all about yearbooks: the weekend edition instructor: brian gervais layout & design the...

All About Yearbooks: the weekend edition

Instructor: Brian Gervais

Layout & design

the fundamentals



Layout fundamentals1. establish your column guides & horizontal

eyeline2. start with a strong dominant photo3. place remainder of grouped photos4. design a copy package with visual appeal

never lose sight of the



STEP 1

establish your

column guides

and horizontal eyeline



STEP 2

start with a strong

dominant photo.



STEP 3

place remainder of photos,

working from the centre of

the spread

outward



STEP 4

design your

headline -copy

presentation with type

that zings



COLUMN LAYOUTLet’s build a 10 column layout

(with a vertical dominant photograph)



10 Column Layout

double-page spread

External Margins

Bottom External Margins

Gutter

Column

One Pica Internal Margin

Even Page Odd Page

10 Columns across the double-page spread

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

101

100



Add Folio Tabs and Eyeline

Eyeline

Folio Tab

Folio Tab

101

100



Add Vertical Dominant Photo

Vertical Dominant Photo

101

100



Add Copy Packageheadline, sub headline, copy block

Copy Package Rests on Eyeline

Copy Package

101

100



Add Other Photosdifferent sizes and shapes

One Pica

One Pica

Contrasting Shape

Bleed

101

100



Add Captionsplaced next to each photo

One Pica

One Pica

One Pica

101

100



10 Colu

mn Layou

twith

photos

101

100



10 Colum

n Layout

with photos

and color headline

101

100



Add Secondary Story Packagedelete photo and caption to add additional

coverage

Secondary Story Package

101

100



Secondary

Storywith photos

and color headlines

101

100



COLUMN LAYOUTLet’s build a 10 column layout

(with a horizontal dominant photograph)



Add Folio Tabs and Eyeline

Eyeline

Folio Tab

101

100

Folio Tab



Add Horizontal Dominant Photo

Horizontal Dominant Photo

101

100



Add Copy Packageheadline, sub headline, copy block

Copy Package

Copy Package Rests on Eyeline

101

100



Add Other Photos

different sizes and shapes

Contrasting Shape

One Pica

One Pica

One Pica

Bleed

101

100



10 Colum

n Layou

twith

photos

101

100



10 Colum

n Layou

twith

photos and color headline

101

100



10 Colu

mn Layou

twith

photos and

color headline

101

100



Things to REMEMBER•design double-page spreads together

•set your horizontal eyeline•set adequate external margins •use one pica internal margins•select number of columns•fill columns completely with photos or type•place type to the outside of the spread•group photos toward the center of the spread



COLUMNS

the foundation of design



THANK YOU

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