Thursday, February 24, 2011

Seeing old pictures in a new light, & more

Half of the 10 pages for the Lighthouse Kids website are done. I met with the founder of the organization and she reviewed it and was pleased. Today I re-wrote a press release about a fund-raiser they're hosting in the spring and created a page for it, then I added a page for event guidelines. Had to figure out how to link pages, but Weebly has short, sweet tutorials on just about all facets of the page design, and they came in handy.
 The Lighthouse Kids founder gave me 8 CDs worth of pictures and information, so I have plenty to work with, though lots of the photos are old and blurry.
I took a Lesley webinar on Photoshop Elements yesterday. The topic of it was cleaning up old photos and I learned some  tricks that will come in handy, like rubber-stamping and masking.
Designing the pages brings me back to my days editing when I was laying out an arts supplement every week - it's still so much about reflecting the nature of your product and  creating an impression. It's a balance of style and substance.

2 comments:

  1. Denise,

    Have you decided how you will post/share the 8 CDs-worth of pictures? I'm curious if Weebly makes it easy to sync up with a photo-streaming service like Yahoo's Flickr or Google's Picasa, since these sites are specifically designed to help you manage photo libraries AND share them online.

    Keep those updates coming!

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  2. I'm so proud of you, Denise!!! Sounds like this is the perfect project for you. You've made leaps and bounds since joining this class. Don't you think?

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