COMM 208: InDesign/PhotoShop

Help Manual

To import a photo

1. File - Place 2. Place photo on page

To size photo proportionally

1. Click on photo 2. Press down Shift and Ctrl buttons 3. Drag photo from corner (blue box)

To import text

1. Make text tool active 2. Click mouse on draw

text box 3. Paste in text

To make the page bigger/smaller

1. Hold down the Ctrl key and press the + or - key

Use the small blue boxes to manipulate objects; the red box is for jumps

InDesign

PhotoShop 5 things you need to do in PhotoShop

1. Open photo File - Open - find photo and double click

2. Tone photo Image - Adjustment - Auto level (Use Curves if you prefer)

3. Sharpen photo Filter - Sharpen - Sharpen

4. Size photo Image - Image size (or use Crop tool) *Good rule of thumb for class: 10 inches on longest side Resolution: 100 pixels/inch Make sure all boxes are checked

5. Save photo File - Save As *Save photos as .jpg to a place where you can find them

Designing with images

Three shapes to images

Horizontal

Square Vertical

Some pages don’t have images on them; this trend is diminishing

Usually a design can at least feature a mug shot on a page

Horizontals (like the horizon)

Basic structure to a horizontal package

Photo

Headline

Cutline and photo credit

Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story.

Horizontals II

Photo

Headline Cutline and photo credit

Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story.

Let’s build horizontal packages

We are going to need: PhotoShop (to tone photos)

InDesign (to lay out the page)

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Go to:

Photo

Cutline and photo credit

Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story.

Photo

Headline

Cutline and photo credit

Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story.

This is a headline

Other ideas with horizontals

Verticals (long and skinny)

Basic vertical layout 1

Headline headline

Photo

Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story. Cutline & credit

Basic vertical layout 2

Headline Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story.

Cutline & credit

Let’s build vertical packages

We are going to need: PhotoShop (to tone photos)

InDesign (to lay out the page)

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Go to:

Headline Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story,

Cutline & credit

Headline Headline

Photo

Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story,

Cutline & credit

Other ideas with verticals

Square photo

Tough to design, no dominant

(main) art element

Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story,

Cutline & credit

Headline Let’s build a square package

(if time)

We are going to need: PhotoShop (to tone photos)

InDesign (to lay out the page)

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Go to:

What would a package look like with a lead horizontal photo and a secondary vertical?

Cutline & credit

Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story, Story,

Headline

Cutline & credit

What would a package look like with a lead horizontal photo and a secondary horizontal?