InDesign Guidelines

Project 4 Guidelines
Page Layout- Preparing a book or magazine cover page using InDesignCS3

Design Process:

1. Select a magazine of your preference, review it, analyze its layout, typography, color theme, etc. Your job will be to sketch out some ideas about what the next cover of your favorite magazine will look like for its next edition or publication.

2. Prepare a mock-up of your organic composition in a piece of paper or digital source.

3. You can also do a quick research in the Internet.
For your reference, some good sources in Typography are:
http://www.httpcomunicacio.com/
http://www.identifonts.com/
http://www.sonybmg.com/musicbox/video/matisyahu/?bclid=14270485&bctid=5743543
http://www.energyhill.com/#highlights

4. The next step is to format and assemble your content (what stories will this magazine feature in the cover page).
Your layout can be assembled in Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design during studio time.

Due Date: May 9, 2008.


On May 9, 2008, you are required to present your project in the form of a 3-5 Power Point Slides addressing the following questions:

a) what was your thought process when making a mock-up (design by hand)?

b) in composing your project or layout, what's the message you want to send and to whom?

c) describe the tools, effects and printing options applied to your project.

SPRING 2008: WEEK 5 – LESSON PLAN – CS3 InDESIGN INTERFACE BASICS

Class, Good Afternoon

The topics for this evening are:

1:00 p.m.
• First Call of the Roll

• Announcements

• Blogsites reviews and critiques (Mid-terms are coming up and your grades will reflect if you are posting comments or not!! Please see your first assignment about blogs and I should be seeing your comments every week and your first photoshop final image assignment posted, tonight post your logos)

• Feedback on Project 03 (Logos)

• Check Points toward Mid-Term Assessment

1:15-3:00 Finish up all illustrator files and get them ready for presentation.

3:00 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m. Second call of the Roll and any other announcements.

3:30 p.m. Presentations Project 03:Logo Design in CS3 Illustrator


4:00 p.m. In Design Interface Basics
• Lecture and Tutorials.
• Typography: Working with Text
• Working with Images
• Production Sequence: Page Layout- Printing
• Tutorial 1: DVD
• Tutorial 2: Text Frame
• Tutorial 3: Document Set-Up

4:30 p.m. Studio Time-Getting Started with Project 04- The Cover of a Magazine.

4:45 p.m.
• Mid-Term Exam Review
• Time to update your Blogs, DropOff Folder and Flash Drives.
• Due next class:
• Mid-Term Exam and Assessments
• Presentation Project 04- The Cover of a Magazine in CS3 InDesign.

5:00 P.M. Class resumes until next Friday.

5:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M.If you wish to have extra-time with the instructor to address any specific questions regarding class tutorials and/or projects, Ragan will be available until 6:00 p.m.