Friday, December 18, 2009

Web Design - Midterm Exam

Web Design Midterm consisted of 3 Exercises
(Fireworks)
Exercise 1
Creation of an original banner for the phrase "Happy Holidays"
Tools Used:

*Text*- http://www.dafont.com/ -

*Magic Wand Tool*
*Filters for Text: Color Fill (Gray), Drop Shadow, Sharpen, Photoshop
Live Effects (Bevel & Emboss, Satin)*
*Filters for Actual Banner: Color Fill (White), Inner Glow, Gaussian Blur, Glow*



Exercise 2

Recreating the MHS Logo



Tools Used


*Ellipse Tool*
*Magic Wand*
*Free Transform*
*Vector Tool*
*Text Tool*

Exercise 3

Adding to another image to make a new one

Tools Used

*Polygon Lasso Tool*
*Eraser Tool*
*Magic Wand*
*Free Transform*

Monday, December 7, 2009

Vector Type

Vector Type

(Illustrator, Fireworks, Photoshop)

^^^

Designing my name.

Tools Used

*Vectors -> Illustrator, Fireworks*

*Text -> Fireworks*

*Converting Text into Paths -> Fireworks*

*Joining of Paths -> Fireworks*

*Grouping -> Fireworks*

*Background effects: Inner Glow, Color Overlay, Pattern Overlay -> Photoshop*

*Adding Clouds Filter -> Photoshop*

*Text Style: Drop Shadow, Pattern Overlay, Inner Shadow -> Photoshop*

*Copy & Paste -> Illustrator, Fireworks, Photoshop*

Magazine Cover

Magazine Cover

(Fireworks)

^^^

I came up with the title of my magazine by describing one thing that I enjoy doing which is photography. "In-Focus" seemed to be catchy name for a magazine and really liked it.

Tools Used:

*Heading Filters: Drop Shadow, Glow, Inset Emboss, Sharpen*

*Text*

*Copy & Paste: Pictures & Barcode*