Unit 54 Digital Graphic for Print Digital Diary

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Dom Evans Steve Jones

Unit 54 Dom Evans Page 1

Unit 54 Digital Graphic for Print Digital Diary

05/09/13

Today we were briefed on our three units that we will be doing up to Easter. We will be

doing unit 54, 5 and 65. We are starting with unit 54 which is called Graphics for Print.

This will consist of a negotiated Brief which is where we will talk with the client to work out

if the client is happy with certain designs etc. As well as this I will have to produce a detailed

diary that will include images and examples, this must be dated, all these units link together

and produce assignments to go with other units.

Assignment 1

start 05/09/13

Software

training

Proposal &

Designs start

date 24/09/13

Creation of

product start

date 18/10/13

Evaluation start

date 05/11/13

8 lessons 4 lessons 14 lessons 10 lessons 12 lessonsComplete by

the 17/09/13

Completed by

21/09/13

Complete by

the 18/10/13

Complete by

05/11/13

Complete by

09/12/13

06/09/13

1 lesson completed

Today I started on assignment 1 of unit 54 which is graphics for print in

which we must do detailed research in to what certain types of file

formats are, for example raster and vector file formats.

Today I talked about the TIFF file format in detail in which many

different image manipulation programs accept for editing.

09/09/13

1 Lesson completed

Today I started on my report on the second File format of PSD in which I

am going to be talking in detail about and comparing it to the TIFF file

format and the PSB file format.

By the end of this lesson I aim to have completed half the detailed talk

on the PSD file format.

Today I managed to complete the detailed report on the PSD file

format with comparison towards the file extension of the PSB file

format.


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10/09/13

2 lessons completed

Today I carried on with my report after finishing on PSD and to compare

PSB (Photoshop Big) today I am going to start on the vector File formats

which include files such as the EPS file format which is known as the most

common file format for vector based graphics.

Today I found out about what an EPS file format is and how it is used to

store vector based graphics and also how the print media industry use the

EPS file format for vector based graphics in which are much better for them to use due to

the vector graphics flexibility is size and scaling.

12/09/13

1 lesson completed

Today I started off by finishing off the Vector sub heading

and starting on the Meta files subheading with nearly half of

the first task completed I am up to date with my work and

should have it complete before on the deadline day.

By the 17/09/13 I need to have looked at Metafiles,

Photoshop and in design and compare them by their pros

and cons against each other also different media forms.

13/09/13

1 lesson completed

Today I started off by carrying on with the vector subheading

which I am quarter way through with Metafiles and fileextensions as the last sub headings of the section.

In todays lesson I managed to find out that an EPS file is

basically a file format made up of elements from other image

file formats and that the metafiles subheading is irrelevant to

the topic at hand.


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16/09/13

1 lesson completed

In todays lesson I am going to be finishing off the different media forms which are under

the application heading as this first assignment is due in tomorrow 6th

period.

In todays lesson I compared the different media forms listed in the brief.

17/09/13

1 lesson completed

In today lesson I finished off Assignment 1 of unit 54 by adding

illustrations to my report to give the reader a better picture of the

information in which I was explaining overall I finished the assignment

on time added everything I thought was relevant to the report on the

topic of understanding graphic file formats and applications.

19/09/13

1 lesson completed

In todays lesson we started the second section of our work which is

Photoshop training in which we are going to be tough specifically about

patterns within Photoshop and how they can be used within Photoshop

based work.

In todays lesson I learnt how to use filters and renders with a

combination of 2 colours (black and white)

Also I learnt how to use the stylize filter in which physically manipulates the visual

appearance of set areas of to cause them to aesthetically appear lower than other shades.


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20/09/13

1 lesson completed

In todays lesson we carried on with the Photoshop

training, with 2 sessions left after this one, so far I

am up to the second training section making text

appear as if it is caught in a net.

In todays lesson I learnt the use of grid patters and

how you can apply a displace filter over them to

give the visual appearance of something such as

text underneath it overall giving it 3D qualities.

Aim started the second sequence of the Photoshop training which I completed within the

lesson.

23/09/13

1 lesson completed

In todays lesson I am going to start onthe last Photoshop training tutorial which is creating

an LED based sign in which I will produce for training towards the final product of myproject.

Aimto be able to produce the last remaining Photoshop training tutorial within the hour

lesson.

In todays lesson completion of the last remaining Photoshop training tutorial was

procrastinated due to the software having malfunctioned during the start-up procedure of

the program loading in which I did not get round to starting the last Photoshop tutorial but

what I have learnt from the previously produced tutorials gives me enough knowledge of a

new range of tools and filters in which I have not used before and how they can be used

during the production of my logo and A3 poster etc.

24/09/13

1 lesson completed

Aim -In todays lesson we started on Assignment 2task 2 as task 1 simply states how

everything we do from now on and in relation to Photoshop must be entered into our

diaries which is highly accepted by myself, but in task 2 we are to research the existing

market of promotional material from band but only specify the types of formats, dimension


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and layouts of other bands promotional material has not talk about the design and concept

ideas of it.

