Business Outsourcing
Indian outsourcing industry to grow 23.2 percent
New Delhi: The business process outsourcing (BPO) market in India will expand by 23.2 percent in 2011 to reach a size of $1.4 billion, compared to $1.1 billion a year ago, a study by global IT research firm Gartner said.
Business Process Management & Outsourcing
T Shirt Design Software
what kind of software can help me in designing t-shirt?
i hv buy some software that call t-shirt design. however this software is rely complicated and look old…a need to it so that it can be help in my university event.
Photoshop or illustrator would be best. If you can’t afford them, hit up gimp or inkscape.
http://www.gimp.org/ (photoshop alternative – freeware)
http://www.inkscape.org/ (illutrator alternative – freeware)
Remember to set your color pallet to cmyk for better commercial printer support (not many commercial printing shops will do RGB here… I don’t know about your location though).
Custom TShirt Design Software and Application Tool, Creator or Maker by CBSAlliance.com
Desktop All In One
dell xps A2010 All in one 20inch can i use it as a monitor for a desktop?
I wanted to know if i can connect my desktop to the A2010 and use it as a monitor?
No. The display in the A2010 all-in-one is hardwired to the computer that’s built into the monitor’s chassis. It has no provisions for receiving a computer video signal from an outside source.
Lenovo A600 all-in-one Desktop
Studio Graphic Design
what is it like to work at a graphic design studio?
I’m currently an in-house designer and have evolved passed my current role. My freelance work has gained some peer admiration and i feel its time to look for a position in a professional studio.
But I’ve no idea how things run, what the general atmosphere is like, the pressure, the expectations etc. Anyone with some insight or links to articles/interview/videos would be most appreciated!
Take another look at your in-house agency and find ways to make it better. It’s not as bad as you think inhouse. You can lose your job in an instant in a real agency.
Agency Drawbacks:
1. Job Insecurity: You or your design team may be assigned only one or two accounts at a time. If they loose an account, they may loose you as well. Some agencies are not as well prepared to weather economic downturns as are the corporations that hire them.
2. Long Hours: These employers tend to “own you” and convince you that there is no life outside of your job. When you are just starting your career, “paying your dues” can be exciting, but it looses its appeal over time after you begin to develop other interests and priorities.
3. Burnout: Some agencies like to hire young designers, knowing they may only get 2-3 good years out of them before they move on, so they will work them until they are quite toasty. They also know that the pool of designers is huge and vacancies are easily filled after they leave.
Agency Benefits:
1. Great Creative: You tend to focus on one or two projects at a time and can devote more energy to experimentation. The projects you work on can be very prestigious and the final deliverables become premier portfolio pieces.
2. Great People: At an ad agency, there is a larger group of “creative types”, such as artists, writers and directors that collaborate on projects. This environment provides opportunity for more honest critiques and a higher level of inspiration can be derived from other members of the team.
3. Higher Budgets and Salaries: More money is allotted for custom photography, illustration, travel, and…you, provided you survive boot camp and advance to a senior or director level, which can take 3-5+ years
4. Cool workspaces: When I worked in Miami we had creative briefing sessions out by the pool… then we went swimming. There are some funky (good) spaces where the work environment is just a fun place to spend the day… good music, great food, friendly pets and mascots of varying species all add up to a great time.
5. Bonuses: Chances are you will share in the company’s successes by receiving an annual cash bonus that correlates to the year’s profits. They are great incentives to make you stay “just one more year”.
In-house Drawbacks:
1. Less Creative Challenges: Although there are some creative opportunities, a large quantity of “bread and butter” work with the same branded messages is produced in-house. This can get monotonous if you don’t find way to stay inspired. At times, there can be even no work at all.
2. Less Pay: I’ve noticed the salaries can be slightly less than agency and studio designers and there is a lower chance of receiving an annual bonus. Read on for some possible reasons why.
