Hey everyone! This is my final post for Com 210 and I wanted to reflect over this semester about my favorite projects, my future, and my thoughts and comments on the class. I had a really good time taking this class and felt I learned a lot.
Over the course of the semester we did four different units on the different adobe software’s; Illustrator, Photoshop, Audition, and Premier. I have used all of these except Audition in the past so it was nice to refresh my skills. I think my favorite project was the Illustrator logo project because you could create anything you wanted as long as you knew how to transfer it to the software. I drew up multiple different logos and actually had a tough time choosing what I wanted to do. I really enjoy creating and designing ideas so this project was perfect for me. I got to use everything I knew how to do on Illustrator to create a design I am actually proud of. This is the images I created on Illustrator that I am very proud of:
I plan to pursue my career in Hospitality Business Management and although I don’t know exactly where I want to take that, I do know that I would really like to be an event planner at some time. I really think I will use Illustrator, Photoshop, and Premier for my future jobs to create different multimedia creations to show clients. I could use illustrator to come up with room set ups I think would look good. Like the different layouts of table or venue settings. I could use Photoshop to put different features into a location to see how they look and to show my clients for ideas. Lastly I could use Premier to put together a portfolio of my work to post on my website for customers to see what I do. I really think these software’s are good for people to know how to use because they will be used in many different careers in the future as everything is becoming more technological.
I really think the four different software’s and set of skills that went along with each of them was the perfect amount for this class. These are the basics I think many people should know how to use like I stated above. For this being a beginning level class these skills were a great choice. If people really enjoyed these skills they can always move on to learned the other software’s Adobe has to offer.
When looking for outside sources I really only did that for the Premier unit. I realized that the images I was looking for to create my project were not what I had. Using Flickr to find free images that I was able to use and could help me create the look I was going for was really helpful. Other than that I just used the tutorials and videos given to us to complete each project.
My final thoughts on this course are good ones for sure. The one thing I like the most is that the class is only required to attend in person 5 time. Once for the first day, then once per unit. The way the class is set up it doesn’t really make sense to be there every day the class is scheduled. It is nice that there is the option to come every day and get help from the TA when something doesn’t make sense or you want advice on your projects.
I had a really good time taking this class and I hope everyone in the future enjoys it as much as I did! I hope everyone enjoyed my blog throughout the semester and I hope you all have a good rest of your day!
Fallon Hansen 