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1. Computer Hardware and Software Review.
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Hardware
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Software
2. MS
Publisher -- "Trends" Assignment
- re-create a sample AD layout
Things to know:
inserting graphics, manipulating
text boxes, ordering elements, kerning, autoshapes
3. MS
Publisher -- Pasta Layout
- re-create the sample magazine
layout
Things to know:
run-around (edit wrap points),
text format - clearing html, text flow (link tool),
justification, drop caps,
line guides, small caps
4. Understanding Design: (to
be updated)
- Layout
Terminology: example-1 examples-2
- Typefaces
- Anatomy
of type
- Design
Pitfalls
5. Re-create
a magazine layout of your choice
- Find a well designed magazine layout of your choice,
then "re-create" it in MS-Publisher
(the original layout MUST have at least
one graphic and two or more columns of text)
- Modify the layout as necessary so that ALL the
following features are present:
drop cap, caption, run-around
on an irregular graphic and at least 1 pull quote
see detailed
evaluation below
6.Magazine
Assignment
- your chance to "look" famous!
7. CorelDraw!
Tutorials
- work through the following CorelDraw
Tutorials:
Fit
Text to Path Drop
Shadows Contoured
Text
3D
Textured Text Cracked
Text
- create TWO "original"
variations of all the above techniques
- save your designs as JPGs and put in a "Web Portfolio"
(use Dreamweaver)
- one of your designs must represent your "Personal
Brand" (see also: logo
design) and one must be "a message to the World".
- Add to your "Web Portfolio" a summary of the article
"Creating Brand You"
and a short description of "Brand You".
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