Welcome to Yearbook 2017-2018

Our Main Goal

TO PRODUCE THE BEST YEARBOOK THAT GROVE CITY CHRISTIAN CAN HAVE!

ONE THAT IS HONORING TO GOD, TO THE SCHOOL AND TO EACH OF YOU THAT ARE ON THE GCC

YEARBOOK STAFF.

Yearbooks from 2005 and 2006

Yearbook 2007 and 2008

Yearbook 2009 and 2010

Yearbook 2011

Yearbook 2012

• First cover designed by a student at our

school-Aaron Schuler

Yearbook 2013

Yearbook 2014

Cover by Makayla Harr

2015 Cover

Cover by Makayla Harr

2016 Cover

Cover by Makayla Harr

Cover 2017-to be delivered in

September

Cover by Angelina Gibson

What is the purpose of the

yearbook?

• Provide a record of the school year

• Honor the seniors in their last year at Grove City Christian

• Public relations for the school

• Remember your friends

• A history book you can look at in the future

• Sell advertisements

• Be a testimony for God and the school

What are some of the steps in producing a school

yearbook? • Setup a yearbook staff

• Sell advertisements and collect ad copy (40% of the books cost is paid for through ads)

• Learn how to use Yearbook Avenue

• Setup a schedule of events to cover

• Train photographers, take lots of photographs

• Select a cover or design our own-Cover Contest

• Select a theme

• Setup the ladder (layout of the pages and sections)

• Assign pages to all staff members- try to have equal number of pages for each staff member

• Begin working on pages-Page Layout and Design

• Collect advertising copy for ads in book before end of year

• Complete all assigned pages ontime using page criteria

What are the staff needs of the

yearbook? • Editor

• Assistant Editor

• Business Manager

• Photo Editor

• Assistant Photo Editors

• Digital Editors

• Sports Editors

• Advertising Editor

• Activities Editor

• Class Editors

• Photographers

What will each yearbook staff

member be responsible for? • Producing pages-Your pages will not be

considered to have been completed unless they

are ready to be submitted by the date they are

due-Due dates are marked

• Selling Ads-For ad sales to count you must

turn in the payment and the ad copy by the

due date-1 ad per each 9 week grading period

until your quota of $400 is met

• Taking and Editing images

• Promoting the GCC “Eagles Wing” at school

• Helping in any part to make this a great yearbook

Remember there is no I in

yearbook!

Producing a quality

yearbook is a TEAM

EFFORT!

What are some of the skills you can

learn in producing a yearbook? • Management skills

• Artistic skills

• Sales ability

• Journalistic skills

• Accounting-keeping track of sales and ads

• People skills-working as a team

• Photographic skills

• Computer skills

• Organizational skills

Key verse for the year:

Col 3:17

And whatsoever ye do in

word or deed, do all in the

name of the Lord Jesus,

giving thanks to God and

the Father by him.

Let’s Get Started! • Yearbook Production Introduction (Course

Syllabus)

• Questionnaire-What do you know about

yearbook? (We will complete during

yearbook time. On Website)

• Survey-What are some of your ideas

about yearbook? (We will complete during

yearbook time. On Website)

• Grade Contract for yearbook

• Staff positions

• Yearbook Outline-areas to cover this year

Jostens and Yearbook Avenue

Some Important Guidelines

• Do not give out your user name and password to anyone (especially those that are not on the yearbook staff)

• Do not make changes to pages that are not necessary

• Be sure to check your layout and spelling

• Use only the best photographs (quality, resolution, subject matter-edit before you upload to Jostens)

• Try to use only 2 fonts on a page at a time

Image rules to follow • Yearbook images are for use in the yearbook only.

• Do not give out or use any of the yearbook images without permission from Mr. Conant

• Portraits are owned by Mark Groves and are only for use in the GCC yearbook.

• Team photos are owned by Mark Groves and are only for use in the GCC yearbook.

• Images on the computer are to be protected since they are the only ones we have for use in the yearbook.

• All images need to be backed up on a regular basis.

• Everyone on the staff needs to get involved with the photography for the yearbook.

• Be sure to make note when an event needs to be covered. (sign out a camera from Mr. Conant or tell the photo editor)

In an attempt to avoid using the same image more

than once in the yearbook we will try something new

this year.

Yearbook Avenue will keep track of all images used

in our book. You will receive notification if the images

has already been used in the book.

In the past we have had trouble with images being

used more than once because that image has been

uploaded more than once to the yearbook images

site and then someone else puts that same image on

a page.

Page Design • Look at examples from the Jostens “Look

Books”. These are the best of the best in

yearbook design.

• Each page must have a title, images with

captions (exception would be all candid

pages), page background.

• Be sure to use a different font for the title

and captions. Check color of font to be

sure it is readable.

• Add features like image borders, drop

shadows, etc.

