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Designed as a
national ad to launch the Town of Summerfield, NC into their
economic development plan. This ad brought many of the town's
business, their agencies and the APFS design, photography, preflighting
and desktop publishing services together for the compiling and
publication of this full page ad to be featured in the October
2004 issue of US Air's Attaché Magazine. In addition APFS
printed 1000 single sheets to help with pre-launch marketing for
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Design &
printing of custom short run postcards |
As an Adobe trained
graphic designer and a certified graphic designer Maggie Houston has had
extended studies with the American Film Institute and the Kauai Film
Institute and completed the certified graphic design I and II level courses for
graphic design certification with DGI of Indiana.
 As 1 of only 15 people, she
studied with Adobe Photoshop program co-developer/art director Russell Brown in 1996. After teaching herself
basic html, Maggie created her first page in order to satisfy course requirements.
Because she has a deep interest in video and streaming technology she also submitted
a Beta format promotional video tape which was designed by Maggie and edited on an Avid
system with the help of cameraman Jim Waters. For her effort she was chosen by Adobe
and the American Film Institute as one of only fifteen people for the Digital Video Master Class. This class
was sponsored by Adobe, Apple, Eastman Kodak, and AFI.
http://www.filmkauai.com/cafe/live.html
Please visit the her personal site page created
while in Hawaii.
http://www.filmkauai.com/cafe/MaggieHouston/
Choosing a desktop publishing specialist
Think of this...
- Maggie brings a highly evolved 28 year background from
traditional printing and photography which gives her an excellent background
for desktop publishing. Before working with electronic media she was a
transparency retoucher and photo illustrator.
- Maggie has taken the time to train with the best.
Her approach is as a professional computer software operator and image manipulator.
- With her education in digital video and non-linear editing she has
positioned herself as an administrator/ implementer for graphics, website development, and
CD/Video project management. Maggie has developed her own TV series "Exploring
Natural Ways" and is co-host of "The M&M Show" to keep her sharp and expand her experience.
This program is the basis of her Doctoral Thesis in Divinity.
She
received her Doctorate of Divinity in August 2000.
Strengths
Maggie Houston is a certified graphic designer and
a rare desktop publishing specialist, dedicated
to completing her assignments and holding the responsibility that clients place
with her.
 Training
Maggie has hundreds of hours in learning
diverse programs and hard to grasp concepts.
She works on both the IBM and MAC platforms with comfort. Her students build
confidence and ability. She has the talent to transfer difficult concepts with
patience to the student at any level.
Graphic Design
Because of her training and talents, coupled with her sensitivity to the ideas she
receives from the client, she handles direction and works for functional creativity.
Maggie has a very unusual background having working in all aspects of business from
the financial, sales, development and production. She and APFS have been valued suppliers
to several Fortune 500 companies over the 24 years that the company has been in business.
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