This week we'll start working in Adobe InDesign. Adobe InDesign is the industry-leading page layout software. It can do just about anything you can imagine (page layout-wise) and then some. We'll start with the basics this week to get you working with importing and formatting type, learning about paragraph styles, placing images and more.I want you to be thinking about great page layouts this week because next week you're going to have to work on your own! And don't forget, great page layout begins with sketches! So dust off those sketchbooks, cause you're going to need them!
First, I want you to look through some magazines and find some great examples of page layout. This does NOT include ads! You must find 3 examples of editorial content (articles) that you like and bring them, or a copy of them, to class with you next Monday.
Second, I want you to start sketching some ideas for cool page layouts. I want to see at least five rough sketches and then I want to see you tighten up two of those into highly developed layouts. You'll use these to create your page layout in next week's class.
Third, I want you to come up with an idea for an article to lay out. When you decide on a topic, you can find text to use on Wikipedia (or wherever you'd like,) but you'll need multiple paragraphs of body copy. You'll also need to find some appropriate images to use with it and also be thinking about what sort of font would work well. Maybe your headline needs to be a bold font? Or a script font? Or a grunge font? All of that is up to you, but your choices should reflect the type of article you are laying out.
Be ready to work on your layouts during class time next week!
HOMEWORK:
• Bring in 3 examples of articles with page layouts you like
• Make at least five rough sketches of layout ideas
• Refine at least TWO of those ideas into tighter drawings
• Decide what type of article you want to lay out
• Get a text file of your article to bring with you
• Bring appropriate images to class
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