Page Completion Criteria

Gather images for page. Do not just upload a bunch of images, but check out

the ones you really want on the page and upload to a folder that is named for

the page to Yearbook Avenue Images. (You will be given instruction on how to

do this). Images that need to be edits in Photoshop should be edited

completely before uploading. This can include cropping, adjusting brightness,

contrast, etc.) Keep the same file name and just save the edit over the original

file name. You can do some cropping by zooming into an image when the

image is placed in the space on Yearbook Avenue.

Select a background for the page that goes well with the images and subject.

You can use the backgrounds provided in the Jostens clipart or make your own

in Photoshop (You will be given instruction on how to do this).

Create and place a page title on the page. Use a larger font for the title and be

sure to add an effect. If the background is dark use a lighter color if it is light

use a darker color for the font. You can add a drop shadow using the Format

tools in Yearbook Avenue.

Select image shapes and place them on the page. If you want them to be all

the same size use copy and paste to create the new image spaces. Use good

design in placing the images on the page. Be sure to leave room for captions.

Page Completion Criteria Create captions for all images. Captions do not need to be complete sentences

so do not put a period at the end of the caption. Team images need to have the

players identified by row. List them as front, middle back, etc. but do not put left

to right since we read that way normally. Be sure all names are correctly spelled.

You can consult the GCC Student Rosters provided for the correct spelling.

Before the page is completed be sure to add some effects to the images. You can

select them all at once using the Format panel.

Using the Format Panel will really make your page standout from other

pages.

Stroke-can be used a place a border around an image.

Drop Shadow-can be used to add a drop shadow to text or images

Corner Rounding-can be used to make your images shapes look more

attractive on the page

Change Shape-can be used to change the shape of the images after

you have already placed images on the page

Make Background-can be used to make an image on the page become

the background. You will be told if the images is of high enough

resolution to be used as a full page background. If you click on the

background you can change the tint so that it is easier to read text on

the page.

You can experiment with other formatting but be sure your page looks

great.

Page Completion Criteria

When you have completed your page be sure to run a spell check on the

page and correct any misspelled names or words.

After you have completed all of the page mark it Complete for your editor and

advisor to check. If it needs more work you will have the page returned with

instructions on what to fix on the page.

The final step is to have the page submitted. A submitted page cannot be

edited further. To get a submitted page back for editing it will cost $25 per

page so make sure your page is completed finished and accurate at the time

of submission.

Completed Chapel page spread from last year.

Candid Pages

• A major rule to following in creating candid

pages-Do not go to other folders like

sports pages, especially pages that have

been submitted, and use images for your

candid pages.

• Use original images taken as candid's.

• Too many sports images get duplicated on

class and candid pages

Yearbook Avenue Demo

• Take a look at Yearbook Avenue

• Can you list some advantages of using the

Web to complete a yearbook?

Can see what the book will look like immediately, before it is printed

Can check pages more easily

Can see who is in the book-Coverage Report

Easier to create pages using templates

Much easier to edit pages as you go

Can view the virtual book as it is being completed

Can move pages around

Can use spell check

Purpose of the Name Index:

Will let the yearbook staff know who is in the book and how often they appear in

the book.

Rules for implementing the Name Index:

In the Images library you can see what images are actually used on the pages.

You only have to index images with 6 or less people in the image.

Use the face finder to locate the face of the person you want to index, then

locate their name from the student list pull-down menu.

The more images that are indexed the better will be the record of the students

that are in the book. Our goal is to have everyone in the book at least 3 times

not counting their mug shot.

(See the index part of Yearbook Avenue)

Canon Rebels XS and T3i

Advantages- Interchangeable lenses

Faster ISO

Take better images

Better in low light

Better flash

These can be used at school by Yearbook Staff Members and

with permission at after school events. Check with Mr. Conant

for camera sign-out

Some photographic hints! • Use a faster speed setting so that the shots are

not blurred-check to see if they are sharp

• Hold the camera steady

• Take close-ups so you can see faces

• Take plenty of shots, they do not cost us

• Be sure to copy images to the computer and back them up on a CD

• Erase only images that are really poor quality

• Be sure the quality is set at the highest setting

• Do not loan yearbook cameras to those not on the yearbook staff

• Be available to help with photography

You will be able to edit any images you want with Adobe Photoshop CC.

We will take some time to teach you how to work with that software in

editing yearbook images.

Remember, any image you want to edit with Photoshop must be

edited before the image is sent up to the Yearbook Website-Yearbook

Avenue.

Select the images you want to use on your page, put them in another

folder, edit them with Adobe Photoshop CC, then upload them to Yearbook

Avenue. Make sure you select the best images based on subject and

quality.

Some examples of editing might be:

Colorizing the image, making a collage, making the image black and white,

cropping the image, making it sharper, etc. Images that are too dark or too

light can also be enhanced using Adobe Photoshop CC.

Challenge!

Let’s work as a team to

make this a great yearbook!

Colossians 3:23

“And whatsoever ye do,

do it heartily, as to the Lord. . .”