Computer

Comfortable with Macintosh and Windows operating systems.

Familiar with Photoshop, InDesign, QuarkXPress, Illustrator, PageMaker, Freehand, ATM,
Microsoft: Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Publisher; Super Card, Ray Dream, Dreamweaver,
Music Maker, Specular Logo Motion, Bryce, Page Mill, Streamline, Fontographer,
ImageAXS, Premier, After Effects and Media Cleaner.

Experience with Preflighting (making sure all fonts & graphics used in the composition are present and in the proper format).

File preperation for film. Output digital files to negative and positive film formats. Output velox & clc's for proofing.

Experience with color, 4 color seperation, trapping, scaling, layout, font usage, line screen, dpi and imposition.

Output digital files to large format plotters varifying all composition elements are in place to give a high quality final output.

Experience with layout, typography, scanning, color, and photo manipulation and inhancement.

Comfortable with multiple high speed digital output devices utilizing Fiery TM systems.

Understanding the usage of various file formatting benefits software manueverabality through compositions.

Hands on use of "Straight-to-plate" digitizing, utilizing RipIt TM workstations. Experience with benefits and limitations of these systems along with understanding file preperation for film.

Other Graphic Arts Equipment

Experience with printing, paper folding, trimming, hole drilling, stapling, stitching and padding processes.

Applied Skills

Designed precamera art, implementing all phases of the pasteup process.

Created negatives and plates used on 1,2,4,6 color Hiedelburg, Ryobi, AB Dick and Multi style ink presses.

Produced web pages, interactive multi-media programs, magazine covers, news articles,
posters business forms, logos, letterheads, cards, envelopes and computer assisted free hand art.