In todays lesson I managed to produce a page of research on existing promotional material

of other bands of the formats dimensions and layouts in which they have used previously.

26/09/13

1 Lesson completed

In todays lesson I carried on with task 2 which is to research

existing promotional material specifically the formats of file,

dimensions and layouts used in other bands promotional

material.

In todays lesson I completed another page of research in to

the types of layouts in which other band members have used for their promotional material.

27/09/13

1 lesson completed

in todays lesson I started on task 3 of Unit 54

Assignment 2 which is to produce a proposal on 7 areas

in which we think would be suitable for meeting theclients needs.

In todays lesson I managed to reach the dimensions

subheading in which I will start on next lesson.

30/09/13

1 lesson completed

In todays lesson I started off on the dimensions subheading in which I am going to be

explaining what type of dimensions are used within print based media of promotional

material to meet with the given brief.

In todays lesson I learn that the standard print dimensions for print based media such as an

a3 poster is 297mm x 420mm in which I will be producing at production stage of my work.

1/10/13

1 lesson completed


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In todays lesson I started on the contents subheading in which I am going to state what

type of content I think is appropriate and usable for the products of the A3 poster and CD

cover also as the content is everything when it comes to print media products such as an A3

poster and CD cover I must make sure that the content in which I apply to them is worthy of

their cause and will hopefully make an impact.

In todays lesson I stated that the content in which I will apply to the poster and CD cover

will be linkable towards the name of the band I am producing the print media for that being

The Pixels.

3/10/13

1 Lesson completed

In today lesson I carried on with the content subheading of task 3 assignment 2 in which Ifeel is the main subheading of the proposal as it is the content of the A3 poster and CD

cover in which truly matters overall as the media products themselves are made up of the

content alone.

In todays lesson I learnt that despite the content of the A3 poster and CD cover were are to

produce is the main area of the product overall but also the dimensions of the A3 poster

and CD cover for example in this are this would become a problem for the CD cover as it

would not fit snug and aligned to the CD case as the cover must be the exact width of the

inside of the case.

4/10/13

1 lesson completed

In todays lessonI started off by carrying on with the images subheading due to finishing the

content subheading out of work hours, on the image subheading I will be stating the types

of images I will be using and giving reasoning into why.

In todays lesson I managed to complete task 3 which was to produce a proposal including

areas of relevancy towards the A3 poster and CD cover which are areas such as formats,

dimensions and layouts etc.


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7/10/13

1 lesson completed

In todays lesson I started on task 4 which is to produce a set of 4 storyboard, one for the logo of the

band, one for the A3 poster, one for the CD cover back and front and one for a A4 magazine advert,in todays lesson I am going to be starting on the bands logo in which I will be linking it to the bands

name of The Pixels.

In todays lesson I managed to produce half of the first storyboard, that being the logo for the band,

and once I have complete that storyboard I will be moving on to the second one which will be the A3

poster so on and so forth.

8/10/13

1lesson completed

In todays lesson I carried on with producing my storyboards by firstly carrying on with my first story

board in which I previously started yesterday which was the logo for the band in which I managed to

produce half of.

In todays lesson I managed to complete thelogo design and started on the A3 poster design in

which I have managed to produce roughly half of and will continue to produce during out of work

hours.

10/10/13

1 lesson completed

In todays lesson I started off by carrying on with my A3 poster design in which I plan on having my

poster visually appear once completed after the digital production within Photoshop.

Aim - to be able to complete the second half of my A3 poster in which I am currently half way

through.

In todays lesson I managed to near complete my A3 poster design in which I plan on producing

within Photoshop, but unfortunately I did not meet my aim, now that I have produced this I am

going to be moving on to my CD cover producing an initial idea of what both the back and front willvisually look like after the completion of this will be taking my designs to my client in which they will give

me feedback to how they feel about my current designs.


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11/10/13

1 Lesson completed

In todays lesson I started off by opening my folder and acquiring a new storyboard in which I am

going to begin in todays lesson.

Aim - To be able to complete at least half of the CD cover meaning the front cover of the case and

that including the spine.

In todays lesson I manage to produce the front cover of my CD case but I did not manage to

complete the spine design as I ran out of time meaning I did not meet my aim but progressed

relatively close to it.

14/10/13

1 lesson completed

In todays lesson I started off by carrying on with my CD case design, to be more specific the spine

and back cover as I managed to complete the from cover of the CD case in the previous lesson.

Aim - to be able to complete the spine and back cover for the CD case on storyboard.

In todays lesson I managed to complete both the spine and back cover for the CD case so overall I

have met my aim, now that I have done that I am going to be starting on the A4 magazine advert.

18/10/13

1 lesson completed

In todays lesson I am going to be starting off with the final storyboard design which is for the A4

magazine advert for the band in which I am going to apply either my the retro look style or modern

style.

