Before&After ® BAmagazine.com i U X How to it a photo into a very skinny space Squeeze play Continued Continued Squeezeplay 0601 Before&After BAmagazine.com ® i U X Squeezeplay Howtoitaphotointoaveryskinnyspace Skinny spaces are everywhere—Web banners, newsletter nameplates, single-column ads— but photos come from our cameras in fat, 6” x 4” proportions, same as always How you get the two together? Here are three techniques Newsletternameplate ? RETIREMENT SERVICES VOLUME | NUMBER | SPRING 2005 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Your inancial calculator Knowing all the risks Focus on the long term New Web Technology Information at your ingertips Texture and lasp net exating end mist of it snooling Spaff forl isn’t cubular but quastic, leam restart that can’t prebast It’s tope, this luant chasible Silk, shast, lape and behast the thin chack “It has larch to say fan.” Why? 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Your inancial calculator Knowing all the risks Focus on the long term New Web Technology Information at your ingertips Texture and lasp net exating end mist of it snooling Spaff forl isn’t cubular but quastic, leam restart that can’t prebast It’s tope, this luant chasible Silk, shast, lape and behast the thin chack “It has larch to say fan.” Why? Elesara order is fay of alm A card whint not oogum or bont Pretty simple, glead and tarm, but not what thast lan for dramp Good investment news Texture and lasp net exating end mist of it snooling Spaff forl isn’t cubular but quastic, leam restart that can’t prebast It’s tope, this luant chasible Silk, shast, lape and behast the thin chack “It has larch to say fan.” Why? 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Elesara and order is fay of alm A card whint not oogum or bont Pretty simple, glead and tarm Texture and 0601 Squeezeplay Before&After|www.bamagazine.com 1 of Texture and lasp net exating to end mist of it snooling Spaff forl isn’t cubular but quastic Squeezeplay 0601 1.Usea‘powerslice’ If your photo is as wide as the space, try extreme cropping You’ll be amazed at how little of an image is needed to convey the essence of the photo Zeroinonafocalpoint,crop,andapplytheimage.Thesurpriseisthatthe tighteryoucrop,thestrongeryourimagebecomes RETIREMENT SERVICES VOLUME | NUMBER | SPRING 2005 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Oureyesprocessvisualdatasofastthata meresliverisallittakestoconvey... •Theirage •Theirsex •Theirhair •Theirclothes, •Theirmood •Theirrelationsip That’severythingweneed! Your inancial calculator Knowing all the risks Focus on the long term New Web Technology Information at your ingertips Texture and lasp net exating end mist of it snooling Spaff forl isn’t cubular but quastic, leam restart that can’t prebast It’s tope, this luant chasible Silk, shast, lape and behast the thin chack “It has larch to say fan.” Why? Elesara order is fay of alm A card whint not oogum or bont Pretty simple, glead and tarm, but not what thast lan for dramp Good investment news Texture and lasp net exating end mist of it snooling Spaff forl isn’t cubular but quastic, leam restart that can’t prebast It’s tope, this luant chasible Silk, shast, lape and behast the thin chack “It has larch to say fan.” Why? 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Fillhalfway Fillingonlytheupperhalfofthe bookmarkallowsustoseemoreof thepathwaywhileprovidingplenty ofroomfortextbeneath Applying the second image (the stack of books) and text can create contrast of style, color and texture; it can hide a seam, and it can send a second message 1 Separate Dark-lightoppositesattract. Thedensewoodsareattractive,andthebookonthespare, whiteieldisattractive.Thisis themessageexpressedwith contrasts Overlapped Toreducethehighcontrast betweenhalves,thewhite backgroundhasbeenchanged topathcolor.Placingthebook ontheseamminimizesthe transitionandpullsthetwo imagestogether.It’sarichlook, somewhatbusyinthiscase Blended Fadingthepathwaytowhite isalovelywaytointegrate thewholebookmark.Thetwo imagesnowworkasone Apathway toimagination Apathway toimagination Readabook (owner) 0601 Squeezeplay Before&After|www.bamagazine.com 3 of Readabook HeritageSchool (owner) Apathway toimagination Readabook HeritageSchool (owner) Squeezeplay 0601 Articleresources 10b 11 12 1CopperplateGothicBold|32/27pt 13 VOLUME | NUMBER | SPRING 2005 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Colors Typefaces RETIREMENT SERVICES Knowing all the risks Your inancial calculator 2Univers55Roman|9pt 14 Focus on the long term 3Univers75Black|9pt 4UtopiaBlack|27pt New Web Technology 5UtopiaBold|5/6.7pt Information at your ingertips Texture and lasp net exating end mist of it snooling Spaff forl isn’t cubular but quastic, leam restart that can’t prebast It’s tope, this luant chasible Silk, shast, lape and behast the thin chack “It has larch to say fan.” Why? Elesara order is fay of alm A card whint not oogum or bont Pretty simple, glead and tarm, but not what thast lan for dramp Good investment news Texture and lasp net exating end mist of it snooling Spaff forl isn’t cubular but quastic, leam restart that can’t prebast It’s tope, this luant chasible Silk, shast, lape and behast the thin chack “It has larch to say fan.” Why? 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Editorialboard GwenAmos,CarlWinther E-mailthisarticle Before&Aftermagazine 323LincolnStreet,Roseville,CA95678 Telephone91 6-7 8 4-3 880 Fax91 6-7 8 4-3 995 E-mailmailbox@bamagazine.com wwwhttp://www.bamagazine.com... Presentationformator Paper-saverformat Back | Paper-saver format How to it a photo into a very skinny space Squeeze play Skinny spaces are everywhere—Web banners, newsletter nameplates, single-column ads—