Professional interview: Digital design

Professional Interview: Digital design
Person being interviewed: Lisa Mitchell of Norfolk, NE



What do you do for a job that involves digital design?
I make posters, business cards, logos, invitations, newsletters, brochures and powerpoint presentation. This would be a side business to make extra income, but may lead to a full time position some day.

How do you use digital design in the job? Examples.
I make business cards and take personal pictures to incorporate in a variety of media. I also use digital design in development of a wide variety of publications or documents for customers. I use digital design in my powerpoint presentations to produce a quality product.

What program do you use to make your digital design logos?
Microsoft Publisher, HP Design, Kodak, and Adobe Photoshop.

What does it take to be good and creative at digital design?
A person needs to know how to use the programs. They also need a good eye for color and aesthetics. Attention to detail is necessary to pick out subtle changes. You need to have the ability to envision what the client is wanting and good communication skills are important.

Why is digital design important for your career?
Although I only use this part time, knowing the programs and how to use them saves a lot of time verses doing it all by hand. You can take a mediocre presentation and enhance it to make it better, more appealing and affective.

What inspires you to have a career in digital design?
I enjoy using my computer skills and creativity to create projects that are useful and enjoyed by others.

Photoshop pictures

Determination: This is what we showed all day!

1. Open up photoshop and oped the original image.
2. Open up the cartoon football next to the picture.
3. Click the move icon on the left of your screen and drag the football onto the picture.
4. In layers un-click the eye icon next to background.
5. Now all that should be showing is the football image.
6. Click the magic wand tool and click on the football picture. This will select the whole football.
7. While the football is still highlighted, click the eraser icon on the left column and make sure that the erase to history box is checked on the top.
   
8. Then erase the white away from the football itself.
9. Click the eye icon next to the background so that now the background shows with the football.
10. Press select
11. Click the move arrow on the top left of your screen. Move the football to the top left of your screen.
12. Click the text box tool, and make a text box to the right of the football.
13. Type "Powderpuff Football" with the Abadi MT condensed extra bold font, Size 56.
14. Select the move tool to place your text box correctly to the right of the football.
15. Save your image.
    

Inspiration: I am very inspirational of my family!

1. Open photoshop and open the original image.
2. Go to image
3. change the hue to +4, saturation to +67, and lightness to -23. Then press OK.
4. Go to image
5. On the top tool bar make sure that the erase to history box is checked.
6. On the left click the Magnetic lasso tool
7. Trace along the girls clothes.
8. Once selection is all selected in a dotted line then click the eraser tool on the left hand column.
9. Erase the T-shirt so that is it back to regular color (the lasso tool allows you to not go out of the lines)
10. When you are done erasing the t-shirt press select
11. Repeat this same process with her hair clip.
12. Click the color replacement tool on the left hand side of the screen. Change the color to a blue. Make your target as small as her eye and then place it on her eye and click to make them blue.
13. Save your picture.