Aim -to be able to complete over half of my A4 magazine design by the end of the lesson.

In todays lesson I managed to producejust over half of the A4 magazine advert meaning I more or

less met my aim of the lesson, I will continue to produce the rest of the A4 magazine advert out of

working hours.


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CLIENT FEEDBACK 1 obtained 12/11/13

Today I received my first client feedback in which my client is not overall that happy with what I

originally submitted to them, the first problem being the confusion between the two concept ideas

in which I had generated the Retro design and the Modern design as I had submitted the

modern design concept drawings to my client without stating that the modern concept idea is what I

will be going with over the retro concept design idea as I saw it more fit for its purpose towards the

band of The Pixels.

The second area in which my client requests me to work on is the logo as they see the current logo

design unfit for purpose as they feel that it need to be more bold and have it stand out more in

which I am positively going to reply with I also agree and I am going to make the lettering much

larger so it is clearer to read and grabs the eyes of the target audience members much easier

without them having to take a second look.

The third area in which my client is questioning is why the logo upon the A3 poster is different tothat of the sketch in which I drew up of the logo itself, this is because I attempted to apply a more

pixelated texture (mosaic) so it was more linkable towards the bands name, but as I can see my

client does not like this, so when I come to digitally produce the A3 poster I will be applying the

exact same logo in to which I will also apply to the CD cover front side.

Overall it seem my client is questioning what I have stated in my proposal towards them and the

designs in which I have submitted in which I apologize to as it was my responsibility to make sure

that the proposal linked to its heist point with the design in which I had drawn up, but now I have

made it very clear towards my client what is going to be happening with my design I hope they

understand once this once I have re submitted it to them.


Today I received my client feedback in which my client is not all that happy with what I have so far

produced via storyboards designs and word documentations, but after scanning through the

feedback I have isolated the areas in which I need to work upon in which I am going to apply a more

in depth explanation, for example, my client requests that I re design the logo and make it stand out

more via adding colour and using a bigger font in which I have now done and given an explanation of

upon the storyboard, my client also stated that they wish to have the A3 poster and CD cover titles

the same which make sense to an extent but on collective knowledge no band of the 21st

century

plays an entire album live, they nearly always play a selection off songs from different albums, (the

greatest hits for example) but as I am working for my client I must obey their need and wants to

obtain a successful pay and to be recommended further on to other bands.

Also my client has stated that upon my A3 poster storyboard design I have only applied 1 tour date

to the design, in which I have realise and my client has stated that they wish to have 10 tour dates

add in which I have understood and will add to the digital design of the A3 poster, furthermore the

client has specially requested that I add a copyright and disclaimer message at the bottom of the

back cover of the CD case design in which I have added to the storyboard in rough detail but will add

to the digital design in much more detail in the same location upon the CD cover reverse.


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21/10/13

1 lesson completed

In todays lesson I am going to start upon task 5 which is to start digitally producing my

designs witithni Photoshop, to start off I am going to be making the logo for the band first as

this is my primary design in which will need to be added to both the A3 poster design and

the CD cover design once digital production for both of these print based products

commence.

Aim - to be able to near complete the production of the logo with this 1 hour period with

acceptations made and understood if production is not complete.

In todays lesson I managed to produce the entire logo within Photoshop using a range of

tools and exporting the graphic in multiple formats such as TIFF for appliance to otherproducts which allows for transparency for importation into other print based products in

which I am to produce along with a secondary export file format, that being TIFF just in case

I plan on making any alterations before it is applied to other products.

To firstly start off, firstly I am going to open up Photoshop and create a suitable canvas size

for the log design in which I going to apply a transparent background to allow it to be easily

applied to the A3 poster and CD case design.

Firstly I go File>New to create a new canvas size.

Note-I have previously set up folders for each of the specific

designs in which I will produce including sub folders for the CD

cover design as it will be produced completely but separated

into two different files as they will be produced separately but

applied as one after production is complete for both the back

and the front of the CD cover.


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Now that I have opened a new file box I am going to enter the correct credentials in which

fit the need for the logo design.

This screenshot show the credential

in which I have entered for the

canvas and file settings, not how I

have the colour mode in CMYK which

is the colour pallet in which printers

use and as my designs are to be

printed once completed this colour

more become highly appropriate to

use during the production off all 3 of

my designs

Now I click ok and a black transparent canvas appears for me to begin my work on.

Now that I have my black transparent

canvas to work on the first think in which I

am going to do is select the Horizontal Type

Tool.

Now that I have done this I am going to draw a dashed box

using the Horizontal Type tool over the inside of the canvas

leaving about 3-5mm of room along the outside of the

dashed line to give the text aesthetical alterations.

Now that I have done that I am going to select the

left alignment text tool which allows me to apply

the text with a position of the left hand side

wiping out centre text alignment or any other text

alignment forms.


