front cover and contents

1. Photoshop edits
Image manipulation, colour changes, image editing (saturation,
vibrancy, etc.)

2. Example front cover and contents page

3. Front Cover - before

4. Here I began to edit my main
image for my front cover. I
adjusted the exposure and offset
to make the image brighter.
Here I adjusted the colour undertones to
make the image appear more vibrant and
slightly less warm toned as I feel this
suited my magazine more.

5. First I used image manipulation by
selecting the background using the
quick selection tool and selecting
inverse to crop the background out. I
then added the brick wall to the
background and faded it out to look
more like a magazine. I then added
other features such as draft coverlines.

6. I added a stroke to the magazine name,
main coverline and other coverlines to
make them stand out. I also cropped and
imported secondary images as well as
boxes to highlight the coverlines. I added
inner glow and outer contour to the boxes
to make them appear less flat.

7. (Image manipulation: changing
background colour) >>
Here I used image manipulation
again to alter the background
colour of the bricks to fit in with
the rock theme more, to stand
out and to look more vibrant.

8. FINAL OUTCOME:
FRONT COVER

9. Contents page
To begin my contents page I added a
main image to the top half as well as
keeping the same magazine title and
ripped edging at the top. I added strokes
to the main covelines and I also added a
signed editorial. I imported secondary
images and my page listings as well as
boxing them into suitable sections.

10. Here I manipulated the main image to
appear more vibrant and saturated so it
looks less dull and is eye catching to the
audience. I imported another secondary
image which I edited on a second
presentation and included the artist
names and page number with each
picture.

11. FINAL OUTCOME:
CONTENTS PAGE