A couple important tips

Hey just want to drop off a few tips about your collage ads:

1. Once You have scanned and edited your images, it's a good idea to save them as either a .psd or TIFF file. I would recommend saving as a TIFF over a .psd because it will take up less space on your hard drive/flash drive. To do this, click Save As. Look for where it says Format, then click the drop down menu and select TIFF or PSD. DO NOT save as .jpg files or use them in your collage! I almost guarantee .jpg will print out blocky looking.

2. You may notice that your scanned images show a screen of horizontal and vertical lines going through it. Those are the lines of the magazine paper being illuminated as the scanner bulb moved across the page,. If you would like to remove these lines, try using the Gaussian Blur and Surface Blur tool in Photoshop (Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur or Surface Blur).

3.  I will say this once more, it is best that put your ad together in Adobe Indesign. You should be using Photoshop only for image editing and effects, and Illustrator for generating text/type and vector drawing. Once you are done doing what you need to do in those programs, drag all of your separate images, text, etc. into InDesign for the best printing results.

4.  Before you print your final ads, it's a great idea to perform a test print on regular inkjet paper to see if your images are going to print out clearly. If they still appear blocky, refer to this blog post to make your image corrections.

Links about Photo Resolution

Here are some links that will help you better understand photo resolution and why it is important when scanning or uploading images. One of them also explains why images from the internet should NOT be used.

Photoshop Essentials - Image Resolution and Print Quality

Spoon Graphics - A Handy Guide to Image Resolutions in Print Design

Dummies.com - Choosing an Image Resolution for Print or Screen in Photoshop Elements 9 

This may help you refine your career path...

This is just to show you the many specific design career paths. While you want to learn as much as you can, hopefully this will help you refine your search a bit.


List of Types of Design Careers

Think you might enjoy this site...

http://www.youthedesigner.com/

Designer Vocabulary

Project III Brief

UPDATE - Size Options Revised

Hey guys. I put together a revised version of your size options for Project 3. You will notice that I put all the ad sizes on the same document size, which is the 8.375 x 11.125. Just to get rid of any confusion, I'm going to make 8.375 in. x 11.125 in. the required size for all three flush-mounted boards. Please see the specifications below.

Project III Examples

GRD3000 Collage Project Samples

Something to think about while you design...

Basic Rules of Effective Typography

Golden Rules of Simple,Clean Design

Texture Tuts

I found a really cool texture tut for you guys. This is the exact process that I find myself using quite frequently. Luckily someone has already made a tutorial for it!

Texture and Effects


And here is one more texture tut from the same guy. He's well versed in Photoshop and Illustrator so I went ahead and subscribed to his YouTube channel. He has quite a few helpful Effects tutorials.

Photoshop Blend Modes


And just as an added bonus, here is a really cool texture tut for Illustrator.

Adding Vector Textures in Illustrator

Image inside of a shape

Here's a tut on how to add  an image inside of a shape. This can also be done with text, but make sure you create the text in Illustrator and go to Type> Create Outlines before you drag it onto Photoshop. This tutorial could be useful if you are interested in adding texture to our text or images.

How to add an image inside a shape in Photoshop

Poster Design Examples