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Ladder 2008
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Camera Loan agreement
Each student who will check out camera fills out form with parent's signature. =LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS:=

Comparisons (see links at left)
Each of these links shows a draft version and published version of a DPS. The editors made the changes. Comment on the differences (or improvements) focusing on the PUBLISHED version. For example, "The published spread uses more photos."

Quotation bars - one type of sidebar (see links at left)
Notice how each DPS incorporates 3 - 5 quotations and a photograph of the speaker. Comment on the advantages of each.

Exemplars (see links at left)
Comment on the strong qualities of each of these

=**Design Samples - shown in class for discussion**= [|Survey side bar - vertical - Academics] [|Photo side bar - horizontal - Academics] Dominant photo layouts - Tips for Your Photographers - Textbook pgs 88, 89,91 [|Dominant photo layout - Sports] [|Sidebar over dominant photo - Academics]

=Where do I begin?= [|The 10 Rules of Basic Design] by David Zinsmeister, Walsworth [|8 Column Layout Design Made Easy] Walsworth [|Design Principles] Walsworth

=What should I put in my sidebar besides quotations?= [|Say it with Sidebars] Walsworth

=Captions: Remember this!= Textbook pgs 59 & 60 - Check out captions on Festivals page.
 * Add information not in photo. (Do not state the obvious!)
 * Answer: who, what, when, why, where, how
 * Use strong language - verbs and nouns.
 * VERBS: two sentences - first in __present__ tense, second in __past__ tense

Photography collection
= = [|Fotolia] - royalty-free stock photography database - low cost
 * [|eagle selections]
 * [|newsprint selections]

=Setting up spread folders=
 * 1) Hold down Alt key and drag template folder (in Yearbook Shared) to your folder. (If your page is in the Student Life section, go to Student Life folder.)
 * 2) Change the name of the __folder__ to your spread. (for example, 032-033 Grass Volleyball)
 * 3) Change the name of the InDesign __file__ to your spread. (same as above)
 * 4) Change the page numbers to CORRECT numbers in InDesign
 * 5) Change the content marker to the name of the page.

=Photoshop: preparing photos for spread=
 * 1) Drag selected photos (up to 8 photos) to the Original folder*.
 * 2) Open photo up from **Original** folder in Photoshop
 * 3) __**resolution**__**:** Image, Image Size, change to 300 DPI (most important)
 * 4) **__grayscale__:** Image, Mode, Grayscale
 * 5) **__brightness/contrast__:** Image, Adjustment, Levels, Auto level or Levels - move slidebars to take off tails.
 * 6) **__redeye__:** Select Red eye tool and click on area. Adjust Pupil Size and Darken Amount.
 * 7) **Save** in **Edited folder*** with new name**. (Do not save over the Original!)**
 * ALL photos must be in Original and Edited folders or the publisher cannot print your spread. At CAC what we see and print is only a thumbnail.

=**InDesign: placing photos in spread**= Open both Photoshop and InDesign. = =

NOTE: You can scale in InDesign - about 20% smaller. Do not scale larger adjustments in InDesign - problems for everyone!
 * 1) InDesign: Select rectangle placeholder and find out x and y values (height and width).
 * 2) **Photoshop:** Crop with those approximate values rounding up a bit. __Save photo again__ in Edited folder.
 * 3) **InDesign:** Deselect rectangle placeholder.
 * 4) File, Place and Browse for the photo in Edited folder.
 * 5) Click to place photo on **Pasteboard****.** __Delete placeholder rectangle__ in spread. (Do not place photo in rectangle or you will distort photo.)
 * 6) **Scale** proportionally**:** Selection tool, hold down Shift and Apple keys and drag from bottom right **corner** handle**.**
 * 7) Move photo to desired location and fine-tune scaling so that width of photo fits within the grids.
 * 8) **Crop:** Selection tool, click on **center**** top, botton, left or right handle and drag. (Undo if necessary.)

=Drop-cap for Body copy and remove indent= NOTE: Body copy paragraph style has 1p0 for paragraph indent, so with drop-cap indent must be removed. (3&4)
 * 1) Highlight first letter of first paragraph.[[image:drop_cap.png align="right" caption="Drop Cap Values 4 - 1"]]
 * 2) Click Paragraph and set options at 4 and 1.
 * 3) Highlight first paragraph.
 * 4) Set first line indent to 0p0 (left column, second option)