I’m pleased to announce that we have a guest speaker for the June meeting! My good friend Tyra Robertson is visiting from Chicago, and has agreed to give a demonstration of some illustration software for us.

Topic Synopsis
Overview of Adobe Illustrator CS4 and it’s (free) alternative, Inkscape. Illustrator can be considered a hybrid software because it includes features from both Photoshop and InDesign as well as having its own tool set. Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator and CorelDraw.

Speaker Bio
Tyra Robertson has been a multimedia technologist for 5 years. Her skill set encompasses all of the software and hardware needed for graphic and web design, still and video photography, and sound recording and editing.

She has been working with, and ripping the guts out of, Macs for 15 years. She has been lucky enough to work with Apple as a Campus Rep and at an Apple flagship store on Michigan Avenue in Chicago.

Currently, Tyra works at Roosevelt University in Chicago. She manages 70 Macs spread across three labs, the student internet radio station, and the student newspaper. Tyra has been a graphic designer for 15 years and in her spare time runs a freelance design business, the design function.

After Tyra’s presentation, we will open up the floor for anyone who wants to share tips and tricks they have learned. Diane will do some upgrade and repair tips, and anyone else is welcome to bring something to share.