That Blue Square Thing

Tasks

2.2 – Dealing with IP Rights

Media producers often need to use assets which belong to other people.

You need to know some of the ways they might deal with those assets.

Dealing with IP Rights – slides

Tasks

Note that I mainly talk about images. But this all applies to sound, music, video and any other asset that might be used by a media producer.

2.3 – How to Source Copyright Free Images

These's a task that illustrates some of the ways you can source images.

Video Game Task

To do this, use the list of copyright free sources.

You'll need to record your images in an assets table. You'll use one of these in your portfolio work, so this is good practise.

Assets table

You need to know how to use an assets table properly.

Example assets table – how to fill it in

How to find the Image Properties

Image resolution is really important.

What is Image Resolution – slides

Converting to 300 ppi

2.4 – How to Set Up a Photoshop Document

This is really part of unit R094 – Visual Identity and Digital Graphics, but it follows on well from sourcing copyright free images. It might move at some point.

Once you have images, you need to be able to create a product from scratch. Once you know how to do this it's easy enough, but you need to set up two or three products first to learn it.

Start with a simple product:

How to set up a document – the advert

Then try something a bit more complex:

How to set up a book cover – front and back with a spine

And then try a game cover:

How to set up a game/DVD cover – the dimensions

How to set up a game/DVD cover – instructions

To put text on the spine you need to know how to rotate it. This is the best way to do it:

How to rotate text

Here's a video of a commercial printer to demonstrate the difference between the printers you might use and a real one. This is why 300ppi is important!