Indesign - comic book layout

We started by making the right page size as a print document, we set panels/Column. then we placed some wired rectangles and pasted 9 of them evenly on the page.

We then put a black '1pt' stroke onto the rectangles and done the same on the other page

We then pressed the 'W' key to show it in a preview

Workspaces and Panels 

• The workspaces is the boarder and the arrangement of the panels that you use during working on a document.
• you can use the pop-up menu in the application bar. You can choose the way you want your panels and the arrangment to suit the way you work.
• Click the expand panels button to show expanded panel groups, and click the collapse icon to shrink down the dock to icons and labels.
• to close the panels press the cross, to reopen go on window and find the nessecary panel.

Indesign - Tutorials

In one of the tutorial videos, they show how you can change the colour of your interface ranging from a light grey to a dark colour  you can also put in a percentage and that can allow you to choose what colour you want.

all of these short cuts make it a lot easier when using the software, this can help to make the work more simple and can also can make it quicker to complete your task.

The shortcuts are different compared to photoshop as the tools are used for different purposes.

Flash

In todays lecture we continued on working on our popcorn animation. Today i opened flash adobe software and worked on a button to put on the end of my popcorn animation.

i still need to work on the steam engine part but i am close to completing the "how popcorn pops" part.

Next Steps - CMP

Three things i enjoy about the Media course

• Going out fiming
• Designing, using Photoshop/Illistrator
• Editing

Three areas i might like to go into

• Film
• Designer
• Music

Things i need to do to get onto the level 3 course

• C in english in Maths
• Merit in the Level 2 course
• Good attitude
• Attendance

Levels of Apprenticeship 
Level 2 intermediate
Level 3 Advanced
Level 4/5 Higher

Comic analysis

If i was to design my own comic i would use the first design, as it is clear to see and the photos are detailed and have the dialoge that you need you need to know.

1) Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The layout is big pictures a few speech and writing, There are 5 frames then of whch they are all big frames and detailed sketches. I like the layout of the frames and the text used, There are speech bubbles showing simple short sentences or words like. "No!" and "you cant hide from me, girl"

2) Mrs Webber's Diary
The layout has alot of frames with alot more speech than star wars. There are 9 frames they are all small with cartoon sketches. I dont like the layout as much as there is alot going on. The speech bubbles are showing long sentences of the conversations which is hard to follow when there is alot going on.

3) Dark Rain
The layout of Dark Rain is simple and bold, the frames and big and the sketches are detailed.I like the sketches and the size of the frames make it eaiser to read. there are small speech bubbles with a few words in each which i think is how comic books should be.

Comics/Graphic Novels/Magazines

Comics - Small book that shows a fictional based story, usually shown in drawn pictures in a panelled layout (usually based around a character)

Magazines - A series of printed pages that show a story and contain information and news from around the globe. celebrity news, hobbies etc.

Graphic Novels - A book formatted style, but is very much similar as to a comic book apart from its usually longer. Can be text heavy and picture heavy or both.

Book - The Walking Dead, is a comic book about a zombie apocalypse and a small group is in a prison trying to survive but run into nothing but trouble.
Likes/Dislikes - i enjoyed the story of the book and i enjoyed how the pictures were detailed. what i didn't like was because it was black and white, and the characters were not the same as the tv series.
Preferred style - I like the style of the walking dead comic book, the layout of panels of pictures is smart.

In todays lecture leanne showed us how the basic tools of in design work. we started by making a a4 sized page then inserting photos. After i sized them up i had to press a certain tool to reset the picture to the size that i set. afterwards i put in text and sized it and changed the colour of the text to blue. then i inserted a text box and went in type and selected "fill with placeholder text". After i placed everything i pressed the "W" key to see a print preview to make sure everything was within the bleed.

popcorn animation

Ive made my animation ALMOST! i need to make little tweaks to it where I've made mistakes.
i have a small intro, the popcorn being heated, it popping, and when its done!