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PJ.SV.05.1 Email Activity: Commentary on SV.04.1: Creating a Web Banner

I enjoyed this task,and enjoyed learning Aviary so I decided to produce two banners one of

which I will comment on in depth here.

The main idea for the banner was to try and incorporate graphics, images and text that

matched the colours of the online college logo . I also wanted to try to produce a banner

that had the right style and feel of a multimedia course. I attempted to manipulate my

graphics so that they had a retro electronic vibe similar to the images below.

During this task the online college logo had to be incorporated into the design , so I tried

experimenting with placing it on the left or to the right of the banner, I was not happy with

either, so I decided to place it centrally and this seemed to work well, as it had a better

balance. This gave me the idea of placing images relating to sound on the left of the

college logo, and images relating to vision on the right. This would make the images

naturally read from left to right therefore naturally reflecting the text of the Sound & Vision

module.

Another issue that affected the task was the colour of the online college logo. The white

background of the logo meant either creating a banner with a white background, so that the

logo blended in, or I would have to draw around and cut the graphics from theonline college

logo so that it could be placed onto a new background , without the white square of

background appearing. Cutting out the onli ne college logo was too difficult due to the curves

and shapes incorporated in the image, so I decided to create a banner with a white

background

I spent a lot of time playing with the images I wanted to incorporate into the banner. I figured

out how to resize the images by reducing them down to around 110 pixels high. I knew that

they would then fit the 139 high canvas without overlapping .I had a few problems using Aviary, the system kept locking up, and I found that I had to click

commands three or four times to make them work. Because of this I ended up using Paint

Shop Pro to manipulate the photos.

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