In todays session with the group we worked our way around the fonts and illustrations. To make the illustrations and text wrapping, we used Adobe Illustraor. I choose four photographs of me and David holding different types of film equipment such as a microphone, DVD and a camera. We decided to drop the idea of using colour in the illustrations because when tested, they didn’t work very well together.
To make the illustration, we made each Illustrator artboard the same size as the web page. Dave took a photo and then put it and resized it to the position I wanted it to be in relation to the page. Then by using the pen tool, Dave carefully went around the outline of each shape using the eraser for any enclosed gaps. Dave did this as he had a much steadier hand them me. When finished, the shape was filled with black.
In keeping with our target audience, all text boxes were small and down to the point, Arial Narrow in Bold was used because it looked modern and the white colour would stand out from the background later on.
We used the text-wrapping tool to make the cool effect of the text following down the left hand side of the shape. One problem encountered is that one shape didn’t look like anything to do with film. So I found a picture of a studio light and made it so it looks like the person was holding it.
When we finished, these illustrator files were made into Photoshop files to conserve the text wrapping. After that, it was imported to fireworks. This was repeated four times.
In regards to the gradient error, I simply had to go to the optimisation tab in fireworks and change the format from GIF to JPEG. This was because the GIF format doesn’t work well with gradients.
When the website and button functions were put in. I exported each page to the HTML format ready for linking in Dreamweaver. In Dreamweaver, it was a simple case of putting all the hyperlinks into their correct buttons, which was a simplistic task. After making sure all files were kept in the same folder, the website was complete.
Between now and the 22nd February, it will all be about the presentation and critical evaluation. I will be posting the evaluation on this blog so everyone gets to see my thoughts on the project. On Monday, our group will rehearse our presentation so we know who does what and when
To make the illustration, we made each Illustrator artboard the same size as the web page. Dave took a photo and then put it and resized it to the position I wanted it to be in relation to the page. Then by using the pen tool, Dave carefully went around the outline of each shape using the eraser for any enclosed gaps. Dave did this as he had a much steadier hand them me. When finished, the shape was filled with black.
In keeping with our target audience, all text boxes were small and down to the point, Arial Narrow in Bold was used because it looked modern and the white colour would stand out from the background later on.
We used the text-wrapping tool to make the cool effect of the text following down the left hand side of the shape. One problem encountered is that one shape didn’t look like anything to do with film. So I found a picture of a studio light and made it so it looks like the person was holding it.
When we finished, these illustrator files were made into Photoshop files to conserve the text wrapping. After that, it was imported to fireworks. This was repeated four times.
In regards to the gradient error, I simply had to go to the optimisation tab in fireworks and change the format from GIF to JPEG. This was because the GIF format doesn’t work well with gradients.
When the website and button functions were put in. I exported each page to the HTML format ready for linking in Dreamweaver. In Dreamweaver, it was a simple case of putting all the hyperlinks into their correct buttons, which was a simplistic task. After making sure all files were kept in the same folder, the website was complete.
Between now and the 22nd February, it will all be about the presentation and critical evaluation. I will be posting the evaluation on this blog so everyone gets to see my thoughts on the project. On Monday, our group will rehearse our presentation so we know who does what and when
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