ICT IEA Diploma: Software Facilities

For my product (Advert project) I will be utilizing Adobe Photoshop CS4 along with Illustrator to create the final advert product. With the use of these programs, I can easily draft and send copies to the client for easier transfer instead of using traditional methods of hand drawn designs and the CAD will make the final product seem more realistic and professionally refined. These software programs are suitable as they are aimed at digital and graphical designing and in this instance fits perfectly into a new poster design for the company. Also with these programs, the client can send me the color scheme and I can easily import and imply those colors onto the design, making a much more efficient and timesaving process for color rendering. Also, as Illustrator produces vector images, the scale of the design can be enlarged into a larger scale for display without interfering the quality and lines of the designs as vector images do not become pixelated as they are composed of mathematical line curves instead of pixels and bitmaps, which compose to make a photograph. Even though vector images lack depth opposed to bitmap images, this is a graphical poster so depth is not an important factor as there are other priorities; such as color scheming and designing the decals and implying text and logos etc.

An alternative are the Corel Design Suite programs such as Photo-paint and Draw and capture, but they lack the ease of use and has less styles of brushes opposed to the more widely used Adobe products. Also, it is a lot more creative and easy to use as you can adjust tones, gradients and have more options to change colors and shades as well as creating your own brushes.

ICT IEA Diploma: Hardware Facilities

For the successful completion of the final advert project, the hardware requirements are as follows:

Designer (Me):
Laptop
Keyboard
Screen
Mouse
Paper (For drafting and designing designs)
Pens
Color Pencils
Pantone Markers
Camera ( To record the drafting processes and upload onto coputer for redering using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop CS4)Konica Minolta Dynax 5D (6 MegaPixels)
Printer for printing out initial designs
USB for storing images and drafts for protable access

User (Client):
Printer (For printing out poster)
Laminator
Computer
USB Drive (To read the documents on my USB)
Advert Processor
Camera for recording data
Pins
Tape
(The two above to post in or around the shop)

With all the minimal requirements as a laptop and printer for hardware, this should be sufficient for succesful completion of the advert project.

ICT IEA Diploma: Requesting use of corporate image/logo

Today, I sent an email to Ms.Lai of Yo Mama requesting the use of their coroprate logo for the poster/advert design.

ICT IEA Diploma: Time plan/Gantt Chart

The Gantt Chart timeline plan for my coursework and preparations tasks I need to perform before the end of 2010.