Alpha Computer Training Courses - November - Syd & Mel
Alpha Computer Consultants is Australia's Premiere Adobe, Macromedia, and Colour Management Training provider, and has over 25 years experience in publishing and prepress, and over 20 years training experience.We offer Adobe & Macromedia training courses in the areas of publishing, prepress, design, photographic imaging, and multimedia and provide software instruction for applications including PhotoShop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, QuarkXPress, and the Microsoft Office suite. GASAA members receive 10% discount on training courses listed below. The following are dates still available in November for Sydney and Melbourne.

Melbourne
31st October – PhotoShop Level 3
3/4th November – PhotoShop Level 1
7/8th November – InDesign Level 1
10/11th November – Macromedia Flash – Rich Media Design
14/15th November – InDesign Level 2
16/17th November – Macromedia Flash Level 2
24/25th November – PhotoShop Level 2
30th November – InDesign Level 3


Sydney
3rd November – InDesign Conversion I
4th November – InDesign Conversion II
7/8th November - Macromedia Flash MX 2004 – Rich Media Design
9/10th November – Illustrator Level 1
14/15th November – InDesign Level 1
16/17th November- Illustrator Level 2
21/22nd November – InDesign Level 2
22/23rd November – Adobe After Effects

For more information Call Alpha on 1300 880 860
e: sales@alphacc.com.au | w: www.alphacc.com.au

Quark re-affirms commitment to Australian graphic arts community

SYDNEY, Australia — September 22, 2005 — Quark Inc. today announced that it has become a major sponsor of the Graphic Arts Services Association of Australia (GASAA). Quark continues its support of the graphics arts community in Australia by joining this prestigious and established organization that reaches out to more than 6,000 graphic arts businesses and 13,000 individuals working in the graphic arts industry.

“GASAA members and the wider graphic arts market in Australia remain committed to Quark and its award-winning product, QuarkXPress,” said Garry Knespal, Executive Officer of GASAA. “With Quark’s growing presence in Australia, such as naming Scholastic Australia as its master distributor, the market-leading company provides our Australian users with local and dedicated assistance,” continued Knespal.

Quark enables its customers to transform their creative communications business and continues to make its mark in Australia through its distributor/reseller network and strategic support of GASAA. Quark’s flagship product delivers simply faster creative development and print production.

“We are extremely pleased to work with the GASAA,” said Daevid Richards, sales manager for Quark in Australia. “With GASAA’s extensive reach into the professional marketplace, we are confident that Quark’s sponsorship will highlight the value of QuarkXPress 6.5 and the steps we have taken to support the local industry,” remarked Richards.

About Quark
Quark Inc. (www.quark.com) is an industry leader and the only software company providing multi-channel communication and commerce management software solutions that are transforming the business of creative communications. Quark has provided award-winning software for professional publishers since its flagship product, QuarkXPress, changed the course of traditional publishing. Founded in 1981, Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held.

“Quark has undergone a major transformation to become more open and customer-focused, and we have a focused vision to go with our new attitude,” said acting president Linda Chase. “We now provide the tools to express your innermost creativity, build a brand for your business, work together towards a common goal, or help you sell your product. Many people don’t realize how much we’ve evolved. Our new logo and brand will project the significance of this change to our community around the world.”

“Our new logo is one of the most articulate symbols of the new Quark, and I feel proud to have led the team that worked on it,” said Susan Friedman, senior vice president of strategic relations at Quark. “It’s a positive sign of change that has re-energized our staff and caught the attention of our customers and partners, who understand that Quark is dedicated to relationships built on trust and mutual goals. There’s a positive energy with our customers right now, and they’re shaping where this company is going, and how we’ll get there.”

New logo, new identity system

The new logo is a combination of pure geometric forms that suggests a stylized “Q” in a vibrant green that evokes energy and vitality.

“It’s fresh, inviting, and open,” said Glen Turpin, Quark’s director of corporate communications. “It’s radically different from our old logo. That’s why it’s the perfect symbol for the new Quark. Our company has changed dramatically. Like our new logo, once people catch a glimpse of who we are today and where we’re going, we’ll be impossible to ignore.”

The logo was designed by SicolaMartin, a division of Young & Rubicam Brands. “This really was an incredible opportunity for us, as an agency. We specialize in high-tech clients, so usually we’re doing work that speaks to IT professionals. To get to actually target designers, art directors, and creative professionals was a really fun challenge for us,” said Steve Martin, senior vice president and executive creative director at SicolaMartin. “Not only that, but to have the freedom to re-brand such a well-known company as Quark — and to create a new logo for them, as well? We were excited.”

Quark green
In support of the launch of Quark’s new brand identity, Pantone Inc., the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, has dubbed PANTONE 368 as “Quark Green.”

According to Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, renowned color psychologist, and author of five books on color, “PANTONE 368 was the perfect choice for an innovative company such as Quark. This yellow green, a symbol of growth, is invigorating and revitalizing, and breathes new life into a brand, in addition to drawing attention to it. By embracing this color for its new logo, Quark is giving its customers the connotation of the continuing growth of ideas and concepts, and that it is on the edge of new technologies.”

“The green just came into being. I was looking for something that would take Quark in a completely new direction — a color that was friendly and inviting, but would also really help Quark stand apart. We wanted to help Quark break out of the visual ‘sea of sameness’ that lumps together so many corporate software companies,” said Chris Wood, creative director at SicolaMartin and designer of the new Quark logo. “It really was an evolution. The more I played with the green, the more it came to represent so many things that Quark has gone through: rejuvenation, growth, and rebirth. It just seemed to make sense.”

About Quark

Quark Inc. (www.quark.com) is an industry leader and the only software company providing multi-channel communication and commerce management software solutions that are transforming the business of creative communications. Quark has provided award-winning software for professional publishers since its flagship product, QuarkXPress, changed the course of traditional publishing. Founded in 1981, Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held.


Quark and Quark related marks are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Quark Inc. and all applicable affiliated companies, Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. and in many other countries. PANTONE is a registered trademark of Pantone, Inc. All other marks are the properties of their respective owners. Contact: Glen Turpin, Quark Inc., gturpin@quark.com, 1-303-894-3687 | General press inquiries: pr@quark.com | Online press center: www.quark.com/about/presscenter| RSS news feed: www.quark.com/about/presscenter/rss/quarkPressRelease-rss20.cfm

GASAA Resources for Sale
A range of resources are now available for purchase, including books, publications, webinars and pantone colour resources.
More info: click here

Welcome New Members
GASAA would like to welcome the following members and principal representatives to the association, that have joined in the last month or so:

BT Equipment (NSW) - Barbara MacKenzie
Corel Pty Ltd (NSW) - Kym de Warren
Department of Lands (NSW) - Paul Haysom
Design Copy Print (NSW) - Geoff Connor
Macintype Design (NSW) - Steve Sutherland
Fishprint (VIC) - Peter Booth
GlobalPack (VIC) - Michael Vrljic
Landor Associates (NSW) - Crawford Weir
Prominent Group (VIC) - Paul McInneny
Shepson Printing (NSW) - Luke Everingham
Splitting Image Colour Studio (SA) - Peter Warren
Worldwide Online Printing (Richmond, VIC) - Ken Dowling

For a full list of our members - click here or checkout our new services directory - click here

Would you like your company name up here? Join GASAA NOW!