Caroline's Blog

  I had alot of fun with this project since I was able to play around with different text and shapes. I used the eyedropper tool in order to match the color for my logos and changed the opacity. I had trouble at first uploading my tag brush in one of the business cards but I went back to photoshop in order to download it and upload it to indesign. I also liked playing with some different effects on the text like drop shadow and inner shadows.

 

 

  Adding Columns This tutorial features how to make multiple columns on your indesign page. I think this video is useful since it's different than illustrator on text. For example, I have worked with InDesign before and the text tool and making columns that are even had been something I struggled with but this video really helped me since shows you the simplest way to do it.  Text Frame Tool The text fame tool is really important to use since that is the way you upload pictures in in design. Also you can not place file open you need to press file place. I thought to add this video since this is very different than photoshop or illustrator since you need to add a specific text box before you even upload the photo.  Frame Fitting When I first started using Indesign I struggled with getting the picture to fix the way I wanted in the text frame tool. Most of the time is would be really zoomed in and impossible to tell what the picture was. By using the Frame fitting tool there is vario

 

 I chose to do my somewhere assignment on the TV show you that is about a thriller between main character Joe and his short time lover Love. I thought this was a perfect picture since Joe is a killer and has an axe and then Love is more mysterious and you would never guess the character she turns out to be. I also added a house in the background since they try to give off the vibe that they are just a normal couple but there is so much more secrets to them than that. I really loved this project since I started using photoshop in another one of my classes a couple weeks ago so I did not really struggle with the program. It took me a while to think about how I wanted it to turn out but overall I am happy with the outcome and think I did a good job. This is the picture I took with my friend in order to edit it in photoshop I used the image on the right and copied out the background and created a mask in photoshop to get him on his own.  This is the background I used. I also added this in