This is a presentation with print screens analysing how i made my front cover, and which picture I chose for my contents page, and why i chose them.

1. 6th form magazine
Print screens
&
Reece Sylvester
Feedback

2. Here is where I started, and I had
chosen my magazine cover image,
and fitted it to and A4 sized blank
canvas.
I decided to use this image because
as the magazine is about 6th form
life, the image would go well with it
because it is to do with school, and
education, and you can tell this
because everyone in the image is
wearing uniform.
Also it is very simple, and not much
is going on in it which makes it
perfect for a magazine cover as it is
not too manic.
Chosen picture

3. Gaussian Blur for background
Here is where I blurred everyone in
the image out and to do this I
duplicated the layer, and the clicked
on ‘Filter’, ‘Blur’ then ‘Gaussian blur’
and chose the amount of blur which I
wanted
To make myself the only un-blurred
person in the picture I had to use the
‘Eraser’ tool to rub out around me on
the top blurred layer, so that it would
reveal the un-blurred original layer
which I duplicated, and had me un-
blurred.

4. Here is where I chose my magazine
title and made my first ‘kicker’ with
‘explanatory text’.
Title for magazine
As the model in the picture takes up
most of the cover I had to think of a
way to put the title on the cover
without the text going over him, and I
thought that the image looked fine as
it is and I did not want to make it
smaller, so I made my title an image,
and simplified the layer.
This allowed me to use the ‘Eraser’
tool so that I could blur it slightly to
make it look as thought the text goes
behind my head.

5. Here is where I chose a colour
scheme for the text, and started to
add more ‘kickers’ to the magazine
cover.
Colour scheme for kickers
For the ‘settled in?’ ‘kicker’ I chose
that colour as it is the same as the
models bag, and to get the same
shade of blue I used the ‘eye
dropper’ tool.
I decided to create a colour scheme
so that everything will look in check
and will look neat and tidy, whereas
if there was no colour scheme then
it would mean that the pieces of text
could be in all sorts of different
colours, and would not look very
nice.

6. Adding shadows to kickers
Here is where I created some
shadows for my ‘kickers’ and to do
this I had to duplicated the layer of
the text.
From here I changed he colour of
the layer at the back, and then used
the select tool so that I could nudge
it to the bottom right, so that it
makes it seem as though the light is
coming from the top left.
Original
Duplicate

7. Final product before feedback
This is when I had added all of my
‘kickers’ with ‘explanatory text’, and
also added some competition
information at the bottom of the
cover.
Here is where I thought it was
complete and thought that there
were enough ‘kickers’ on it and that
the ‘explanatory text’ had enough
information to explain. I though that
everything needed was on it and
that they were all in place.
From here I got some feedback to
see if there were any areas for
improvements.

8. Magazine feedback
Good points:
I like the font that you used for your main title and the colour of the text goes well with
the background picture. I also really like the picture because it suits really well with the
theme. I also like where you have placed all the writing. I like the ‘kicker’ titles as it looks
like you have covered everything about what people want to know about sixth form
ect.…
Improvements:
I think maybe you could have come up with a better name for the magazine instead of
just sixth form and maybe but a little more information on the ‘kickers’.
Also the ‘kickers’ should to be in line vertically, so you should make a grid, with one
empty box free around the magazine.

9. Improvements from feedback
The first are for improvement I was
told to try and think of a better name
for the magazine, and I thought long
and hard but could not think of
another one, and also I thought that
it looks nice where and how it is and
that it should not be changed.
The second thing I was told to
improve on w as to make the text in
line, and to do this I should make
grid and lee on box space free
around the edge, so I done this for
the ‘kickers’, and my competition
information at the bottom, but as I
simplified the layer for my title, and it
was made into an image, I could not
move it to give it 1 box 3 at the top.

10. Photoshop tools
Selection tool:
This allowed me to nudge
text slightly, and select
certain layers and pieces
of text.
Eraser tool:
This allowed me
to only leave me
un-blurred for my
front cover.
Text tool:
This allowed me write my
heading, ‘kickers’ and
‘explanatory text’.
Colour selection tool:
This allowed me to
choose whatever
colour I wanted for the
text on my front cover.
Zoom tool:
This allowed me to
zoom in and make
small adjustments to
the rubbing out of the
blurred layer.
Eye dropper tool:
This allowed me
to select a colour
from the image to
use as a colour
for text.

11. 6th form magazine
Contents page
&
Chosen pictures

12. Photo shoot plan
Themes for
the photos
which I am
going to use
on the
contents
page.

13. Picture 1 & why I chose it
For my contents page photo shoot, I
took a variety of pictures which
would be relevant for my plan, and
which would fit into the categories.
I have taken this picture as it fits in
with the section of ‘Coping with work
rate’, and it shows how the person is
asleep some work, which is what I
wanted it to show.
This picture is not 100% fantastic,
as it has things such as bags in the
background, but on the content
page I an going to put the images in
circles, so these bags will be cut
out, and will not be visible to the
reader.

14. Picture 2 & why I chose it
I have chosen this picture, as it
shows 2 students who are dresses
in a way which meet the school
requirements, and this is good, as it
could be used as a picture which
could be described in the magazine,
to show what should and can be
worn, and also to show what should
not.
Also, from what I have seen there is
not much wrong with this picture, as
there is nothing distracting, and
irrelevant in the background, as it is
blank, and this helps to keep the
focus on the students, and nothing
else.

15. Picture 3 & why I chose it
I have chosen this picture, because
it goes well with the theme of the
‘balance between work and play’,
and I think that this picture will go
well on my contents page, as it
shows well, how some people could
be working, and that some people
will be doing the total opposite, and
the back to back technique which I
used is to show the divide between
these two things, work and play.

16. Picture 4 & why I chose it
I have chose this picture, as it goes
with one of my themes, which is,
‘the stress of exams’, as it shows
someone in front of a lot of revision
books, and are starting to lose their
mind, and are close to pulling out
their hair.
I feel that this picture is good, as it is
close-up, which is used to keep the
focus on this person, and to not
draw any attention to anything else.

17. First picture I didn’t choose &
why?
In my photo shoot, I tried out various
different shots in different places,
and with different things going on in
then, and there were a few pictures
which I did not use, as there were a
few things wrong with them, which I
felt would not be good examples to
show on the contents page.
I did not choose this picture
because it is quite blurry, and also it
does not really represent the image
of dress code, as it shows two
people having a conversation, and
this would confuse people, into
making them think that it is for
something which it is not.

18. Second picture I didn’t choose &
why?
I did not choose this image, as it
does not really show the meaning of
dress code, and also the positioning
of the models, are not very good,
and it makes the image look very
unprofessional.
Also if this were to show a
representation of dress code, it
would not show two people in
conversation, but would show them
facing towards the camera.

19. Contents page plan
These re the
spots which I
have reserved
to put the
images in.
These re the
sections and
the pages
which they
start at for my
magazine.
Here is the
name for the
page.