RE: Picking a new software skill

Subject: RE: Picking a new software skill
From: Matthew Horn <mhorn -at- macromedia -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 09:55:18 -0400

>>As tech writers,
>>do you find this to be a prominent software in the
>>profession? Also, do you think it's a good choice in
>>which to invest my time?

Yes it is important to know Photoshop.
No it is not a good use of your time. Most writers (in my experience) can
minimize their use of graphic editing tools to cropping and Save As... You
don't need to know how to do masking and funky effects.

Use your time to learn Java or some other programming language. Knowing one
language will help you understand others and having code samples in addition
to writing samples is a big plus.

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