2. Whilst constructing my contents
page, I only came across a few
errors and issues. Thus, here are
the steps used to complete my
contents page (included is the
photo manipulation steps for
images added to the my final
contents page):
3. Step #1:
I created this background by simply cropping out the edges of a scanned A4 piece of lined paper,
this gives a nice effect connoting the organization of the contents page.
4. Step #2:
My second step was to add this graphic I created using the "personal graphics" tool on the sidebar, this will add
aesthetics to the page, using the same colour scheme as the text (etc.). Also the addition of the black graphic in
each corner gives an effect which connotes the page to be important as the are almost outlining the page.
5. Step #3:
In this step I show the addition of the title of the contents page, "In The Cut" gives a good connotation that the
featured articles on the page have made it into "the final edition" or "final cut". Also I used the "paintbucket" tool
to bold out the text, giving a better boldness and appearance of the title (this tool was used in bolding multiple
texts throughout the page)...
6. Step #4:
In this step, I incorporated the addition of a subheading under the text "in the cut". I added the "contents page"
text in between the title to ensure that the reader knows that this page is infact the contents page.
7. Step #5:
Within this step, I added the link to the "Base-Chase" magazine website (also with the addition of the contents page
"in the cut" to the end of the website. However I also added an advertisement for twitter using a constructed twitter
logo, this advertises the magazine over a website, creating more publicity for the magazine.
8. Step #6:
In this step I added some graphics using the "rectangle" tool, therefore not only creating a border for
the edge of the page, however I will also use the border to surround the edges of one of the images I
will place onto the page (left side).
9. Step #7:
This step includes adding the shapes that will be used as base colours for the images I will soon place
inside these shapes. These shapes were also created using the rectangle tool, adding a gold colour to
them both. (Images: Me and featured artist DJ Lou).
10. Step #8:
In this step, this shows the addition of the cover lines representing not only the album that will be
featured on the contents page, however they will also surround the image of me, featuring a special
article "meet the editor".
11. Step #9:
After adding those cover lines, I began to add the main contents articles that will be featured in the magazine,
and also the title for these articles "what's inside?". The variation in black and gold was used to create a contrast
between font colour, bringing the variation in articles forward, and also creating aesthetic appearance for the
contents page itself.
12. Step #10:
In this step, I added all images; including the image of myself (editor), two images of DJ Lou, and
one image representing the featured album cover of GRAM "In Good Time", the two images of
myself and the album cover were left unedited as the two images of DJ Lou are of the appropriate
size to be manipulated.
13. Step #11:
This step shows the numbering of the featured articles on the page, using a red tone in the font
gives a variation in colour and links the page numbers with the title which is also in red
("what's inside").
14. Step #12:
After adding the line "exclusive" along the side of the image of DJ Lou, and the complementary lines
around both the contents page heading, "what's inside" and also around all featured articles this leaves
me with my final contents page (shown below/full-size):
