designer Podcast - - Bit of Inspiration: 30 Day Challenges

Rookie Designer Podcast - - SneakPeek iOS: Open Illustrator and InDesign files on your iDevice I’m a big fan of Code Line Software. I’ve been using their stuff since 2006 when my PowerBook came with Art Director’s Toolkit pre installed. Years have passed and much has changed, especially the way we interact with hardware. Even though we still do most of our work on Desktops or Laptops, we find ourselves doing Rookie Designer Podcast - - SneakPeek iOS: Open Illustrator and InDesign files on your iDevice

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 129 – Google+, Rookie Mailbag Kitty and I have been very busy over the last month. We realize our listeners have been wondering where the latest podcast may be. Well here is #129! In this latest episode we talk about a little thing known as Google+ and we also answer our first Mailbag question from Kasia. Enjoy the show and Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 129 – Google+, Rookie Mailbag

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Bit of Inspiration: The Reflex Blue Show The Reflex Blue Show is one of the best graphic design podcasts available and it is definitely a source of inspiration, amusement and knowledge for both Kitty and I. Found at 36Point.com, The Reflex Blue Show was started in 2008 by Nate Voss and Donovan Berry as a way for them to bring discussions about Rookie Designer Podcast - - Bit of Inspiration: The Reflex Blue Show

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Video Tip: Snippets in InDesign CS3, CS4 & CS5 A short video on what a snippet is, how to save them and how to use them on a future project. Do you have something you would like to know how to do and think it would make a good video tip? Drop me a line on our contact form or send me an email Rookie Designer Podcast - - Video Tip: Snippets in InDesign CS3, CS4 & CS5

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rich Black: When Black Is Not Just Black Recently my print design business, Prepressology, was approached by a photographer looking to have his business cards printed. The design he came up with was an all black face with a white knockout for his logo and text. He wanted the black to be nice and dark but without an UV coating shine for which Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rich Black: When Black Is Not Just Black

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Funny side of Rookie: If Adobe CS apps were men at a party While Jake and I were at PePCon, we met so many people and made tons of friends. One of them is @MarisaKC a PR & Graphic Designer from Athens, GA. She started tweeting these really funny bits randomly, and I asked her to send them over to me so we could posted on Rookie. If you’re Rookie Designer Podcast - - Funny side of Rookie: If Adobe CS apps were men at a party

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Video Tip: Displace Filter in Photoshop CS3, CS4 & CS5 A short video showing how you can use the displace filter to create a proof for your customer using a vector logo on top of a photo of a golf ball. Do you have something you would like to know how to do and think it would make a good video tip? Drop me a Rookie Designer Podcast - - Video Tip: Displace Filter in Photoshop CS3, CS4 & CS5

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Google+ Hangout Versus Facebook Skype Video Chat The internet has been buzzing the last few days about the beta launch of Google+. Kitty even covered it here at Rookie Designer with her post An Introduction to Google+. One very interesting feature Google+ has is what they are calling Hangout. With Facebook’s announcement of Skype integration into the social network, it’s become a bit of Rookie Designer Podcast - - Google+ Hangout Versus Facebook Skype Video Chat

Rookie Designer Podcast - - An Introduction to Google+ Google+ was released a few days ago and is a true contender against Facebook. If you don’t know what Google+ is, check out the project demo from Google. You are the center of everything. You, your friends, your coworkers, the places you like to hang out in… You get the idea. According to Google, it’s Rookie Designer Podcast - - An Introduction to Google+

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Video Tip: Typography Tip to Help With Kerning A short video tip on a way to help you with your kerning, using InDesign but also can be done in Illustrator and Photoshop. Do you have something you would like to know how to do and think it would make a good video tip? Drop me a line on our contact form or send Rookie Designer Podcast - - Video Tip: Typography Tip to Help With Kerning

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Video Tip: Shape Tools in Illustrator – CS3, CS4 & CS5 A video on some of the features of the shape tools in Illustrator. I cover the rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, polygon and star tools. The flare tool will be covered in another video tip coming soon. Do you have something you would like to know how to do and think it would make a good Rookie Designer Podcast - - Video Tip: Shape Tools in Illustrator – CS3, CS4 & CS5

