ASSIGNMENTS
Adobe Indesign

1. Recreating Business Cards|

Download and Regreate the business Cards in Indesign. eps jpg


2. Horse Ads |

Download and Recreate the Magazine ads. Ad 1 - 4.24 x 5.5 Ad 2 - 2.25 x 5.25 Ad 3 - 8.5 x 5.5

Pictures used in the ads. eps1 | psd | jpg


3. Watch Time magazine spread |

Download the following sample pdf and recreate the Watchtime Spread. A note on some of the design specs. Margins are .5 inches
Gutter is .25 inches
Every page is 3 Collumns
Front header is 66pt, Times bold, kerning: 70pt, linear gradient with a 2pt black stroke Body text is an 11 pt arial

PDF - time.pdf

  1. antique.jpg
  2. blue.jpg
  3. kcole_01.jpg
  4. kcole_02.jpg
  5. pocket.jpg
  6. swatch.jpg
Adobe Photoshop

1. Fixing Pictures |

Using Photoshop adjust and correct any flaws in these old photos.

  1. family_00.psd
  2. family_01.psd
  3. family_02.psd

2. CD Cover |

Using Photoshop and the corrected family_00.psd and family_01.psd to make the CD Layout

Instructions for making a polaroid effect - CD_Cover.txt

  1. CD Layout
  2. yellow maple
  3. red maple

3. Magazine Cover |

Use The files below to recreate this magazine cover. Use Layer masking as shown in the Lynda Photoshop 6 movies to carefully mask out the hair and clothes of the figure. Key points and detail for the layout are here.

  1. Figure
  2. leaves
  3. Vogue logo

 

Adobe Illustrator

1. Tracing Paths

Follow the instructions in the demo to using the following file. - tracing_01.gif


2. Recreating Logos

Recreate the logos with a variation on the color. Use helvetica Bold for the Starbucks Font.

Starbucks Coffee

Liberty Mutual Insurance


3. Magazine Layout with Graphs and Charts

Recreate this magazine cover using the directions and photos.

Directions

Background


4. Vector Figures

Follow the directions in this tutorial to draw vectorized figures.