3. Dull Workspaces: Accountants and creatives work in the same environment. Enough said here.
4. Dress Codes: Goths and dreadheads might have a hard time getting hired, but then, they are the types that would probably not prefer working under such conditions anyway. Unless you are employed for Apple or Google, a more conservative dress is mandated.
In-house Benefits:
1. Job Security: Most established corporations have deep pockets and can afford to staff up on designers to make sure their services will be available on call. It is usually more cost effective for a company to have an in-house design staff than to pay for outside creative services. Even when you are idle, the company still saves money by keeping you.
2. Company Benefits: This has always been a good selling point for working in-house. High quality health insurance, disability, retirement, severance, daycare, etc., tends to offset generally lower salaries. These perks may appeal more to an older designer with a family and a mortgage than to a recent graduate, but they are very valuable part of the overall compensation.
3. Predictable Hours: “9-5” is pretty much the rule. There is usually little need to work overtime and lately, more employers are allowing for flexible workweeks.
4. Respectable Portfolio Pieces: If you work for a “Big Name” corporation, your portfolio featuring design pieces with a recognized brand will bolster your confidence and reputation when you decide to interview for your next job.
Busy Graphic Designer
Graphic Designer Websites
If graphic designers are expected to create their own web sites?
I would create my online portfolio, and I have a vision, but I do not fully how to do it and publish it online (do not know how to use Flash, but I know the basics of Dreamweaver). I have seen that if someone more, or use some software to create, be my website for me? I would create my site using Flash.
Are seen only while for a job as a web designer or developer applications. Design still, if you have to run another person so there is no reason why someone should not who knows Flash Site.
Graphic Design Jobs : Getting Freelance Graphic Design Clients
Website Design London
What is a website that I can for printing, cheap t-shirt?
I need a very cheap web site or business (London) who can print shirts The designs and texts on T. Thanks:)
Check out: Try http://www.popfashionstore.com/product/category/Pop-Fashion-T-Shirts-0-0-56-1.html?af=3 You what you need!
Gateway Media Promo Showreel. Video, Web, Design, Marketing (with voiceover by Sir Ian McKellen) VFX
Graphic Design Tutorials
Is it better to go to school to teach art or even if the learning of graphic design?
What is the best option … will art school for four years to learn graphic design or teaching private lessons and in the hotel?
The school had the practice art and design for many years and taught myself graphic design. However, it is a difficult industry to penetrate, and I found that most companies do not give you the opportunity, if you are qualified in the matter!
Graphic Design Tutorial – PhotoText Merge
3d House Design Software
Is there a site online where I can make a 3D design of a house or garage for free?
I’m not looking for free software. Just a web site where I can work on a design for free.
No need for storage or saving what I design, I’d just like to look at it and see what it’s going to look like. If I put in dimensions, it will put a roof on it and I can look at it in 3D.
There really aren’t going to be sites that offer this online activity and storage of files. This is mostly due to the file sizes and the fact that most of the software out there is proprietary, and if there were free sites available, no one would buy the other ones.
I would suggest Google Sketch-Up. There is a free version, not the pro version. There are also many other free, trial, programs out on the web.
MyVirtualHome.asia – Free @ www.myvirtualhome.asia
My Desktop
If I instail windows 7 on my desktop, will it ruin the wireless internet for the laptops in the house?
My desktop computer is still running with windows XP. However, recently it has become extremely slow, taking about twenty minutes just to load a persons name.
I was going to instail windows seven on it, but would that delete the internet and thus ruin the wireless network I have set up for the laptops in my house?
It shouldn’t but the test to be sure is to shut the desktop off and if the internet still works on the laptops you should be fine to install 7.
Kill My Desktop
Web Page Design
I need a good web design company page design my room?
I own a first class lounge, and I find the site web of a construction company, a living quality. Thanks!
Hi, we are designing websites and assisting with the implementation. You can see our work and reach us: http://am22tech.com
Web Site Design : How to Create Rolling Photos on a Web Page