JMU | GRPH 313 | FALL 14

Go to the File menu and select Place > Find text file.
Navigate to your document and click Open. Your cursor turns into the Place icon (). Click in your document where you'd like the text to be placed – the text box will fill the spaces between the margins. Remember, you can always move and resize it.

If you want the text to automatically flow to the next column or page, hold down the Shift key on the keyboard as you place your text and a slightly different icon will appear (). Now pages will be automatically created as needed.
If you hold down the Alt key instead, you will still get the autoflow icon (), but it will not automatically create new pages. As you click on your document, if there is more text, the icon will remain. Click again somewhere else to place the rest of the text.
You can also designate the size of your text block by clicking and dragging a square as you place the text.

Note that if you place text from Word, the Word styles will carry over and can be edited as described in the Formatting Text section below.

http://guides.lib.umich.edu/content.php?pid=28034&sid=3545053

Kindle InDesign

Document Size: 395x576 px.
Font: Caecilia LT Std 55 Roman
Font Size: 10pt, leading: 15pt.

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

7 user interface design trends you need to know about...

Minimalism After years of bells and whistles, user interface design is going back to basics – at least according to some big name companies, including Google and Microsoft to name a few. Glossy icons are replaced by simpler one-color versions or text-based buttons, rich gradients with simple solid color combinations.

Minimalistic interfaces are definitely taking off. Top: Windows 8 uses monochromatic icons and simple solid colors for its new interface. Bottom: Pinterest user interface is the ultimate minimalism – apart from user content, very few things take up space on the screen.

For majority of users, this lack of visual detail works astonishingly well – the interface is easy to digest and its elements don’t get in the way of the tasks they’re trying to accomplish.

When to use it: minimalism is a great way to design a web application which focuses on user generated content – if done right, users will rarely complain about it. However, keep in mind that many clients will find this approach too simplistic for their taste, so you might want to check their preferences before starting your project.

Mobile UI Design Patterns

Mobile Patterns
http://www.mobile-patterns.com

UI Interaction Library
http://useyourinterface.com

UI Animation
http://ui-animations.tumblr.com

Kinetic Pattern Library
http://capptivate.co/page/2/

Android Patterns
http://www.androidpatterns.com

Inspired UI
http://inspired-ui.com

pttrns
http://pttrns.com

android pttrns
http://androidpttrns.com

lovelyUI
http://www.lovelyui.com

UI Parade
http://www.uiparade.com

Android UX & Patterns

Android UX
http://developer.android.com/design/get-started/ui-overview.html

Designing Interfaces: Patterns
http://designinginterfaces.com/patterns/

mobile patterns

http://www.mobile-patterns.com/
SCREENS

Hotel Tonight (iPhone) splash screens

Foursquare (iPhone) loading views, splash screens

Twitter (iPhone) splash screens

Rent The Runway (iPhone) splash screens

Yahoo Weather (iPhone) splash screens

JMU | GRPH 313 | FALL 14 |

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

iMovie add frame

Monday, November 17, 2014

invision app

icons / symbol

iOS 8 icons

Monday, November 3, 2014

John Maeda: Simplicity

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Assignment by Nov. 3.

New UX: Virgin Americas

Friday, October 24, 2014

Research app design

Thursday, October 23, 2014

IOS8 Design

APP: Personal brain trainer

Monday, October 13, 2014

Creating & Publishing Folio

Sunday, October 5, 2014

DPS: digital-publishing-suite guide

Interactive Overlays

Folios and Articles

Creating folios Creating Sections

Creating articles and layouts Creating library filters

Managing articles Assembling articles in a folio

Previewing folios and articles Setting up renditions for native Android viewers

Creating folio renditions

To the top

Folio Publishing

DPS App Builder

Free Images

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Project 1: Final Submission

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Project 2: The Story of Brand

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

InDesign Inserting Text (automatically flow)

Kindle InDesign

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

user interface design trends

Mobile UI Design Patterns

Android UX & Patterns

mobile patterns

Video overlays	Panorama overlays
Overview of interactive overlays	Audio overlays
Supported interactivity features	Web Content overlays
Best practices for creating overlays	Pan and Zoom overlays
Hyperlink and button overlays	Scrollable Frame overlays
Slideshow overlays	Nesting interactive overlays
Image Sequence overlays

Creating folios	Creating Sections
Creating articles and layouts	Creating library filters
Managing articles	Assembling articles in a folio
Previewing folios and articles	Setting up renditions for native Android viewers
Creating folio renditions

Produce and publish folios	Changing folio publishing settings
Understanding different types of DPS apps	Export folios for single-folio viewers
DPS Dashboard	DPS Export for PowerPoint
Folio Producer Organizer	Using HTML and JavaScript APIs to extend DPS
Publishing folios to the Distribution Service	Methods for offering free content
Folio Producer Editor	Updating folios published with prerelease tools
Import HTMLResources	Publishing your second folio in a multi-folio app

Checklists for custom viewer apps	Creating a custom Adobe Content Viewer for testing
DPS App Builder overview	Creating viewer apps for private distribution
Creating DPS apps for the iPad and iPhone	Subscriptions and entitlement
Creating DPS apps for the iPad (Single Edition)	Creating a custom library (Enterprise)
Creating legacy DPS apps for Android devices	Building DPS apps for Windows Store
Differences between iOS and Android viewers	Building native DPS apps for Android devices