1) The document outlines the steps taken to construct a music magazine in InDesign, beginning with adding text and images to create the front cover masthead and layout. 2) Subsequent steps include adding additional text elements and images to the front cover, then moving on to the contents page where more images and styled text are placed. 3) Later steps involve designing double page spreads, including adding columns of text from Microsoft Word and images from Photoshop, along with styled titles and credits. The steps conclude with filling out article space and maintaining the magazine's house style.

1. Music Magazine Construction InDesign STEP UP

2. STEP 1 My first step on Indesign was to creating a first layer and then adding a text which was going to be used as my masthead, I decided to do it on here because it has a wide range of fonts and tools which can make the size and shape of the text different to match the title of my magazine.

3. STEP 2 After using various different tools, I decided to create a font which match the words steps, I done this by using different font sizes to make it resemble a staircase. I also used the tool which allowed me to make the letters closer.

4. STEP 3 After working on the font sizes, I had imported and placed the background on a new layer on the front page of my magazine, and as the background was black I needed to change the colour of the text. I change it white as I think it would have a greater effect and would fit in with the colours of my house style.

5. STEP 4 Then I added some more text on my front cover using a text layer, this was as my top strip, I change the colour of the text to white so it would stand out from the black background. When I finished putting on my text I added the edited central image and placed it on a separate layer, I used the tool which allowed me to stretch the image to a certain size so all the group could be at the center. This tool was useful because it made it easy for me to make it look like a mainstream magazine because I could stretch the image slightly over the masthead.

6. STEP 5 After applying the image, put the logo on the magazine using the same technique of placing the saved png file on a new layer. When on InDesign I changed the size and rotated it to the most suitable place.

7. STEP 6 Here, the front cover was looking more realistic when I added the featured articles and extra pieces of text. I put them on there using separate layers and then changes colours using the swatches, I chose the colours of white, blue and grey as there were the colours of my house style and that theme ran through my magazine. I also added extra details such as the barcode which I chose off the internet, saved and put it on my placed it on the new layer on the front cover of the magazine.

8. STEP 7 After finishing my front cover I went onto my contents page, here the image which I edited in Photoshop and saved it as a png so it would have a clear background. I then placed it on to the second page I’d made on InDesign, and resized the image so that I would fit perfectly. Also I put the grey background which I had made on Photoshop and placed it on a new layer. When I finishing placing the images I decided to work on what type of font and text I wanted as my title on the contents page. I wanted it to be a similar theme as on my front cover, this meant I used different font sizes to create a step illusion.

9. STEP 8 When it came to doing my double page spread, I had to write an article, which I typed up on Microsoft word. Then, when I added columns and onto the page I copied and pasted small amounts of text at a time so it wouldn’t fill the columns up properly.

10. STEP 9 After putting on the article I started on placing the image that I had to editing together on Photoshop, I used it as a main image as well as a background. I added the names of the artists using the font Stencil StDbecause I felt it had a military feel which matched with the name impact. For the title of my article Behind the Music I used the font Poplar STD as I used this for my Masthead to keep a running theme throughout the magazine. I also used a symbol for the I’s by using the font Ravvi.

11. STEP 10 On the contents page I wanted to change the style of the font so by using effects I was able to create an outer glow. By putting the spread of the glow to the largest I was able to make an effect which resembled a glitter effect, this relates to other accepts of my magazine as the microphone logo has a similar effect.

12. STEP 11 After I’d finished the title I moved on to writing my featured articles and regular articles. For this I had to write a small description underneath each article and added numbers next to each piece of text. For the numbers I used a black colour font and a blue outline to make it stand out while incorporating the blue to link it with the rest of the magazine.

13. STEP 12 Now that I completed my contents page, I started on the double page spread article again because I needed to fill out more space without increasing the font size. Having to come up with a solution I took a short, catching and memorable quote and enlarged it. I used a bold, stand out font which also fills up quite a lot of space which was Stencil StD.

14. STEP 13 Also, to fill out space I put the intro in a larger font as well as adding a blue outline, I done this to show the theme of house styles through the whole magazine. In addition to what I did I made the questions a bold and darker shade of black this made the text look larger.

15. STEP 15 The size was increased and place strategically so that a larger amount of space would be taken up by the text, the less empty space meant that I was conforming to codes and convention. I also increased the size and changed the outline of the to make it clearer for the reader that the text isn't part of the interview, On the name impact I increased the size and made colour brighter and bolder and included the blue outline to include a small amounts of blue on the double page spread.