Class Info

  • Date: Oct 31, 2024
  • Meeting Info: 2:15 to 5:35
    P 114

Topic

Midterms grades and Vendor posters grades are in. Today is the last day to review menus. We will review your 3 totes printed and pick one for final next week.
New project use class 6 to make a after effects design.

Adjust typographics (correct tracking/leading/others)
Edit Speed
Edit Color and foreground and background relationship, so that the typography reads well.
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Continued Uniformity with Design

  • The Typographic Grid
    • Why do we use a grid?
    • Columns, Rows, Modules and Zones
  • Style Sheets
    • Why do we do style sheets?
    • The difference between paragraph and character style sheets

Participation Activity

2nd part of class- use class 6 to make a after effects animation. Practice in class, when finished place file in your folder- do this during class.

SKIP THIS—-In InDesign

Create a a new document
11″ x 17″ document

Margins: .5 inches all around

8 columns
.25 gutter

2 pages

NO FACING PAGES

set document

Should look like

Select Parent PAGE
Go to Layout CREATE GUIDES
Enter info as shown. Sometimes you need guides from the top (edge) and sometimes from the margin

Should look like this

You should add additional rows (with gutters) if you are working with zones and modules)

A more complex grid will give you more possibilities

THEN

Start placing this for position only copy. Start to think of hierarchy, placement, use of negative space (within the page). Create a good and attractive typographic composition!

We will review how to maintain copy together (linked), rather than copy and pasting pieces of the copy, and how to place accurately to the grid.

Once you have a good typographical composition.

Take a screenshot

PA_lastname_march14_grid_indesign.jpeg

PLACE in DROPbox (not Open Lab)

Due next class

Print out 1 tote bag for final review, hang up in class and place a jpeg in your folder.

Place 1 Animation made with after effects in your folder. Use steps from class 7.

Make a shake station 1080×1080 social media ad.

Use copy: For you SEAFOOD lovers! FISH FILLET. Come try our new menu.

Design this with type, color and logo. Use your style guide.

Compressed version as specified class 6.

lastname_firstname_animationposter_final.mov

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Print will follow printer’s spreads, rather than logical order of reading

CLASS Last day remarks 🙂

by Prof G

NOTE:
Graphic Assignments are always due the day before class at 11:30 pm, and must be placed in class DROPBOX drive unless indicated otherwise. Assignments done or uploaded during class time on the day that they are due are marked as late.

Participation Activities are due during class and are named and posted as indicated by instructor.