2014

Gallery Portfolio “How To”

Before you get started…

Choose a theme

Take 15 photographs

Come up with short, creative titles

List your likes and talents regarding photography

Know we are using Photoshop & InDesign to create this project

Photobio

Use Photoshop template on Blended Schools

Place a photo of yourself in with a background or photo designed by you!

First & Last Name (full names this year)What you like about photography (1

sentence)Make sure text is readable and spelled

correctly

Cover Page Insert – Step 1

Go to the Q:Drive>Portfolio Templates

Open the “Cover Page Intro” Template

Find your favorite photo from your portfolio

Cover Page Insert – Step 2

Click on the photo box

Go to FILE>PLACE and insert that photo

Right Click and select FITTING>FILL FRAME PROPORTIONATELY

Cover Page Insert – Step 3

Type your theme title over the photograph

Save in your project folder

Print to color printer

Physically cut and place in window of portfolio

or ON portfolio

Intro Page

List your theme & full name

Give a 3-5 sentence description of your project

Place your Photobio by clicking on box and going to FILE>PLACE

Save in Project folderPRINT!

Portrait & Landscape Templates

There is a template for each direction

Open and save EACH PAGE in your Project folder (17 total with intro page and cover)

It does not matter how many of each type you have

Photo Templates

Click on box and go to FILE>PLACE

Go to FITTING>FILL FRAME PROPORTUNATELY

Type in a creative titleSave in project folder as that

title

Print and place into portfolio

Adding to your Design – Changing Font Type

Click on the “T” text tool

Make sure the “A” is selected in the top left toolbar

View the drop down font menu and select

Adding to your Design – Changing Font Color

Highlight your text with the “T” button

Select the color “T” at the top toolbar

Scroll down to color that you want

Adding to your Design – Color Background

Click on the black arrow tool

Click on the outside black box

Click on the color box in top middle of toolbar

Select color and double click to adjust color

Adding to your Design – Feathering

Use black arrow tool

Right click on photo

Go to EFFECTS and basic feather

It will create a soft edge around your photograph (see image)

Adding to your Design – Drop Shadow

Click on black arrow tool

Click on image

Go to EFFECTS and drop shadow

This will create a shadowed effect to make the image “pop”

Adding to your Design – Stroke Color

Click on black arrow

Click on photograph

Go up to bottom color box in middle of top toolbar

Select a COLOR

Then select a stroke SIZE for around your photograph

Adding to your Design – Stroke Design

To be creative around your border, select a stroke TYPE

Click the outside border

Click the dark black line

Select a different stroke type

Change color as in other instructions

Last Thoughts

Don’t forget to SAVE each page as the title of the image in your project folder

Have a friend spell check with you!

Print as you go (you never know when the printer might jam)

Cut and place the pages into your portfolio