Create Text Wrap In InDesign

Underneath is my double page spread with my headline + a part of my article and my main image. I use the same font as my masthead and apply them in different sizes, in order to stand out that this is the double page spread and make it attractive. I also used text wrap to make the texts wrapped around the main image, which is follow the magazine convention.

Friday 27th November 2015 Lesson Review

In this lesson, I start create my headline in Indesign. This software is quite similar to Photoshop as you create different layer for different components of the page.

Double Page Spread Article

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Images For Double Page Spread In Photoshop

Here is the main images that include in my double page spread, and I have cropped them in Photoshop, as well as improve the lighting.

Cover Page Final Cut

Here is my final page rough cut, I'm quite happy with what I have done now. I changed the colour of my cover line, because if my masthead and cover line are all in bold black, I think it's not really appeal to my pop country genre, so i change it into white with black edge around each letter, in order to make it attractive. I used different size of font to represent my cover line, which aims to make it interesting that depends on my target audience. I have improved my Photoshop skills during the cover page creation, and I will look through more cover pages in order to make my work professional.

Tuesday 24th November 2015 Lesson Review

In today's lesson, I complete the album cover of the exclusive sector, Lady Antebellum. And I will apply it to my cover page. This album cover gives the audience more information about what is included in my magazine as well as makes my cover busy. The background I was found from Google, which links to the style of country music - happiness and freedom.

Monday 23rd November Lesson Review

This lesson I aim to create an album cover in order to fill up the space above 'exclusive', so I used Magnetic Lasso Tool cropped around the legs, and I will complete it by next lesson.

Ripped Paper Creation In Photoshop

In today's lesson, I decide to change the background of the "CHART HEAT" into a piece of ripped paper, in order to make it attractive. So I found a image from Google, and use Magnetic Lasso Tool to crop around the edge of the paper. I order to make it appeal to my colour scheme, I change it into blue colour, which is as same as the colour of skyline, which creates the house style of my magazine. I also create shadow around it by adding effects. Therefore, the chart heat can stand out more.

Thursday 19th November 2015 Lesson Review

In today's lesson, I nearly finish my cover page, I'm quite happy with what I've done now. I think I will create a sub-headline, add another image (an album cover ) above the "EXCLUSIVE" and add effects on the chart heat in order to make the whole page more attractive.

Create An Edge Around Image With Colour

I create an orange edge around these three images this lesson. I used the effect-stroke in Photoshop, which is able to choose the colour and size of the edge. This is quite easy and simple, and these images can stand out now, which aims to help me attract my target audience. There I also use more than one character in my cover page, which is follow the convention of music magazine, in order to make my magazine professional.

Photoshop Image Experimentation

This image was I took recently, which is one of the images of my cover page. Here I find a new tool in Photoshop, which can change lighting, it's quite easy and effective. The tool is in the"Adjustment"-"curve", and you can just move the curve slightly to change the lighting of the image.

Tuesday 17th November 2015 Lesson Review

In today's lesson, I cropped another image in photoshop, which uses the method as same as what I have done in my main cover page. I decide to put this image in the corner as what Kerrang did. I will create a blue/brick red edge around this model, in order to stand it out.

Monday 16th November 2015 Lesson Review

This lesson I used LASSO tools to crop my image first, then I refine the edge of the image, but the problem is if you refine the edge too much, it becomes unnatural. So I used the CLONE STAMP tools that define samples, which improves the edges and make the whole image effectively. I also used "Adjustment"-"Curves" to change the lighting slightly, which makes the image more vibrant. it's a easy and useful tool.

Cover Page Mock Up In Photoshop

Here is my final magazine cover page mock up. I used shape tool and text tool in Photoshop to plan the information and artists in the cover. I will continue thinking and improving it.

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Thursday 12th November Lesson Review

This lesson I still work on create boxes and complete the information of my cover page. I changed my colour scheme, I decided to used pink and blue that represent female and male audience, in order to achieve unisex of my magazine. However, pink can't work well with the light yellow background, it isn't attractive, so I decided to change it into brick red. And I will keep trying to find a more effective background than light yellow.

Photo Shoots Contact Sheets

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Friday 6th November 2015 Lesson Review

Here is my cover page Mock Up in Photoshop, I aim to add texts on it first, and the pictures will be uploaded later. This lesson I created the skyline and the artists of my magazine. However, I think the colour of the skyline is not really attractive, so I decide to change it into blue next lesson. I also download a barcode from Google and placed that in the corner.

Props And Costume List

Here is the props and costume that I need during the real shooting day, I will start preparing them these days as well as the makeup of my artists.

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Tuesday 3rd November 2015 Lesson Review

Here is my props and costume list, which helps me identify what I'm gonna use and what will my model wear during the photo shoot.

Whole Magazine Flat Plan

Here is my magazine flat plan, which shows the rough layout of the whole magazine. This helps me plan my contents and decide what details will be included in my magazine.

Test Shoots

Here is my test shoots during half term.

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