Front cover screenshots

Front Cover Progress

The first thing I did for my contents page was to open a

new document and then I selected the ‘new’ option in File and I made the

measurements so that they were A4.

I then inserted my main image into the page, I had a few choices of images but in the end I settled for the image in the document to the right.

I added in a strapline I had seen a lot of straplines

that were just completelystraight so I wanted one thatbe a bit more different hope-

fully making it a bit more interesting for the targeted

audience.

I then added a coloured boxthis coloured box is going to be for my logo to make I stand out a bit more, because on its own the logo didn’t seem to look right.

After making the box for the logo I then placed my logo into it.

I then added my text, for my text I used the warp tool in order to make the text fit the purple box I had created, however that was only needed for the white text, the other text was a lot straight forward because all I had to do, to that bit was type it, I then added my image of the featured band around the image I but a bold inner white glow and a lighter opacity in black

on the outside of the image

I then added another strip but this time I added it to the bottom of the page, I had to make sure that I left a big enough gap so I could insert the barcode later on, I made the strip by using the rectangle tool and then filling it with the same colour as the strip at the top.

After that my next step was to add in the text using the text tool, I made the text white because I knew that it would stand out well against the purple.

My next step was to add a right hand third, from my research I knew that this was a key componentthat I needed to incorporateinto my own work, I created this in a very similar way to the bottom strapline. I thenadded the text in a different font so that it would stand out and hopefully I will use font throughout the rest of The magazine. I also added a drop shadow to the bottom of the text box My next step was to add the band name who were the main feature in the magazine I also added a line to title to make it stand out more, I also put a caption underneath the band name.

Next I added a left hand third using the sametechniques as the one I had learnt for the righthand third.

Then I put the text in the left hand third

Then I added another small section underneath

with more initial information

I then added the price of my magazine intothe box where I had positioned my logo. Using the text tool I again made it white a reasonable size so that it would stand out.

My next step was to add a promotional plug I did this by creating a rectangle and filling it with a grey colour I then usedthe rubber tool and erased the cornersof the rectangle making it more of a ticket/token shape I then added a pinkborder around it. I the added my text to the second plug to show one of the promotions that my magazine featured.

My next step was to add a plug onto my front cover I did this by using the circle tool and filling it with a maroon/burgandy colour. I also added a white outline...

...to it and some text, the festival bit was smaller than the leaks bit to emphasise the ‘LEAKS’

My next step was toadd more

information to my second hand third so I started by creating my coloured boxes

that would go behind the text

I then added my text to the

coloured boxes.

I then inserted my barcode intothe bottom left hand corner.

After that I inserted the image I chose that was linked with my right hand third in this case it was a image from Florence And The Machines

My final step was to add the last bit of key information, this involved creating another shape using the rectangle tool, which I then coloured in with the paint bucket tool, I made the colour of it the same as the coloured box behind the logo.

I then added my text into the shape but I didn’t like the angle that it originally faced which was horizontal so I rotated both the shape and the text so it looked a little bit like a banner.

This Is My Final Design

For My Front Cover