January 11th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Having covered color profiles and website lingo, I will now move on to the wonderful world of print. If you’ve ever had to deal with getting something professionally printed, and are not yourself a printer or designer, you’ve probably been befuddled by terms like DPI, and possibly worried about mention of bleeds and stocks and crops. Not to worry; taking something to print is, usually, a painless and bloodless process if you’re properly prepared. Read the rest of this entry »
AC Vent
design gets a breath of fresh air
I have reawakened my Flickr account and will be using it to showcase any future photo shoots or photography experiments. Also check out my photography portfolio on the main AC site for info on specific photo shoots.
Last time on Decoding Design, I decoded the basic terminology regarding color profiles. This time, I’m going to decode the world of building a website. This is a conversation I have to have fairly often with new clients, so I developed a way to explain it in non-programming terms.
Your website is basically your home on the web, right? So let’s go with that metaphor. There are 5 main components and terms you’ve probably heard regarding having a home on the web: hosting, URL, website, FTP, and mail server.
Hosting
Hosting is basically the house or apartment. When you buy a hosting account, you are buying space on a server somewhere to store all of the stuff that will make up your website. Read the rest of this entry »
To tweet, or not to tweet – that is the question. And the answer is yes.
I’ve had a personal account on Twitter for ahwile, and have found it useful for following people who post interesting articles or blog posts related to their specialty, and I’ve decided to take advantage of that in the design field. Starting this week I have an account on Twitter for all of my professional and design related updates. If you should care to follow me, I can be found at http://www.twitter.com/acobbdesign
If you’ve ever had an in-depth conversation with a designer, you’ve probably been bombarded by letter combinations like CMYK, RGB, DPI, and odd terms like bleeds and spot colors. We designers throw these terms around all the time, maybe without realizing that not everyone lives and breathes these things like we do.
I’m going to start with decoding just a few basics in this article, namely the acronyms pertaining to color profiles. They are: CMYK, RGB, and PMS.
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