最近在看一些國外學校的資料，剛好讀到
Art Center College of Design這所美國知名的學校，他們培養了很多非常優秀的人才，其中台灣知名的校友有龔友誠(國際知名廣告導演)、包益民(包氏國際有限公司負責人、實踐大學視傳系專任講師)、陳遠修(銘傳大學設計管理研究所專任教授)、楊德泰(電影《鯊魚黑幫》電腦動畫總監)等，
這裡也有一些對他們的介紹。在Art Center 2007/2008年招生型錄，裡面寫了一些不錯文句，其中的"The Design Five" 點出了他們教育的最高宗旨，和大家一起分享！
"The Design Five" by Nate Young, Executive Vice Presidnet and Chief Academic Officer, reflects Art Center's educational philosophy of inspiring creative vision as the ultimate value in design education. By the time our students graduate, they are producing work that reflects a level of skill and conceptual thinking that may have seemed beyond reach at the time they entered the school. This is a direct result of our commitment to excellence and our unique approach to education. At Art Center, we focus on five core creative concepts in preparing our students for leadership roles, which may be as diverse as running a large company, heading a design firm, or simply working in their own studios.
These core concepts - the Design Five - represent the unique attributes of creative thinkers. If you're interested in attending Art Center, chances are that you possess these abilities to varying degrees and are already using them intuitively. With an art and design education, you'll be taught how to apply them in a formal and systematic way. By understanding and controlling these abilities, you can develop your innate talent so that creating the extraordinary is possible - as you will see in the work by Art Center students and alumni reproduced in the pages that follow.
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SeeAs a designer or artist, you have full visual literacy and the ability to see in a way that others can't. You are visual translator of the world around you, seeing reality and then interpreting it through your own filter. We call this the art of seeing beyond the obvious. The ability to conjure a highly articulated vision is an extremely valuable skill in art and design, as well as in management and leadership.
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ConnectYou are able to connect what you see with other areas of knowledge you've already stored away. You accumulate and inventory thoughts, ideas, pictures, and experiences, and then draw from this mental library when needed. This is the art of bringing seemingly disparate things together, used to create solutions that are often unexpected and elegant yet relevant.
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InterpretYou have the ability to clarify new concepts and describe what you conceptualize, making these ideas understandable to others. You act as a translator, capturing ideas visually and communicating them in many different "languages", including the written and spoken word. This is the art of interpreting your vision, allowing others to see it as you do.
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AppealYou have a deep understanding of human motivations and the ability to appeal to these emotions. You have the power to excite your audience or attract consumers by the aesthetics, function, and emotional appeal of the objects you create. This is the art of connecting with the human spirit.
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InfluenceUltimately, your role as a designer or artist has the potential to be one of great influence, with the ability to reach a vast audience. As you prepare for a leadership role in the art or design world, you understand that you will have the ability to influence the companies that employ you and all the people who experience what you create. Therefore you will have the responsibility of acting as the social conscience within your environment. This is the art of delivering a message.
一手掌控工作面板(Panels)。Photoshop Lightroom主要有四個工具面板，按一下"Tab"鍵，可以隱藏左邊和右邊的工具面板；按下"Shift"鍵加上"Tab"鍵，它會幫你隱藏所有的工具面板…除了工具列。按下"Ctrl"+"Shift"+"F"的話呢？它會把你所有的工具面板都隱藏起來，效果和"Shift+Tab"類似，但此舉會將Photoshop Lightroom變成全螢幕的狀態，你可以試著比較看看唷。其實每個工具面板也都有自己的快速鍵，上、下、左、右依序是F5、F6、F7、F8鍵。再告訴你一個小密訣，如果你覺得對這些被隱藏的工具面板三不五時自己又跳出來(因為自己手賤把滑鼠移到點點三角形上面，讓工具面板暫時性的顯示出來)感到厭煩，你可以在工具面板的三角形上按右鍵，選"Manual"(手動調整)，這工具面板就會變成只有在當你點選的時候才會跳出來；工具面板的預設值(default setting)是"Auto Hide & Show"(自動隱藏與顯示)。
更大的字！如果你覺得這Photoshop Lightroom的工具面板裡頭的字實在是太小了，每次都要瞇瞇眼的看這些設定，可不可以把它們變大呢？既然我都問了，答案一定是可以囉！沒錯！到Preference參數設定(Edit編輯->Preference)裡頭的Interface(介面)，有個Panel Font Size的設定，預設值是small(小的)，把它改成Large(大的)，然後再重新啟動Photoshop Lightroom；以後工具面板的字體就會變大很多唷！這下可不必戴眼鏡看這些小字了…
僅顯示單一工具(Going Solo)。如果你只想單獨顯示工具面板裡頭的某個功能，例如只顯示Quick Develope(快速調整)(在Library模式右邊工具面板的Quick Develope)功能就好了，其它不需要出現，你可以在具板的名字上，也就是Quick Develope這幾個英文字上按右鍵，選Solo Mode，Photoshop Lightroom就會把這個工具面板中的其它面板給隱藏起來，只顯示這個面板。
小標記(Badge)不止是小標記！嗯…這小標記是什麼東東呀？其實它就是你在Library模式下、照片右下角看到的一些小圖示(在Photoshop Lightroom裡管它叫"Badge"，你的朋友可能也是這樣來稱呼識別證的…)，不同的標記代表不同的意義，但意思就是這照片有使用某些工具來調整過；如果直接在這些小標記上點一下，Photoshop Lightroom會把這照片所使用的工具面板給叫出來，讓你可以很方便的做影像調整唷！
局部的色階分佈圖(Selective Histogram)。通常每張照片都會有自己的色階分佈圖(Histogram)，但有時候我們不想要檢視全部的色階，只想看例如人的「臉」的部份時，有辦法只顯示這個部份就好嗎？(嗯…如果你不知道影像分佈圖是什麼的話，你得先了解一下才是，反正就是某些照片色彩資訊呈現的一種方式就是了…)你可以用Develop模式工具列(Toolbar)裡的裁切工具(Crop Overlay ，快速鍵"R")，把照片暫時的裁到只有你想要看到的部份，例如「臉」，然後按下完成(Done)鍵(或者裁切工具快點兩下)，這樣就會只顯示出臉部的色階分佈圖唷！嗯…但這有什麼作用呢？呵呵…一切都是為了更快速的編輯照片呀！事實上，這樣的裁切是暫時性的，Photoshop Lightroom仍然保留照片原始屬性，因為它是一種非破壞性(Non-Destruction)照片編輯軟體，裁過的照片隨時都可以復原，只需在裁切工具面板按下清除鍵"Clear"；但如此的裁切動作卻帶來另一個優點：更單純的影像，你不需要被其它複雜的色彩與圖案所影響！建議你把辛苦拍攝的照片輸入後，邊評分等級(Rate，幾顆星)，邊裁切(Crop)，然後再調整照片或做其它的動作。
