What are we learning today?
1. Contest Results
2. Proofing
3. Objectives to accomplish today:
Calendar
- Choose a theme for your calendar
- Draw thumbnails for your month layout
- Develop the best thumbnail into a full size rough
- Measure each page element
- Do the math for the size of each grid box
- Layout the calendar template in InDesign
- Crop photos to fit the calendar
- Add color and design to make the calendar attractive
- Change the dates on the grid
- Export the calendar as a PNG
- Proof the calendar
- Adjust the colors and design as necessary
- Export the calendar as a Print PDF & upload it to Schoology
- Print each pages PNG separately
- Bind the calendar
Lens Flair
- Follow steps on the handout to build a background
- Save the background as both a PSD & PNG
- Upload the PNG file to Schoology
Calendar Collage
- Open InDesign, draw box on page 14 that’s the size the collage should be
- Make a Photoshop document that size, res of 300
- Follow the steps on the handout to add photos & blend edges
- Upload The PNG file to Schoology
4. Cleanup
5. Review/what’s next
Handouts: Proofing the Calendar