Video 1
Holding alt while placing text triggers semiautomatic flow, or holding shift auto flow is triggered making it easier to place blocks of text if it doesn't fit in one text box.
Video 2
In the panel dock the option to wrap text is displayed, from which you can decide how you want the text to be wrapped.
Video 3
Object- fitting- fill frame proportionally to make an image the size of the whole piece of paper.
Video 4
The pages panel in the document show the number of pages, making it easier to keep track when you have a lot of pages.
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Post 11
I chose to use Easel.ly, because I didn't know what site to use and was recommended to use that one. I didn't explore it too much, but I did like how the premade templates were easy to recreate. I didn't like how in the free trial, of all the charts that were available, a pie chart was not one of them.
I chose to create a infographic on mental health awareness, because it is a theme I am working on in my ceramics class, and a topic I feel is very important. Even though a lot of people are aware of it, I feel as though they are not aware of exactly how many people are affected, or the extent in which they are.
It is difficult to compare the two projects, because I created them about two completely different ideas, however I can say I much rather use InDesign and other Adobe tools over an online site.
I chose to create a infographic on mental health awareness, because it is a theme I am working on in my ceramics class, and a topic I feel is very important. Even though a lot of people are aware of it, I feel as though they are not aware of exactly how many people are affected, or the extent in which they are.
It is difficult to compare the two projects, because I created them about two completely different ideas, however I can say I much rather use InDesign and other Adobe tools over an online site.
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Post 10
The artists interviewed in the article all speak of finding an equilibrium. They know when something goes right because it is in balance. Though they all are artists of different sorts, they all fear failure. But they know what works for them. Some dealt with failure in a more positive way however, instead of remaining scared, and letting that paralyze them, they went along with the failure, and made it a success.
I'm sure everyone can relate to the fear of failure. Everyone want's to do the best they can, and doesn't want to disappoint anyone. I personally agree with Toni Morrison, with getting up early. I feel most productive in the morning, though I am tired and groggy, it is better for me because I'm not as rushed, and its the kind of tired that passes with time, and I know there is nothing else for me to do, where as at night, its the kind of tired that only gets worse, and all I want to do is finish my work and go to sleep.
It is defiantly important to take risks in your work, because that is how you discover new methods. Sometimes those risks don't work out, but then you know that for later. Dissect the problem, find out where it went wrong, and learn from that to do it better next time.
As stated before, everyone fears failure, and learns from it differently. It has defiantly made me hesitant on certain projects, but as a teacher, I would ask the students to take the risk, if it doesn't work out, tell me why, and what you learned from it. They won't learn if they don't experience the failure themselves. Sure you can tell them, but chances are they won't remember the consequences until it happens to them.
I'm sure everyone can relate to the fear of failure. Everyone want's to do the best they can, and doesn't want to disappoint anyone. I personally agree with Toni Morrison, with getting up early. I feel most productive in the morning, though I am tired and groggy, it is better for me because I'm not as rushed, and its the kind of tired that passes with time, and I know there is nothing else for me to do, where as at night, its the kind of tired that only gets worse, and all I want to do is finish my work and go to sleep.
It is defiantly important to take risks in your work, because that is how you discover new methods. Sometimes those risks don't work out, but then you know that for later. Dissect the problem, find out where it went wrong, and learn from that to do it better next time.
As stated before, everyone fears failure, and learns from it differently. It has defiantly made me hesitant on certain projects, but as a teacher, I would ask the students to take the risk, if it doesn't work out, tell me why, and what you learned from it. They won't learn if they don't experience the failure themselves. Sure you can tell them, but chances are they won't remember the consequences until it happens to them.
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Post 9
Disclaimer: I have seen these videos before
Some key facts from this video are that that being interested in something is determined by the brain. It "lights up" when it finds something interesting, and when the firing stops, it signals that we are bored.
The abstraction of art can be used to appeal to the human mind. Similar to the red stripes with Herring Gull.
