The document describes the process of designing a magazine cover. The designer edited the main image to give it a cold look suitable for a music magazine. Text elements like the masthead, coverlines, and footer were added and their design and placement were adjusted. These included changing colors, adding effects like outer glows, and positioning some text over or under the main image. The final cover emphasizes the main image and coverlines to draw the reader in and communicate what is inside the special issue.

1. This is the main image which I edited. I wanted it to have a cold
look to it- so that it related to my music magazine genre. I
cropped it so that the face fell into the main hotspots of the rule
of thirds. I also positioned it so the model was towards the right
hand side of the page so that there was a plain area on the left
hand side so that the coverlines would be clearly visible.
I added the masthead and a footer at the bottom. I was unsure
whether I wanted the masthead to go over the image or go
underneath. I also didn’t know what colour I was going to have
as the footer/header etc.
I added an ‘fx’ to the layer of the masthead so that it had a red
outerglow. This made it so it was much more clearly visible
against the image- and also followed the colour scheme of the
front cover over all. I also decided that I was going to have the
image go over the masthead, so I used the rubber tool to
carefully go around the image. I then added a barcode in the
bottom right hand corner in the dead space. I changed the footer
and header to a black colour as I felt that it suited the magazine
cover much more.

2. I then added my header and adjusted where my masthead was
placed. I added a text box reading ‘SPECIAL FIRST ISSUE EDITION’ to
clearly tell the reader what this magazine issue is and the
significance of it. I also added the the main coverline and added an
‘fx’ to the layer- a black outerglow, so that it stood out against the
image.
I then got the image used on my double page spread and went
around the image. I fitted this into the bottom of the front cover, so
that it went over the footer- almost like a ‘pop-up’. I used words
such as ‘Exclusive’ to entice the reader into reading the article on the
double page spread.
This is the final outcome of my front cover. I added all of the
coverlines, varying the size of the font, to draw importance to
different parts of the magazine cover. I also increased the size of the
name ‘HAYLEY’ to emphasise the importance of it – so it was clear
that it anchored the main image.