Intro to Newspaper Design

1. Colorado Daily, its my favorite newspaper front because the articles on it seem interesting and amusing.

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3. Boulder, Colorado.

4. "Drunken Pantless man quite the joyride" Im interested in it because i find this headline rather amusing and it makes me want to read the actual article.

5. 3 stories are on the front page.

6. The placement of the headline, and the main photo is usually larger than the rest.

7. The design of the pages, and the placement of the images on the front page

News Paper Parts/Design

• Two sizes of newspaper
• 1. Broad sheet- very tall and folds over, twice as tall. folds in middle
• 2. Tabloid- like a magazine
• Typically newspapers have 4 articles
• Parts of Newspaper
• photos
• headlines- complete sentences
• sub-headlines
• story
• date
• title
• teasers- something that makes you want to read the newspaper
• place
• jump- information to find rest of article
• Lines- help to distinguish where one article ends and another begins
• Flag- name of newspaper
• Folio- reference information
• attention grabbers
• captions
• byline- name and title of writer
• stop-tells you the story is over, when it ends
• kickers- tags that tell you what article is about
• info graphic- graphic form to show information

News Values

News Values:
Timeliness: how recent it happened
Proximity: how nearby
Conflict: people fighting
Prominence: important or famous people
Human Interest: drama
Impact: how it affects people
Novelty: unsual

Yearbook Spread

Magazine Cover Submission

Photoshop Practice

Yearbook:

Newspaper:

Web:

Photoshop Notes

• SAVE AS: Rename your image. Make sure the image is saved as a .jpg at the highest(maximum) image quality
• SAVE: you do no have to rename the image at this point. Save often and regularly.
• NESTLE: Tools are stacked on each other- to access those tools you have to left click and hold.
• Shortcuts: Use command keys!! 

Command + = zoom in

Command - = zoom out

command o = open

command c = copy

command v = paste

command z = undo

command, option, z = step backward

command s = save

command p = print

command l = levels

• To turn an image go to >Image>Image Rotation

CW= clockwise

CCW= counterclockwise

• Adjusting Levels. >Imagine>adjustments>levels

Channel Blue

Channel Green

Channel Red

Moved just the black and white hersheys kiss

• Resolution Guidelines: 

Yearbook = 300

Newspaper = 150

Web = 72

• To make an image black and white. Use grayscale >Image > Mode > Grayscale