#Basic DTP Education
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I am with a manufacvturing company that has a Mac network installed for
graphics and embroidery design. This network has been very successful. Now
we want to get into DTP with a couple more MAcII's. I'm interested in
getting some basic education for myself(MIS Director) and some marketing
staff on the subject of DTP. Can anyone give me info on the course
presented by Promotional Perspectives (Desktop Design) or the course
sponsered in Iowa by UNI and given by Jim Fitzgerald or Bob Walker
(Designing with DTP). I want to ensure that we go to a quality class and
on't turn off some potential users. Any help you can give would be
appreciated.
David,
Promotional Perspectives produces a seminar on Newsletter Design that
competes with one my company produces. I've attended that seminar, and it
was reasonable. But I'm unfamiliar with their "Designing for DTP"
seminar…and have never heard of Jim & Bob's seminar.
If you attend either of them, would you please report back to us here on
your experience?
–Thom
David,
I attended a Promotional Perspectives seminar two years ago and was
very impressed (sorry, Thom!). But then, I'm a rank beginner to any type
of design, and the seminar was geared to beginners. They went over design
considerations like making sure your reader will open the page the right
way after taking the piece out of the mailbox, use of graphics and white
space, scaling photos, basic vocabulary, paper and ink considerations,
fonts, etc. Very helpful to me was the session afterward where they
critiqued your own newsletter. But again, this was done on a very basic
level — she said, "I'd use a Palatino font," and I said OK and have done
so since, taking her word that it's a good choice. (Do I hear all the
professionals cringing?) The seminars are not system-specific, and not
technologically- or software-oriented.
Others here on the forum recommended something called, "Pocket Pal"
to me as a good basic source of DTP information. I also just got a
HyperCard program called "DTP Advisor" which is supposed to have basic info
(but I haven't had a chance to really look at it yet).
——– Susan
P.S. I'd also look into Thom's seminars, though, since his credentials are
good (and he's giving a discount for DTP Forum members!). There was a
classified ad a few days ago with his schedule.