2. MASTHEAD:
I made the masthead
large and made it red as
red is part of the school
colour scheme and will
then be recognised with
the school. To make
sure this stood out I but
a gradient at the top of
the page to darken the
background and make
the red stand out more.
However next time I
would choose a more
appropriate font and
include the masthead
more into the
magazine.
PLUGS:
To make the plugs stand out I put a block of
colour behind them. This also meant they could
be easily read and would not blend into the
background. Next time I would make sure all my
plugs are aligned to make my magazine easier
to read and look at.
FONT:
All font was layed out in the same font,
this makes it clear to read and also
makes it look more professional. All my
text is positioned around my feature
photo. Next time I will consider a font
that can include upper and lower case
letters.
DATE & BARCODE:
Inserting the date keeps up the
conventions of a real magazine. Adding in
appropriate features like this will help me
with my final product
FEATURE PHOTO:
My feature photo isn’t the as well
suited to the magazine as its meant to
be due to my lack of knowledge on
creating the correct feature photo.
Also my lack of experience on
Photoshop means when cutting out my
photo I left some of the background
which needs to be removed. Some
positives of my cover feature is that
there was enough room for the plugs
to be positioned around my feature
and that the student links in nicely
with the school in the background
Things that don’t make my magazine as
professional as it could be is that my
background and my feature photo are not
connected as one. Also my masthead is just a
standard font whereas is could be more
incorporated into the market of my magazine.
Also my plugs could be aligned to a certain
side of the page in columns rather than just
spread around the page where there is space
due to my large feature photo.
3. PAGE NUMBERS:
Following convention I added in page
numbers to both the pictures and text in
my contents. I chose the same font and
colour for each number to present my
magazine in the right way, however next
time I would make sure the backgrounds of
my pictures were plain so the numbers
would be seen clear and easily.
PUFFS:
I added in a puff at the bottom of
my page as now the world revolves
around the internet and social
media they are likely to be noticed
by a younger audience. However
next time I would maybe choose a
different coloured font so that you
would be able to read them easier.
TEXT:
Similar to my cover I used block colours
against my text to make them stand
out. Something that I would change
next time if I stuck with this theme of
my contents page is that i would make
sure that the boxes were neat and
covered the whole space so there was
not the other colour behind it that you
could still see.
MASTHEAD:
With my masthead I
experimented having a larger
first letter and having the rest
of the text smaller however
this didn’t work out so I went
with a standard large header.
It fits in with my theme of red
black and white however is a
little boring which is something
I would want to change next
time.
GRADIENT:
I added it the gradient for effect
in my contents page so it wasn’t
so plain however next time I
would make it smaller and make
change the colour and where it
sat on the page
4. I used the rectangle tool in my
contents and my cover page to
make the text clear bold and easy
to read. By doing this is stands out
to the consumer and draws
attention to the text.
In my cover and contents pages I
used the gradient tool differently.
In my contents I used it for effect
to make the page look better in
terms of presentation whereas on
my front cover I used this tool to
darken the background around my
masthead to make it look brighter
and stand out more.
i used the text box tool whenever inserting
text into my pages. This made it easy to
move and space whenever I needed to and
keeps the text grouped together. I also
made all my fonts the same keeping to the
same colour scheme also to have a sense of
professionalism.
I used the magnetic lasso to cut around my
feature photo. This made it easy to cut out cleaner
around the picture however next time I would
take more care in cutting around my photo
The fill tool was used so that I could add colour to the shapes that I put behind my
pieces of text. This made the text more effective as it stood out from the background
colour(s) that I had chosen.