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Now that I have done that I am now going to re select the text box via clicking

in it and above is a settings bar in which I am going to select an appropriate

font, font size and font colour before I start applying the text.

The font in which I have chosen is Goudy Stout along with the multiple font sizes as the

Pixels is split in to two different sizes with the word the being 36 pt and the word Pixels

set at the font size of 105 pt to refer back to my storyboard design sketches.

Now that I have applied the text to the bands

logo I am going to start to apply visual

alterations.

To do this I fist simply click upon the Move Tool which is located in the top left of the tools

bar.

Now that I have done that I am going to go along the top bar of Photoshop and

select filter.

Now that I have done that I am going to go down to

Render and click upon it which asked me if I wish touse this function. I must first rasterise the data witithn

the canvas, that

being the text.

So I click ok

Now that I have rasterised the layer I can begin to alter the aesthetics of the text using the

Fibres render tool.


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Once I have click upon the Fibres render tool a box

appears giving me an example of how the text will

visually appear with variance and strength slide bars to

alter the visual appearance of the Fibres render of the

text.

For this tool I am simply going to select the Randomise

tool until I see a style fit for the logo.

Now that I have applied the Fibres render

alteration to the bands nameI am going to

apply colour alterations to the fibre rendering

and an outer glow to the text of green.

To do this I simply double click upon the layer in which the Pixels word is on to bring up the

layer style box.

Now that I have done that I am going to apply a background graphic using the Brush Toll in

which I feel suites the logo but also linking to the storyboard sketch of the latest logo

design.

As you can see I have

selected the Drop Shadow,

Inner Shadow and OuterGlow in which I have

selected green and blue

colours, blue for the fibre

rendering and green for

the outer glow as shown by

the image.

Also I have applied an Outer

Glow and a drop shadow to the

word The above Pixels.


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To do this I simply select the Brush Tool.

Now that I have done this I am going to make a new layer for the background graphics.

I am going to place this layer beneath the rest so that the text is in front and the background

graphics is behind it as the text is what matters.

Now that I have done this I am going to select a suitable brush in

which I feel links to the bands style but with added alterations.

Now I am going to Export the logo in both PSD for any emergency alterations and TIFF so

that the transparency of the background is upheld and once applied to my A3 poster and CD

cover it does not appear or intervening when not needed.

NOTE. I have decided to not use the Mosaic Tool which allows me to apply a pixelated visual

appearance to the text as I have previewed it with the font in which I have chosen on top of

the fibres render effect and I personally see no visual

enhancements and

overall it degrades the

quality of the text

without applying a logical

reasoning linking to the

bands name that being

The Pixels.

To export the Graphic I


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simply go File>Save as

Now that I have done that a box appears asking me what I would like to name the file as

and under what file format I wish to export it in as.

The first export is going to be the PSD file format so that if I decide to make any emergency

alterations to the logo all of the layers and effect I have applied to the text will be fully

removable or alterable without having to create the logo from scratch.

Now I click save.

Now that I have done that I am going to export the logo again but into a different file format

that being the TIFF file format so that the transparency of the background remain once

applied to my A3 poster and CD cover.

To do this I simply repeat the same process as the previous export but change the File

format to TIFF.

Now that I have done that I simply click

save.

Once I have done that the TIFF file format itself has multiple saving

options for example the compression algorithm used in which I am

going to choose the LZW which is Lossless compression meaning the

file size will increase but the quality of the graphic will stay the same.


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Only the image compression I have altered due to the other options being set default to

the way I need them.

Now I click ok and the file will save as a TIFF under LZW compression.

Now that I have done this I am going to being on the A3 poster design witithn Photoshop.

To start off on the A3 poster design I am firstly going to go File> New to set up a new Canvas

witithn Photoshop to apply my work to.

Now that I have done that the canvas credentials box

appears asking me what size etc. I wish to have the

canvas set at for the A3 poster I have set the

credentials to the following shown in the screenshot.

Now that I have set the credentials for the

canvas I click ok and the canvas appears,

NOTE- how I have set the resolution to 300

dpi which allow for quality assurance once my

print based products are ready for printing.


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Now that I have my blank canvas I am going to begin applying the logo and other relevant

graphics and text.

Firstly I am going to unlock the layer as you can currently see it is lock to background.

So to do this I double click upon the background layer which

brings up a new layer box which simply unlocks and

renames the layer so that graphical data can be applied to the canvas, altered on thecanvas, removed from the canvas and other alterations such as background colour

transparency, and other background effects.

Now I click ok.

Now that I have the background layer unlocked I am, going to make the first layer, that

being for the logo in which I previously produced.

To do this I simply click upon the new layer Icon located beneath the layer pallet.


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22/10/13

1 lesson completed

In todays lesson I started on the Production of the A3 poster within Photoshop in which I do

not plan on completing within this 1 hour time frame as I know it will take longer and at this

current point in time, time itself is not against me, so to firstly start off I am going to report

back to my proposal in which I stated the correct dimensions for an A3 poster which are

297mm x 420mm or 11.7" x 16.5" depending on which ever I see visually with more clarity

which will most likely be the measurements in millimetres.

