Last night I got started and it really wasn't as bad as I'd thought. The work is time consuming, but it isn't difficult. Thanks to Krista and Kelsey for coming up with the concept designs in the print issue, the app should turn out alright.
The longest part is resizing all the text, fitting it into columns and finding out what to do with sidebars. Everything on the iPad needs to be bigger because it's harder to read on a small tablet, so what looks like a wee bit of text in the print edition turns out to be monstrous on the iPad.
Other issues I had so far in the process was getting my images formatted for web rather than print. Timmy lends his genius to the photos and makes it so I can use them. Problem is, there's so much to be done for True/False that the photos aren't ready yet. I went ahead and designed the portrait and landscape versions of what I think will work for the iPad, and then tomorrow morning I will go in and replace all the images with the correct versions, link everything in the app and wait for text revisions.
It's a process but I'm excited to have worked on True/False. I love the festival and try to go to as many movies as I can. This is an exciting weekend for Columbia, and I'm ready to go out, enjoy it and pick up my copy of Vox to marvel at my fellow designers' talents.
Here's a cell phone photo of the splash page, adapted for the iPad.
& for all those lucky enough to have an iPad, be sure to check out the full issue, out this Thursday.
First of all, I'm obsessed with the design for the T/F feature, so I can't wait to see how it turns out on the iPad. I like what you've posted so far! I'm so glad that you decided to mimic the splash page for the print story instead of just using the color palette or something; it gives it a sense of easy recognition between the two. Also, is the issue really coming out on the iPad Thursday?!!! If it is, I would not mind toting my iPad around to the films I'm attending to be able to read the pieces while waiting in line and waiting for the shows to start. I hope so! Good luck finishing everything up Brittany, so far so good!
ReplyDeleteFrom what I saw you working on last night you were doing a great job with the feature. Sorry about all the technical troubles and the last minute work you had to do this morning, but I'm sure it looks great and will pay off. I'm really excited to see how this turns out. Once the apps get up on the Apple Store I'm definitely checking out an iPad from the library to check them all out. Hope the rest of last night wasn't too terrible after I left.
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