The document summarizes the production process for the front cover of a magazine. It describes: - Positioning the picture and creating the masthead with appropriate effects and color scheme. - Adding coverlines of different sizes and colors, separated by rectangles. - Creating a large red main coverline with drop shadow to grab attention. - Adding date, positioning statement, and drop quote underneath. - Designing a circle with a rocky texture and effects to highlight an interviewed band. - Creating a black rectangle for the strapline and adding text about an exclusive interview. - Finishing with a drop quote and highlighted text for another story.

1. Production Process of Front
Cover

2. • I firstly put the picture I took
for the front cover of my
magazine and positioned it to
where I wanted to have it. I
then created the masthead for
the magazine and changed the
effects to fit the genre and the
colour scheme I have chosen.

3. I then created the
coverlines for the
magazine using the text
tool and resized and
positioned all of them. I
also changed the colour to
the additional information
underneath to red to meet
the colour scheme and
genre. I then made
rectangle shapes to
separate each coverline
from one and other and
copied three times and
positioned them.

4. I then created the main coverline
and changed the colour to red and
made the letters capitals. I made a
drop shadow for the letters to
make it stand out more and help
grab the attention of the reader. I
also used a drop quote
underneath the main coverline as
a convention I found of front
covers used this feature a lot.
Using a text tool i entered the date
of the magazine and the
positioning statement underneath
the masthead.

5. I created a shape using the shape tool of a
circle and added a rocky effect to the circle
as it fits the genre and make it stand out
more. I then added a shadow and a bevel
to make it stand out more. I then used
different colours in for the text as I used
yellow. I made the “plus” as a graphic
feature to intise the reader even more into
reading the magazine. This draws
attention to the band in the shape as its
the band I interviewed for the DPS.

6. Next I added the strapline to the
magazine cover. I started this by
creating a rectangle using the shape
tool and using the colour of black to
fill it. This made it easier to view any
text that would be going on it and
matched the colour scheme of the
magazine and genre. I added the text
“Exclusive interview with AC/DC”. As
the band uses a logo of a lightning
bolt to make their band be identified.
I created this by using the line tool to
draw the shape outline and then
used the paint brush to colour it in.

7. I then added a drop quote using the text tool
and then created 3 black rectangles for the
“Noel Gallagher Speaks out” so it stands out
more. This is the final for my front cover.