ANIMAL DPS

For the second indesign session I started to create my double page spread.

CONTENT-

I had previously written up the content a few weeks before in the style of a magazine article with a informative and humorous tone.

DESIGN -

I worked from double page spreads I had seen in my research and began mocking up the boxes for the content.

To begin my double page spread I set out the text, image and other graphic boxes i wanted to put my content into. I used the present table we created in our induction to InDesign and i felt these rulers were helpful.

From the font I selected for my double page spread, I began by adding the title and adjusting it so it flowed cohesively across the page.

Point sizes: 89 - 24

Next I added my first image that would work across the double page spread. I uploaded and placed a jpeg. file which made the image come out pixilated. From the previous sessions I had leart that you can adjust the file size from how much you have scaled the image.

I took note of the measurements I had scaled the image to and opened it up in Photoshop to edit it.

I then adjusted the size by going on image size on Photoshop, making sure the resolution was at 300 for optimum quality.

I the saved the document as a tiff as this type of file holds a stronger resolution when transfering to other software.

I then placed the image and it immediately had a difference in quality.

I then started adding place holder text to get an idea of how the layout would work, there were a few readability issues with the title and there wasn't a lot of space for my other two photo's.

I then started to adjust these by manipulating the box sizes and experimenting with layout, and came to this final design layout.

I then added my next two images to see if it all flowed consistently. They again were pixilated, so I repeated the same process as I did with my first image to overcome this.

I then placed the higher quality images and changed the font of my place holder text.

I then started experimenting with header of the layout by adapting colour and aligning it in different ways.

I decided to change the  background to black as I felt this complimented the images more and stood out. I also continued playing with the header making sure it read clearly.

After experimenting with the head title I chose this one as my final design. I felt using a black background made the text and images stand out more and worked with the alignment of the page.

I then added my body copy and aligned the paragraphs so they all flowed consistently.

The process for creating this double page was quite simple, I decided to follow a simplistic style for the double page spread due to the workload we was given at the time. If I had more time I would have liked to experiment with this design further and created some mock ups instead of going from a design in my head. This would of enabled me to develop and experiment with the design more.