CHAPTER 2

NO MORE MIND CONTROL

If you don’t control your mind, someone else will.

—JOHN ALLSTON

She was tired: of graphic design programs that took students months to learn; of trying to teach them fast enough to no avail; of linear, rigid, closed systems with learning curves that felt like mountains, even for creatives. She was also frustrated with working in a controlled system. She’d had it. She would break free by building her own design program, something the world needed more than it knew.

What if she could create a platform that would simplify it all for every-one? And, with its ease of use and accessibility, become a challenger to a more complex Adobe Photoshop experience? Melanie Perkins partnered with Cliff Obrecht to launch Fusion ...

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