Adobe Creative Suite | An Introductory Workshop
1) Overview Presentation
- Adobe Digital Career Teaching Resources - Visual Design Curriculum Unit (direct PDF download) NOTE: THESE NEXT STEPS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND WILL MAKE THE SUBSEQUENT STEPS EASIER, SO MAKE SURE TO THINK THEM THROUGH! 2) Design Prep: What makes an effective business card?
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- Divide up and scour the following websites for additional tips on designing your card:
10 Tips in Designing Effective Business Cards
Business Cards: Standing Out From the Crowd
Avoid The Nine Most Common Business Card Blunders
- Sketch out your card on a 3x5 card (again, this is an important step to help when you start using InDesign)
3) Find and prep your images (you need some type of background and logo) using Photoshop
- You can find a variety of Joplin logos here (password: joplineagles)
- Check out the following tutorial videos for instructions on using Photoshop:
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5) If enough time... Practice creating an actual biography spread of someone using a Wikipedia article.
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4) Layout your business card design in InDesign
using the following procedures:
Image Websites
ImageBase
stock.xchng (requires a sign-in) IconBug (most are free for personal use) Creative Commons (various licenses) FreeFoto.net (requires attribution and "link back") freedigitalphotos.net (requires attribution) |
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