To create a magazine cover, the document summarizes editing an image to fit around the masthead without overlapping, enlarging and adjusting the lighting of the image. Font and colors were chosen and boxes were added behind text and as borders to make the cover line more interesting. Artist names were added to a banner and cover lines were individually written and spaced compactly around the image. A cropped barcode and publication details were also added.

1. To produce my cover page I used the image I took of Weronika as
the main image. I tilted the image so that she fit around where the
masthead was going with out over lapping it too much.
I enlarged the image so that she fitted the centre better and to get
rid of some of the back ground. The lighting on the original picture
was slightly off so I edited the picture to make it more clear.
I downloaded the font for ‘Thrive’ off ‘Dafont’ online and played
around with the colours to make it look ‘rock’.
I placed a box behind the main cover line and brought down the
opacity so that the writing was clear over the pictures. I then drew
two more rectangles and made them narrow. These were to create
a border for the main cover line to make it more interesting.
I used another shape to create a banner across the bottom of the
page in which I typed artists names.
I wrote out the cover lines individually and placed them around the main
image. I adjusted the space between lines so that the text was more
compact and not spaced out.
I downloaded a picture of a barcode which I then opened in photoshop
and then cropped to the right size. I typed out the price, date and issue
information and placed it just above the barcode.
Production Diary