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Illustrator

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I attended two courses this week for Adobe Illustrator. Bizarrely, it’s not a program I’ve used before, even though I edit using Premiere and use Photoshop daily for work. There were some development opportunities available in my team, though, so I thought it might be interesting to take a formal approach to learning the program rather than my usual self-teaching.

I was surprised how good the course was!

I was also retrospectively shocked at how much time I’d spent trying to hack Photoshop to do what Illustrator is built to do: design. It was a real eye-opening course which set my mind off in a million directions on what I could create next. So whilst I come to terms with it, I’d like to share with you the first object I’ve designed with my new knowledge: a sparkly diamond, because… why not? I’m happy with it. It looks sexy.

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Video Kit

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Today saw the unboxing of a huge amount of new video equipment I ordered for our Corp Comms team; this afternoon was essentially a work-related Christmas, filled with the unwrapping of new toys.

I have a lot to work out with the new DSLR, but I’m immediately satisfied by the new lights I bought. We trialed our first three-point light set up (two box lights, and a spot behind) which elevated the quality of the to-camera pieces immensely. One of the new lenses, a Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8, yielded such a gorgeous picture that tears unconsciously graced my cheeks.

Whilst I mainly do internal video comms for work, the beauty of this equipment is that it’s professional level quality; external facing videos are on the agenda for this quarter so expect me to be able to share some of the results with you soon!

Side note: I got up early and made my own breakfast (that wasn’t cereal) for the first time in years today. Scrambled eggs, avocado, and beans on an English muffin. I was so proud I almost became one of those Instagram food photographers… but my hunger prevented us all from that fate.