PDF Portfolio
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- engine_heart
Who's got one? Is it set up to be single page or spread? I'm talking about a portfolio purely to be seen in PDF format not for prepping to print.
Examples might be nice! Thanks.
- akrokdesign0
i would put 3 to 5 pieces of work. the issue is the file size, if you have to email it. it has to be small. other wise, you can rock on.
- thanks! akrok do you remember me? me site is up after your criticizing my place holder. ha!engine_heart
- i have it layout as my site.akrokdesign
- i'm not sure what that meansengine_heart
- for a better tomorow™ :-Dakrokdesign
- hold on. uploading.akrokdesign
- done. see next post.akrokdesign
- akrokdesign0
- Akrok get rid of the pixelation. For one page you can make the resolution better then that. AD would have a heart attack.FredMcWoozy
- it's optimized as hell. lol.
no, but i get your point. it's true. i need a better one.akrokdesign
- baseline_shift0
why not just use your website?
- NONEIS0
Make it multi-page, the single page layout feels more like a design, than you showing us some work.
Try to simplify it, a single page might feel simple, but the design you went with is "busy" in my book.
Add a paragraph instead of a single sentence that explains your involvement in each piece, remove the self deprecating line at the top, and keep the text black on white, not black on grey, make the last page a standard CV so I can remind myself who you are, and what your background is when I am done looking.
Good Luck Mayne!
- johndiggity0
make sure it is landscape and not portrait so one page fits on screen without scrolling.
http://johnmchugh.net/john_mchug… (40mb—there's a video in it)- 40mb...
that's an whole other level! :-)akrokdesign - it's not, the video takes up 35 of it and i can't figure out how to compress it.johndiggity
- 40mb...
- engine_heart0
do we agree with the 3 to 5 pieces of work? I don't want it to be a carbon copy of my website so I am thinking this might be a good idea along with a more detailed project explanation maybe?
- i think that's good. mine is more because i use it to present on interviews. i use my site as more of a teaser.johndiggity
- dirtydesign0
- < no excuses, but this is old. reworking my stuff now.dirtydesign
- nice work dirty!utopian
- ryngo0
You want to try and keep it down to around 3mbs to if you can.
It's better to send less, if they want to see more they will ask for more.
- dan53820
for 3-5 pages you can easily make it under 3mb in fact it really should be around 700k at a good resolution for that many pages. The key to keeping it small is to make your pdf properly. Properly means doing it the old way of printing a postscript file then creating a pdf file from that in Distiler.
- thismanslife0
PDF tips:
1. Watch your compression, don't muddy your hard work with heavy JPGing
2. Acrobat lets you customise "initial view" (ie. how the PDF presents itself when first opened) - Setup your zoom level and what toolbars are shown (you can even tell it to open fullscreen, though it will ask 'permission' when viewed) - experiment.
3. Watch your filesize