This document evaluates a magazine cover and contents page created by the author. For the magazine cover, the author notes that it follows some conventions like including a tagline, barcode, and simple background, but does not have color coordination. The author also notes some ways the cover and contents page could be improved, such as using a smaller font size and laying out sections neater. The author reflects on using features in Photoshop and the text and picture tools in their layout, but notes the shapes could be made neater and text could stand out more to look more professional.

1. Evaluation
This Magazine cover does follow some of the codes and
conventions but not all of them:
My magazine has:
Tagline:
Centred in the middle this is because it will be the main
focus
Barcode
Simple background so the main focus is on the writing
and the picture
Short title t
Unique font the font of the title is different to every other
font on the cover
Cover lines reflect the content this is important because
it readers a glimpse of what is in the magazine and if
they should buy it or not
Looking at the camera
Date
Price
Positioning statement
Puffs
My magazine does not have
Colour co-ordination. I think this because the some things are
red and blue then the puff is orange and the main picture is
purple green and a yellow colour which does not really blend
This magazine didn’t really follow my draft this is because I
could not make some of the pictures.
Instead of having the issue number on the contents page i put
it on the front cover because I thought it looked good next to
the barcode.
This magazine could have been laid out in a better way such as
the banner in the middle of the magazine could be less solid so
make it look more professional like in the title.
The way the light reflect of the glasses could also have been
changed to look more professional by not having the light
reflect off the glasses. And some of the writing is not that visible
because of the background colour so I could have changed that
to a colour where it could be read easily.

2. This doesn't have the issue number on it but
the issue number is on the front cover which
means it doesn't really need to be on the
contents page as well
This doesn't use simple colours. Because
there are a lot of different pictures, simple
colours are not really used and it is more of a
mixture of colours.
The font could be smaller because in other
magazines the font was even smaller than
the font I have used you are supposed to use
font 9 but I used a font of 11 and 12
Categorised. I have use three categories; Featured, on
the front cover and regular.
One main image. This image is bigger than all of the other
images so it is the main focus .
Short description sublines. This is used to tell people a
little bit about each section of the magazine.
White background a white background is used because if
the background was busy then it would be hard to focus
on the writing.
More than one column. This is because there are a lot of
thing to be written and also many other magazines use
three columns so I just followed the codes and
conventions.
The name of the magazine. This it to remember what the
name of the magazine is so people don’t forget.
Website name. if the website name is on there then
reader will be able to find more about the magazine.
Big title. This is so people know what hey are reading and
they can find the right page to tell you all the page
numbers.

3. Tagline
Centred in the middle this is because
it will be the main focus
Simple background so the main focus
is on the writing and the picture
Short title t
Unique font the font of the title is
different to every other font on the
cover
Cover lines reflect the content this is
important because it readers a
glimpse of what is in the magazine
and if they should buy it or not
Barcode
Looking at the camera
Date
Price
Positioning statement to show what's
happening in this
Puffs
The main image should be a medium
close up but I drafted a long shot.
Instead of having the issue number on
the contents page I put it on the front
cover because I thought it looked good
next to the barcode.
This magazine could have been laid out in
a better way such as the banner in the
middle of the magazine could neater to
make this look better.

4. This doesn't have the issue number
on it but the issue number is on the
front cover which means it doesn't
really need to be on the contents
page as well.
The font could be smaller because in
other magazines the font was even
smaller than the font I have used
you are supposed to use font 9 but I
used a font of 11 and 12
The categories could be made neater
rather than having shapes around
them they can just be underlined.
Categorised. I have use three categories;
Featured, on the front cover and regular.
One main image. This image is bigger than all of
the other images so it is the main focus .
Short description sublines. This is used to tell
people a little bit about each section of the
magazine.
White background a white background is used
because if the background was busy then it
would be hard to focus on the writing.
More than one column. This is because there are
a lot of thing to be written and also many other
magazines use three columns so I just followed
the codes and conventions.
The name of the magazine. This it to remember
what the name of the magazine is so people
don’t forget.
Big title. This is so people know what hey are
reading and they can find the right page to tell
you all the page numbers.
Website name. if the website name is on there
then reader will be able to find more about the
magazine.

5. In photo shop to get the see through affect I changed the number of the feather to 182.9 to give it
that see through affect on the solid shapes. I did this to make the words the first things you see
and I did this on the title to make it unique and to reflect the words such as the red for fire and
the blue because Priestley's colours are blue.
In my contents page I used the text feature and the picture frame feature to add text and picture
to my contents page because this is what the readers will be reading and the pictures reflect the
story that is going in the magazine so it is give a little glimpse of what is in the magazine.
I also used the auto shapes feature for the circles
• The blue square at the top behind the word contents
• The diamond shape next to the word contents
• The star shape under the word feature
• The lines that the featured titles will go in between
My use of these technologies could be better I could have
made the auto shapes to be a bit neater so that they don’t look
messy but they look more professional. Also I could have use
the feather tool and made the shapes lighter so that the words
are neater and look more professional and I could have use a
feature to make the text stand out a bit more.
The positives are that my shapes are the same size because I
copied and pasted them also the layout of all the pictures, text
and shapes are good because they fit right in place