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Bit of Inspiration: TED Talks This evening I decided to take some time and watch a few TED Talks on YouTube. As you may have noticed I have started using YouTube as my broadcast choice for my weekly Video Tips. I have spent some time exploring and had heard about TED Talks before from other bloggers I follow. When I Rookie Designer Podcast - - Bit of Inspiration: TED Talks

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Video Tip: Add a New Layer to A Photoshop Document – CS3, CS4, & CS5 A short video tip on how to add a new layer in Photoshop using the layers pallet, the menu item and also the keyboard shortcut. These tips work with Adobe Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Video Tip: Add a New Layer to A Photoshop Document – CS3, CS4, & CS5

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 128 – #PePCon Adventures and What is “The Twitter?” Jake and Kitty talk about their trip to Print & ePublishing Conference 2011 in DC presented by InDesignSecrets.com hosts Anne Marie Concepcion and David Blatner. They talk about the sessions they enjoyed and about why they think every Rookie should attend a conference like PePCon. Jake and Kitty also talk about what “The Twitter” is Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 128 – #PePCon Adventures and What is “The Twitter?”

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Video Tip: Box With Rounded Corners – InDesign CS3, CS4 A short video on how to create a box with rounded corners using InDesign CS3 and CS4. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Video Tip: Box With Rounded Corners – InDesign CS3, CS4

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Xara Web Designer 7: Software Review Xara Web Designer 7 was released earlier this year and recently I had a chance to sit down with the software to give it a really good hands on test. A recent client was looking to have a new landing page designed to attract motorcycle riders to his insurance business. While I am not, what Rookie Designer Podcast - - Xara Web Designer 7: Software Review

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie at #PePCon: We are Content Creators Michael Niness, VP of Content at Lynda.com was the one who gave the Keynote to kick start PePCon. This entire conference changed the way I see how I will approach (learn and enjoy) ePub creation. It’s not thinking of print or digital, is getting into print and digital. As content creators, we get to break Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie at #PePCon: We are Content Creators

Rookie Designer Podcast - - PePCon DC 2011 Day Two: InDesign Info Overload and What The Future May Hold After an amazing day one, everyone was still on the PePCon high and eager for more. What can we say? We are InDesign nuts and when you put us all in the same place it’s all we want to talk about. InDesign CS5.5, Interactive PDFs from InDesign, ePub production from InDesign, InDesign to iPad and Rookie Designer Podcast - - PePCon DC 2011 Day Two: InDesign Info Overload and What The Future May Hold

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Connect with us at #PepCon Hello all! Just a quick note from the conference. If you are at Print and ePublishing Conference, make sure to connect through LinkedIn too. Just make sure to mention that we met at #Pepcon. You’ll find links to our Twitter accounts, our businesses and blogs. Kitty Florido on LinkedIn Jake Van Ness on LinkedIn We are Rookie Designer Podcast - - Connect with us at #PepCon

Rookie Designer Podcast - - PePCon DC 2011 Day One: Connections, Tons of Info and Making More Connections Arrival The Print and ePublishing Conference officially started Monday morning at 9am but the networking started well before that. Kitty and I arrived at the beautiful Westin Alexandria Hotel on Sunday afternoon around 430 and quickly made our way to registration. Things were pretty calm and it gave us an opportunity to say a brief Rookie Designer Podcast - - PePCon DC 2011 Day One: Connections, Tons of Info and Making More Connections

Rookie Designer Podcast - - PePCon Here We Come Kitty and I wanted to drop our readers and listeners a quick line as a reminder we are on our way to the Print and ePublishing Conference (PePCon) in DC. As I write this we are in route to Penn Station in NYC from Albany, NY. At Penn we will change to a train heading Rookie Designer Podcast - - PePCon Here We Come

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 127 – It’s Nice To Meet You Rookie Designer Podcast is BACK! We are very exited to post a brand new Rookie Design Podcast for your listening pleasure. In this episode Kitty Florido and Jake Van Ness take a few moments to introduce themselves to the Rookie listeners. Giving a little insight to where they are from, what their design background is Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 127 – It’s Nice To Meet You

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Hello- from the Other Rookie Host! Hi! I’m the other half of Rookie Designer. You already know Jake so it’s only fair that I introduce myself.  My name is Kitty Florido. I am a Graphic Designer and Photographer from Guatemala. My business Asterisco, SA offers both print and web design, as well as Photography for clients in Central America. I’ve been Rookie Designer Podcast - - Hello- from the Other Rookie Host!

