Session 5 [mon 201008] - Quiz Answers/ InDesign Fundamentals Continued/ Keyword:Iconic briefing/ Music from Nate And Angera

Homework First

• Find an object for scanography purposes
• Think about music choice
• Practice mac skills for remainder of Homework allocation - perhaps try creating some finished CD art

First Quiz
Answers available here - Quiz 1 Answers

InDesign Fundamentals
Continuing our run-through of the Adobe CS suite of print apps, we covered a whole raft of techniques this session -

• Recap on setting up layers - the all important text layer on top rule
• Importing Bitmap and Vector images
• Apple Shift A to deselect
• Keying 'W' to show preview mode without margins and guides
• Using the Black Selection arrow to move the picture frame
• Using the White Selection arrow to move the contents inside the frame
• Changing Display Performance - Control click \> Display performance \> High Quality
• Using Links Palette to edit in original app and update in InDesign
• Moving items from layer to layer
• Cutting contents and moving to Master Page - using Paste Remembers Layers
• Design Variations - Using InDesign as a sketch book. Unlocking Master Page Items to edit a unique page
• Saving InDesign Files to 'Job Bag'

Briefing - Keyword:iconic
Thorough read through of main K:I brief - clarifying what's expected this term.

Music from Nate and Angera
Thanks you two for kicking things off this session. Interesting choices with, hopefully, some useful feedback from the other class members.