Final Part Two
Being a Business Marketing major I have been interested in how to effectively reach the target market. I have chosen to double minor in Advertising and Fashion Merchandising. Advertising is always something that I have been interested in and I enjoy doing both the creative parts as well as the noncreative parts.
One of the things I like most about my newfound media literacy is the fact that I can use photoshop. I have always wanted to be able to use photoshop for personal and academic use and with this tool I find my options are endless. I have already been able to create a whole campaign of ads for my Marketing project! Also, I feel having an insight into how the program works definitely helps in the fact that I can put it on my resume. Although I am not going into the creative aspect of advertising, I definitely feel this will open up a door for me, if I decide that is what I would like to do.
Another thing I really enjoyed in the class was learning how to make the magazine cover! Without ever being exposed to it I never realized how easy it really was! Well, granted it wasn’t easy but the concept of just adding the different layers of text and adjusting them to make them look as similar to the original as possible amazed me! I was completely shocked at how realistic mine had looked and I was so proud of it!
A third thing I liked about the class was the fact that Creative Suit was introduced to me as a whole (well most of it). I know this is a general statement but I really have gotten a lot from this class and now am thinking about exactly which direction I’d like to go in for a career. I like the fact that you can drag things from one program to the next because they are all from Adobe. Also, I like that although most of the work we did in class was at a beginner’s level, I feel I have something to at least start some sort of portfolio. Even though I don’t need a portfolio for my major, I feel a lot better going into the real world with at least something to show my work. With the tools learned from this class I was able to create more print ads and a whole new product and I am thrilled. I really wanted to learn how to make a DVD of all of my work in class that day so I am kind of upset noone wanted to. I would also like to create a website with all of my work on it if at all possible. I know the work isn’t at the professional level but I feel it displays that I have learned the basics of the Adobe Creative Suite. Thank you so much it’s been a blast! Have a great summer!
