GRAF5014 - Week 1 - September 8

Welcome Back / Introduction

Welcome back everyone. I will not be able to make it to classes today, I will meet you all next week.


Today's Class Work Worth 5% towards assignment 1.

Some of the hardest things to design are the smallest. I would like you to use your design skills, Indesign, and your creativity and to create a business card for yourself. (note: This is not a marked project, it is just a way to see where you are at with InDesign.) In this class you will pay attention to strict prepress specifications for your digital files, and submit them in the same manner you would for an actual print job. See Business card specifications below.

Create a Business Card in InDesign
Trim Size 2" X 3.5" (Page Size)(Portrait orientation)
Bleed 1/8"
This is a 4 colour job (CMYK)

Required Elements

> Recent Picture of yourself
> Quick Vector logo (Illustrator)
> Name
> Current Email Address
> Bitmap or Vector cmyk Background illustration with bleed included
> All images must be 300ppi (effective resolution)
> Job is CMYK
> .PSD, .AI, tif, or eps files
> Export as a PDF using "High Quality Print" from InDesign including trim marks, & bleed
> Package and preflight the job.

Remember No Jpegs or RGB images should be placed into Indesign for this job


Due: beginning of next class (we will take a lookat them)

Drop Box will not be available until week 2:
Drop Zipped/Archived files on the xserve in your classes dropbox named "Business Card Dropbox". Please name your root folder (yourfirst intial_yourlastname)

Please email me if you have any questions: gerrywiebe@sympatico.ca


Remember this is worth 5% towards assignment 1.


Note:
This is a dropbox and you will get a message
saying you cannot view the contents of the folder.


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