CLASSWORK 4/06/11

In the 2 videos I just watched, I learned a lot about some basics of Illustrator. In the first video, it basically told me what the point of Illustrator is. It showed me some of what the program can do; and what some of its uses are. According to the video, Illustrator is a vector graphics editor that can be used to design many types of graphics. It can be used by anyone to create a work of art.

In the second video I watched, I learned about Illustrators print settings. I never expected there to be so many of them. Basically, you can control all of the print settings. It showed how to create a print document and how to control some of its basic and advanced settings. There was a lot to learn from that one video. Some of the advanced settings were things I remember from InDesign. For example, I remember the 300ppi print resolution from working in InDesign. One of the hardest things to do, in my opinion, is set the bleed. For some reason it seems a little complicated.

Lab P7-1 Kevin Cunningham

· Nameplate – The banner on the front of a newsletter that tells you the publication.

· Content (and number of articles and entries) – The text in a newsletter.

· Table of contents – A list of what's in the newsletter.

· Masthead – A listing of information about the operatio

n, staff, or circulation of the newsletter.

· Titles and headers – Text that is at the top of a document that includes important information.

· Page numbers – Numbers at the corner of each page that tell you what page you are on.

· Bylines – A short paragraph that tells the name of the author and a little bit about him/her.

· Continuation lines – Lines at the end of an article that look like "continued on page 12."

· Pull quotes – A line at the beginning of a long article that is used to attract attention.

· End signs – A design or ornament to signal the end of an article.

· Photos/illustrations – Captioned graphics that go with an article.

· Mailing labels – Labels on the newsletter that have the name and address of the recipient.

Peer Review Jazmin Johnson

I am choosing to review Jazmin's brochure. Something I like about it is the amount of pictures it had. They are eye-catching; it made me want to take one. She was able to get a lot of information about the company in the small size of a brochure. I liked the "In Action" pictures under each biography.

I only noticed one small problem with it. Some of the pictures were kind of distorted because they had to fit in one column of the brochure. But other than that, it was a great brochure.

Peer Review

For my peer review, I decided to review Eric Urdina's portfolio. The purpose of the portfolio is to display the work that he has done for someone to see. The main people to see the portfolio would be college supervisors looking at his admission. Since it goes to such important people, it is better to keep it organized so that any one piece of work can easily be found.
When I first open it, I see that he put in a welcome page with his name on it. It would have been good if there was a picture on it, but at least it had his name on it, so the viewer knows whose portfolio it is. Although, there is an image inside the portfolio labeled “Welcome page.pdf.” The layout of the folders is really good; it is easy to find one specific project and the labs that led up to it. His header is very simple. It has his name and a title that says “work done in 2010.” To me, that’s enough to tell the viewer what is in the portfolio. Unfortunately, the “image work” folder is empty. The “design work” folder contains all the projects he has done. I would have like it if there were captions on the works to tell me what they are. Along with the organization, the color scheme is pretty good. It is a blue on green layout. The text is still easy to read, so that’s good. If you want my overall impression, I would say that this portfolio is missing some things, but it is well organized and easy to navigate.

Classwork 3/2/11

I believe that the content aware feature of Photoshop will be very helpful. This is because I know I won't find images that fit perfectly in the space that I need. In order to fit that space normally, I would have to stretch the image to fit the frame. Doing that will distort the image and make it look bad. but, if I use the content aware feature, I won't have to worry about that, and my pictures will still look good enough to publish.

Narrative

Hi, my name is Kevin Cunningham. I am making this portfolio because I want colleges to see the work I've done with Adobe CS5. I feel that allowing them to see this will give me a better chance of getting into a good college. Each project shows a progression of my skills with these programs. Along with each project, there are labs I did to ready myself for the project.

Right now, I am in a technology class that teaches you skills with programs like Photoshop and InDesign. What I have learned is demonstrated in the projects you will see here. Most of them were made using a combination of Photoshop and InDesign. I hope you enjoy them!