DMA207 - Print Design I
Course Textbook Required:
“Quark Express 7 Visual QuickStart Guide”, by E. Weinmann &
P. Lourekas, PeachPit Press, ISBN# 0-321-35827-9
Course Syllabus:
Week 9: Formatting the Character Styles for Your Newsletter
- Download Zipped Folder. Create your Newsletter Style Sheets using this document, then Append (Import) the Styles into your Newsletter document (Edit > Style Sheets > Append)
- View article layouts via Google Magazines
Week 8: Beginning the Newsletter Project
- Choosing a Topic: Choose a non-profit organization that has a website. You will create a 4-page tabloid newsletter for that organization. You must email me with your topic, the reason why you chose it and a link to the organization's site.
- Setting up the Newsletter in Quark
- Setting your Color Scheme, Master Pages, Character Styles
- Gathering your Content
Week 7
Final Work Session for the Water Bottle & Promo Card
Week 6
- Submit your Water Bottle Layout
- Begin working on the Promo Card (4x6 or 5x7)
Week 5
- Working on your Water Bottle Project
Week 4
- Textbook Chapter 9 & 11 (Pictures)
- Exercise (Download Project Folder)
- Importing Various Filetypes (Vector & Layerered Bitmap)
- Dealing with Alpha Masks/Channels
- Customizing the Shape of a Text Box
Week 3
- Textbook Chapters 6 & 7 (Formats & Typography)
- Exercise: Character & Paragraph Styles
- Exercise: Formatting a Restaurant Menu w/Tabs
Week 2 (Bring the Book to Class Every Week!)
- Textbook Chapter 4: Text
- Textbook Chapter 5: Text Flow
Week 1
- In Class
- Course Overview
- Quark Basics: It's Just Boxes!
- Exercise: Creating A Basic Layout: "Puppy Lover" Project Files (Zipped Folder)
- Semester Project Management
Print Design Terminology
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Handout - Anatomy of a Page Spread
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Handout - Print Terminology
