Photomontage

•Students will understand the concepts of resizing, resolution, and cropping photos•Students will be able to manipulate the photos with the software •Students will be able to assemble a well balanced photo page with a high degree of craftsmanship

Layout for a yearbook needs to be clean and well balanced

You want to give each photo equal treatment as much as you can even when you are trying to be creative

This a formally balanced grid with a background

This an informally balanced grid with a background

Match soft graphics with

a soft style

Not every page needs to be packed with photos

This a formally balanced grid showing a full two page spread

This an informally balanced

single page montage

Although these are layouts for a

magazine, you can see how informal balance makes a two page spread

tie together

Do not be afraid to leave a little

white space.

You are paying for pictures to be printed, but don’t overload

the viewer.

Decide how many photos you should use for your page.

Designing for a yearbook is a lot like scrap booking.

Create a blank template for your page.

8.5” wide by 11” high (single page)

17” wide by 11” high (two page spread)

Will you need a heading? Graphics? Spacers?

Various Page

Layouts

Montage created by

cutting around heads

More Layouts

Various Layouts for

Individual Class

Pictures

If you want to do this, you need to change and flatten each photo first and then bring them one at a time into your blank template.

Rounded Corners w/Drop Shadow

Old Photo w/Fuzzy Border

Fuzzy Border Border

Border w/Bevel