Assignment 1 MULTIMEDIA LECTURE Due on July 31: Subject: School of IT

You are to create a poster using the Photoshop application ONLY.

your own creation (for example, you could do a poster to advertise an incoming event for some club you are participating in)

Some ideas are: travel advertisement, music poster with your favorite artist, your favourite movie, hobby or an upcoming club event you are planning. The final product background SHOULD NOT have:

the exact same photo images as the original advertisement (if you decide to copy an ad rather than make up your own design) since it will be difficult for you to obtain these images. But to start off with a background: o you can go to the Internet and Google FREE CLIPART IMAGES that you would like to use as your background in Photoshop or o find an image(s) from the Internet that you want to use as part of your poster creation (BUT BE SURE TO REFERENCE all images you use from the Internet) any text or special shapes on it since you will be creating these to meet the requirements below in the criteria. In other words, if the background image you select to start your poster has a rectangular shape, this shape will not count towards meeting one of the shape criteria as listed below. All shapes and text must be created by you in Photoshop in order to be counted as part of the checklist criteria.

Checklist/Criteria:

Your image should be exactly 600 by 800 pixels (or 800 by 600) Your resolution should be 72 pixels per inch and use a color mode of RGB, 8 bit (these should be the defaults, if you want to double check, select Image from the main menu, then pick Mode (to check the colors) or Image Size (to check the resolution and picture size)) Text Strings: at least three instances of different sizes Text Strings: at least three instances of different font types You can combine the two above items so that you have 3 text strings where we can see the use of 3 different sizes and 3 different font types Shapes: at least three different shapes, NOTE: three circles of different sizes are not considered three different shapes. NOTE: you may use the custom shape tool to meet this requirement. If you want a better selection use the custom shape tool, as it has snowflakes, birds, arrows, etc. Use a Gradient Fill or Gradient Overlay on at least one of the shapes or on at least one of the text strings or on the background. Bevel or Drop Shadow effect on a text string (At least one instance)

Bevel or Drop Shadow effect on a shape (At least one instance) The above two items means that there should be an instance of bevel AND drop shadow in your advertisement. Line (can be solid or dotted) (at least one instance) Different text orientation (at least one instance) So you must have at least one place where you have your text displayed normally (horizontal) and at least one place where you have a different orientation such as vertical or curved. Evidence that layers were used. Please note that empty layers and unnamed layers should be avoided. Do not collapse or merge layers as we need to see how you created the effect -- this could cause you to lose marks. Colour creativity: the colour scheme should be pleasant and professional looking. You may add more elements in re-creating the advertisement but remember to do it tastefully! Good design and complexity: is it balanced, is it easy to read? This is somewhat subjective however you will still be given marks for this at the teaching assistants discretion based on good design elements that the t.a. is looking for.

Submission Details and Process:

Provide a cd copy of your work in Photoshop. Save the original advertisement if your work is a recreation. Provide the list of references you used which includes websites, books, blogs and others. Print the poster (8.5 X 11, SHORT BONDPAPER SIZE) and submit on the agreed date according to your section and schedule.

Now to make this really interesting:

The chosen poster that has the most appealing and catchy design will be exempted to Quiz 2. TRY TO MAKE YOUR POSTER THE TOP CHOICE POSTER, EXEMPTION is waiting for you!

Reminder:
Students who are absent on the date of submission means NO GRADE OR ZERO for any given assignment and theres no way to get a chance to submit it on some other day or time (quiz is the only activity you can get as a make-up remember!)