Disability DPS

I chose my title to be Life in a Disabled World as for my real article I may attempt to include views of individuals who have some from of disability or impairment. Therefore, I would be trying to capture what life is like from a disabled persons point of view. I linked the concept of capturing their world to my background image. I dragged out a box which covered my entire page and used the place tool to place the image in my box. When searching for the image online I had to ensure it was very large to ensure it did not become pixelated as the background is a large space to cover so small images would have become pixelated.
To create my title I used Photoshop. I simply ued the text tool to write my text, selected my colour then added any effects such as emboss or a small drop shadow until I was pleased with the result. To ensure I did not have a white background behind my text I had to ensure the Photoshop background was transparent. I then saved my document as a JPEG which would allow me to import it into my InDesign DPS. To do this I used the same method as for my background, I dragged out a box then used the place tool to import it.
Th create my kicker I used the text tool in InDesign unlike I would do for my main body of text. A kicker consists of a small paragraph which introduces the story and hooks the reader in to encourage them to read on. In order for kickers to stand out they are generally in a larger font and I decided to have my kicker in a different colour also which helps it to stand out.
When importing the text I created boxes within the columns which InDesign generated when I opened my document. I had to use text from a document I had previously created but did not copy and paste this in. Instead, I placed the text in and selected the columns I wanted filling with text until all of the text from my document had been used.