Currently I am working on learning the primary elements of Adobe Creative Suite 3, namely Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Dreamweaver. I feel like I am tech savvy enough to learn these programs well, plus I am starting to realize that a solid knowledge of them is pretty valuable for the line of work I am planning to pursue.

I know my way around photoshop pretty well already, though there is still a lot for me to hone my skills on.

I have only used Illustrator briefly, and right now it seems like photoshop on crack, but it is ultimately used for different purposes. It can be especially helpful in logo design, where vectored images (that don’t get all pixelated when you transform them) are key.

I haven’t seen much action with InDesign, but it is considered the definitive layout program, so I suspect it could be quite useful in print advertisement design.

Finally I have been working with Dreamweaver to develop my personal webpage that will include a digital copy of my portfolio, resume, etc. Right now my webpage is basically a bunch of links, but I hope to improve it eventually. My goal is to have a functional and professional site up by graduation in spring so that I can use it as a selling point during my career search.

We will see how it goes, I’m not taking any formal training with these (yet), so my learning process is simply trial and error right now.