3. Firstly I have learnt how to get different varieties of font using DaFont.com from the
internet. Using DaFont taught me how font style can determine what genre the
magazine represents. I chose a font with big, bold square edged writing because this
looks very strong and therefore will grab attention easily. I then print screened the
font for my masthead and pasted it onto a Photoshop document.
4. I then learnt how to delete the surrounding web page by using the box tool to create a
box around the masthead and then on the top bar I clicked select, inverse and then
delete on my keyboard. To resize, I learnt that by selecting shift whilst resizing would do
it correctly and not distort it. This was beneficial to learn because my masthead is not
bent or disorientated and the letters are all the same size.
I have also started to add a tagline and cover line using the text button on the left hand
side.
I also learnt how to use colour overlay to change the colour of my masthead and also
add a stroke that added a black outline around my text. I did this by selecting this button
at the bottom of the right hand side panel. From this I learnt how to make text stand
5. From my last screenshots, I have changed the colour of my masthead slightly from dark pink
to dark purple. This is because the pink represents more of a pop magazine, whereas the
purple is darker. Here I have learnt about representation of colours and how they will effect
the genre the magazine will represent and therefore the target audience it will attract.
I also learnt how to add an image by creating a new document and dragging the image over.
To make the font layers in front of the image, I dragged the image layer from the layers box
to the very bottom next to the background so it was underneath all the text.
6. I have learnt how to add shapes onto Photoshop to create a puff. From the left
hand side tool bar, I clicked this button and selected a circle. From this tool , I
have learnt how to recreate codes and conventions of a magazine cover and
how following them will make my magazine look better and realistic.
7. During the construction, I decided to add another colour to brighten the cover up. From
researching other rock magazine covers, I learnt they often use more than one colour and
so I chose yellow to compliment the dark purple. Yellow also doesn't represent a specific
gender which works well because I won't be attracting any audience that I'm not targeting
towards.
8. The changes I have made from my drawn draft-
Firstly, the top strip has been changed so that I
have more on it. I have included bands names
that are from the rock genre so when the
audience sees the masthead, right next to it are
rock bands and therefore it will represent the
music genre. There is also an advertisement to
win free tickets for a festival. Here I have used
the stereotype that most rock fans go to gigs and
enjoy live music more. From other rock
magazines, ads like these are normally on covers
and therefore I have followed codes and
conventions. The bottom strip has also changed
because instead of ‘music, fashion, news’ I have
changed the order to ‘news, live, reviews’. I have
cut out the fashion section because it doesn’t
represent roc k music and is already included on
the magazine with the puff. I have also added
more cover lines with successful bands so the
audience can easily recognise this is a rock
magazine. I have also added another colour to
the colour scheme being yellow because it makes
the cover brighter and bolder.
10. To edit my image for my contents page, I have learnt how to use levels to improve the
natural lighting of the image. I have also learnt how to adjust the brightness and
contrast by using this button to move the bar to increase or decrease depending what
I think looks better. This image is quite overexposed so I decreased the lighting and
increased the contrast.
11. I learnt how to copy the masthead from the front cover to my contents page by opening the
front cover and copying the layer and pasting it in the contents page layer tool. I created
coloured boxes by using the shape tool and colour overlay to create the subheadings. From this,
I learnt how layout is very important in order to add all the information and codes and
conventions and still make it look neat and presentable to the audience. I put the ‘main feature’
and ‘news’ subheadings onto the rule of thirds hotspots to make sure the audience drawn to
these important sub headings first.
12. For the image, I changed the levels and the brightness and contrast of the image which I
learnt how to do from the other images have added by clicking image and then
adjustments .
I also learnt that you can add a stroke to add image by using this button and by doing this
the image stands out more.
13. To remove the background, I used the magic wand tool and clicked to create a
selection around the models. I then used this brush tool to carefully go around the
models to remove the models. From doing this I learnt how removing the background
can make the overall outcome look more realistic and more pleasing to the eye as it
looks neater.
14. I then created an advertisement at the bottom of the contents to follow codes and
conventions as I noticed this was done in numerous contents pages. This made me learnt
how to fill empty space and how important it is to fill any area that’s empty and it can
complete the product.
