When it came to the Typesetting Assignment this week, I definitely struggled more than I excelled. I am new to InDesign, so I had to carefully watch each tutorial video that was provided for us this week in order for me to somewhat know what I was doing throughout this assignment. I was able to […]
For the Newspaper Markup assignment this week, we were asked to find a newspaper and locate all of the elements that we learned about this week, which includes: -Masthead -Headlines -Deck -Subhead -Bylines -Body text -Photo cutline -Pull quote -Dividers -Jump Line I found that when first looking at each of the element’s names, I […]
WOW! This week has taught me that I do not have a strong skill set for PhotoShop nor InDesign. The assignment called for us to follow along with a list of different instructional videos that walked us through how to use both sets of software. This took much longer than I thought it would and […]
What caught my attention most about The Oklahoma Daily were the words written at the top of the page: “SIGNING DAY”. I hate to admit that this was the main reason why I chose this paper over all the others, besides the fact that it was free of course. While looking at the front page […]
I definitely had difficulties in the beginning when starting with InDesign. I liked this assignment and it definitely goes to show how much work is put in when people publish articles, newspapers and magazines. I have a lot to learn when it comes to InDesign but I tried my best to mimic the article given. … Continue reading Typesetting Assignment
I was asked to watch videos on Photoshop and InDesign and learn about both of the applications. I enjoyed both of the applications and had a little more trouble with InDesign since I am not familiar with it. I was a little familiar with Photoshop from previous classes but had difficulties with InDesign. It was … Continue reading Reflection
For this assignment, I learned how to identify the elements of Masthead, Headlines, Deck, Subhead, Bylines, Body text, Photo cutline, Pull quote, Dividers, and Jump Line on a newspaper. I enjoyed this assignment because it has made me more aware of the structure of a newspaper article. It was interesting to notice how certain elements […]
The newspaper I used was the Oklahoma Gazette, and I found that their content, especially their front page, doesn’t look or read like a normal newspaper. It doesn’t have all of the typesetting of a NY Times or a Chicago Tribune.. The look is kind of modern, but is hard to understand and navigate because Continue reading
