dcr Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 In order to learn Designer, I've made it a point to use it daily (since January 1, 2021). When I don't have actual work to do, I will do a simple sketch or something just to practice and/or experiment with different tools and features. I know there are things that cannot be done in Designer (yet) and I know the things I can. But, I don't know what I don't know and I'm thinking maybe others are in the same boat? I know there are tutorials and videos and so on, but I generally use those for reference or help and not discovery. What I've thought might be useful is if there was a weekly challenge (perhaps in the "Share your work" section) that would highlight a specific tool or feature in Designer and present users with a challenge to utilize that tool or feature in an illustration or other project. Not for prizes or anything but just to show off the different features, especially those that aren't readily apparent. This would also be something generally simpler than many tutorials. That is, many tutorials show how to do something but using multiple tools and features. What I'm thinking here is just to focus on one tool or feature and utilizing it to build familiarity. That doesn't rule out the possibility of one week's challenge following up on the previous week's challenge but mainly this would be one thing at a time. This could possibly be done for Photo as well. I'm just thinking this might be an additional learning aid. I remember one or two threads in the "Share your work" section where users have done something similar. Something like this thread: I didn't post in that thread, but I found it useful. I've followed that "challenge" on more than one occasion when experimenting in Designer to create images just using the shape tools. I was already familiar with the shape tool and had already done similar things, but it was fun to see how others did it as well. And, for me, threads like that are useful in learning Designer because you either learn new uses for tools you thought you were familiar with or you might learn about tools or features you otherwise might never have happened upon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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