6 Panel Brochure

I actually enjoyed doing this project much more than I expected I would. It was interesting to have to formulate a nicely designed and effective brochure that could actually be used. I ran into a couple problems along the way, but otherwise it was pretty painless.

Mostly, I ran into problems with the pictures. It took me the most time to find pictures that were good quality and gave the reader a good idea as to what the city of Prague looks like. Once I found the pictures, it took me a little while to figure out how to format them so they would look aesthetically pleasing with the words, not like they were just stuck in there. I tried to go into Photoshop and make some of the pictures rounded, but I couldn't figure out how to keep them that way in Quark Express. Now, I think I have figured it out, but I have no desire to go back and change my finished product. I think the little pictures look just fine.

I ran into some problems with the text, though not as many with the pictures, it was just more tedious to format the text. Mostly, the problem was that I had too much information to fit in a 6 panel brochure. I wanted to make sure the brochure was easily readable yet informative. After much formatting and cutting, I think I got an effective amount of text. It has enough to keep the reader interested, but isn't a daunting list of facts. I also had to play with the color and opacity of some of the text boxes. Since I chose to make my backgrounds light pictures of the city of Prague, it was sometimes hard to read the text. I chose to do this for a background because I thought it was more interesting and gave the brochure more depth. I felt it was important for the people reading it to see how interesting Prague looks in order to make them more interested.

So, for the most part, this project was fun to do. Although the formatting was sometimes very tedious, I am very happy with my finished product.