Labeling Graphics

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All graphics must be spec'ed in the MSDB within the appropriate project id.

Note:

When spec'ing a simple edit such as "Add credit and title", set the "Graphic Artist" to "any designer", Steve will ignore these
There are 2 example files that you can copy to your originals folder and use as a template. Found here: AV: COMET_image_assets
Make the needed edits to the graphic per the specifications found below

Make sure to save a copy of the final photoshop (.psd) file in the photoshop directory

Adding Credit/Title to Image

Open the image file using Photoshop.
From the menu, select Layer -> New
From the menu select Image -> image size to review and size the image
1. Width - 850 pixels
2. Height - 640 pixels
3. Resolution - 96 dpi (pixels per inch)
From the toolbar, select the Type tool or simply press ‘T’ to quickly select it. The Horizontal Type Tool with which you can add text horizontally is selected by default.
Click anywhere on the photo canvas, you should see the cursor change to a text cursor.
Set the font to
1. Ariel, Bold, Smooth
  1. credits: 8-10 point
  2. titles: 12-14 point but can match data as needed
2. labels and callouts:
  1. somewhere in the 10-16 point range
Click on the foreground color box from the toolbar.
1. Change color to black, #000000 or white: #ffffff (which color has the best visibility on your image)
2. Click ok
Click on appropriate align tool
1. Title - Center align, Credit - right align
Type your text and check for typos
Select Layer from menu and click “Drop shadow”
1. Blend Mode: Normal
2. Opacity: 100
3. Distance: 0
4. Spread: 30-50
5. Size: 3-6
6. Click OK
Select the Move tool from toolbar
1. Hover over the text with arrow cursor, press and hold the left mouse button and drag to the desired location on image. Use the arrow keys to more accurately place the text.
Click File -> Save As and save as .psd (Photoshop format)
1. Add file a descriptive file name using underscores instead of spaces example: hurricane_landfall.psd
2. Save the .psd file in the photoshop directory on AV.
Click File -> Save As and save as JPEG (hurricane_landfall.jpg)
1. Quality - 12 High
2. Baseline standard
3. Click OK

Credit/Title Quick Edits

Open the Photoshop document (.psd) file in Photoshop
Double click on the credit/title in the Layers panel.
The text will highlight in the Layer panel and the cursor will be in text mode.
Single click on the highlighted text to activate edit mode, use the arrow keys to move to the appropriate spot, delete text and add corrected text.
When you are finished editing, save as .psd
Save as JPEG and overwrite the old jpg file with this new corrected file.

Resource Videos:

Building a simple image:
Crediting an image:

Basic Graphics/Examples

Image Resolution: 96 dpi for all web module images.

Good image aspect ratio size is 16x9 (850x480, 800x450, 640x360)

Try to set image resolution to a rounded up number (806x456 would be 800x450)

Center align Title text, Right align credit text.

Data images should try to remain the original image aspect ratio

Sample example showing text size and fonts for a typical static graphic set at 96 dpi:

Sample example showing text size and fonts and drop shadow for a typical animation image:

HD Graphics and Video Resolution

Set to 1920x1080 96 dpi. and all text sizes are doubled

from 850 settings, for example lower right credit goes from 10 point to 20.

HD video setting 1920x1080 resolution, 29.997 frames per second, audio leave default

Adobe Premiere setting should be 48000 Hz.

Data Loops:

Data loops should follow the same setup (resolution, aspect ratio) as images listed above.

Data images should try to remain the original image aspect.

Photoshop or Adobe Flash (Adobe Animate) files should be save with the output files.jpg or .mov on AV

under the graphics folder.

Final graphics from these folder then move over to W (DEVED) without psd or fla file.

Example tree shown below:

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