Welcome Back! We’ll start the morning looking at your 7 days of type homework. No need to print out the type combinations, we’ll be looking at them on your computer screens. The remainder of the day will be learning about grid types, making columnar grids and practicing simple grid layouts.
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Today we’ll be working on In Class Grid Exercises and giving/receiving feedback for Project 1.
Printing & Tiling Posters (.zip)
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This week we will be reviewing the In Class Grid Exercises from last week (Elam) and presenting Project 1. After lunch we will begin to learn about Hierarchical & Columnar Grids and setting up Master Pages in InDesign with header and footers.
*Lecture: Hierarchical & Columnar Grids Review (.pdf)
*Lecture: Parts of an Article (.png)
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*In Class Project 1: Grading Rubric (.pdf)
Today we will be tracing, deconstructing, & analyzing magazine layouts, working with hierarchical & columnar grids, learning about setting/adjusting columns & gutters, and flowing in body text/imagery into InDesign.
*Lecture: Hierarchical & Columnar Grid Demo (.pdf)
*Lecture: Magazine Structure and Imposition, Tracing and Deconstructing the Magazine Grid (.zip)
*Lecture: Flowing Text into a Multiple Page Layout Demo (.zip)
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*In Class Practice 1 Hierarchical Grids (.zip)
This week we will be reviewing the Magazine grid tracing assignment. Then we will be using InDesign Style Sheets and Baseline Grids to work on long form body text. We’ll learn how to fix force justified text spacing issues and align text across columns.
Review: Tracing the Grid Exercise
*Lecture: Fixing Force Justified Text Using Style Sheets & Creating a Baseline Grid for Body Text Demo
Feedback Groups—Opening Spread (.pdf)
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*In Class Practice 1 Force Justified Text and Style Sheets (.zip)
Today we will be learning about Manuscript Grids, The Golden Section, and obtaining and using vendor specification to build an ad for our magazine article.
* Lecture: Obtaining & Using Vendor Specs (site)
* Lecture: Manuscript Grids Review (.pdf)
* Lecture: Manuscript Grids and The Golden Section (.zip)
* Demo: Making Composite PDFs—Spreads & Grids
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* In Class Practice Manuscript Grids & Golden Section (.zip)
Feedback in small groups and peer-to-peer.
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Introduce subject matter for final project.
We will be walking around and looking at your Project 2 print outs and your composite PDF on your computers to see the grids. You will be handing in your PDF and print outs.
Project 2: Grading Rubric (.pdf)
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Today we will be learning about Modular Grids and how to set them up in InDesign.
We’ll also learn how to print duplex on the HPs and the Xerox. The remainder of class will be spent working on an In Class Modular Grid exercise.
*Lecture: Modular Grids Review (.pdf)
*Lecture: Making Modular Grids — Demo
CSS KEYFRAMES:
BLEND MODE:
CSS background-blend-mode Property
Advanced effects with CSS Background Blend Modes
CSS CLIPPING PATHS:
CSS Introduction to Clipping Using Clip-path
Wrapping Content around Images Using CSS Shapes
How to make your HTML responsive by adding one line of CSS
Second Years will be joining us to share stories, show work, and answer questions about second year.
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Description, Parameters, Schedule, Due Dates (.zip)
Description, Parameters, Schedule, Due Dates (.zip)
Week 1:
- 892 Unique Ways to Partition a 3x4 Grid
Week 2:
- Lynda.com Indesign — Typography 1
Week 3:
- Setting the Margins and Columns, Adding Page Numbers
Week 4:
Week 5:
- Lynda.com — Paragraph Alignments and Spacing Issues
- Lynda.com — Paragraph Styles and Drop Caps
- Lynda.com — Setting Perfect Justified Type