6. These were my final three that I chose
On this one it would have been The resolution of this one
However… difficult to put cover Lines wasn’t good enough
around
7.
8. Photoshop
First of all on Photoshop I had to get the right
size of the picture to have the same conventions
as NME.
So I used the Crop Tool and changed the width
to 243mm and Height to 297mm, which are the
same as NME’s.
I saved it as a JPEG.
9. InDesign
On InDesign I opened a new document using the
same height and width. Then used Place to put
the picture on the spread sheet.
I also used Place to add in my Masthead
10. Eyebrow Layout of Front Cover
Masthead
Free Promo
Cover Lines
Barcode
11. Barcode
For my Barcode I got an image from
Google and resized it to make it
skinny, then I added a white box
next to it on InDesign and added the
Date and Price of the different
currencies just like NME, because
my Magazine is also published by
IPC Media but owned by Time Inc,
so there would be currencies of
American Dollar too.
12. Contents Images
Using Photo Shop I cropped them using the same height and width of
297mm. If a backgrounds had a shadow on it I would quick select the
person in the picture and then add layer and use Gradient Tool to
change the background colour.
14. These are the Picture that I took for my
Contents Page and Double Page Spread
15. Layout of Contents Page
This is a layout of what my Contents Page
is going to look like. It closely follows the
Conventions of Nme. NME usually has 7-
10 pictures in their Contents Page
however I wasn’t able to take a variety of
pictures, which is why I made it so that
there only be 5 pictures. Unlike NME
who uses a lot of pictures to balance out
text and Images, I also did this by making
the pictures bigger.
I wasn’t able to add an advertisement,
which is why, again I resized the picture.
Even though the colours and font of the
Contents Title matched the Masthead, The
Contents title stood out more than the
articles.
16. Dateline
I followed the conventions of
NME in which I added bold large
page numbers so it is easier for
Readers to navigate through the
pages
I also added a Plus feature in which Readers are
able to easily go to their preferred page.
17. I used the same font as my
Masthead to show that there is a
connection between them. I
followed the conventions of NME in
which I make the text only in black
and simple but the pictures in colour
so that they stand out more.
20. Layout of Double Page Spread
I tried to layout the page
similar to NME but as I
didn’t have many usable
Images I didn’t have the
same number of pictures
as NME.
I used capital, bold fonts to
show that it’s important as
well as to attract the
Reader’s attention.
21. Final Double Page Spread
I followed the Conventions of NME
by not having a full bleed Image as
it is only a review, and Readers are
more interested in the written
than the Image itself although it
would instantly familiarize with the
audience as some would then
know who the artist is that is
mentioned.
24. I did the same here I used
the quick selection tool to
cut out the background. It
was difficult to quick
select the hand which is
why I had to cut it out
using a Polygonal Lasso
tool and then later add it
on with the picture.
As the Image wasn’t big
enough for the same size
as NME I had to gon
Image and the go on
Canvas Size to add extra
space
25. I copied the iphone picture onto
the picture of my friend, then
adding a layer, I set a black
background using the Gradient
Tool.