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Finding Time To Write Writing comes naturally to some and others need to really focus to write well. Personally, I find myself to be the second one and I have found some interesting patterns over the last few months as I write more and more for several blogs. I enjoy having another creative outlet and most of my writing Rookie Designer Podcast - - Finding Time To Write

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie is Heading to PePCon PePCon or Print and ePublishing Conference in DC is coming up the end of May. Kitty and I are very excited to announce that we will be attending. This is going to be a great opportunity for us to learn more about InDesign’s capabilities in the ePublishing arena and also a great opportunity for us Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie is Heading to PePCon

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer is back! Thanks for checking out the NEW Rookie Designer. Let me introduce myself… My name is Jake Van Ness, one of the co-hosts of Rookie and also the owner of Prepressology, a print design and consulting business. With over 14 years of experience working at various print shops, I have been involved with the design and Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer is back!

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 126 – Bad News, Good News There’s some big news to spill about the podcast and its future. Tune in to get the scoop! Featured Music: Red City Radio – Spinning In Circles Is A Gateway Drug Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 126 – Bad News, Good News

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 125 – Moving Beyond ‘Rookie’ Being a Rookie is never an easy task, but it happens to the best of us, whether we’re talking about designers or athletes. In this episode I’ll attempt to lend an article written by an NFL football player for rookie football players, to the industry of design. Along the way we’ll discuss tips for (hopefully) Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 125 – Moving Beyond ‘Rookie’

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 124 – Freelance Tips, Design for Change and Negotiating for Your REAL Dream Job Do you design with the future in mind? When building websites, it may benefit you to do so. Adaptability can go a long way in this day and age where new trends and technology are ever changing. We’ll explore this topic as well as the subject of negotiating for your REAL dream job, meaning that Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 124 – Freelance Tips, Design for Change and Negotiating for Your REAL Dream Job

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 123 – Preparing for Emergencies and Buying Equipment In this episode we’ll take a look at how you can improve customer relations by planning ahead for emergency situations and I’ll field a couple of topics posed by listeners about how, what, and when to buy equipment for your freelance design needs. Links from the show: Rookie Designer on Facebook In the Bullpen: Journey Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 123 – Preparing for Emergencies and Buying Equipment

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 122 – Portfolios, When to Jump to Full Time Freelance and more We’ll discuss a couple of questions sent in by our listeners dealing with the topics of what to put in your portfolio and what NOT to put in there, when is the right time to make the jump into freelance as a full-time position and some other red flags to watch out for in freelance. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 122 – Portfolios, When to Jump to Full Time Freelance and more

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 121 – Content Strategy, Keeping your Portfolio Diverse & Dealing with Clients in Another Country In this episode we’re hitting the mailbag and covering some topics sent in by our listeners. Topics will include coming up with a strategy for delivering content that your target audience can consume and use, keeping your portfolio diverse and keeping your creativity at a high level, even when things get stagnant at your job, Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 121 – Content Strategy, Keeping your Portfolio Diverse & Dealing with Clients in Another Country

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 120 – Senior vs Junior In this episode we’ll cover a topic sent in by a listener who is having a problem at the workplace. What is the role of a junior designer as opposed to a senior designer? Who is supposed to know what, and is the senior supposed to be a sort of mentor for the junior? We’ll Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 120 – Senior vs Junior

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 119 – Voice Your Opinion This episode is a bit of a “Part 2” to the last time I spoke about not being afraid to voice your opinions when it comes to design solutions. We will cover this again, bringing in some new factors and guidelines to make your comments as effective as possible. Links from the show: When Bad Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 119 – Voice Your Opinion

