[Apple Pro Underwear]

anybody here a adobe certified expert?

i think i'm a pro and went through the pdf of what the "exam" would be like. I can pass it with both hands tied behind my back and a monkey as my proofreader.

is it worth the trouble and the $100 fee?

i mean, regardless of the work i do (design or production)....u guys think it'll help land the "ONE"?

[King Chung Huang]

I'd once considered taking the exam to be an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) for Photoshop 5. I picked up study guides, did the practice tests, then got ready to register for the exam. Then, Adobe released Photoshop 5.5, and I pushed off the test until I could become fully familiarized with 5.5. I never did get back to taking the test. I suppose being a ceritified expert may help if the job you're looking for specifically requires familiary with a particular Adobe software package. Otherwise, I'm not sure how much it would really help.

What were you looking to get your ceritification in?

[MikeM32]

As with all design jobs / careers it's not what you know about the software or even the hardware that counts, but what you as an artist can do with it

Remember these are but tools of our trade and not our trade itself.

Michaelangelo had his paint and his Sistine Chapel Cieling to paint on. Pope Julius II ordained that he would paint on this cieling. The "Thing" was Michaelengelo was a sculptor and not a painter.

Michaelangelo had to "adapt" to this situation in as much as we do as computer graphic artists. It's simply a different medium.

The question isn't "what do you know about the software?" but rather "what do you want to do with it?" Once you have found that out your'e in business

As far as "degrees" and "certifications" I say that's all academic. Since when is creativity an academic process?

Mike

[ 11-12-2001: Message edited by: MikeM32 ]

[MikeM32]

As with all design jobs / careers it's not what you know about the software or even the hardware that counts, but what you as an artist can do with it

Remember these are but tools of our trade and not our trade itself.

Michaelangelo had his paint and his Sistine Chapel Cieling to paint on in as much as we as computer graphic artists have ours. It's just a different medium.

Mike

[godzookie2k]

Or how about, "Its not the size of your pencil its how you write your name" well at least thats what my ex used to tell me when I was feeling "inadequate"


Nick

[Apple Pro Underwear]

i don't know about you guys, but i'm confident as hell when it comes to my portfolio. I toiled many a late night at the School of Visual Arts in NYc and i'm gaining some pretty good experience. (i'm a young gun/junior design level(2years in-field)). If i can knock off most of the lesser qualified folk i'm competing with now, imagine what i can do waltzing in to a interview with ACE certification. I think the only program i would want to get it in is Photoshop becuase if you know photoshop, a person can assume you know illustrator and the other buddy programs. I don't even know if Macromedia offers anything like this, but i would like to get some freelance jobs with Flash (75 dollars an hour here for design/scripters).But with web stuff, you can add a link to an email with everything you know on the portfolio site and that says it all.

quark would be nice, but with the experience and the portfolio, i think that prepress skills are dictated in where you have been working. By the way, in the 2 web jobs i've worked in, they specifically wanted to see pure print design when hiring me. u guys notice this?

[mitchell_pgh]

I would say most jobs wouldn't require it, but many university and government jobs would look highly upon it.

Many people don't even know what Adobe Photoshop is. HR will get a request for someone with Photoshop skills so they post it on the net. If you are and Adobe Certified Expert, I'm sure they would throw you on the top of the pile. Getting a job is 30% Experience and 70% Presentation... Basically show then what they want to see.