Lesson 6 Imaging and Design for Online Environment

ETECH: Lesson 6 Imaging and Design for Online Environment

BASIC PRINCIPLES OF GRAPHICS AND LAYOUT

1. Balance. The visual weight of objects, texture, colors, and space is evenly distributed on the screen.
2. Emphasis. An area in the design that may appear different in size, texture, shape or color to attract the viewer’s attention.
3. Movement. Visual elements guide the viewer’s eyes around the screen.
4. Pattern, Repetition, and Rhythm. These are the repeating visual element on an image or layout to create unity in the layout or image. Rhythm is achieved when visual elements create a sense of organized movement.
5. Proportion. Visual elements create a sense of unity where they relate well with one another.
6. Variety. This uses several design elements to draw a viewer’s attention.

INFOGRAPHICS

Ø  Information graphics or infographics are used to represent information, statistical data, or knowledge in a graphical manner usually done in a creative way to attract the viewer’s attention.

ONLINE IMAGE FILE FORMATS

*When inserting text to a web page, you can simply copy a text to your html editor, or you can upload it on a website as a PDF file. Most browsers support “add-ons” so that you can open PDF files without leaving the browser.

PRINCIPLES AND BASIC TECHNIQUES OF IMAGE MANIPULATION

1. Choose the right file format. Try to make a real-life photograph into GIF to see the difference between PNG, GIF, and JPEG. Knowing the purpose is the key to finding out the best file format.
2. Choose the right image size. A camera with 12 megapixels constitutes to a bigger image size. Monitors have a resolution limit, so even if you have a million megapixels, it will not display everything.
3. Caption it. Remember to put a caption on images whenever possible. If it is not related to the web page, then remove it.

SHARING PHOTOS WITH PHOTOBUCKET

     There are plenty of free image hosting sites out there, and Photobucket is one of the oldest. Here’s how to access it:

1. First, sign up for a Photobucket account on photobucket.com. Just like Piktochart, you may use your Google+ or Facebook account to automatically sign up.

2. Once your account is set up and you are already logged in, click the   Start Uploading button.

3. A new page will load allowing you to drag and drop your photos or to choose them manually or to choose an entire folder to upload. Select a folder, add a password (optional), then feel free to upload any photos you have right then.

4. Once selected, a progress bar will appear indicating that the image is uploading. This may take a moment and will depend on your Internet connection. Once you are done, you will see an indicator similar to the one shown in the image below.

a. View Uploads – views photos you just uploaded which also grants you options to share and edit them individually

b. Share Album – shares everything you just uploaded plus the other contents of your specified folder

c. Edit Photos – uses Photobucket’s photo editing tools to manipulate your image

5. Let us just assume you will share a photo individually. To do this, click on View Uploads. Once the page loads, click the photo you want to share.

6. On the top of the image, you will see the following options:

A – shares your photo directly to social media and blogging platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Tumblr, and Pinterest, respectively

B – gives you a variety of link codes for HTML, Forums, Emails, Instant Messaging, and a direct link

C – shares your image via email

D – allows you to download your image

E – shares your image to social media sites with the option to add a custom message

7. You may choose to share your photo to your friends on Facebook. If you are done sharing, you may now log off and close the browser.