Aim - to set up the correct canvas size for the A3 poster and begin to produce the A3 poster

design digitally witithn Photoshop.

In todays lesson I managed to apply the logo to the A3 poster design along with digitally

produced graphics from witithn Photoshop itself.

To start off on the A3 poster design I am firstly going to go File> New to set up a new

Canvas within Photoshop to apply my work to.

Now that I have done that the canvas credentials box

appears asking me what size etc. I wish to have the

canvas set at for the A3 poster I have set the

credentials to the following shown in the screenshot.

Now that I have set the credentials for the

canvas I click ok and the canvas appears,

NOTE- how I have set the resolution to 300

dpi which allow for quality assurance once my

print based products are ready for printing.


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Now that I have my blank canvas I am going to begin applying the logo and other relevant

graphics and text.

Firstly I am going to unlock the layer as you can currently see it is lock to background.

So to do this I double click upon the background layer which

brings up a new layer box which simply unlocks and

renames the layer so that graphical data can be applied to the canvas, altered on the

canvas, removed from the canvas and other alterations such as background colour

transparency, and other background effects.

Now I click ok.

Now that I have the background layer unlocked I am, going to make the first layer, that

being for the logo in which I previously produced.


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To do this I simply click upon the new layer Icon located beneath the layer

pallet.

Now that I have done thatI double click within the text description box in the layer and

rename it to logo.

Now that I have done that I am going to drag and drop the TIFF file logo into Photoshop but

firstly selecting the Logo layer via clicking on it and having highlight in blue.

Now that I have dropped the logo on the canvas

you can clearly see it has a frame like structure

around it in which allows me to physically alter the

height, width and location of the logo upon the

canvas and I am going to place the bands logo just

above the centre of the canvas.


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Now that I have done that I am going to return to the Move Tool and click upon it, once I

have done that a box will appear asking me if it is where I wish to place the file and I click

Place.

Now that the Logo has fully loaded upon the canvas it is in the

centre and I simply going to move it slightly up just above the

centre so that there will be enough space beneath for more

informative text in which I will be documenting later on.

Now that I have moved the logo more towards the top of the A3

poster I am going to apply the informative text in which the

audience members will be able to obtain useful information if they

are interested in going to see the band play live at concert.

So firstly I need to select the Horizontal Type Tool.

Now that I have done that I am going to draw a dashed

box beneath the logo.


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Now that I have drawn out the Text box I am going to

select an appropriate font, font size and keep the colour

to black to keep in with the colour scheme.

The first section of text in which I am going to apply is

the bands tour name, that being Cube Life Tour which I

am going to apply right beneath the bands logo.

The font and font size in which I have chosen for this

piece of text is OCR A Extended and with the font size of

95 pt.

Now that I have added that text to A3 poster I am now going to

now draw out another text box, NOTE- how I have not been

making new layers for the text, this is due to the Horizontal type

tool being layer applied meaning every time I draw out a new

text box Photoshop automatically realises this as textpositioning can be crucial in some areas of work.

Now that I have added the new text box I am going to keep

with the OCR A Extended font but altering in size variously

between each tour date and location via having the text in all

capitals and some in lower case.


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Now that I have added the ten tour dates and

location, note how I have had to raise the

height of the logo tour name to fit all 10 dates

in chronological order, now I am going to add

the final part of the A3 poster that being the

four pixelated characters of the band in which I

am going to have to re-negotiate placement

with myself as it appears spacing has become

an issue in the top region of the poster.

The four pixelated characters in which my client has asked me to apply to the poster has

been made clear that they can be simply acquired from the internet as pixilation near

completely distorts the whole image overall meaning that the audience would not be able

to ID the pixelated characters as images other than the four band members themselves.

This image display an array of 18 different characters in

which I am going to isolate 4 of in which I believe fit the

style of the band and can be most linkable towards the real

life band members themselves.

NOTE- that the four characters circled in red will be the four

characters in which I am going to be applying to the A3

poster and the CD cover.


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So to isolate the four needed pixelated characters I am going to open up the image within

Photoshop and begin.

Now that I have opened up the image within

Photoshop I am going to firstly going to isolate

the first character, to do this I am going to use

the Crop Tool located in the left hand toolbar.

Now that I have selected the Crop Tool I am going to draw a box around the first

character by dragging from the top left corner to the bottom right over the first

character.

Now that I have drawn a grid box over the first

character I am going to click upon the Move

Tool which will remove the rest of the image

only leaving the first character.

Now that I have clicked upon the Move Tool Photoshop is now asking me in to whether I

would like to crop the image and I click Crop.


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Now that I have cropped the image of the first character I am going to Export it.

To do this I simply go File >Save As and name the character, character 1 and

choose the file format of JPEG as image quality will barely be reduced due to the

image being pixelated already.

