Essential Question 6

My favorite activity we have completed so far in Digital Imaging is the Forest Festival bookmarks. We were given two bookmark templates to start with; one landscape and one portrait. To make mine I choose the landscape template. I used the gradient tool to fade purple into green for the background. Then I downloaded three photos; one of Maid Silvia and one of each of the Maids of Honor. I also downloaded the Forest Festival logo. Once I downloaded theses items I opened them in photo shop and used the cutting and feathering tools to place them onto my bookmark. After inserting the photos and logo I played with the many fonts and colors to display the title and maids' name. As a finishing touch I used the paint brush and chose the leaf brush to print fall leafs around the photos. When finished I printed the front and back out, cut them, and taped them together.

Essential Question 5

The KISS theory is "Keep It Simple Stupid". This theory is important to remember when designing logos because you want the logo to be easy to understand, easily printable, non-space consuming, and eye catching.

Essential Question 4

Illustrator, in my opinion was better for creating logos than photoshop. There were lots of images that were easy to insert with the spray paint tool. Also there were a lot of ways to set the text, including the path and vertical path tool. I found it easier to add effects to my logo.

Essential Question 3

The DPI for photos going on the web is 72, so they are not too big and become pixelated. The DPI for photos being printed is 300 so that they are large enough and in proportion with the paper.  These week I learned how to use the paint brush on photoshop. Also, I learned how to use the feathering and the elliptical tool.