If she didn't know something, she made sure that she researched and came up with the answer the next time we met. She was great with us very friendly and patient. She agreed to take on my sister and me at our very "beginner" level in Photoshop. Katherine, 4 lessons with Shirley Better with age! She really cares about her students and their projects. Shirley is helping me with Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and she always answers my questions and provides additional short tasks to help me grasp the concepts. James, 2 lessons with Shirley Highly skilled and excellent at explaining things Her rate is so low and her knowledge is so great, she provides a great value. Tied of wasting hours trying to figure out. Formatting issues? In Design is such a complex software package that for the casual user it is near impossible to use efficient. MaAnna, 1 lesson with Shirley A rock star.ĭo you understand Adobe Threads and how to disconnect and rethread? Adobe help manuals are rudimentary. I look forward to working with her again.
Shirley understood exactly what I was trying to accomplish and gave me super tips to make the process faster and easier. Interests: Art (especially computer-generated), photography, hiking, health and nutrition. As such I keep up to date on their software and completed their "Train the Trainer" course in 2018.īelieving in an immersive, hands-on experience for the learner, I find instructing through Wyzant to be a unique opportunity, and have an open-door policy when it comes to answering student's questions.Īpplications: Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate), iBooksAuthor.Ĭoding languages: AppleScript, JavaScript, ActionScript 3, XML, HTML5, CSS3, AppsScript. I appreciate being honored as an Adobe Community Professional (ACP).
My greatest challenge is in staying at the forefront of a technology that is changing almost daily. I have written articles for magazines, published books on the subject of using scripts to automate applications, and often contribute to user groups on the web.Īs I look back at over 30 years of experience I know my greatest sense of accomplishment is in helping students hone their skills and go on to fulfill their dreams. I have been invited to speak at seminars, participate as a leader in user work groups, and conduct side-sessions for user conferences. As the information age shifted from print to web and mobile devices, I added cross-publishing and User Experience (UX) with emphasis on ePub. From there I have worked on specific projects such as catalog and book production. From 1997 to 2007 I worked for a software development company, traveling extensively teaching automation techniques and programming for the newspaper industry. As fate would have it, I became an early-adopter for using computers in the graphic arts and printing industry, and ended up teaching in the industry rather than in the classroom. My goal as a young student was to become a teacher.
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