magazine article: You should have:

• photos
• article
• original abstract or summary
• original comment, reaction, aside

You should be:

• Photoshop quick-fixing your photos
  • use .psd files
  • 300 dpi
  • CMYK is better for print
• creating backgrounds with brushes
• drawing a masthead (magazine name) and title using Illustrator
• laying out your multi-page article in InDesign

We will

-go over setting up docs in InDesign

-meet one-on-one

brochure // booklet: You should have:

-photos

-text

You should be:
-Photoshop quick-fixing your photos
-creating backgrounds with brushes

-drawing a logo or title using Illustrator

-laying out your brochure or booklet in InDesign

We will

-go over setting up docs in InDesign

-meet one-on-one

Please check out and possibly comment on the brainstorming of others in the class forum.

Anatomy of a brochure
-folds
-panels

Links
Best of Brochure Design
Brochure Design (technical)
Brochure Design (conceptual)

Photoshop Quick-Fix

Learn how to make significant improvements to your photos in 30 - 60 seconds per photo.

• crop for composition
• adjust levels for better contrast and brightness
• perform touch-ups on blemishes

Photoshop Quick-Fix (4 minute video)

Try it yourself with your own photos.

Or download the photo I used in the video (2.5mb).

Tutorials:

• Illustrator swirls & swooshes
• reflected text (Try this for cool looking titles.)
• logo designs (with animals)

One-Page Document feedback

• Check out the following:
  • jazz-fest
  • NDG
• orphans & widows
• CRAP
  • contrast
  • repetition
  • alignment
  • proximity
• Problem with submitting .indd
  • missing links
  • missing fonts
  • submit a .pdf by doing:
  • File > Export > .pdf for print

Topic 9: Illustrator: Practicing the pen!

• what is Illustrator?
• drawing basic shapes
• drawing with the pen tool
  

trace with the pen tool..... (copy & paste into Illustrator)

Skills to learn

• pen tool
• 4 types of control (anchor) points
1. no control handlers
2. 2 handlers connected
3. single handler
4. 2 handlers disconnected
• select tool
• sub-select tool

Font-ology

• regular
  • serif vs. sans-serif
• decorative
• script
• mono (typewriter)

Readings:

• choosing a font blog entry
• classic sans-serif fonts
• classic serif fonts
• 19 top fonts in 19 top combinations
• download the .pdf
• ban comic-sans (humorous message)

Topic 8: resolution & colour space

Resolution

There are 2 basic resolutions you should know:

• 72 dpi (pixels per inch) web / monitor / TV
• 300 dpi (dots per inch) print (magazines, books etc)

Your images should be 300 dpi for your one-page document

In Photoshop:

• Image > Image Size
• turn OFF resample image
• set Resolution to 300 dpi (see example)
• save
• Do again changing size as needed with resample image on

Colour Space

There are 2 basic colour spaces with which you should be familiar:

• RGB (red, green, blue) for web / monitor / TV
• CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) print

Your images should be CMYK for your one-page document

Fancy Smancy backgrounds

• download brushes.zip (10mb)
• extract all to the following location:
  C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS5\Presets\Brushes
• be sure to restart Photoshop if it is already open
• to select a new brush, right-click the page with the brush tool, then click on the arrow in the top right-hand corner
• Pro Tip: use layers to be able to adjust opacity of different brushes later

Topic 7: intro to InDesign

to get started

• download hecho_en_mexico.zip (10mb)
• save onto your memory stick
• right-click > extract all

tasks:

• add & thread text
• place & flow text manually & semi-automatically
• drop caps
• add a pull-quote and wrap text
• format a frame
  • outline
  • inset & outset
  • alignment
  • effects
• create and apply paragraph & character styles
• work with graphics
• apply object styles
• place graphics

Read this:

http://www.johnlovett.com/test.htm

And / Or this:
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/principles_of_design/

Topic 6: selection and masking cont.

• find edges: mimosa_mask_find_edges.jpg
• tutorials:
  • selection & masking
  • more CS5 selection & masking

Topic 5: selection and masking

• selection tools
  • quick
  • magic wand
  • lasso (lasso, polygon & magnetic)
• masking:
  • make a reasonable selection
  • click "mask" button in layers panel
  • fine tune with brushes where black hides, white reveals and shades of gray create transparency
• try with the shot of the Chateau Frotenac
• see my effort
• download lotus_flower.jpg
• use selection & masking tools to replace the background with a lotus flower. see example
• find edges: mimosa_mask_find_edges.jpg

Topic 4: Composition

• rule of thirds (review)
  • see the rule of thirds
  • examples (see Kodak site)
• close cropping (review)
  • see GeoffLawrence.com for a tutorial
  • and some examples of close cropping
• point-of-view
  • get low (especially for kids and pets)
  • get high (your point-of-view!!)
  • be creative

Topic 3: digital camera technique

• half-depress of shutter release
• prefocusses and sets exposure
  • for difficult lighting situations
  • for fast-moving subjects
  • for timing

Topic 1: photoshop

Download the following photo "yoga_girl.jpg" (right-click > save target as);

Photoshop Quick Fix:

• crop for composition
• adjust colours using levels
• touch-ups

Topic 2: Digital Photography

• composition (see Kodak site)
• cropping for composition (see GeoffLawrence.com)
• rule of thirds (see this and this)
• top 10 tips from Kodak

Bring your cameras & photos next week!!