After this we had to find a photograph of a celebrity or any person of your choice. The celebrity that I chose was Lucy Hale, from one of my favourite tv shows. Once we had found a photograph of our celebrity that we wanted to use for the double page spread, we then took the photograph into programme known as Adobe Photoshop were we then had to modify the photograph using 4 different tones. The first was the option RGB, once I had selected this option, I felt that the photograph that I had chosen to modify, didn't really change as the colours were the same and everything else was the same.
After I had done this I then selected the option known as CYMK. After the first option that I had selected nothing changed in the photograph, however when I selected this option it brightened up the photograph. I like this option better, as I felt that the colours a little more vibrant and people would take more interest in the photograph if the brightness of the photograph would be better.
After this I then looked into the option called Black and White, the would then take away the colour of the photograph and replace it with a black and white colour. After selecting this option, I began to like this photograph even more. I liked this photograph even more in Black and White because I felt that the photograph was best suited with this option because it was very professional, eye-catching and engaging because it was very different to the coloured version.
Once I had finished with editing the four photographs, I then saved the photographs as tiff's, which we the best format that I needed to save them as because this would allow the photographs that I have modified to be high quality and professional. I then opened up my InDesign document where I then added eight pages to my InDesign document where I had to duplicate the pages in order to get the rest, which allowed me to produce four double paged spreads. The first part I had to do was to choose the page 2-3, I decided to use page 3 to place my photograph on to as it was on the right hand side. To place the Image, I had to follow the process of file > place, I was then able to choose the photograph that I wanted to take into the document. To make sure that the photograph perfectly fit into the document I held down shift and stretched the image to make the image fit the page, I then repeated this process for the other three of the images that I was going to use and placed them on page 5,7 and 9.
After I had placed all of my Photographs perfectly on to the page I then decided to experiment with one colour tones by using the bitmap image to see how the image would look with the one colour tone, the colour I chose was pink. It wasn't a light pink that I chose it was a dark and vibrant pink that would catch the attention of the target audience very easily. After I had done this I found that the photograph I had placed onto the document was easier to see overall, as I found that the brightness of the colour allowed the detail displayed on the photograph to stand out well, which made it easier for the people who would be looking at this photograph and design to understand what was being displayed in the image.
Again I decided to add colour to add new pantone to the Bitmap design and the black and white design, as I wanted to experiment with the colours even further. The first photograph that I decided to edit was the bitmap photograph because this was my favourite design overall, so I thought that I would start with this one first. To create a new pantone I had to find the colour swatch panel on the right hand side of the page, once I had found the colour swatch panel I then created a new colour swatch by selecting the tool that was placed next to the bin. Once I had selected this button a pop up
menu then appeared on the screen where I kept everything the same apart from the colour mode that I changed to any of the Pantone colour options. After I had sone this I then was able to choose a shade for the list of colours that I had been given the colour that I chose in the end was pantone 130 cp, which was a bright orange colour. I chose this colour because it was very bright and vibrant, which would catch the attention of the people that would be looking at the photograph. I also thought that this colour was more engaging than other colours that I looked at.
Above is the final result, after I had applied the pantone colour to the bitmap Photograph that I had decided to edit even further. I found that this colour that I had chosen to use for the photograph was very bright and allowed the photograph to be easily understood what is being displayed in the photograph. I feel that the colour suits the design well, which allows the lots of detail to stand out on the photograph that isn't easy to see. I then did the same process for the black and white photograph, however for this design I decided to change the colour of the pantone colour swatch to a purple rather than a yellow. I chose to use this colour I thought that it would match the personality of the character that the actress Lucy Hale plays in the hit TV show Pretty Little Liars.
Furthermore into the task of creating a double page spread I then decided to move onto the left side of the page, where I was then able to add some text to my design this was because the left side of the double page spread look very bare. To start off with we were shown a example of a double page spread that had been created, I thought that the typography of the design was very creative and very easy to read. I found that this design was a good example because the layout of the design was very professional, as the design was very easy to understand.
After this we firstly did an experiment with the text tool because we were still learning the basic principles of InDesign. The first part that we had to do was to create a text box using the text box tool, we I then selected an area on the page and dragged the text box across the page to make the box larger than what it was before. Once I had created the text box I was then able to start writing inside of the box to get the basic idea of what it would look like when text was placed onto the left side of the page.
I then decided to experiment with the text even more by enlarging the text that I had placed in to the text above. I did this because it made the text that I had written bolder and easier to read. However I then wanted to experiment with the text even more by changing the length of letter 'T' and letter 'E', to do this I had to follow the process Type > Create Outlines. After I selected this option, I was then able to change the length of the letters of the text using the white arrow button. I was quite happy with how this turned out.
After I had done this I then decided to add another text box underneath the word 'Type' that I had modified using the create outlines tool. I decided to add the text underneath the text because I thought that this was the place, which displayed the text in professional layout because it is easy to see. The font style that I chose to use for the text was a bold font style that stands out very well to the people that I am trying to aim my double page spread towards.
Once I had experimented with the text tool, I then decided to create words that were relevant to the TV Show Pretty Little Liars (PLL) using the text box tool. I then decided to change the shape of the letters that were different words that I had created for example 'Emily'. To do this I followed the same process that I used to for the word 'Type' when I was experimenting with the different tools in InDesign. The process that I followed was Type > Create Lines. i then used the white arrow to modify the length or width of the letters that I wanted to change.
Furthermore after creating my final double page spread design, I found that the Process and Production lesson allowed me to explore new skills that I hadn't used before for example the create outlines tool, which allowed me to change the length and width of a letter of my chose. Overall I really liked my final design that I created because the design layout that I created was very well presented, which allowed the design to look very professional and very attractive to the target audience that I will be aiming towards.
I found that this Process and Production lesson was very helpful, as the skills that I have learnt will really help me in the future, as I found that this lesson was very fun and I enjoyed it very well.
