cehwiedel: Opinion, Analysis, Humor,
Satire, Mystery, Fantasy & Facts
Photoshop CS2
Before & After Magazine recently published an article on how to create
a layout that incorporates a visual path.
The layout’s design goal is to draw
the eye across the page to information at the path’s end.
It takes advantage of the normal chunking that occurs when
reading, so the path should be in the direction that words are
read in the language of the target audience.
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The article’s main points:
° Use same-size images with similar
subjects similarly sized and positioned, so the eye has nothing
to trip over.
° Position the path at
“eye-level” on a panoramic page, rather than
dividing the page into distracting even-width horizontal
stripes.
° Stop the path short of the page
edge, to prevent the eye from sliding off the page.
° Set a focal point that helps arrest
the eye at the end of the path.
° Align the text vertically at the
end of the path, in a font and colors that don’t outshout
the images.
Build a minimal
length series from
one full-color photo;
a grayscale copy
made by discarding
the color, then reverting to RGB; and “negatives”
blended Exclusive
against the standard CMYK colors.
length series from
one full-color photo;
a grayscale copy
made by discarding
the color, then reverting to RGB; and “negatives”
blended Exclusive
against the standard CMYK colors.
