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Such an Easy Game to Play

Such an Easy Game to Play. Creating Trading Cards using Photoshop and InDesign. Why are we doing this?. So you can quickly write a profile on the person you interview in class This helps you organize your article too if you are doing an in depth story on sports or high profile player.

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Such an Easy Game to Play

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  1. Such an Easy Game to Play Creating Trading Cards using Photoshop and InDesign

  2. Why are we doing this? • So you can quickly write a profile on the person you interview in class • This helps you organize your article too if you are doing an in depth story on sports or high profile player

  3. Finding the template and saving it • Open the file called Who’s on First in the folder called trading cards • SAVE AS • trading_card_yourname within the folder called trading card P 5 or 7 or 8 or 9

  4. This file is an InDesign File • You will recreate this trading card in the two rectangles on the left • Once you have practiced with the selection, type, text in type, fills, strokes, outlines, and swatches TOOLS • And can PLACE text or .jpgs or .tiff files you can create your OWN trading cards

  5. You SELECT a box by • Using the select tool • It looks like an arrow

  6. You add TEXT • By clicking on the type tool and drawing a box – any old box • Once you see the cursor blinking you can begin to type

  7. But, the text is too small • Make the font bigger by changing the point size – you can type in point sizes if one is not listed – like 225 • You can change the font FAMILY by selecting an AYT font (A for the beginning of the alphabet and YT for YearTech) these are just fun fonts – but when creating stats be sure the text is legible! • You can zoom in using the magnifying glass

  8. HOT KEYS you must know • CTRL or Control + 1 – blows up your screen by 100% • CTRL or Control 2 – blows up your screen by 200% • To get back to a Window VIEW use CTRL + 0 (zero) • NEVER USE CTRL + P –

  9. Effects you will learn in Photoshop • SCALE using the CLAW – CTRL + ALT + SHIFT (hold down all at once and grab a corner to scale)

  10. Today • Interview with candid questions • What’s included on a STAT card?Your hometownteam you play onheightaverages = AB, Runs, HR , etc. • This is BORING! • Ask the unusual to make these fun trading cards. • What was your best day in so and so’s class? • Who is your celebrity crush? • Who or what drives you nuts? • What’s been your favorite memory in middle school?

  11. Next Day • You will type up your notes on the trading card in bulleted format • No periods – no complete sentences • Use this format – Name: My fantasy is:

  12. Next Day • Spell Check • Let the person you interviewed peer edit the writing • Take a photo of the person you interviewed • Save it to the folder of baseball cards and name it the person’s name.jpg • Then, file, place, the image. • You will need to use the claw to scale the photo down

  13. Next Day • Finalize – add elements that make the card look similar to a trading card • For example, add a border. • Add some embossing or drop shadows • Use the BIG PHOTOSHOP IDEA Manual to look for ideas to make your card the best! • Save often. I’ll print these out in color at home.

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