How to Prepare a Magazine

1. FPCV
PRINT
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DR. IRAM RIZVI

2. WHAT IS A
MAGAZINE?
• A magazine is a general interest periodical.
• A periodical is a publication that comes out
periodically, i.e., at regular intervals.
• Most of the magazines are published once a month,
but some might be weekly, fortnightly, bi-monthly,
or quarterly.
• Originally, the magazines were published only
printed them, but today they also exist Online.
• In print form a magazine is a publication with a
paper cover which is issued regularly, usually every
week or every month, and which contains articles,
stories, photographs, and advertisements.

3. HOW TO MAKE
A MAGAZINE
• Pick your topic
• You can't have a magazine without
a subject. Think about your area
of expertise and the audience you
are aiming for.
• Choose a title
• For example you have decided
create a magazine on Women
issues, travel, Food, Lifestyle,
your title should be succinct and
to the point.

4. Choose your cover article
Every magazine has a cover article which receives the bulk of attention, both in design
and content. In a celebrity-focused magazine, this will be an in-depth interview with the
star on the cover. E.g in a travel magazine, the cover image will highlight a destination
which will be covered in detail inside. In this case, we've called our cover article "Travel
of the Month.“ or in Art & Culture magazine Cover image will highlight the specific art
form you want to focus, in food magazine the cover image will highlight the food
recipe, issue, etc.
• Find your cover image
The reader’s eye is drawn to the top and center of the page, so the cover image should
have its most interesting elements there. A handy design element to use is the rule of
thirds.. The cover image in a magazine should be divided into a 3 x 3 grid, so that one
can see that the masthead is in the upper third, the feature articles are in the lower third,
and the reader’s eye is at the intersection of the grid lines.

5. Design your masthead
• The brand of a magazine is defined by its masthead. Time, Vogue, and National Geographic all have iconic
mastheads.
• The masthead can either in front of cover photo or behind it. Choose your style: Is your magazine sophisticated
or playful? What is your niche? Is it focused on design, travel, gardening or pop culture?
Write body articles
• A magazine's articles are often its biggest draw. Decide whether you will draft all the pieces

6. Incorporate graphics
Having a great cover image is not enough a magazine needs to have interesting photos and
graphics throughout. In a visual medium, the attention of readers can be drawn by having
high-quality images accompany your articles.
Decide on feature articles
• Decide on feature articles; besides the cover article, you should choose two or three
articles to highlight on the cover. These should be articles of top interest to your readers.

7. Create table of contents
• Once the assembling of all articles and their
accompanying images are done, build a table of
contents.
Back page
• Among wide-circulation magazines, the back page
will often be a full-page advertisement.

8. • Notes on printing
There are several things to keep in mind if you print your magazine. Here are a few:
• Paper quality — Magazines should be on glossy paper for the best image quality.
• Layout — Because of the nature of magazines, One needs to double check to ensure that your
pages will be laid out as expected.
• Full-bleed — One can add a bleed to the document so there are no blank edges on pages. A bleed
is similar to a wider margin which is then trimmed in the printing process.

9. TEMPLATES
• https://www.template.net/editable/63904
• https://www.flipsnack.com/templates/american-lifestyle-magazine-template
• https://www.visme.co/templates/magazines/lifestyle-magazine-templates-
1425285845/

10. CREATIVE COMMON LICENSING
Before writing an article, content and using photos there are few points that
should be noted.
• Sometimes author or a creator or a photographer develops something and
want others to use it these pictures or designs are in Public Domain. In
other words creative materials that are not protected by intellectual property
laws such as copyright, trademark, or patent laws. The public owns these
works, not an individual author or artist. Anyone can use a public domain
work without obtaining permission, but no one can ever own it.
• Sometimes the creators or photographers want it to be attributed.
• Other than the above situations sometimes we need the permission from
the original author or creator or photographer to use and are thus have
copyright protection.

11. PUBLIC DOMAIN- ANYONE CAN USE A PUBLIC DOMAIN WORK WITHOUT
OBTAINING PERMISSION, BUT NO ONE CAN EVER OWN IT.
• CC BY ATTRIBUTION
• CAN COPY, MODIFY, ADAPT & PUBLISH EVEN FOR COMMERCIAL USE BUT NEEDS TO BE
ATTRIBUTED.
• CC BY-SA
• ATTRIBUTION-SHAREALIKE
• CAN USE BUT CANNOT MODIFYAND NEEDS TO BE ATTRIBUTED.

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