Akins Photojournalism

Monday, November 19, 2007

Create a real basic layout

Open a new Indesign document with the following characteristics:
1 Page
8.5" x 11"
Everything else default
Save it as "caption_layout" in your folder


Make a layout with the following characteristics:

The photo box
Horizontal or vertical (depending on your photo) photo area
Photo box measures 7" on the long side and 4-6" on the short side
Photo box must be centered on the page

The photo
Photo scans can be found on J1 or J4 computers
Your academics photo must be cropped in PhotoShop to the size of the photo box and 170dpi
It must be a grayscale .tiff document
It must be saved as "academic_photo" in the SAME folder as the "caption_layout" InDesign document

The caption area
Under the photo box, there must be a text area for the caption
The caption area must be one pica away from the bottom of the box
The caption must follow all caption rules, and must be 100% accurate
The text should be 10pt., Times New Roman
The caption must

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