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 118 – Content Management Systems In this episode I will share some of my knowledge of Content Management Systems including WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. We will focus on the definition and purpose of CMS tools, as well as how they can be very useful in helping you design for your own business as well as others. Links from the show: Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 118 – Content Management Systems

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 117 – Is Part Time Freelancing a Business Again our topic comes from one of the listeners and the question is this: “Do you HAVE to own or run a business to freelance? What if you just do a few projects every now and then, as a side thing apart from your full time job?.” We’ll talk to several different subjects as related Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 117 – Is Part Time Freelancing a Business

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 116 – Freelance Payment Options & Intense Audience Research A question from one of our listeners sparks a conversation on accepting cash as payment for freelance work. We also take an in-depth look at research techniques for learning more about how customers/audience members use an application. Links from the show: Google Analytics In the Bullpen: Photoshop Preset Viewer Brush Pilot Try GoToMeeting for 45 Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 116 – Freelance Payment Options & Intense Audience Research

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 115 – Internship Problems? Have you thought about an internship to finish out your educational career? Do you know some of the challenges that you might be faced with in an internship? We’ll take a look at these topics as I answer some internship questions from one of our audience members. Book Review: Building Design Strategy: Using Design to Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 115 – Internship Problems?

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 114 – Research and Planning More life (and career) lessons from my work experience to you! We’ll discuss the lack of research and how it can foil your designs before they even get started, and some of the important information that you definitely want to pick up before you even start a project. We will also dive into the core Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 114 – Research and Planning

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 113 – What To Do With Your “Free” Time Its 12 o’clock and you break out the sack lunch, but you still feel the need to be productive with your hour away from work. Are there things you can do to further your career in design? Of course, but what can be done in an hour to bolster your skills and design savvy?! In Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 113 – What To Do With Your “Free” Time

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 112 – Should You Hire a Salesman? Possibly the most difficult part of moving from the “safe confines” of a full-time job into a freelance situation is the ability to keep clients and projects coming in. The logical answer… hire someone who excels at selling to come in and do it for you. A sales person on your team would mean more Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 112 – Should You Hire a Salesman?

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 111 – Organizing Folder Madness and Flash Grows Up Will the REAL episode 111 please show yourself… sorry for the slip up to those of you who were expecting a new episode, only to find yourself listening to 110 for a second time. Here is the real deal! Social media is a movement that has been building for sometime and now appears at every Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 111 – Organizing Folder Madness and Flash Grows Up

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 110 – Social Media and Business Social media is a movement that has been building for sometime and now appears at every corner, in your personal life and in business. There is no escaping the technology as it is being utilized by companies to steer marketing campaigns for everything from music to household products you use every day. The good news… Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 110 – Social Media and Business

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 109 – A Better Quality of Freelance Client When you start putting yourself out there and share your talents on a freelance basis, your going to come to understand what many before you have already… its HARD to find high quality clients. Its relatively easy to find clients who want you to work for next to nothing, get the work done yesterday and don’t appreciate Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 109 – A Better Quality of Freelance Client

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 108 – Speaking at SDSU and Speaking in Public There was some good and some bad about my speaking engagement at San Diego State U, but all in all I think it was a good idea for me NOT to record it (haha). No, instead I’ll just be recounting some of the highlights of the evening, and sharing some of the questions that came from the Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 108 – Speaking at SDSU and Speaking in Public

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 107 – Design Theory and Rejuvenation Through School When you’re in design school, a lot of theories, rules and patterns are being thrown your way, and it doesn’t always make a lot of sense at the time. Is there really a point to all this reading material? Will it somehow impact your career in a meaningful way? We’ll try to make some sense Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 107 – Design Theory and Rejuvenation Through School

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 106 – Tax Time Again & Are You Prepared for Unemployment? Its that annoying time of the year again, when the state and fed government ask us to tidy up their tax bookkeeping. We’ll cover a few things you may be able to write off as a freelancer that you didn’t know about. Also, living in this unsure economic time can leave us with questions about Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 106 – Tax Time Again & Are You Prepared for Unemployment?

