Flip-book Assignment

Flip Book Assignment. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iExiCGV7jzI

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Flipbook

You are to come up with a concept for your flip book where you move your audience from one frame to another and evolve your idea visually.

You may use any program you choose or even a combination of software to make your project. If you use InDesign you may use the Step and Repeat feature I showed you in class to lay out your booklet.

There are many great website that show your how to create a flip-book with instructions and what explain what materials you will need. It should be at least fifty pages or enough to showcase your concept.

I talked more about the binding in class. If you missed that talk, then either see me or get the information from a fellow classmate.

Due the last day of the class. Not to be confused with the Final which is posted on the SJSU website.
I will also post days and times of the final on the blog soon.

Second Part to Color Matters Project

Second Part to Color Matters Project

Create several more pages and add information about color symbolism. Make sure to include the following:

The Meanings of Colors

 Explore the Meanings of

Red
Yellow

Blue

 Green

 Purple 

 Orange

Pink

Yellow

Explore the emotion of  color:

What color makes you happy, what's your favorite color?

Color Symbolism Influences

There are several factors that influence the symbolism of a color:
 

1. The specific shade (variation) of a color
Dark and light shades of any color convey completely different meanings. For example, pink (light red) loses all of red's associations with energy and takes on new connotations of tenderness and sweetness. Likewise, dark blue is dignified and authoritative, sky blue is ethereal and softer.

2. The quantity and placement of the color
Colors deliver the most powerful symbolism when used in large are 

3. The shape or object the color occupies
Symbolism becomes more complex when a color is used in combination with a basic shape 

4. The color combination
Colors take on new meaning when combined with other colors.
For example, red and green are the colors of Christmas in Western cultures.

Homework Assignment

http://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/how-optimize-your-pdf-file

Please watch this above video that I showed in class that talked about optimizing pdf files.

Color Matters Project

For this assignment you will be creating in InDesign, you will be creating a tweleve page booklet about color. In this document I want its content to be all about color using some of the images you made in Illustrator and others you will design in InDesign. Please go to the website http://www.colormatters.com for the main content for your document. I will be giving you al of the requirements of the various features in InDesign I want you to use. To start with create the look and feel of your booklet using Master Pages and set up your numbering pages. I will go over the requirements in class as well.

Tints, Tones and Shades: These terms are often used inappropriately but they describe fairly simple color concepts. The important thing to remember is how the color varies from its original hue. If white is added to a color, the lighter version is called a "tint". If the color is made darker by adding black, the result is called a "shade". And if gray is added, each gradation gives you a different "tone."

 Tints (adding white to a pure hue)

 Shades (adding black to a pure hue)

 Tones (adding gray to a pure hue) 

Complementary Colors: When two or more colors "go together," they are said to be "complementary." This is completely subjective and open to interpretation and differences in opinion.  

Primary Colors: This definition really depends on what type of medium of color we are using. The colors that are seen when sunlight is split by a prism are sometimes called the spectral colors. These are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. These RGB colors are often reduced to three "red, green, and blue-violet" which are the primary colors for the additive color system (light). The primary colors for the subtractive color system (paint/pigment) are "cyan, magenta and yellow." Notice that "red, yellow and blue" should never be used as the combination for color primaries!

RGB, CMYK: Make a color wheel for each of the two kinds of color wheels. Also explain what the differences are.

You may also want to include a glossary of color terms in one or two of your pages.

Indesign Tools and Features to use in your design:

• At least two different type wraps.
• Two or three different Pantone Colors
• Use two or three different StyleSheets
• Two Master Pages
• Numbering of Pages
• Two or three captions for your images
• A page to talk about Albers and Itten (you will need to look them up as part of your research.

This portion of the project will be due at the beginning of next week. We will be adding to it next week with other color assignments 

InDesign Newsletter

Create a six page newsletter using Indesign. The newsletter may have a content of your choice, but must include several features that are inherent in Indesign:

1.) Number pages.

2.) Include at least five images.

3.) Create text wrap around feature in at least three pages.

4.) Use Pantone colors to create a color scheme. At least two Pantone colors.

5.) Use the built in lorem ipsum text.

6.) Create a frame of your choice around one of the images.

7.) In your Master page place at least an image or text to be visual on all pages.

Photo Restoration of Old Photo

Your next project is to repair an old family photo. I would like for you to find an old family photo to repair and scan it into Photoshop. If you do not have a family photo you may find an old image in need of correction by going to antique shop. There are several such shops on San Carlos in San Jose.

We also have a very nice scanner in the school's print shop.

Please also view the many sites in either google or Youtube that talks about the restoring of photos. 

Then, in Lynda.com watch videos 15 and 17 under "Photoshop CC" under "Essential Training": Retouching Essentials" and Essential filers" respectively. This project is due the beginning of the week of April 14.