Hello!

Inclass

Today we will pick up where we left off last week. If you did not show me sketches of your poster concept – please be sure to show my today.

Discuss principles of good poster design (see handout from week 3: ADV1162_DesignPrincipals)

Lesson in Illustrator & Photoshop
-> Review Live Trace (Illustrator)
-> Type Tool (Illustrator)
-> Cropping and transforming (Photoshop)
-> Smart Objects – Illustrator into Photosop (Photoshop)
-> Adjustment layers – brightness and contrast (Photoshop)
-> Layer Mask – blending images (Photoshop)

Class Presentation
James Victore & Deanne Cheuk

Lab time to work. Poster first draft due next week.

Here are a few related online tutorials that might help to reinforce what we look at:
Envelope Distort 1: http://layersmagazine.com/illustrator-text-envelope-distortion.html
Envelope Distort 2: http://www.ndesign-studio.com/tutorials/envelope-distort
Live trace: http://www.tutorial9.net/tutorials/illustrator-tutorials/adobe-illustrator-tip-1-intro-and-livetrace/

Homework
DUE – Poster first draft (Digital files due)
Please bring paper – we will print in class (I will post the specific paper you need to bring to class next week, perhaps you can share to save $)
Make sure to include all the required elements that go within the poster (see ProjectOverview handout from Week3)