Wikipedia defined Adobe InDesign as publishing software produced by Adobe systems that can create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers, books, etc. Well… let me just say trying to figure out InDesign in class was the most rewarding and stressful experience I have had all week. When I say rewarding I mean I am actually proud that I learned how to make a rectangle and fill it in. I basically am an InDesign pro now…NOT! Let me just visually describe the emotions going on all around me while trying to follow our teacher in creating a freaking rectangle.
Brittany on my right got so lost and stressed with keeping up that she actually raised her hand and asked where the desktop was. This describes her InDesign experience.
Rachel on my left was sitting there smug acting like she knew everything but really it was the calm before the storm. At the end she realized she missed making a sun and coloring a rectangle. Things clearly were moving fast!
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Sierra next to Rachel was absolutely hilarious. All you could hear was huffing and puffing before she blurted out that she never wanted to do this again. Sadly she has to compete a full semester of working with this lovely software.
As for me, I couldn’t really find a specific meme to describe my emotions but this will work! I had InDesign in the bag. Okay not really but I’d like to think I managed pretty well. I enjoyed learning how to use the software and am so sorry that unfortunately I think our teacher was running to the bar after teaching our class. We were so dysfunctional and had the silliest of questions but what are you going to do when messing with a foreign software!
Once we returned to class Thursday, after getting a day to recover from the brain overload of InDesign, I think we handled practicing making a Newsletter pretty well. Thursday’s class was very much individual playing around on our own with the software and making our own minor mistakes. But don’t worry there were still mental meltdowns from Brittany, huffing and puffing from Sierra and Rachel and I dying laughing at everyone’s frustrations. I think this class is going to be enjoyable to say the least. If anything we are going to walk away with InDesign experience under our belt and knowing for a fact we chose right when not majoring in graphic design.
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Always with Love,
Heather Gilbert
Stay tuned for more PR Pubs blogs and keep up to date with what we are doing in class by following my website!
Always with Love,
Heather Gilbert
