molly littlehales

1. I beganthe productionof my magazine byselectingmymainimage andstartingto cut the image
out,I took the photographonthe back of a greenscreenso thismade iteasiertocut herout and
change the backgroundcolourto white.

2. I thenfeatheredthe image sothe cutout edgesdidn’tlookasblunt.Thiswill make the image look
more realisticandfiton the newbackgroundbetter.

3. Thisis the final cutout of the mainimage formy frontcover.I addeda filteroverthe image tomake
herlookmore realisticasthe original image hadagreenglow fromthe greenscreen.

4. I beganto lookforfontsfor my mastheadand I used www.dafont.com .Iusedthe section
‘distorted’asitconnotesthe genre of indie musicwhichismymaingenre andwill appeal tomy
target audience.

5. Here I addeda white backgroundandmastheadtothe topof the page.

6. I addedthe barcode whichisa typical conventionof amagazine andmyslogan.

7. I startedto add coverlinesandaddedeffectstomake themstandoutmore againstthe background.

8. I addeda puff and othercoverlinesanda bannerat the bottomto add extradetails.Ialsoaddeda
price and a maincoverline.

9. In thisscreenshotIstartedto searchfor fontsformy contentspage usingdafont.com.

10. I startedto add imagesandthe title forthe page.

11. I usedeffectstomake the backgroundhave more detail soit’snota plaincolourandtoo boring.This
will attractthe targetaudience.

12. I addedeffectstothe images togive themborders.

14. I changedthe colourof the backgroundsto make itstand outon the page.

15. I decidedtochange the imagesshownonmy contentspage asI wantedto use one for mydouble
page spread.

16. I beganto add subheadingstostartthe textonmy page.I alsoaddeda date andissue number.

17. Here I addedthe article namesandpage numbertoensure thatthe page doesitsjob.

18. I addedeffectstothe textandpuff to create a certainaesthetictoattract mytarget audience.

20. Here I completelychangedthe righthandside of mypage to addmore imagesandmake the layout
more suitedforthe genre.

21. For my double page spread,firstIaddedthe backgroundimage andopeneditintoPhotoshopto
make the space betweenthe peoplebigger,thisallowedme toaddmore textin-between.Ithen
insertedmytextandaddedthe headline andbyline.Ialsoaddedmymastheadandcut around the
imagesof the artistsand letthe textflow aroundthemsoit was clearand easyto read.