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 105 – What Are YOU Afraid Of? What fears do you have that are related to your profession, or the profession that you plan to enter? Do you face these fears or shy away, and is there a way to turn them into a productive tool for your success? We’ll discuss some examples and possibilities in this episode. Links from the show: Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 105 – What Are YOU Afraid Of?

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 104 – Getting Freelance Clients to Pay Up On this podcast, inspired by an entry on our forum, we will discuss strategy for avoiding a situation where your freelance clients are paying you for completed work late. There are several methods we can use in this fight against late payments and most of them revolve around the creation and implementation of a contract agreement. Other topics covered Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 104 – Getting Freelance Clients to Pay Up

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 103 – Deadlines and Dealing? Deadlines are something that we all must deal with and that’s not going to change anytime soon! They can be good though, for prioritization, motivation, and just plain getting stuff done. There is a conversation that should take place before the setting of these deadlines though, that can result in a smoother course of action, Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 103 – Deadlines and Dealing?

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 102 – When is it OK to Speak Up? We’re just getting back into the groove here after a 3 month hiatus. I’m going to try a shorter format with the podcast going forward and cut out the Keys to the Game and Rookie Mistake segments of the show to save myself some time and hopefully keep this this going for a while to Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 102 – When is it OK to Speak Up?

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Just Checking In! Hey, I know I said I wasn’t going to record anything for a few months, but a couple things came up and I couldn’t help myself. First and foremost, I have posted an Interview with the founder and CTO of YouSendIt, Ranjith Kumaran. They are doing some interesting things over there to help us designers send Rookie Designer Podcast - - Just Checking In!

Rookie Designer Podcast - - RD Back Up and Searchable in the iTunes Store As I eluded to in the podcast, there were some problems with the Rookie Designer feed that resulted in this podcast being kicked out of the iTunes Music Store for a time. I fixed the problem and resubmitted the feed, but it took the iTunes people a while to get it integrated back in. Now Rookie Designer Podcast - - RD Back Up and Searchable in the iTunes Store

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 101 – One Page Portfolios and Gathering Files for Output Its see you later… not goodbye. Rookie Designer will be taking a 3 month hiatus. In that time I will be assessing my situation and making the final decision about whether this podcast will continue on after the break. This is a real episode though. One of the new trends out there is to make Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 101 – One Page Portfolios and Gathering Files for Output

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 100 – On the Job Hunt Again Its that time again… job hunting time. In this episode I’ll share my most recent experiences with a new staffing agency and a particularly in-depth and good interview I completed, along with some pointers for making that first impression with a potential employer a good one. An update on the status of the podcast is Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 100 – On the Job Hunt Again

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 99 – Quality What is Quality training? I got a dose of it recently at my full time job, and it wasn’t half bad. Basically its a set of rules or guidelines that help facilitate a productive work environment. There are several things you probably do on a daily basis that are not exactly necessary, or perhaps could Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 99 – Quality

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 98 – Effective Emailing and Web Design We’ve spoken about it briefly before, but emailing is crucial to any business these days, and there are some guidelines to follow to make sure you can communicate effectively and not send the wrong message to those you are messaging! In this episode we’ll also look at some common mistakes made by web designers that Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 98 – Effective Emailing and Web Design

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 97 – Using Fonts, Picking a School and More… This is pretty much a mailbag episode where we cover questions about font usage, picking out a design school to attend, and knowing when to pull the plug on a client or a project going in the wrong direction. Keys to the Game: Spell Check in Adobe applications: Mac: command + i PC: control + Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 97 – Using Fonts, Picking a School and More…

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 96 – Promote Your Work/Business Promoting your work can be just as important, if not more, than the work itself! If you can’t secure a job or a new client, your skills will not make much difference. So how do we get the word out there that we are the super duper master of design? There are several ways that Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 96 – Promote Your Work/Business

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 95 – Nip Problems in the Bud What is the best way to keep yourself out of trouble when it comes to disputes with customers? Fix the problem before it happens! The use of contracts and design specs can change the way you and your client think about things like payment, agreements, the way you receive content and more. Keys to the Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 95 – Nip Problems in the Bud

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 94 – You Are NOT Your Job Design is what you do, not who you are. These are words that we should understand and remember so the two don’t get confused. There is a point at which its a good idea to turn the computer off and live a little. Failing to do so could end up with you getting burned out Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 94 – You Are NOT Your Job