Now that I have done this I click save also

making sure before I do that that the imagefile will be stored in an appropriate location in

which I have already taken care of.

Now that I have done that I am going to obtain the other three pixelated characters, and to

do this I simply repeat the exact same process as before 3 times over naming the remaining

three characters from character 2-3.

Now that I have cropped all four characters from the

selection, I am going to import them into the A3 poster file.


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To do this I am simply going to drag and drop each of the four characters from their stored

file into the A3 poster file in Photoshop.

Now that I have dropped the first character on to the poster I am

going to move them to the bottom right of the poster.

Note-Photoshop recognises that I am applying an image upon the

canvas so it creates a new layer for me to apply each of the

characters on to with their own layer for each of them.

Once I have moved the character to the bottom right of the poster I click on the Move Tool

which bring up a notification box asking me if it is where I wish to place the file and I click

Place which removed the frame from the character and renders the image to increase in

quality.


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Now that I have added the first character to the A3

poster I am now going to repeat the exact same

process 3 times over to incorporate the 3 remaining

characters.

Now that I have added the 3 remaining characters and

managed to apply their positioning in an appropriate

location upon the poster, I am now going to apply the

final touch which is to add the band website address

above the bands logo.

To do this I am going to go back to the Horizontal Type

Tool and draw out a dashed box at the very top of the

poster.


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Now that I have drawn the text box I am going to select OCR A Extended for the chosen font

in which I have previously used upon the poster design so that it fits in with the theme and

style of the band to uphold consistency.

The font size will be 36pt

And colourblack

Now that I have added the band website address the

poster is complete.

Now that it is complete I am going to export it into two

different formats PSD for any emergency alterationsbefore distribution is active and TIFF for the master Export

file format.

To do this I go File> Save As.

Then the save as box appears asking me what file format

including name I would to select for the outgoing file.


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As I have already saved the files in a PSD file format as default I

am simply going to just export it to the TIFF file format.

Now that I have selected the TIFF file format I am going to click

upon save.

Once I click upon save anther box appears asking me why type of

compression I would like to apply to the file and for the poster I am going toapply the LZW compression method as it compresses the data using a Lossless

compression method so that there is not loss is visual quality but the

downside being that the file sizes are much larger but as this is intended for print file size is

not in this area is not too much of a problems but this can depends on whether the file is to

be transported elsewhere.

Once I have selected LZW I can click ok and the file will

begin to save in the TIFF file format.


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5/11/13

Client Feedback Report

I have recently received feedback from my client with both positive and negative comments,

overall I believe that my client is rather misunderstood with the approach in to which I have

taken towards the design ideas and initial idea in which I have produced, it seems they are

confused in to why I have generated 2 initial ideas of two completely different styles, in

which I understand myself as I do believe I did not conclude with which Idea I was going to

uphold for the digital designs which is the modern style design as the Retro design idea

with the CRT monitor etc. was well linkable towers the band of the pixels in multiple ways

but overall I decided the modern design idea was more suitable for the band personal styles

and beliefs.

Overall I am going to go back through my work making correction and making it easier for

my client to understand and why I have overall chosen the modern design over the retro

design idea.

Now that I have fully produced the A3 poster design witithn Photoshop and exported it into

its intended file formats I am going to start on the front cover design for the CD case.

Now to firstly start off I am going to open up Photoshop and Go file> new to prepare a new

canvas for the front CD cover.

Now that I have clicked new, a canvas

credentials box appears in which I enter the

following show in the screenshot.

Notehow I have changed the DPI to 300

which is the standard dip for print based

media products in the industry.

Along with the CMYK colour mode in which

nearly all printer print in.


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Now that I have filled in the canvas credentials box I am going to click OK.

Now that I have my blank

white square canvas I amgoing to begin the first

initial process which is to

add the logo to the centre

of the front CD cover.

To do this I am simply going

to drag and drop the logo

from its file.

Now that I have added the logo to the

front cover of the CD case I am now going

to click upon the Move Tool as the Logo

has default centred itself in the centre of

the CD case as a physical size in which I am

happy with.

Once I click upon the Move Tool a notification box appears asking me if it is where I wish

to Place the Logo and I click Place.


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Now that I have added the Logo in a

position and size in which I myself

along with the client will most likely

be happy with I am now going to

begin the second appliance of thefront CD cover which is the bands

album name, that being Squared

Again which will be placed directly

beneath the bands logo.

So to firstly apply the bands album name to the front CD cover I am going to select theHorizontal Type Tool.

Now that I have done that I am going to draw out a dashed line box in which the text will be

held within.

Now that I have added the text box I am going to select OCR

A Extended for the font with the colour of Black and font size

of 30pt.


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Now that I have applied the band

album name to the CD front cover I

am going to select the Move Tool to

remove the Text box.

Now that I have done that I am going to add the four pixelated

character to each of the four corners.

