InDesign Tutorials

Tutorial #1

This video was very helpful because it provided different tips and techniques you can use within InDesign. I like this video because you are able to learn ways to navigate the software easier. The tip I thought would easy to use was adding a drop shadow to a shape. I think that would be useful to make images look 3-D and realistic. What I found interesting about the video is the tip on how to disable auto-hyphenation. That will be nice to know when working with text and wanting your letters to be on the same line without hyphens.

Tutorial #2

This tutorial was a short video on how to wrap text around a shape or picture. The video was simple and easy to follow and the man explained how to use the technique/tool well. This video caught my attention because I liked the effect of wrapping text around an image. It reminded me of the calligram project we worked on. I think I will use this when I making my portfolio and needing to make certain headings or paragraphs wrap around objects.

Tutorial #3

This video was made by the same person that made the first tutorial. In this video, he explains how to use different tools rather than techniques from his last video. I liked this video because it gave me a basic and simple tutorial to understand the tools of InDesign. Most of the tools are similar to those found in Illustrator so I am familiar with most of the tools. I think the tool I will use the most is the pen tool because it allows you to draw a variety of things.

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Portfolio

The final project was to make a portfolio showcasing all the projects I made during the semester. I made this portfolio using InDesign. I had initially sketched a completely different cover, but as I began working I came up with a new cover idea. The idea for the cover was inspired by the Creation of Adam by Michelangelo. The painting of the Creation of Adam depicts an image of God stretching out his finger to give Adam a spark of life. However, in my version, I am reaching out to touch the mouse I used to make the projects this semester. I made the image using Illustrator. I then added a cloudy background to match the heavenly scene within the original artwork. The next two pages welcome and introduce me to the reader. I used the colors within the portrait of myself to color the font on the welcome page and the two squares on the corners of my portrait. The index pages utilize the cloudy sky background and layout the sections according to the Adobe software I used. The co

Somewhere

The basic idea of this project was to photoshop yourself into a tv or movie scene. I decided to insert myself with the female cast of the tv show Euphoria. This is one of my favorite shows from last year because the characters are so complex and realistic. I think it's quite hard to capture teenage characters, but this show does a good job of accomplishing that. Therefore, I took a picture of myself in a red dress and added myself to the bottom right corner. The first thing I did was mask myself out and position myself so that my elbow was leaning on the table. I then added a few adjustment layers so that I blended better into the picture. I also put a glow filter on myself to match the bright highlights found on the other people. I then added horns so that I could look like I was wearing a devil costume. I tried to blend the horns by stamping my skin around the edge of where the horn meets my skin. I then added my reflection on the table by creating a duplicate of my mas

BW to Color

Square Analogous Complementary I created these images using the polygonal lasso tool and masking on Photoshop. The basic idea of the project was to turn a black and white image of yourself into a colorized version. The three color themes I chose are Analogous, Complementary, and Square. The technique that made these images possible was selecting different parts of the b&w image using the lasso tool and creating a new layer with a layer mask. After creating the layer mask you can create a new layer and color the area using the colors from your color palette. I chose the warm-toned analogous color palette because my original photo was mostly warm-toned. Therefore, I wanted to see if I could incorporate that into the image but make it more stylistic. I then decided I wanted more contrast for my next one so I chose a complementary color palette. The pink and green really stood out from each other and made my image pop. The last palette was made using square co

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