15. The changes I have made from my drawn draft-
I have changed the ‘Blare’ and ‘contents’ around
so the masthead is the first thing you see. This is
to increase branding of the magazine and makes
sure the audience is well aware the magazine is
Blare. I have also changed the sub headings.
From my draft, I have included ‘news’ as the top
sub heading. I have changed this because my
drawn draft was ‘fashion’, however fashion isn’t
the forefront of the magazine. I have moved the
fashion section to the ‘plus’ section instead. I
have moved ‘news’ to the top and included
‘reviews’ as a sub heading too. I included these
changes to make the most important information
at the top. I have cut out the social media section
because its not a very big code and convention
that magazines follow and I have replaced it with
a delivery ad instead. I have also changed the
images to a another girl rock band instead of the
fashion aspect to focus heavily on the music. I
have also included yellow from the front cover to
follow the front cover and branding of Blare.
17. Firstly for the main image I decided that I wanted to add a guitar into the image. From this I
learnt how to successfully add an object into an image,. Firstly I adjusted the brightness and
contrast of the guitar and the actual image so that they were edited the same and therefore
blend together better.
18. To cut the guitar out from the background, I learnt how to use the pen tool to
create a mask. To cut around it I clicked on the edge and then clicked again a but
further around the guitar, held down and dragged the mouse so I could create
the curve around the guitar. I continued doing this until I went all around the
guitar.
19. I the leant how to add the guitar by opening the main image
and dragging the guitar into the image. I then resize it to fit by
holding down shift to resize without distorting it.
20. I then learnt how to create a shadow on the ground to make the edit
look realistic by using this pen tool and using the tool at the top to
change the opacity of the colour and size of the brush.
21. First I have learnt that when I want to place something from my front cover, I need to
go through Photoshop first. For my headline, I went into Photoshop for my front
cover and copied my main headline and placed it onto my InDesign page. I then used
the text tool on the left hand side for the ‘article by’ and changed the font to italic
which made me learnt how changing it to italic made it look more personal and
22. I then learnt how to changed the colour of the headline to fit my colour scheme by clicking
here. I then added in my picture that I had edited on Photoshop too. From this I have learnt
to hold down shift, alt and ctrl when I want to reposition something so it doesn’t distort.
23. Next I created a text box with the ‘T’ tool and copied my article and pasted it into
the box. I learnt how to put the text into three columns by selecting the number
here. I also learnt how to create a drop cap by clicking in the article, clicking the
paragraph button at the top bar and increasing the size.
24. I learnt how to create pull quotes from my article. First, copied the quote I wanted from the
article and pasted them in a new text box. From this I could show the audience the mode of
address quickly and what the Band is like. I learnt that by changing the size, font and colour I
can bring out certain parts of the magazine that you want to emphasise. When I placed the pull
quote where I wanted in the article, I selected ‘wrap around object shape’ so the article runs
around the quote. By learning this, the spread looks tidy as there writing isn’t squashed
together.
25. Once the pull quotes, article and image were positioned, I repositioned my masthead
and byline where there was empty space that needed filling. For my standfirst, I
changed the font to ‘constantia’ and size 11 and made it bold. From this step I learnt
to fill empty space to make the magazine look complete and professional.
26. The changes I have
made from my
drawn draft-
Most of my double page spread has been changed so now it follows the codes and conventions and stereotypes of a normal
rock double page spread. I have changed the heading so that it is the main headline from my front cover rather than a pull
quote so that I link the pages all together. I have put all the pull quotes in my article rather than outside it. I have also placed
the article to that it goes across both pages in three columns rather than placing random bits of text around the spread like
in my drawn draft. I have also cut out the puff that I’d put in my drawn draft because I have included a puff on my front page
so it was unnecessary. I have also only included one image of the band that covers most of the right page, whilst on my draft
I have included three small images of the band, guitar and their style. I didn’t do this for my spread because it doesn’t follow
codes and conventions of a normal rock double page spread. The extra images are unnecessary as I can represent the rock
style and the instruments in one image of the band which I have done. I have added yellow to follow the colours scheme of
my front page and contents to brand all the pages to Blare. I haven’t done a pink border on the images like I have done on
the drawn drafts because I have already shown the colour scheme with the main headline and pull quotes and I thought it
looked quite cheesy and pop- not rock.
