Adobe InDesign

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Please enjoy the contents of this website from a period of my life where I was, honestly, extremely freaking weird. Assignments and their requirements have probably changed by now. Enjoy Digital Design!!! It isn't as scary as you may think it is. You'll most likely never have to look at this again past August your first year of the class.
~Chris ⭐🙂🐻
September 23rd, 2021

(12/07/2018) Recently, Flipsnack announced that they would be removing my ability to add my PDF's without upgrading, so I had to switch to embed codes with Google Drive. If you cannot view these properly, visit this folder itself. Thank you!

Fixed Layout EPUB

Something I like about this assignment is that it was very simple and easy to export a Fixed EPUB document. If I had to do this again, I'd make my own flipbook design type thing. If you were to do this, make sure that all of your settings are correct, and don't try to stick the Instructions.txt file into your Z: drive; it doesn't work.

Interactivity with Fixed Layout EPUB

Something I like about this assignment is that it's also really simple to export this, just as easy as a standard EPUB. If I had to do this again, I'd use more original content. If you were to do this, make sure you realize that you can't actually upload the EPUB to Weebly, just use flipsnack. Oh well. Wait, by the way, ignore the fact that you'd have to sync TypeKit fonts for this. It's a minor detail.

Conference Poster

Conference posters are widely used in the academic community. Research posters summarize information or research concisely and attractively to help publicize it and generate discussion. The poster is usually a mixture of a brief text mixed with tables, graphs, pictures, and other presentation formats.

Something I like about this assignment is that it actually really came out nice. If I had to do this again, I'd use my own content and make this from scratch. If you were to do this, in ACATestPrep: turn on subtitles, and speed up the video to 1.75x because this dude talks really fast. Also, make sure you don't change your display settings to "High Quality Display" because it will crash when you go to add an effect. InDesign loves to crash when you have the effect preview on.

Yearbook Spread

This layout is a design plan for a page or spread in a yearbook. It accounts for the size and position of all elements on a page. Lead (or Lede). The lead is the introductory portion of a news story; usually the first sentence or paragraph. It relays to the reader the most essential information.

Something I like about this assignment is that it looks very high quality and professional. I also like the body paragraph on the 2nd page, because it's pretty special. If I had to do this again, I'd do this with actual information and with our own school. If you were to do this, make sure you have everything aligned properly, because otherwise it'll come out weird. Also, when you export it as a PDF, export the spreads and not the pages so it comes out like the example shown above.

Something I like about this assignment is that very first page. It look really good, and I'd definitely order some food here if it was an actual restaurant. If I had to do this again, I'd actually do it for a local steakhouse with their own information. If you were to do this, make sure you don't freak out when you switch to Normal mode, because what's unprinted really needs to stay unprinted. It's a mess back there.

Planner Cover Design

Design Competition to create a Planner Cover for the 2018-2019 school year using Adobe InDesign.

According to InDesign, I've spent an entire week creating this entire planner cover. Something I like about this is that it uses actual pictures of events from the school over the years that really shows what kind of things you could enjoy at Bayside, like the band, sports, academics, or other courses like NJROTC, Theater, and TV Productions. If I had to do this all over again, I'd like to take more time to find even more pictures to use. If you were to try to make your own planner cover, look up some inspiration online, and just put your ideas onto the page and aim for the stars!

Graphic Resume

Crafting an eye-catching and memorable resume is major component of your self-promotion strategy. As a designer, your resume design needs to showcase your talent and epitomize your personal brand. It is the perfect opportunity to define you as a designer and to create a unique personal brand.

Something I like about this assignment is that it's a resume. If I had to do this again, I'd actually put more effort into and make it my own. If you were to do this, don't procrastinate and push it off for an actual month. This could be way better but to be honest I'd like to just get out of InDesign.

Spring Wedding Invitation

Set up your own fold-out invitation design using Adobe InDesign. We'll look at how using Layers can allow you to set up design elements intended for die cutting and embossing, which can add a really beautiful touch to your final cards.

Something I like about this assignment is that it's a wedding card. What a lovely wedding card. If I had to do this again, I'd put effort into it like the graphic resume above this assignment. If you were to do this, actually take the time to make your card nicer than mine. It would be worth it.