Student Outreach: June 2012 Archives

Shortcuts to Success: View a Full-Screen Layout

Sure, there are huge lists of InDesign keyboard shortcuts out there, but are you going to sit down and memorize them all? We're here to help you learn some handy new ones, one by one, making it easier to add them to your mental list. Each week, we'll highlight a different shortcut to help you work faster, better and smarter.

SPD-U SHORTCUT OF THE WEEK

Enter Presentation Screen Mode (CS5 or later)

shift + W

If you want to give a nice clean presentation but your screen has all those messy panels, toolbars, and windows, shift + W will switch your Screen Mode to Presentation, and display only your file, full-screen, on a black background. Use the left or right arrow keys to change pages, and escape to go back to normal mode.

Got a favorite keyboard shortcut you'd like to share with everyone? Email it to us at spdstudentoutreach@gmail.com and we'll include it in our series, along with your own commentary if you'd like.

This week's shortcut brought to you by Joseph Caserto.

Ask The Pros

06.25.12posted by
The Editors

Ask the Pros: How early should I arrive for my interview?

To help prepare you for the real world, our Ask the Pros series is here to help answer some of your most common questions about interviewing, job-hunting and working in the world of publication and media art and photo departments.

Got a question you want answered? Send it to us at spdstudentoutreach@gmail.com and we'll put it to our experts! A varying panel of professionals will give you their take, and then it's up to you to put their advice to work.

And if you're a working professional yourself, we'd love to hear your opinion too ... don't hesitate to add it in our comments or email us to be on one of our panels.

Our panel today gives you some feedback on interviews and when to show up...

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Tips and Tricks

06.21.12posted by
Student Editors

Shortcuts to Success: Fill=None & Stroke=Black

Sure, there are huge lists of InDesign keyboard shortcuts out there, but are you going to sit down and memorize them all? We're here to help you learn some handy new ones, one by one, making it easier to add them to your mental list. Each week, we'll highlight a different shortcut to help you work faster, better and smarter.

SPD-U SHORTCUT OF THE WEEK

Set an object's fill to None, and its stroke to Black

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If you love color, like we do, you've probably got a lot of swatches in your panel, and often have to change the color of an object...

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Ask The Pros

06.18.12posted by
The Editors

Ask the Pros: What skill/trait are you most looking for in an intern or assistant?

To help prepare you for the real world, our Ask the Pros series is here to help answer some of your most common questions about interviewing, job-hunting and working in the world of publication and media art and photo departments.

Got a question you want answered? Send it to us at spdstudentoutreach@gmail.com and we'll put it to our experts! A varying panel of professionals will give you their take, and then it's up to you to put their advice to work.

And if you're a working professional yourself, we'd love to hear your opinion too ... don't hesitate to add it in our comments or email us to be on one of our panels.

Today's panel gives you some awesome insight into what they want in an intern/assistant...

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Words of Wisdom

06.15.12posted by
The Editors

Good Advice: Show the Work You Want to Get

One of the best pieces of advice I've received was to show the kind of work that you want to get.

--photographer David Stuart

Over on A Photo Editor, photography consultant Suzanne Sease does Q&As with various photographers whose work she likes. Recently she spoke with photographer David Stuart about a recent Puma campaign he shot. She made note of a previous campaign he shot for the Children's Hospital that used a similar idea, sparking his comment above ... good advice for all types of portfolios!

Tips and Tricks

06.14.12posted by
Student Editors

Shortcuts to Success: Paste in Place

Sure, there are huge lists of InDesign keyboard shortcuts out there, but are you going to sit down and memorize them all? We're here to help you learn some handy new ones, one by one, making it easier to add them to your mental list. Each week, we'll highlight a different shortcut to help you work faster, better and smarter.

SPD-U SHORTCUT OF THE WEEK

Paste in Place

command + option + shift + V

If you want to put stuff in the same exact place on a different page, this is for you. Select the original object(s) with the Selection Tool (black arrow), go to the new page, and Paste in Place. (It's also in the Edit Menu). Everything will be in the exact same position! It works with different documents, too, as long as the pages are the same size and orientation.

Got a favorite keyboard shortcut you'd like to share with everyone? Email it to us at spdstudentoutreach@gmail.com and we'll include it in our series, along with your own commentary if you'd like.

This week's shortcut brought to you by Joseph Caserto.

Words of Wisdom

06.12.12posted by
Student Editors

Good Advice: History is Important

QUESTION: Why bother yourself about the archaic world of long-forgotten photographers when there is so much happening that is now?

ANSWER: So you are not a stupid, vapid photographic twit.

That's the advice given over on LensWork Daily in a discussion about recent graduates and aspiring artists not knowing prominent names of their craft's history. Might seem harsh, and there's certainly people in the comments section calling him out for that, but it's also good advice. Even if your degree program doesn't require a history class or teach it in others, do your own research to learn the big names (and even the small ones!) of your particular field.

Check out the full post and helpful comments out here.

Ask The Pros

06.11.12posted by
The Editors

Ask the Pros: How Can I Build My Portfolio?

To help prepare you for the real world, our Ask the Pros series is here to help answer some of your most common questions about interviewing, job-hunting and working in the world of publication and media art and photo departments.

Got a question you want answered? Send it to us at spdstudentoutreach@gmail.com and we'll put it to our experts! A varying panel of professionals will give you their take, and then it's up to you to put their advice to work.

And if you're a working professional yourself, we'd love to hear your opinion too ... don't hesitate to add it in our comments or email us to be on one of our panels.

Today's topic takes us back to portfolios...

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Tips and Tricks

06.07.12posted by
Student Editors

Shortcuts to (InDesign) Success

Ask any designer or art director what their favorite InDesign keyboard shortcut is and 99% will probably say Command-Z. The cut-and-paste commands seem so second-nature it feels like we were all born knowing them. And losing hours of work when your computer crashes quickly teaches you the value of Command-S. But what about the command for Paste-in-Place? Or to quickly access the clipping path options? Or to change the fill color of something to none?

Here at SPD-U headquarters, even after years and years of working, we're still learning shortcuts and tricks that change our lives ... well, our InDesign lives anyway. The more you know about InDesign, the faster you'll be able to work and the more you'll be able to look like a pro and impress your boss.

So to help you do just that, we're introducing a new series: Shortcuts to Success. Sure, there are huge lists of these shortcuts available online and elsewhere, but who really sits down and memorizes all those? It's the ones you learn one-by-one and practice little-by-little that get permanently added to the mental list. So each week, we'll highlight a different keyboard shortcut to help you work faster, better and smarter.

Look for our first shortcut this Thursday.

Quoted

06.07.12posted by
Student Editors

Smart Quote #44: Finding Inspiration

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

--Salvador Dalí

We found this quote on the awesome site Brainpickings, in a great article on the issue of inspiration and its more extreme form, plagiarism. Great food for thought.

Ask The Pros

06.04.12posted by
The Editors

Ask the Pros: What if I didn't go to a design/art school for college?

To help prepare you for the real world, our Ask the Pros series is here to help answer some of your most common questions about interviewing, job-hunting and working in the world of publication and media art and photo departments.

Got a question you want answered? Send it to us at spdstudentoutreach@gmail.com and we'll put it to our experts! A varying panel of professionals will give you their take, and then it's up to you to put their advice to work.

And if you're a working professional yourself, we'd love to hear your opinion too ... don't hesitate to add it in our comments or email us to be on one of our panels.

Today we're talking about how your type of college affects your job chances...… MORE

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