Saturday, October 30, 2010

Project 1 Instructions, version 2 - MDIA 1069

Please do the following:
  • Read Chapters 1 & 4 in textbook
This project is due no later than Tuesday, November 9.

Create the page to these dimensions:
  • 9.75 x 12.5 bleed (put the bleed measurements at the end in “More Options” - bleed)
  • 9.25 x 12 trim (overall final page size)
  • 8.5 X 11 live area (this is the area that you keep text and images within the margins, the top and bottom margin area will different from originals)
Choose a new image for the document, and have it fit the theme “Beyond Imagination.”

Change the document colours, use 2 colours maximum, and make them work harmoniously with your photograph.

Choose your own font(s). Never use more than two fonts within one document.

Maintain the same layout and size dimensions of all text and photos.

In order to make your pull-out quote push the text outside of it, use the “Wraparound bounding box.”

Wrap text around objects
You can wrap text around any object, including text frames, imported images, and objects you draw in InDesign. When you apply a text wrap to an object, InDesign creates a boundary around the object that repels text. The object that text wraps around is called the wrap object. Text wrap is also referred to as runaround text.

Keep in mind that text wrap options apply to the object being wrapped, not the text itself. Any change to the wrap boundary will remain if you move the wrap object near a different text frame.

For a video tutorial on using text wrap, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4280_id.

InDesign Magazine provides an article about text wrap at Take Control of Text Wrap.

Use InDesign help to find out how this works. You may also need to use InDesign Help (or textbook) to find out how to use “Arrange.”

Arrange objects in a stack
Overlapping objects are stacked in the order in which they are created or imported. You can use the Arrange submenu to change the stacking order of objects.

The Layers panel also helps determine the stacking order of objects. The order of each layer in the Layers panel determines whether objects in a layer appear in front of or behind objects on other layers. The order of objects within each layer determines the stacking order of those objects within that layer. You can drag the objects within a layer or use the Object > Arrange menu commands to control stacking within each layer. If you haven’t created any layers, your document contains just one stack of objects on the single default layer. Objects on masters exist at the back of each named layer.

Note: Grouping objects might change their stacking order (in relation to ungrouped objects).
Select the object you want to move forwards or backwards in a stack.

Do any of the following:
To move a selected object to the front or back of a stack, choose either Object > Arrange > Bring to Front or Object > Arrange > Send to Back.
To move a selected object forward or backward past the next object in a stack, choose either Object > Arrange > Bring Forward or Object > Arrange > Send Backward.
In the Layers panel, click the disclosure triangle next to a layer, and then drag objects within the layer to change their stacking order.

Please save to your home folder so you have access to all files at the beginning of next class. Refer to