Archive for November 2012

Website Grid

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I experimented with my website layout using the grid in photoshop. To create my grid i used the rulers to measure out each column what i found rather simple. Here are a couple of examples of what i have done.


Using simple colourful boxes to show where i would position everything on my website. For my images i used one column for them what i think is enough. My text that would go next to my images uses up 3 columns so that i don't have to squeeze in all the information. My navigation will only take up one column as i don't think that it will need much room. My header will take up 4 columns and will go over my image and text so that it will be the first thing that you see.


This is what that layout would look with images and text. I think that this layout looks good and is easy to navigate but i think it is slightly boring and could have a bit more going on but not to much more.


HND - Canterbury College

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Paul Crawley from HND at Canterbury College came and spoke to us about potentially coming onto their course. The courses that they offer at Canterbury College are Graphic Design, Photography and Illustration. You can do a one year course after the 2 years to make into a full BA Hons degree. The course is £6000 a year what is cheaper than most other places and you can apply to it via ucas. I like the work that is produced and it would be a good backup option if the university plan does not work out as i would rather move away than spend 2-3 more years at the college.

I Love Chocolate

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I created this by drizzling melted chocolate onto some paper then photographing it. I edited the type in photoshop and then made the letters into a sentance.

New Bucks University

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I went to visit Bucks New university in Buckinghamshire to look at their advertising course what i thought was really good but i felt that it was more suited to the digital side of advertising what did not really appeal to me. To get into this course you need 200 ucas points what i think is very achievable. I also was not to into on town as i found it very small with not much to do. I think it would be beneficial to get internships as it is only half an hour away on the train to London.

Charity Poster

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I created a poster to promote a local charity concert to be held in Dover for 'The Central Band of the Royal British Legion'.



File formats/ web

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HTML - hypertext markup language - to change font, colour, hyperlink effects etc.
CSS - Cascading style sheets - The format of the website.
FLA - Adobe flash - like psd it keeps all they layers so that you can go back into it and change it.
SWF - Small web format - for flash
PHP - Hypertext pre-processor - an open source to do scripting
MYSQL DATABASE - Is an open source
FTP - File transfer protocol - to transfer data between one system to another
HTTP - Hypertext transfer protocol

- The http is displayed before the website in the web bar.




- The html enables you to change the design of your website using code to change things such as the font and the colour of your font.










- The software used to create website easily.

File Formats

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PSD - Photoshop document
JPEG - A format for compressing images - Raw
TIFF - Tagged image file format uses bitmap
PNG - Portable networks graphic
GIF - Graphic interchange format
Ai - Adobe illustrator vector based
IND - Indesign to print export to PDF - Portable document format


- This is an example of a low quality JPEG (left) and a high quality JPEG (right). The low quality JPEG is pixalated while the high quality JPEG is sharp and clear.









- When you save a PSD it keeps the layers so that you can go back and work on your design in photoshop.

Type

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Today i got given a type face (optima) and a letter and a mark (M and ;) to create a poster.