ADV1160 – Week8
As we move into Spring break I want to leave you with a few additional thoughts. In the next few days each of you should be receiving an individual email from me with feedback on your covers as well as your midterm standing. Please email me if you do not receive this by Friday April 2nd. If I did not receive your cover in class you were supposed to email me a low resolution draft, without that I can not give you a grade.
Here are the handouts I gave in-class
ADV1160 Checklist
ADV1160 Design Principals
Homework:
Over the break I would like you to work on the following (please read carefully):
1. Watch 2 helpful videos about using InDesgin: (there a bunch of videos on this site so feel free to explore.)
http://www.articleswave.com/videocategories/desktop_publishing.html
a. This one is about setting up guides and baseline grids: Adobe InDesign CS3 Essentials – How to Create Guides
b. And this one is about threading text in InDesign: Adobe InDesign CS3 Essentials – How to Thread a Text Frames
2. If you have not already done so, set up your spreads for the booklet in InDesgin and get the text placed into columns. Make sure you follow the projects specifications, you can find all the necessary handouts for that here: (ADV1160 – Week7)
You can download an example of the booklet here: Booklet Example
3. Revise your ‘Typography’ covers based on your in-class critique (and the email you will be receiving from me). I will accept revisions and that can improve your grade.
4. Typography take-home QUIZ
Please print and hand back to me next class. You will find all the answers in the handouts I have given over the term (all of them are posted on this site). You can also find answers online…
We will be moving into our second project by April 23rd. And week 12 we will be taking a field trip, I will give more detail when we return.
I hope you find time to enjoy the time off despite all this work.
Let me know if you have questions. I will be out of town until April 2nd, I will get back to you after that date.
ADV3550 – Week8
Today in class we will continue with the lesson from last week: building a simple website from scratch. I will show you how to optimize your images in Photoshop. We will focus on images and building the ‘gallery’ section of your site.
DUE: Web layout design (in Photoshop or Illustrator). Please save into my drop folder: ‘ghitchings’/ ‘ADV3350’.
Here is the lesson example for week8, please download:
ADV3350 Week8 Lesson Example
Here is the handout for week 8:
ADV3550 Optimizing Graphics
Homework:
1. Over the break continue to work on your website. See if you can get the basic structure built out in HTML.
2. Organize and revise the portfolio pieces you plan to show in your website (see last weeks handout).
ADV1160 – Week7
This week in-class we a started the take-home MIDTERM. We set up the file in InDesign and started to place all the copy onto the pages and spreads according to project specifications.
In InDesign I showed :
- Placing Text
- Text threading
- Paragraph Formatting
- Character vs paragraph formatting: leading, kerning, tracking
- Drop Caps
- Working with Styles: Paragraph styles, character styles, nested styles
- Master Pages
- Printing with crop marks
See the handouts below:
Download Copy For Booklet Here
Here are the handouts for week 7:
ADV1160 MIDTERM (take-home): document specifications for booklet
ADV1160 InDesign
Homework:
1. Finalize your ‘Typography’ cover design. If you have time you might even play with another variation of the cover.
2. Take-home MIDTERM. See if you can get all the text placed.
We will review in class next week and I would like to collect. Bring them to class printed out, and trimmed to size (black and white is fine).
ADV3550 – Week7
Monday, in class we:
1. Built a simple website from scratch. You are welcome to use this code for the basis of your site:
ADV3350 Week7 Lesson Example
ADV3350 Week7 In-Class Lesson Competed
2. Reviewed the website layout that you built for homework in either Photoshop or Illustrator.
Here are the handouts for week 7:
ADV3550 CSS Navigation (reading)
ADV3550 Developing Content (DUE: April 12th)
Homework:
Please finalize your web design. I will collect your work next week. And we will begin to ’slice’ and ‘optimize’ the static designs and rebuild in HTML.
ADV1160 – Week6
For homework:
1. Finish designing the ‘Typography’ cover you were working on in class (in Photoshop). Be sure to work with only high-resolution images (350dpi).
2. Create two new sketches to experiment with additional ways you could display the word ‘Typography’ in your layout.
3. Read the copy for the booklet text (see below).
Here are handouts given in week 6:
ADV1160 Week6 Agenda
ADV1160 Week6 – Photoshop – Step by step
ADV1160 Copy for Booklet
ADV3550 – Week6
Here are handouts given in week 6:
ADV3550 Homework Week6
ADV3550 Handout: Positioning CSS
ADV3550 In-Class Checklist
ADV1160 – Week5
Here are handouts given in week 5:
ADV1160 Week5 Agenda
ADV1160 Project Overview
ADV1160 Week5 – Photoshop step by step
For homework:
1. Finish ‘Comping Type’ exercise.
2. Continue to work on your ‘Typography’ sketches from last week.
3. Bring in two high resolution photos to class next week. We will be developing the ‘Typography’ sketches in Photoshop next week.
ADV1160 – Week4
Here are the handouts for week4:
ADV1160 Project Overview
ADV1160 Week4 Agenda
Here are two examples of magazine spreads:
Magazine Example1
Magazine Example2
For inspiration be sure to check out this site:
http://designarchives.aiga.org
ADV1160 – Week3
Here are handouts given in week 3:
ADV1160 Week3 Agenda
ADV1160 Week3 Terms
ADV1160 CompingType
Here is a copy of the in-class presentation:
ADV1160 Type Anatomy
For next week don’t forget to bring in a magazine. We will be looking at the layout design.
ADV3550 – Week 2
Here are handouts given in week 2:
ADV3550 Project Overview
ADV3550 Week2 Assignment
ADV3550 CSS Basics
You can download example files here: ADV3350 Week2 Lesson Example
