A R A PA HOE HIGH S CHOOL Centennial, Colorado Adviser: Greg Anderson Editors: Sarah Cherin and Allison Swom
CAROLINE RILEY “Arapahoe has done elegant and quiet books. We decided we wanted to create one as loud as our students. The color scheme was based on the Arapaho tribe colors of red, blue, yellow, and black. (Note, the tribe’s spelling of Arapaho is different than the school’s) Those are traditionally used in the culture and so ingrained in the school. Our editors were both non-traditional journalists and prided themselves on that. Originally, they wanted something loud and sassy. Then we started working with language, started picking up conjunctions and landed on a theme that is not grammatically correct. We wanted casual language reflective of how students talked.” I LOVE IT WHEN THE CONCEPT IS SO PERFECT to a staff and to a school. Arapahoe is one of those programs from which I just can’t wait to see the book every year. This staff took a crowd shot at a football game and made it into something more. The treatments make it seem to fade into the background as the modern type treatment sits atop it. Deleting the “negative” space in the letters gives me something to consider when I read the type. It’s not just type. It’s brilliant, subtle art. You will never convince me crowd shots aren’t powerful. There’s no other way to get as many faces involved. No matter where or when, students in this photo will remember the moment it was taken. And that’s the beauty of yearbook. //sk
HOW IT’S 1
DONE
Open the image. Go to Adjustments > Black & White. File > Save As a new name to preserve the original image.
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Place your black-andwhite image. Draw a rectangle and fill with your desired color on top of the photo.
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In InDesign, select the rectangle, go to Object > Effects > Transparency > Mode > Multiply. In eDesign, select the box and change transparency.
TO CREATE THE TYPE EFFECT, in InDesign or eDesign, select the text box and convert to outlines or shapes and delete the points you wish to remove.