XXVIII Group Project

The group project is to create a newsletter using InDesign and Photoshop (pictures). After much discussion, my group has decided to do a newsletter for Sentosa's club members, also known as 'Islanders'. The newsletter would include past events, what's going to happen in the next few months, some good-to-know facts, ads and benefits of the Islanders.

We struggled at just thinking of what our newsletter should be about. Which was really funny because everyone was already starting on their draft and our group was stuck at what we're going to. We decided on RWS Sentosa at first, but it wasn't approved because we didn't have a 'main idea' or rather what the newsletter is for so Ms Teh suggested that we could use our idea of Sentosa though and therefore, the Islanders came about.

Hoping for this journey to be smooth, wish us luck!

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XXVII InDesign II

hello there, 

Last week, we had another exercise on InDesign again. I think this one is more tough compared to the previous one. Because just for the picture (the black & white prison), I had to shift the frame(blue box) of the photo and the photo itself(brown box) to match the original sample. 

Also, I think trying to make sure everything is aligned is another challenge. And that's one big thing to take note when using InDesign. Because when everything is not aligned, it would seemed as messy. Like for example, the words in the columns had to be aligned such that it would be neater for the audience to read.

The one on the left is the original and the one on the right is my version. Not completely done with it yet but I think I'm almost there. (Somehow I can't complete it at home because it was said that the version of my InDesign and Mac Lab's is different.) 

Still prefer InDesign to the the other two, even though all requires straining of eyes haha. 

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XXVI Diagrams for layout of newsletters

For lessons this week, we learnt about the different kinds of diagrams to guide us on how should our layout be for our group assignment - Newsletter.

Golden Triangle:
spiral indicated page that will first capture attention more

Villard's diagram:
To get the diagram,
1st step: draw diagonal lines from both bottom corner of the page to the blue line.
2nd step: draw diagonal lines from the same point to both top corner.
Note: Text should not exceed the purple line but pictures can.
          Set to 25.4 cause x2
          Gutter divided into 2

Columns Grid System:
No. of columns don't matter. Can be 4/6 columns. They are just guides.

Ms Teh's tip: Be sure of your layout and plan to ensure efficiency and effectiveness. 

With all these diagrams stuck in my head, how to look at publications the same way haha.

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XXV MORE Grids

We had a lesson on folding a A4 paper into folds such that we can get the lines for a grid.

I got stuck at Step 3 and so were my group mates. We tried the calculation method at first, which got me very confused. Then I somehow figured my way by just folding the paper into halves but I end up getting confused by all the folds. We pretty much gave up already but we decided to seek for our tutor's help. She also later added on saying that the lines are actually guides for us to know where to put our headlines and other information so that everything seemed aligned and not messed up.

Fun Fact:
A5 - 21 x 14.5
A4 - 21 x 29
Each rectangle is 1 x 1.414

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XXIV POD

Haven't done a post on POD for quite some time already and I just so happened to come across this poster on my Twitter timeline the other day. I thought that the message is put across clear and powerful.

The poster is symmetrical and it makes it seems very clear. Instead of having a lot of information, the poster had a simple picture with just one sentence, "STOP ONE. STOP THEM ALL." I think that highlights the main purpose of this poster. It attracts the readers to the main message because that's the only thing that they can read. The series of the posters are consistent so when someone sees one of it, it would remind them of the others too.

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XXIII Grid

Learning about the grids used to organize a newsletter has changed the way I read newsletter.

This is the basic "vocab" that we need to know. 

Folio: A cooler word for page number haha 

Who knew that behind the creation of a newsletter, there's so much to know! 

Reminder to self: REFER TO THIS WHEN CREATING YOUR OWN NEWSLETTER

XXII InDesign

Class on InDesign has started and so far, so good. 

This is the original work that we are supposed to make a copy of: 

And presenting to you *drum rolls*, my copy!! 

Not too bad right ;) 

Some notes to refer to, so as to help my memory.

Always on ‘Essentials’

To open file, double click on the empty space

*Page size* (A3 - foldable)

Cover page is on the right, left is back cover 

Purple line = safe area, text must be within this area.

Blue line = shows how big the image is

To create columns for text box:

Object> Text Frame Options>

*Gutter is the line in between the columns

To fill it

Type> Fill with placeholder text

To make the first letter big:

Type> Paragraph> Drop cap 

At least 3 lines of text

*The key beside Drop cap is to increase the no. of alphabets to drop cap 

Headlines: (Sans Serif) 

Type tool> Text box across> increase font size 

Need help aligning?

View> Grid & Guides> Show Baseline Grid (foolscap paper) OR Document Grid (Graph paper)

Paragraph> Align to baseline paper

Make sure nothing is selected when placing the picture

Free Transform Tool to resize the picture

Blue line = frame 

Brown line = refers to picture

Remove contrasting background from picture:

Object> Clipping Path> Options> Detect edges

Double click on the picture if picture don’t move with the frame

Text Wrap:

Table> Text Wrap> Wrap around bounding shape/

NO HYPEN. TURN OFF HYPENATE (Paragraph) 

Last button to preview/presentation 

To save:

Export> PDF

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XXI Final Work

Finally done with my final work and have already submitted it. Like a stone lifted off my shoulders, really.

Here it is:

Turns out that my final work is not much similar to my original idea. I couldn't figure out how to do that "spraying effect" and the impact of that wouldn't be big as it would be folded and readers won't notice it as much I guess. 

I used gradient for the background of the perfume because I want it to be the centre of attention. I adjusted the product according to the name of the product, Flower In The Air, (I thought this would make it more interesting). I did the logo myself, using rectangles and my own drawing of the flower. I also came up with a slogan for this perfume haha. The idea of the second page is linked to the slogan I came up with. As Kenzo's original advert for this perfume is, they showed Shu Qi dancing with a red umbrella in France. I thought having a red flower bed to replace that France background would be good too and that dancer is to show that you will be happy, wild and free just like the flowers when you smell this perfume. 

I'm proud of my work, though I struggled with Illustrator and Phtotoshop. Let's hope InDesign would be easier :) 

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