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Adobe Survival Courses 1+2

Fri, May 16, 2008 — Sat, May 17, 2008

Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

Design Quick Course — 2008

Event Location: Ball State University, The Art & Journalisam Bldg. AJ 353 & AJ 363 Muncie, IN 47306 USA

Host: Ball State University

Site chair: Jennifer George-Palilonis and Ryan Sparrow Telephone: (765) 285-8216; (765) 285-8200 Fax: E-mail: ;

Registration fees:

Members: $300 Please designate in the comments field whether you are signing up for Adobe Survival Course I or Adobe Survival Course II. Non-Members: $400 Please designate in the comments field whether you are signing up for Adobe Survival Course I or Adobe Survival Course II. Students and Faculty: $150 for member students. $200 for non-member students. $150 for member faculty. $200 for non-member faculty. Please designate in the comments field whether you are signing up for Adobe Survival Course I or Adobe Survival Course II.

Late Registration date: Price for all after Late Registration Date: $

PROGRAM DETAILS: EACH COURSE HAS ONLY 15 AVAILABLE SEATS

Adobe Survival Course I Trainers: John Telford, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Software: Adobe Illustrator CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3

Widen your skill set and make yourself more valuable to the newsroom on a day-to-day basis. Make simple maps and charts and learn the basic drawing tools to give them the touch of a professional graphic artist. Learn quick cutout techniques, layers and layer effects to create simple photo illustrations.

Adobe Survival Course II Trainers: Martin Gee, San Jose Mercury News Stephanie Grace Lim, Ebay’s PayPal division Software:Adobe Illustrator CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3

Take your skill set to the next level. Learn quick, smart ways to illustrate even the most challenging stories with little or no money and limited drawing skills. Use filters, digital darkroom techniques, effects and under-the-hood tricks for creating polished images with little time. Use typography to create illustrations and write headlines to turn average photo and headline structures into more than the sum of their parts. Learn proven brainstorming methods to find visual solutions to all stories.

Parking: All day meter spots are available in the parking garage on McKinley, just south of the Arts & Journalism building on the other side of the street. This is the best place to park.

Hotel information: TBA

Online registration: Click here to register online. You may also PRINT the blank online registration form and fax the completed form to (401) 294-5238.

Miscellany

Newspaper Death Watch

Advertising Age has launched the first in a series of articles on the future (or non-future) of newspapers from the perspective of advertisers, along with a poll asking readers to guess the lifespan of newsprint.

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South African paper rethinks page numbers
South African paper rethinks page numbers

“To commemorate World AIDS day on December 1st the South African newspaper Cape Argus used their page numbers on the top of every page of the newspaper to educate the public on statistics relating to the AIDS pandemic in South Africa. All the statistics were collected from UNICEF and the South African Department of Health.” (via osocio.org and bestadsontv)

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Society News

SND Vegas: The Intern!

Yes, students, we will have a version of The Intern at SNDVegas! After a couple of wonderfully elaborate contests in Orlando and Boston, we’re taking a low-key approach in Vegas. Check out the full details at the SNDVegas site.

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3D Quick Course: A chat with a guru or two
3D Quick Course: A chat with a guru or two

SND’s 3D graphics QuickCourse was in San Francisco this weekend for a two-day workshop focused on Newtek’s LightWave. SND Update caught up with the course’s two speakers, South Florida Sun-Sentinel’s Len DeGroot and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Steve Wilson, along Ocean Beach outside San Francisco’s Beach Chalet.

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Industry News

Nuri Ducassi joins Sun-Sentinel

Nuri Ducassi is leaving her post as Design Director at the Montreal Gazette to become Features Design Director at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Memo from Design Director Paul Wallen follows:

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A look at El Mundo’s new office
A look at El Mundo’s new office

EL MUNDO newspaper and elmundo.es are now working together in the new integrated building on Avda. de San Luis, Madrid, Spain. Their first big test was the Spanish National Election Coverage — and the building did not collapse.

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Events

3-D InfoGraphics Quick Course
Apr 12, San Francisco State University
Small Papers Summit
May 31, Republican-American, Waterbury, CT