The Dream is not Only American - Final Layout Project

 

Above is the two page layout I created on my international Faculty Member, Mark Davidov. The layout contains a picture, a map, a sidebar, a story, and a pull out quote. I made his picture the focus because it was a strong picture and I wanted him to be portrayed as important. The story runs about 1,000 words long and has one pull out quote from it. The layout and map were done courtesy of Adobe InDesign, and the main photo was toned using Adobe Photoshop. I took the flags off the bottom sidebar from various sites on the Internet. This project took much work and overhaul but overall I'm pleased with it.

Picture Restoration

I had to restore this picture using the program Photoshop CS4. For this picture, I retouched the holes, the marks, and the faded edges of the picture. I used the 'clone' tool in the program, which allowed me to make adjustments and restorations as needed. I highlighted the lighter grays at the top and the darker grays at the bottom for a more dramatic touch. I also added lighter blue to a lot of the picture to take away from the cool tones. This picture had to be put into an RGB adjustment, set to 72 dpi for resolution, and be made into a JPEG file to be posted online.