1. First I chosen one of my original images to use as a I used the magic wand tool to cut out the
cover image and put it onto a page in Photoshop. image and remove the background so that I
just had the head/body left.
I tried to choose a colour that worked with the colours of
the clothes and that made the magazine look more real.
2. When choosing the title of the magazine I used For my cover line I decided to put it in a box to
a colour that would stand out and look good. make it stand out and also I chose no more than 5
colours for the colour scheme.
The cover line is in the middle of the page and it is in bigger text
as it is one of the main stories and links to the cover image.
3. Other cover lines are smaller to the right of the Cover lines do not cover over the face and they
page in the same font with matching colours. are in fonts and colours that match each other.
The first edition is written on it and also the
barcode is placed to the right of the cover.
4. The final cover page includes
only 4 colours which are
Red, Grey, Black and White.
All of the cover lines are
spread out onto each side of
the image with none of
them going over the face.
The title of the magazine is
bold and clear to read and it
is positioned behind the
cover image, it also has a
drop shadow on the title so
that it stands out more and
it makes the text look a lot
better. The date of the
magazine and the first edition text is at the top on each side just under the title. The bar at
the bottom with a cover line on it has a black box behind it to block out the image and
focuses more on the text. The cover lines with boxes behind are the ones that stand out most
as they are more important and are bigger stories. The barcode is in the corner of the page
as it isn’t as important as the text and it doesn’t cover over the main part of the image. The
person in the image is looking straight at the camera when the image was taken so there is
eye contact with the reader so it makes it more appealing and makes the reader want to pick
it up and look at it.
