Vintage travel poster printing techniques.pptx

.ppt research guidance on how to design a simple vintage travel poster

1. Characteristics of an effective poster design: • Instantly grab attention • Entice people to read the information available • Present the information fully within the design • Must be able to influence and convince the reader

2. The earliest full-color  posters were  created via the process of stone lithography, in which different stones  were  created for each color of the  poster  and the image was printed in layers. Subsequent printing styles include zinc (or metal) plate lithography, photo-offset, silkscreen and letterpress World War II marked the ending of “stone lithography,” but not the end of the poster even though posters were now in competition with radio and other forms of media print. The mass production printing technique now utilized to create posters was the “photo offset” method, which integrated photography into a poster’s design. It resulted in the familiar dot pattern seen in newspapers and magazines. The Object Poster Style ruled the 1950s; a style that turned everyday objects into big “ icons”. See this link for details: https:// posterfrance.com /content/4-how-posters-were-made

3. Video about colour lithography https ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWlnWN69O5Y&t=6s&ab_channel= SpeedArtM Start video at 3 min-5 min Video about offset lithographic printing https :// www.youtube.com / watch?v =pNZb7CXUjs0&t=4s&ab_channel= Solopressuseum

4. How graphics based posters are created today using desktop publishing: Our way (using a photograph) and adding filters, colour and text Creating vector graphics in Illustrator, Photoshop or other software programs – example- https:// www.youtube.com / watch?v =AM1noWucczc&ab_channel= svhsinfotech

5. How to make a vintage style poster from a photo using Photoshop: https :// www.youtube.com / watch?v =Plxq7LvWryg&ab_channel= BlueLightningTVPhotoshop How to make a vintage style poster from a photo using Illustrator and Photoshop: https ://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-design-a-vintage-travel-poster-in-adobe-illustrator-and-photoshop--cms-26075