Graphic Design, Web Design, Web Development

The Software and The Possibly-Related Skills

To be successful in all things graphic design, web design and web development, there are a fair number of programs, apps and technologies you must know. Here are a fair number that I know and/or love. Some more than others. Contact me for details.

Also, see my design/development portfolio for examples of how I’ve put these bits of code and knowledge to good use.

Possibly Related

In addition to the software above, I’m actually quite adept at hardware and the IT side of things. Worth a mention because this always seems to be needed—and greatly appreciated. For example, new computer (and user) setup, user management, hardware upgrades (hard drives, memory, video cards, cameras…), printers, wired and wireless networking (ask me about my love of Ubiquiti/UniFi) and more.

Thanks to years of in-depth camera geekiness experience, I often serve as the in-house photographer and video guy; seems to go along with the territory.

Also good with hand tools and power tools, just in case you were wondering. 😉

Current Play List

Pun intended. I’m always interested in—and playing with—new(ish) technologies and trends. Keeping up with everything isn’t possible, but lately these have made the cut:

• DaVinci Resolve (vs. Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects)
• Affinity Designer (vs. Adobe Illustrator)
• Affinity Photo (vs. Photoshop)
• Affinity Publisher (vs. InDesign)
• CSS Grid
• TypeScript
• Progressive Web Apps
• GraphQL
• Svelte 3
• Blender (3D Modeling)
• Autodesk Fusion 360 (3D Modeling)