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1. Image Manipulation– The
imagesused onmy contents
page containedsome
unnecessarybackground.For
example,Ididnotneedall of
the backgroundinthe top
image.Therefore,inorderto
remove the unwanted
segments,Iused the
‘rectangularmarquee’tool,
whichallowedme tohighlight
certainsections,whichIthen
deleted.
Border – Like textitis
importantto make images
standout. Therefore,Iused
the ‘shape’tool,tocreate a
rectangle.Byusingthe
‘paintbucket’tool,Iwas
able to selectcertain
coloursinrelationtomy
colourscheme,asit is
importantthe graphicsare
appropriate tomy house
style.Itisthe house style,
whichengagesthe target
audience,sothe colour
scheme mustbe suitedto
theirpreferences,whichis
whyI usedcolours
mentionedinmy
questionnaire andfocus
group.
Text – Textis usedthroughout
all magazines,regardlessof their
genre.Typically,magazinesuse
‘SansSariff’forthe mainbody
text.However,Ichose touse
‘LucidaSans Unicode’and
‘Prestige Elite’,astheygive the
impressionof atype writerand
presentaprofessional aesthetic.
For the categoriesandsub-
categoriesIusedblack,as thisis
a stand outcolour,whichis easy
to read.
Image colour – To make myalbumcoverlookmore professional andauthentic,inrelationtoan
indie/pop-rockalbum,Ialteredthe colourof the image.Ididthisby reducingthe ‘saturation’.This
removedanycolourfromthe image,sothat it wasblack and white.Asaresult,the image
correspondswiththe coloursusedthroughoutmymagazine,sothatitdoesnot clash.