To do this I am simply going to navigate to the file in which I previously stored the four

pixelated character 1-4.

Now that I have located the four pixelated characters I am going to drag and drop character

1 onto the canvas.


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Now that I have done that you will notice how

the character is much bigger than needed so I

am going to scale him down simply by clicking

and holding on one of the four corners of the

character supplied via the editing frame applied

over the character.

NOTE - each of the implements in which I have added have been automatically applying

their own individual layers so that if I need to go back to make alterations it will be much

easier as the 3 applied pieces of data each have their own layer.

Now that I have scaled down the size

of the 1st

character and re located

them to the top left of the album

cover I simply click upon the Move

Tool to render the image to full

quality and then I will be applying thenext three characters using the exact

same process.


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Now that I have

added the three

other characters to

the CD case it is now

complete.

Now that I have done this I am going to begin to export it.

I am going to be exporting the font cover in two different file formats, PSD and TIFF, PSD as

a default file format in which I may need to apply any alteration after the client has view it

and the TIFF file format as the master Export file in which I will be presenting to the client to

obtain feedback.

To do this I go File>Save As

The first export is

going to be the PSD

file format.


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The second Export is the Master Export in which I

am exporting in to a TIFF file format.

After clicking save using the TIFF file format a saving option box

appears asking me what type of compression I would like to use

and I choose LZW which is Lossless compression which overall

increases the file size but allows for very little loss in visual data

and quality.

Now that I have done that the front CD cover is completed.

Now I am going to start on the production of the back CD cover.

Firstly I am going to go in to Photoshop and Go file>New to create a new Canvas.

Now the canvas credentials box appears I

enter the following show in the screenshot.


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Now I click ok and the canvas appears.

Now that I have my black canvas I am going to apply the first piece of data, that being the

heading for the list of tracks on the CD which is The Pixelated Audio List.

But before I do that I am going to apply a line to separate the back of the CD cover from the

spine of the reverse cover.

To do this I am simply select the Line Tool in the left hand tool bar.


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Now that I have done that I am going to draw a line from the top to the bottom of the

canvas on the right hand side.

Now that I have added the spine separator to the

back of the CD cover I am going to apply the

heading for the track list.

To do that I am going to select the Horizontal Type

Tool.

Now that I have selected the Horizontal Type Tool I am going to draw out a dashed text box

at the top left of the CD cover reverse going across to the top right corner.

Now that I have done that I am going to select OCR A Extended for

the Font 22pt font size and black for font colour.


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Now I am going to enter the text.

Now that I have added the heading for the CDs

audio tracks I am going to add the track list.

To do this I am going to go and re select the

Horizontal Type Tool and draw a box on the left

hand side of the CD cover reverse.

I am also going to be using the same font and

font colour but font size will be smaller.

Now that I have added the track list to the CD cover

reverse I am going to apply a dotted underlined

sequence for each of the listed tracks.

To do this I am going to select the Brush Tool.

Now that I have done that I am going to select the second brush along

being the smooth circle circled red.

Now that I have selected the desired brush I am going to go to the brush

properties and alter the mechanics of the needed brush.


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As you can see I made the size of the brush set

to 21 px and set the spacing to 145% which

allows for spacing to happen when the brush is

being applied to the canvas.

Now that I have done that I am going to return

to the canvas, make a new layer, hold down the

shift key and apply the dotted brush line.

NOTE - the shift key usage is to apply a straight

line instead of the brush spacing line being un-equal and uneven. And I will need to apply a

layer for each of the dotted lines so that they can be individually altered if need be.

Now that I have added the dotted lines under each of

the listed tracks I am going to now apply the visual

aesthetics to the reverse of the CD case that being one

of the unselected pixelated characters.

To obtain one of the 14 unselected characters I will be

doing so using the same process used to obtain the

four character members.


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Now that I have added the pixel character to the CD

cover reverse I am going to apply the bands record

label name and website address beneath the track

list.

To do this I am going to repeat the same process in

which I used to apply the previously added text.

Only alterations will be with the font size.

Now that I have applied the record labels name

and website address I am going to apply a bar

code for visual authentication purposes.

I am going to simply obtain a barcode from Google

Images in which I will save and drag and drop into

to the CD cover reverse file.


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Now that I have applied the Barcode to the

bottom right of the CD cover reverse, theirremain one more step before completion.

And that is to apply the bands name up the

Spine.

To do this I am going to select the Horizontal

Type Tool and draw out a text box and apply the

text, the only alteration will be in font size.

Now that I have added the text I am going to go to the

character presents and alter the tracking of the

characters in which will disperse the characters further

apart.

As you can see I have set the character tracking to 550 which I

feel is a reasonable level for the needed style.

As you can see the characters are wider apart

now that I altered the character tracking.


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Now that I have done that I am going to rotate the text box using the corner grab given.

Now that I have rotated the text 90 degrees

and physically moved the text to the center of

the spine and placed it there, the CD cover

reverse is complete. Now is all I have to do is

export it.