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 93 – Ringing in, and Preparing for, the New Year Looking toward the new year there are always a lot of things to think about. We can reflect on the year past and what may have gone right or wrong, certain goals we would like to reach for in this new year, and perhaps smaller skills or tasks we would like to tackle. In this Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 93 – Ringing in, and Preparing for, the New Year

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 92 – Website Landing Page Creation Building a page that users will be directed to from an online ad or url may seem like an easy thing to accomplish, but there is more that goes into it than may appear. We must take into account several issues, most importantly keeping the attention of the user so that they don’t make that Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 92 – Website Landing Page Creation

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 91 – When Are You A Professional & Controlling A Meeting Taken from a topic on the Rookie Designer Forum, we’ll discuss what it means to be a design professional, and when you have achieved the feat. Also is a discussion about how to steer a meeting with a client that seems to be going nowhere, to get the most productivity out of your time and Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 91 – When Are You A Professional & Controlling A Meeting

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 90 – Customer Service and Goal Achievement The don’ts of customer service are a valuable thing to know to keep your business up and running and keep your clients happy and coming back for more. we’ll cover some key mistakes that are made all the time so hopefully you can avoid them. we’ll also discuss some strategy for making those wild dreams Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 90 – Customer Service and Goal Achievement

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 89 – Let’s Get Organized! This is an important topic, so we’re going to cover it again, but organization in your work and life can go a long way to making sure that you achieve your goals and do so in a timely fashion. Not everyone is an org freak like me, but if you take anything away from this Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 89 – Let’s Get Organized!

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 88 – Search Engine Optimization and more! Our good friend Paul Mycroft is back with some more tips for search engine optimization (SEO) and there’s a web design twist to it this time. Also stay tuned for some mini topics to ponder on the subject of good vs. bad design, and noticing design all around you. Keys to the Game: Increase/decrease the Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 88 – Search Engine Optimization and more!

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 87 – Grad School, Workstation Setup and More We’re flying free in this episode with discussion about the advantages of going to grad school, what makes a great workstation, not only in regards to your physical health, but also your mental health, as well as a bunch of well-overdue topics from the forum. Keys to the Game: Select words without reaching for the Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 87 – Grad School, Workstation Setup and More

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 86 – New Site & Photoshop World Wrapup Rookie Designer’s home has a new look and a lot of new features. In this episode I’ll point out those improvements, and also share some of the best things I learned at Photoshop World 2007. Keys to the Game: Go to line in Dreamweaver Mac: Cmd + , PC: Ctl + , Book Report from Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 86 – New Site & Photoshop World Wrapup

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 85 – Design Vocations With a little help from one of our audience members, we’ll take a look at several different facets of design, and the careers that can come out of them. We’ll also discuss some advantages we may have over other career paths, keys to knowing what job is right for you and when the right time Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 85 – Design Vocations

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 84 – Search Engine Optimization Building a killer site is one thing, but getting a whole mess of people to visit it is quite another. Inspired by a listener U-Share submission, well take a look into common misconceptions about SEO, and some tips for getting your site higher up in the search rankings. Keys to the Game: Show/Hide Guides and Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 84 – Search Engine Optimization

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 83 – TV & Multimedia Advertising Things have come a long way since the inception of the set top box, or TV. It used to be that you were forced to watch advertising in commercial breaks, but with the surge of TiVO and DVR users, advertisers must find new ways to get commercials in front of viewers. Today we’ll take a Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 83 – TV & Multimedia Advertising

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 82 – Designer, Programmer…or Both? The topic for this episode comes from our first participant of the U-Share Program. We’ll discuss the changes going on, on the web and beyond, and how that could possibly effect your career. We’ll also take a look at Web 2.0… What the heck is it?! Keys to the Game: Reselect in Photoshop Mac: Cmd Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 82 – Designer, Programmer…or Both?