Culture influences art, and what people find interesting and aesthetic.
A lot of what we find beautiful goes back to primitive thoughts, and what is found around us.
In the article, the keys points I picked up on were using lines to represent objects dates back to our ancestors drawing in the sand.
Even a simple series of shapes can be recognized as a face, (My personal favorite is non traditional, but looks like this: ^.^)
As a survival instinct, our brain was trained to easily find faces, which is why we think wall outlets look like a face.
The brain recognizes color contrast but not light contrast
Both speakers touched upon a very important point, that what humans generally find attractive or aesthetic, are because of primal urges, and survival techniques.
Personally, I was a bit bored by the videos and article because I have seen them before, and didn't really learn anything new from them. They had valuable information, and it is important to know why we feel the way we do about specific art, it just could have been better quality for the video. Both the video and article touch on visual culture and explained why we see things the way we do. As stated before, it is important to know why we feel the way we do about art, and how those feelings originated. It also influences how art is created.
Key facts from video 2 are the exaggeration of forms are created to be representational of important factors, or appeal to humans because of survival traits. The Venus of Willendorf and the Harring Gull Seagulls are similear in ideals. The red stripe, causes stimulation, the more stripes, the more stimulation. Similear to that of the figurine, or why we abstract the human form. The exaggeration of sexual organs is still seen in art styles today, such as anime.
Some key facts from this video are that that being interested in something is determined by the brain. It "lights up" when it finds something interesting, and when the firing stops, it signals that we are bored.
The abstraction of art can be used to appeal to the human mind. Similar to the red stripes with Herring Gull.
Culture influences art, and what people find interesting and aesthetic.
A lot of what we find beautiful goes back to primitive thoughts, and what is found around us.
In the article, the keys points I picked up on were using lines to represent objects dates back to our ancestors drawing in the sand.
Even a simple series of shapes can be recognized as a face, (My personal favorite is non traditional, but looks like this: ^.^)
As a survival instinct, our brain was trained to easily find faces, which is why we think wall outlets look like a face.
The brain recognizes color contrast but not light contrast
Both speakers touched upon a very important point, that what humans generally find attractive or aesthetic, are because of primal urges, and survival techniques.
Personally, I was a bit bored by the videos and article because I have seen them before, and didn't really learn anything new from them. They had valuable information, and it is important to know why we feel the way we do about specific art, it just could have been better quality for the video. Both the video and article touch on visual culture and explained why we see things the way we do. As stated before, it is important to know why we feel the way we do about art, and how those feelings originated. It also influences how art is created.
Key facts from video 2 are the exaggeration of forms are created to be representational of important factors, or appeal to humans because of survival traits. The Venus of Willendorf and the Harring Gull Seagulls are similear in ideals. The red stripe, causes stimulation, the more stripes, the more stimulation. Similear to that of the figurine, or why we abstract the human form. The exaggeration of sexual organs is still seen in art styles today, such as anime.
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Post 8
Video 1: From what I gathered from this video, is In Design is essentially a really fancy Microsoft Word or Google Docs. You can decorate documents with custom graphics and images.
Video 2: This document was literally just about how to set up your new document. It appears to be the same as any other adobe program
Video 3: It is important to not have a frame selected when adding an image to a text block
Video 4: In Design seems to basically, as stated before, be a fancy Microsoft word or Google Docs. It's features and tricks are virtually the same. It just has a few extra features.
Video 5: You can make character short cuts use Shift, Option and Command along with Num Lock.
Video 6: You can change the paragraph style for each text block.
Video 2: This document was literally just about how to set up your new document. It appears to be the same as any other adobe program
Video 3: It is important to not have a frame selected when adding an image to a text block
Video 4: In Design seems to basically, as stated before, be a fancy Microsoft word or Google Docs. It's features and tricks are virtually the same. It just has a few extra features.
Video 5: You can make character short cuts use Shift, Option and Command along with Num Lock.
Video 6: You can change the paragraph style for each text block.
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