File >Save As

I am going to export the CD cover revers into two different file formats, PSD for post

alteration after the client has inspected and the TIFF file format for presentation to the

client as the master file.


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The first export is going to be the PSD file

in which have selected from the drop

down menu and now I can click save.

Now for the TIFF export in which I have

selected, now I can click Save.

After clicking save a TIFF saving option box appears in which I alter the compression to LZW

which is a lossless compression algorithm used to uphold the graphics visual quality but also

increasing the file size.


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Now I click save and the products are finally complete.

12/11/13

1 lesson completed

In today lesson I carried on with upgrading my previous submission, that being Assignment 2

in which I have already upgraded the proposal stating that my final designs will lie around

the modern concept idea in which generated, as for task 2 I have added example as asked

for to aid the client in obtaining a better picture of how I see the mechanics for the A3

poster and CD in the words of File formats, Dimensions and layouts etc.

In todayslesson I am going to be re drawing the Logo at the request of my client as they

believe it needs to be altered to the style in which I have applied to my storyboard designs

of my A3 poster and CD cover.

In todays lesson I managed to re-draw the logo in which I feel I have applied to the style of

the Currently appearing A3 Poster and CD cover design logo, although my client did state

they want the logo to look bolder and have it stand out more to attract the target audience.


Today I received my third client feedback in which my client is not happy with me as they

have failed to see any resemblance between the latest drawn up storyboard logo containing

shades of green and overall shaped background graphics with the digitally produced logo in

which I have updated to apply resemblance towards the latest vision of the storyboard logo,

but as development is my storyboard logo does vary from the digital logo in which I have

produced but no resemblanceis not a word I would personally use as there is clearly

resemblance, I have just developed it further from the latest copy of the storyboard sketch

in which I drew up.

My client also believes that I have paid very little attention towards the previous feedback in

which they have given to me which I disagree with due to not having any in person contact

with the client it is very hard to understand exactly what they are looking for from the work

in which I am producing for them which hopefully they understand.

I am thankful towards the praise the client has given me for the digital diary in which I have

produced, and for the CD front cover Logo I have emailed the client a new copy of the CD

front cover with the updated logo, in which I have applied an outline Stroke to the word

Pixels upon the logo modified as asked for via the client along with other internal alterations

towards the word Pixels to make the logo stand out more asked for viathe client.


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Now to start task 6which is to take A3 poster CD cover back and front and Export each of

them into Photoshop PDF file formats for import into InDesign for Export in a PDF (Print) File

format.

To do this I go File> Save as

And go to the file format drop down

menu and I select Photoshop PDF and

click Save.

Now I am going to open up InDesign and make a new Document.


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Now new document box appears in which I go to the page size drop down menu and change

it to A3 and click ok as this will change the physical dimensions of the page to an A3 size

piece of paper.

Now that I have

my blank A3

page I am going

to drag and

drop the PDF A3

Poster file onto

the page.

Now that I have dragged and dropped the file into the

InDesign document I am now going to go File>Export

As you can see I have chosen the

Adobe PDF (print) File format as

this will be best for Export for Print based work.

Now I click Save and the file is Exported into the correct file format to be sent to a printerready for print.


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Now that I have done that I repeat the exact same process 2 times over but for the front

and back CD cover, the only alterations that will be made during this process is the page size

for the InDesign Documents which I will refer to the Photoshop documents of both the back

and front CD cover for the stated sizes.

Now that I have exported all three documents into Adobe PDF (Print) file formats from

Adobe InDesign my Work is finally complete.

3/12/13

1 lesson completed

In todays lesson I started on Assignment 3 which is the evaluation towards the graphics in

which I had produced for my client, so far I have been given the sub heading of which to go

by so that I can meet the clients needs for the evaluation.

So far I have managed to type out all of the subheadings witithn a document which will

become the evaluation once completed.

Aim- to be able to near complete the first sub heading of the evaluation.

Today I am going to be starting on the first sub heading in which is Extent to which briefhas been realised in which I am going to be explaining how I have read the brief in detail

and how I have responded to it and how I have realised what exactly the client is asking for

from me.

In todays lesson I managed to produced half of the first sub headings content meaning that

I did not meet the my aim of the lesson but this is not a problem as time is currently on my

side as I am not behind with any of my work.


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5/12/13

1 lesson completed

In todays lesson I started on the second sub heading of my evaluation in which is Use of

Appropriate methods and techniques in which I am going to be talking about how I

produced the 3 graphics, that being the A3 poster, the front CD cover and the back CD cover

explaining the methods in which I used to produce them over other that I could have used

but reasoning into why.

Aim-to be able to complete the rest of the first subheading and start on the second.

In todays lesson I managed to complete the remaining half of the first sub heading, also I

managed to compete half of the second sub heading, so overall I managed to exceed my

aim which is good and I will try to keep up this consistency in production of my evaluation.