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Final Magazine Designs

Photoshoot for Main Image

 These photos are from my first photoshoot, the above image was my favourite from the series however because of the composition it wasn't right for the magazine cover.

 This was another photo I would have liked to use however there is not enough length and the arms would be in the wrong place within the composition of the front cover.

 For the second photo shoot I made the hat more prominant as I knew at this point it would be an important element of the front cover. I also did the eye make-up differently, the 'eye lashes' on the eye lids are more subtle and the eyebrows are less obvious.

 I moved the hat to the other side of the head so that the arm would be in the right position when I imported in into my magazine.

This is the photo I chose for the main image, the arm is correctly positioned correctly above the gradient effect, the whole width of the body can be visible on the front page, and there is enough height to fill the page.

The editing process involved changing the brightness and colour levels as the photo is quite yellow intensive and needs to be lite more. After adjusting it, I duplicated the layer and changed the top layer to back and white. Then I erased the hat to make it completely coloured and used the opacity tool to fade the rest of the image.

Screen Shots

The red squares represent images and text to be imported. The red box above the masthead is for the skyline, the two red boxes below are fore images. In my original plan there was another image bottom right, but as the background has detail there I will wait to see how I could change the design when I have my photography finished.

The slogo has not been aligned with the masthead as by keeping it to the left it makes the page seem wider, I also used a different font from the masthead as I wanted to seperate the two from eachother.

The background's of both pages match, this will be an important house style, it incoparates the colours I will use in the front page images and is striking to fit the USP.

I have put in more red squares to show possible image layout, and removed them in the front page. This is because I am now working on text for this page, I have written a preliminary left third and about to do image captions. I have also put in preliminary page numbers in the contents.

The front cover had developed a fair amount since the last screen shot, the contents page has not had any work done. I have decided to have only the main image on the front cover with a small amount of writing, the colours used will be black and white with two red areas; the hat in the main image and the text box for the left third. The red text box in the left hand corner started as a pure red box (like the ones in the contents page) and I reduced the opacity of it to make it less harsh but still contain the text. The text box and it's title 'dying arts' are coloured red to match the hat I will use in my photoshoot. I have also moved the bar code down the make more space for the main image to be visible.

I've put some text into the contents page listings, mostly notes for me use when writing the final magazine listings. I've also added a price above the bar code in Pounds and Euros.

The big change here is the addition of the main image, I took around 30 photos and chose the best 5 to import. I then tried each image to see which looked best within the magazine. I chose the image above because it allowed the gradient tool effect to be visible, the torso acts as a background to the textbox and her head slightly overlaps the title. I considered all these factors when taking my photographs as I knew I would need the right hand corner empty but something filling the space above it.

For the main image I've adjusted the colour balance and brightness as the photo was quite yellow. I then duplicated the layer and changed it to black and white.

Another change is the colour of the text in the red text box, the text wasn't very visible against the background colour so I tried to find a colour which would stand out against both the black, and white backgrounds.

Here I have changed the contents page design dramatically, I have decided that the backgrounds weren't working so I've taken the red box from the front page and made it the background feature throughout the magazine. I duplicated the main image and erased all but the hat, then I made the main image more dull and understated thus so the hat now stands out more; this is important as red/pink is the house style for my magazine.

 Here I have started work on my double page spread. I've written in my interview and aligned it into the page using the rulers tool. I have experimented with borders and boxes for the DPS.

I have chosen to continue the theme of red boxes into my DPS and contents page, whilst keeping the background colour near-white (the front page is tinted pink).

My front cover is in its final stages now. I have resized the main image to be bigger, and dimmed it a lot more to make the hat more prominant. I have re-arranged the bar code, skyline and mast head by putting the skyline along the base, the bar code in the top right hand corner and the logo (and slogo) higher up. The main image still overlaps the masthead except it goes under the slogo and over the logo this time. I am also now thinking about page numbers (as seen in the lower right hand corners of the DPS and contents page).

At this stage I have taken my photos of my band and are importing them into the DPS. I am editing the backgrounds out of the photos and deciding what background to use once there are in my DPS. From my initial photoshoot idea I used two of the ideas; the slash costume and guitar smashing into pillows. I decided not to do the Kiss make-up as it wouldn't have looked right in contrast to the other photos and I also decided that the guitar on fire simply wasn't plausable as the fire wouldn't be visible enough until it became too dangerous.

One small change I have made is add lines onto the border in the DPS using the gradient tool. I have made the page number Gill Sans MT font, the same font as some of the other text, and size 60pt as I want them to be attention grabbing and since the magazine is not full of imagery or crammed text, I can get away with a large pt size.

I have now imported all my photos, and just need to add captions to the images, a quotation and a small tag along the bottom of the page.

Pigeons And Peacock Inspriration for DPS

The website pigeonsandpeacocks.com is a magazine website and its article layout is has inspired my own. The logo used has also made me question the layout of mine, this research may make me change, or at least experiment, with my magazine logo. Screenshots of my experimentation will be shown in the screenshots entry.

The reason why I like the logo is that the words use different fonts, slightly different sizes, different colours and most importantly the words overlap each other.

The article on pigeonsandpeacocks is useful to me as it shows an engaging layout, with nicely contrasting background and text colour, the photography also compliments the colour scheme well. Again the texts' font differs and this adds creativity and personality.

PhotoShop Gradient Tool

The photoshop gradient tool allows me to create smooth 2 colour backgrounds. I will definately be using this tool for my front cover and contents page. The front page image is mime, so the colour scheme will be black/white/grey.

Production Scheldule

Production Schedule

Wednesday 19^th        - Finish magazine pre-production research

Thursday 20^th             - Design contents page

Saturday 22^nd            - Photo shoot for front page and contents

Monday 24^th               - Write up double page spread

Saturday 29^th             - Photo shoot for DPS (weather permiting)

Sunday 30^th                - Photo shoot for DPS (weather permiting)

Monday 31^st               - Edit photos in Photo Shop

Wednesday 2^nd         - Put images into contents page/front page/DPS

Thursday 3^rd               - Finish contents page

Monday 7^th                 - Finish front page

Wednesday 9^th          - Finish DPS