The document summarizes the improvements made between a preliminary and final version of a coursework project involving magazine layout design. For the preliminary version, the author notes issues like simple fonts, low quality images, lack of article titles, and an unorganized layout. The final version features improvements such as multiple fonts to distinguish headings, higher quality main images, a defined color scheme, aligned text, smaller barcodes, edited photos, and a more organized layout. Additional changes included varying photos on the cover, short article titles with details, and space for advertisements.

1. Preliminary Task Final version of coursework
What my developments were:Preliminary Task
• Simple fonts
• Main image of poor quality
• Masthead went over the model
• Not many article titles
• A lot of different colours (not a definite colour scheme)
• Text is applied on top of background, so not completely clear
• There is no border for all the article headers to be in a straight line
• The barcode is quite big
• There are no edits on the photographs, as I had poor Photoshop skills
• There are no variations of font or different effects on the font
• The layout is quite unorganised
Final Version
• There are several different font, to separate the main headings and article
headers
• The main image was taken lots of times, to get the lighting and quality of
a high standard.
• There is a range of different article titles
• I applied a definite colour scheme of black, white, red and grey
• Background is black, therefore all text placed on top is clear
• There was a border applied so all text is aligned on the left
• The barcode is small
• I learnt new Photoshop skills and experimented with the photos
• I used websites to create my own text
• I organised my layout in the drafts before starting

2. Preliminary Task Final version of coursework
What my developments were:
Preliminary Task
• There was only two images of my model that I used
• There isn’t variation between the photos on the front cover
• My layout is not planned, a photograph goes out of the border
• There is text of both sides, instead of being aligned on the left
• It is quite plain and empty
• There are too many page numbers shown, instead of important ones
• The article titles are long, rather than short and snappy
• There are no details about the articles
• There are 3 colours used for the text, instead of 1 or 2
• There is not much space for advertisements in the page ordering
Final Version
• I used four different photographs of my model showing different emotions
• The colours and the poses change in the photographs, from the front cover
• I applied a border again to align all the contents
• All contents is aligned on the text on the left hand side
• I added editors notes, regulars, exclusives and subscriptions so it wasn’t plain
• I highlighted the important page numbers, instead of every page of the magazine
• The titles are short, snappy and conventional
• I added extra information about the articles
• The text was black and I highlighted important text red
• I made sure the page numbering was realistic, so there was space for
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