Animated Educational eBook
Software Used
Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
Date Created
November 2018
This eBook was created as the final project for my level 3 Design course in the third semester in the D3 program at BCIT.
The assignment was to create an interactive online publication for any desired topic. I chose a topic that I am familiar with, which was unique animals. I chose this topic because I enjoyed reading these types of educational books when I was a kid and that is why it is directed to a sort of younger audience.
The main tool that was taught in this course was InDesign. This course taught how to animate and organize information in an magazine or eBook format. This project utilized the three main Adobe programs used for graphic design.
Photoshop was used to colour correct and mask out the main animal portraits, Illustrator was used for the main logo and several text elements, and InDesign was of course used to compile the information and animate the graphics.
Image Masking
Every animal required a masked out PNG image as the main photo for their page. This required precise masking and colour correcting using Photoshop in order to keep the animal looking realistic. Each animal profile picture was masked out of a full photograph.
Page Layout
Every page in the book sticks to the same layout and theme. Every category page had a photograph and heading representing the animals and a unique background image. Every animal page contained the name of the animal, the scientific name of the animal, a PNG profile image, a short gif of the animal, and a description of the animal.
Interactive Elements
Each page had elements that animated into frame on page load. This was completed in InDesign. The buttons were also set up in InDesign to reference and lead to other pages in the book.
