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What if parents and students, coaches and spectators, teachers and staff could get photos to the yearbook crew quickly and easily? Now they can, with eShare, a Herff Jones internet site to which school stakeholders can upload their pics. Advisers gain full control of the photos through a secure adviser log-in and decide which to make available for use in the book.
We’ll provide a flier to photocopy and send home with students, a school code for community members to use, a website banner and a link to put on your school’s website. You’ll provide the cut-off date for photo submission. To the plant, you’ll also provide “up” dates and “down” dates for site activation, and will learn the easy steps for downloading or using the photos.
Now, imagine growing the culture of your school in which EVERYONE can help tell the story of the year. The magic just got easier.
Contact Steven or Thomas for more information and to sign up for this powerful new tool.
Education. Recognition. Motivation. Support. All are hallmarks of how Herff Jones and the Yearbook Connection approach schools and the world of yearbook journalism. We are excited about an another element we are adding to the mix: community. This year, the Yearbook Connection is piloting a program to help support newer or less experienced advisers by building strong connections not only with the Herff Jones yearbook team, but also with a network of experienced and tested advisers. Why not take advantage of as many resources as possible?
Contact Steven or Thomas to get more information about becoming a mentor, or getting some help from one or more of our talented advisers willing to share their time and knowledge.
If you haven’t started already, and you’re planning on doing an index, now’s a great time to start. Although schools sometimes wait until proofs to build an index, the Herff Jones Index Builder makes the task quite easy. In fact, because the program can be run multiple times, it serves as an excellent way to generate a list of who’s been in the book how many times. It also helps catch name spelling discrepancies.
What to index? First of all, all students and faculty should be indexed whenever they appear in the book. This includes portraits and candids, as well as any time their names appear in print. Indexing programs sort through InDesign page files for names in text, so it is important to accurately name the subjects of photos, give proper attribution for quotes, and properly use names within copy. For example, names in captions should always be first name – last name. The first time a name is used in a copy block or caption, it should be written first name – last name and all subsequent instances should use last name only. By-lines and photo credits should not be indexed. (more…)
A vignette photo allows a portion of an image to be screened or ghosted down to a lower opacity while allowing the dominant or most important part of the picture to remain at full color and brightness. It is an interesting effect that focuses the reader’s attention on one portion of the image. The technique can also be used to screen down a portion of a photo so that type can be more easily read. To download a handout demonstrating the technique, click here.
Method 1
While Adobe Photoshop® is the primary software for photo manipulation, InDesign does allow for some cool photo techniques like a vignette photo. A vignette is an effect where the center of interest, or focal point, of the photo gradually fades into the background, usually in an oval shape.
STEP 1: Place (File > Place) an image from Photoshop or through Herff Jones Image In (Herff Jones > HJ Image In) onto your layout.
STEP 2: Select the Ellipse Frame tool from beneath the Rectangle Frame tool on the Tool palette. You can also use a rectangle, circle, polygon, star or any other frame shape to create the vignette effect.
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