Friends of Graphic Design at PSU

Workshop Week at Field Work!

We're pleased to announce that we'll be hosting some great workshops next week at Field Work!

Wednesday April 20th, we'll have a Quick-n-Dirty Photography workshop with Beth Olson, who'll show you how to take good product shots of your wonderful projects, even if all you have is a point and shoot!

Thursday April 21st, Ethan Allen Smith will be leading an HTML/CSS Basics workshop. 

Friday, April 22nd, Nathan Garvison is going to be giving an encore of his InDesign Workshop!

Space is limited to 25 people for each workshop, so go signup (at this really ugly website I found to do sign-ups on)!

>>>Sign up for Quick n Dirty Photography, Wednesday April 20th 4-5 pm

>>>Sign up for HTML/CSS Basics, Thursday, April 21st 3:30-5 pm

>>>Sign up for InDesign Workshop, Friday, April 22nd 1:30-2:30 pm

Questions? Ask 'em in the comments!

 

PSU Interaction Design Candidate, Laura Grey!

Today (April 6th) we will be hosting Yale MFA Candidate and PSU Interaction Design Faculty Candidate, Laura Grey! Please come to her job talk at NOON in AB 200. We'd love to have you!

Check out some of Laura's work at http://www.tearsandbubbles.com/

New Student Officer Position: Media Guru/Tech Support!

Friends of Graphic Design is growing (in real life AND online) and we've added an officer position: Media Guru! Are you awesome at the internets? Love to blog? Savvy with all questions pertaining to confusing tech-y things? If so, we want you! If you're interested in running for this position, read the details below and download (and return) the attached questionnaire.

Applications are due by February 19th (that's THIS FRIDAY!); Elections will be held the following week (the poll will be open online February 22-26th).

• This is a stipended position. ($$$)
• This position is open to all students currently enrolled as Graphic Design majors.
• This position is open to students of all levels (underclassmen are encouraged to apply!)
• Student will be required to sign a contract of commitment to the position before proceeding with duties and receiving stipend.
• This position requires a high level of organization and a time commitment.
• You will work closely with the other student officers to help FoGD function.
•This position requires the student to be proficient in the following programs, applications and contexts: Adobe Creative Suite, Video and sound editing, &  Web hosting + FTP file transfers
• There are possibilities to receive school credit for your participation with the group.
• This position doesn't just take care of tech stuff! As an officer, the student is expected to take a leadership role and be active in all group happenings.
• We have a LOT of fun!

Download MediaGuru_TechSupport Information and Application!

WebVisions 2010 Call for Volunteers!

Hot on the tails of the Panic Inc. Show & Tell comes another opportunity for students interested in the web side of design. Kirsten from Nemo forwarded me this call for volunteers for a Web conference. Here's what she said about the opportunity:

Hey there, I thought I'd pass along this volunteer opportunity to you guys, in case you have anyone that might be interested. It's a good chance to meet some local and national web industry folks! The better the volunteer, the more people they'll meet :)

So here's the info!

WebVisions 2010 will be at the Oregon Convention Center May 19-21.

If you are interested in being a part of this nationally recognized event--or know someone who might be--please let us know.

The following volunteer positions are needed:

* Registration
* Ushering / Greeter
* Security
* Technical Team

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dana Cuellar ([email protected]) or myself ([email protected]) at (503) 230-2058.

Web Development Goodies Bag

By popular demand, next quarter we'll be having a workshop on how to design a website from the ground up. It'll be a great way to get your feet wet in web design and see what the process is like from start to finish. In the meantime, here's a great list of more advanced tools for people who are already pretty familiar with the process. Some of these are pretty nerdcore, while others are huge timesavers for the average designer. In particular:

CSS Browser Selector

Lets you easily send different CSS styles to different browsers on various platforms using a small Javascript file. A handy tool if you're having trouble getting things to look right in all places and your CSS skills aren't yet fully developed.

Modernizr

As discussed earlier, different browsers have different levels of support for new web standards. This is a small piece of Javascript that detects whether a browser supports a modern feature and lets you use one style for browsers that support, say, rounded corners, and another style for browsers that don't.

CSS Sprite Generator

Makes doing CSS-only rollovers a breeze. Takes two images, creates a sprite and the corresponding CSS. Sounds good to me!

Link: Fresh Web Development Goodies Bag (Noupe)

There are a lot more tools on this list, so go see what time savers you can find. Have a favorite that's not on this list? Hook us up in the comments. Hans out.

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