- For my front cover I have tried to make it look professional by sticking to three colors: purple, white and black. I chose these three colors as I think they go very well together as the white writing stands out on the black back ground.
- The masthead of my magazine is written in a very college like font which I downloaded and saved onto the computer. The font of the masthead is the largest size on the front cover , this is so that its the first thing that people see.
- I have also got placed in the middle of the page a 'medium closeup' of a student, you can tell that its a students by the way he is by the colleges sign board.
- At the bottom of the cover I have got all the stories that will be appearing within the magazine , I have chose to place the stories at the bottom because its more professional for thee to be a preview of what will be inside the magazine as it draws people in.
- I chose to do different style front and an outer glow on the phrase "NEW SEPTEMBER ISSUE" to emphasize that the magazine is new for the start of September.
- If i could do my front cover again I would have chosen a different picture, this is because I feel that the photograph would look better if I took the picture of him stood up as at the moment he is knelt down so the photograph is placed horizontal and i would prefer to have the photo vertical on the page.
- The stories that are placed at the bottom of the front cover, If i had more time then I would have placed them around the vertical image changing the front to make them stand out more.
- With the picture in the middle of the magazine cover I would if I had time made the purple background of the college board more opaque so that the front cover doesn't look too purple.
- At the very bottom of the page I think I wouldn't have placed the bar code this is because with it being a college magazine there is no need for a bar code, although if it was a magazine in a shop then this would be good to have.
Things I like about my contents page:
- The thing I like about my masthead "contents" is that its the biggest font size on the page and the font style is the same as the front cover which I like because it keeps the continuity throughout the magazine.
- The pictures on my contents page make the page look interesting to the eye and draws peoples attention which is similar to what a real magazine does.
- I also like the fact that underneath the picture and its heading is a little description about what will be found on that page.
- If I could use InDesign again I would cnage the layout of my contents page, this is becuase i feel like its too crowded
- I would get rid of a few photos as I think it would look better with less photos so then people will look at the text more than the photos
- i would also like to change if given the chance , the font style of the text as I think a different font style would make the contents page look more interesting.
- For my front cover I used Photoshop, on this software i was able to download the text style that I wanted for my masthead which I then created a text box and placed it at the top of the page.
- I used the paint can to paint the background black
- I then went to File > Place and placed the main photo on to the page where i then changed the opacity of it so that wasn't so strong in color.
- I used the text tool again to write the text at the bottom of the page and in the purple banner at the top.
- For my contents page i used the software of InDesign which is a little different to use than Photoshop for example for me to paint the background of the page black i had to draw a rectangle over the whole of the page and then make that rectangle black
- I then opened all the photos then added text boxes to then type in the headings and the description.
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