So, as you know, I'm trying to learn as much as I can so I can work for my friend in the future (internet consulting/sales) and do web design/editing for him. He currently has someone working for him now on a part-time basis. I just talked to this guy to get a better idea of what I need to know. I'm freaking out. I am so clueless and I'm afraid it'll take me forever to get up to speed. He uses ImageReady (in Photoshop) to create html tables with slices (no idea what I'm talking about) and then puts it into Dreamweaver. So now I need Photoshop (the full one w/ ImageReady) AND Dreamweaver. I am already broke and I don't even know if I'll be any good at this. Dreamweaver is not very user friendly (I have the trial version but it just expired today). Sorry for the vent, and that's all this is... I don't really expect any response, I'm just feeling a little worried that I'm taking all of this on and I'm going to suck at it. Is 4 months even a reasonable amount of time to learn all of this? I'm afraid my friend is going to hire this guy full-time and then I'll be screwed.
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Feeling Stressed ... Can I really do this??
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It's not a lot of time, but you can learn a lot about web design (the technology) quickly if you apply yourself. My only advice on the software would be to forget about Photoshop and go for a Dreamweaver/Fireworks combination (available as part of the Studio MX 2004 product suite). Dreamweaver is a bit heavy at first - but you'll soon get into it. Fireworks shares the same front-end (the two products integrate very well) so you'll have less to learn. Photoshop is overkill for beginner web work - and it takes a lot of learning; I found Fireworks a lot easier to pick up first before moving onto PS later.h0kie99 said:
As for the creative side - that's tricky. Look around the web for inspiration (don't steal ideas - jsut learn from the best out there) and take inspiration from the "real" world too; magazines, flyers, posters, dvd menus... fine art if you want a challenge.
And if you get stuck, it seems that there are a lot of pro designers here willing to help - not that I include myself in that; I'm always happy to help, but consider myself exceptionally amateur at web design.