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer PSA 2 Forgot a couple of things in the last episode: If you are in the San Diego (CA) area, use Photoshop 20-30 hours per week and would like to participate in n Adobe user study, contact me at [email protected] and I’ll hook you up! Second, I’ll be on vacation from the 21-29 of July, so instead Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer PSA 2

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 81 – Photoshop Tips, Flash Resources, and an aniBOOM Interview Lots of random information in this episode, but useful nonetheless. We talk a bit about color models in Photoshop, I deliver my first ever book report and conduct an interview with the CEO of aniBOOM. Keys to the Game: Gamut Warning in Photoshop Mac: Cmd + Shift + y PC: Ctl + Shift + y Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 81 – Photoshop Tips, Flash Resources, and an aniBOOM Interview

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer PSA 1 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: If you are a member of the forum and have not yet made at least one post, your account will be deleted next week. IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE ROOKIE DESIGNER FORUM, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE POSTED AT LEAST ONE MESSAGE BY NEXT THURSDAY, JULY 12TH. Also, Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer PSA 1

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 80b – Approach to Design Before we get into the thick of producing our designs, there are a lot of things to think about to make sure the workflow goes smoothly and the result is a success. This is what we will talk about in this episode. Keys to the Game: Jump into the address bar in your favorite browser Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 80b – Approach to Design

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Forum Changes! If you visit the forum, you’ll notice that the template has changed again, back to the standard look of a phpbb forum. This was necessary for the fact that I finally got an anti-spam-bot mod installed to kill the spammers once and for all! The former template did not mesh well with the new mod, Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Forum Changes!

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 80a – Meltdown/Contest 3 Sorry, no episode yet. My computer turned against me today! We do have contest winners though, and some interesting news. Links from todays non-show: RD on Macworld! Adobe Creative License Contest World in Focus Contest Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 80a – Meltdown/Contest 3

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 79 – Avoiding Distractions Its hard to work when your attention turns from work to elsewhere every 10 minutes. See how you can avoid distractions in your workspace and stop the chain of procrastination. Keys to the Game: No I Don’t want to save (in Mac and PC OS) Mac: d (for don’t save) PC: n (for no) Links Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 79 – Avoiding Distractions

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 78 – Ethics in Design What’s right and what’s wrong as it relates to your career in design and how your work affects the world around you? There’s no easy answer, and the answer must come from within, but in this episode we’ll give you some things to think about. Keys to the Game: Cheers to InDesign – Hide InDesign Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 78 – Ethics in Design

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 77 – Raising Rates How do you deal with freelance rates, especially when you come to a point at which you must raise them? We’ll discuss some options and issues surrounding this topic and more. Keys to the Game: Lights Out in Lightroom Mac or PC: L Rookie Mistake Tip: Be careful when emailing. You don’t want the person Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 77 – Raising Rates

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 76 – Who Owns What? What happens when you’re client doesn’t like a stipulation in your freelance project? Who actually owns the rights to the artwork you create. Well cover these topics and more. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: Blogger and Podcaster Magazine Keys to the Game: Rulers in Creative Suite apps Mac: Command + Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 76 – Who Owns What?

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 75 – Get More Out of Your Apps Maybe a change is on the horizon for you. Do you do everything in a pattern or similar routine? If so there are probably things you are missing out on by not exploring new territory and more specifically analysing the way you use your tools. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 75 – Get More Out of Your Apps

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 74 – Dollars and Sense In this episode we’ll discuss some strategies for monetizing your design skills, whether it be selling a service, selling goods, or combinig with other companies to turn a profit. We also look at different ways to turn your designs into self promotion. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: [email protected] Keys to Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 74 – Dollars and Sense

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 73 – Rules, Mistakes and Legalities Its a bit of a mixed bag this time. We discuss a few different topics that could affect your daily design life. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: [email protected] Keys to the Game: Open the Actions Panel in Flash Mac: F9 PC: F9 Rookie Mistake Tip: Don’t fall behind in the Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 73 – Rules, Mistakes and Legalities

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 72 – Its Gold Jerry, Gold! There’s a lot to be learned from other designers, but when you have one at your disposal to answer all your questions and deal with problems, the results can be much better. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: [email protected] Keys to the Game: Select next object Above/Below Illustrator Mac: Command + Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 72 – Its Gold Jerry, Gold!