E. Anderson Module 3 -AHRD Poster

I have had limited experience with photo editing / poster making using photo editing.  More precisely, I YouTubed and muddled my way through a Photoshop assignment in the spring of 2008 and a another one in the fall of 2011.

Hello, 2014 and hello, Pixlr!  Holy cow.  I'm still thankful for people who choose to make YouTube tutorials.  My YouTube friends…. helped me figure out how to use the Edit > Free Transform option, reminded me about layers and who they're so important, reminded me how to match colors with the Colorpicker, and taught me some other things I tinkered with.

My main struggles were with the differences between how I would make the poster in Word (text boxes, text spacing, font, sizing, and image control) versus how little control I felt I had in Pixlr.  I realize that I probably have significantly more control in Pixlr, but I couldn't figure out some of it.  I did many things "the long way," because I could figure out the short way without loosing my mind, haha :)

I feel like my end result is clean, but not too over-the-top exciting.  I'm sure those with more experience will be able to bring a wow-factor that I might be lacking.  Overall, though, I do feel glad about the muddling and YouTubing.  I can demonstrate more now than I could before the project…which is the whole point :)


Images:

James Madison University Seal [Photograph].  Retrieved January 25, 2014, from:
     http://www.jmu.edu/identity/seal.shtml

Thall, Jane.  (Photographer).  (2012).  2012 AHRD Graduates [Protograph], Retrieved January 25,
     2014, from: http://www.jmu.edu/coe/ltle/gradAHRD.shtml

E.Anderson Visual Resume Draft

I made my resume in Word and saved it as both .docx and .pdf.  The picture above is of the .pdf file.  If I need to submit it another way, please let me know / tell me how :)

Promoting Visual Literacy with Tools: An Introduction

Blog Post 1/22:  Andee Henriques and Amanda Dudley

Since we are still in the introductory phase of learning about visual literacy, please read the article, “7 Things You Should Know  About Visual Literacy,” linked here.

Next, please review this infograph of some visual literacy tools organized by project type:

Which of these tools have you used before? Which of these tools do you wish you knew more about? When beginning a new project, how do you decide which visual literacy tools you are going to use? Do you have any tools you use frequently that are your go-to tools?