Glenn Barco

Constructing My Music Magazine

Introduction

In this powerpoint I will be showing you how I

constructed my Front Cover, Contents Page and

Double Page Spread using the software

Photoshop.

Front Cover

Contents

Background – 5

Focal Image – 6

Masthead – 7

Text – 8

Effects – 9

Other Images – 11

Outcome – 12

Background

This is the background of my front cover

and I then simply coloured it black. I used

the paint bucket tool to do this and its just

simply clicking on the canvas and it will

cover the canvas in whatever colour that

is wanted.

Focal Image

The focal image is there to ensure that

my audience knows the artist that may be

the feature of the magazine. After

removing the background with the eraser

and magic wand tool, you get the basis of

the front cover.

He is central to the front cover because of

the rule of three. If a grid is to be drawn

on the front cover it is noticed that the

person’s attention may be drawn to one

of four points (as shown on left) and as

you can see my models face is in two of

the four points. This in turn may help to

entice my audiences attention

MastheadUsing the horizontal type tool, I

simply typed the word “ESCAPE”

and made it into a simple white

colour (to see on black

background). I only used the Arial

font.

I then positioned it into the middle

and at the top of the canvas (where

it should be positioned) and then

made the text more:

-Black: the line is more thinker and

bolder

- Bigger: the text is now size 60

which is big enough for it to fit

across the top of the magazine

whilst keeping the word as a whole

TextI simply then typed the rest of the

sell lines around the image apart

from the headline, the social media

and the pricing for my magazine. I

played around with positioning the

colouring of the text as well as its

setting e.g. regular, bold, italics etc.

The headline is also positioned in

the middle of my models chest as it

fills up the empty space. Making the

word “Exclusive” bigger, spaced out

and in red makes it stand out more

and more seen.

However it still looks quite boring

and some words in white aren’t as

visible so I added effects (see next

slide)

Effects

First of all, I right clicked on the layer and blending options. It then

opened up a window (image above) which allowed me to play

around with the effects of the text. I first of all used the contour

effect to adjust the 3D effects of my text.

Effects (2)

I then used the stroke effect. This gave my

masthead an outline, this would make my

masthead stand out more. The only issue of

this is that the outline is black so to solve

this....

.... I used the Outer Glow effect. I used this

to make the outline more visible and stand

out. I have chosen to use the colour red as it

is bold and stands out. It also fits in with the

colour scheme I have used through out the

magazine.

The image above is the end product. I have also used the same effects with most

of the other text (as seen in next slide)

Other Images

The image on the

left is how the

magazine looks

so far. However

there are still

some empty gaps

at the bottom of

my front cover.

With the image

on the right, I

have added:

- A barcode: so it

can be scanned

to make it more

convenient for the

seller. -Twitter & facebook logo: This is to create online awareness of my magazine.

- A triangle: This is to cover up more empty space and “Look inside now for what’s in

store” will entice the reader to look in and want them to see more.

Outcome

Contents Page

Contents

Background – 15

Logo – 16

Text – 17

Outcome – 19

Background

Like the front cover this is the background

of my contents page and I then simply

coloured it black. Again I used the paint

bucket tool to do this and its just simply

clicking on the canvas and it will cover the

canvas in whatever colour that is wanted.

LogoFirst of all I just typed the letter E (E

for Escape) to serve as a logo. To

keep it consistent I used the same

blending options like what I did with

the Masthead. I then played around

with its transparency using the

blending options again choosing to

go with 30%

Banners & Images

First of all I

clicked on the

eye. This makes

sure that I can

work on the

canvas without

getting

interference from

the “E” I typed

because it

doesn’t make it

visible on the

page.

I then added the images

in various locations and

used a variety of shapes

to fill out the empty

spaces and the use of

banners to differentiate

the different titles and

where they will be

placed.

Finally I put the word “Contents” because this is the

contents page and kept the layers effects the same as the

masthead to make the magazine have consistency.

TextI then added all the text that my

contents page has. I have placed

my text around the images and this

will make the text look more

clearer.

I have also made the page

numbers red to make it stand out

and make them different to the

pages content. I also made the text

white to fit in with the colour

scheme with the titles again having

the same blending options. I also

made some of the page numbers

white (in the triangles) to stand out.I’ve made the text numbers and the titles of each article more bolder and stand out

more than the article’s description because it isn’t as important as the titles itself.

Outcome

Double Page Spread

Contents

Background – 22

Headline & Stand-First – 23

Article – 24

Quote & Page Numbers – 25

Social Media – 26

Outcome – 27

BackgroundHere I simply dragged

the file onto Photoshop

and edited everything

on top of the image

Headline & Stand-First

Firstly, I put in the headline “Going Through Changes” at the top. It took me quite a

while to reposition it and make it the right size as it has to fit on half a page. With the

headline I used a similar blending option and I only used the contour and stroke

effect because this is the only page that has a different background. As for the stand

first I kept it simple and kept it in line with the headline to ensure it stays on half on

the page. I then made the text centred.

Article

Here are the screen shots of me typing

each part of the article and trying to get

each column of the same width and

roughly the same length. I have also

added a transparent rectangle because

the text isn’t that visible because of the

lighting in my image.

As you can see in the third image there

is a gap in the middle of the second

column which is explained on the next

slide.

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2

3

Quote & Page NumbersThe quote in the middle of the

page stands out and is a larger

size than the main body of text.

This is to make the quote stand

out and it also stands out on the

page, which would attract the

readers attention and would

make them want to read more of

it.

Since this is one of the double

page spreads in a music

magazine, there are page

numbers which is a typical

convention of any magazine. The

website would also be on every

page next to page numbers as a

reminder to look online on the

magazine’s website.

Social Media

As you can see there is a little amount of space that isn’t filled in the DPS. So to fill

this out I have used the twitter and instagram logo to fill in the space. This would

create fan awareness for my artist and at the same time fills up the empty space.

Outcome