Progress So Far (Music Magazine Contents Page) - 13/04/2011

I managed to complete my contents page today - at the start of the day, it looked like this:

My completed version looked like this:



Firstly, I placed a smaller image of the front cover of my music magazine in the top left-hand corner to use as a promotion for buying a subscription to CORE. I then used the 'Horizontal Type Tool' to draw a text box and write "GET CORE DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO YOU FOR ONLY £5 PER MONTH! CALL 0151 563 2309 NOW" in the font Myriad Pro, Bold, 20pt, Strong, alligned to the left of its text box and black in colour. After that, I used the 'Rectangle Tool' to draw yellow rectangles behind this promotion to make it stand out from the rest of the page. Next, I drew another text box and typed "TURN TO PAGE 60 FOR A CHANCE TO WIN TWO TICKETS TO SEE GREEN DAY LIVE!" in the same font, size and colour and placed yellow rectangles behind the text again to make it stand out - but this time, I also drew a white rectangle and placed it behind the word "WIN" to make it stand out from the other text and draw the readers eye when they see a chance to win tickets for free.

Progress So Far (Music Magazine Contents Page) - 12/04/2011

At the start of the afternoon, my contents page looked like this:

But by the end of the day, it looked like this:

I had not changed much during this short period of time, apart from adding captions onto the pictures to distinguish which band/singer is in each one. I drew a text box over each picture using the 'Horizontal Type Tool' and typed the caption text into it in the font Myriad Pro, Consensed, size 14pt, Strong and alligned to the left of its text box. I made the page numbers yellow, the band names green and the rest of the text white (like I did with the text in the contents columns). This yellow/green/white/black colour scheme corresponds with the colour scheme of the front cover, and thus creates continuity. Lastly, I used the 'Rectangle Tool' to draw black rectangles and place them behind the caption text, making it stand out from the images.

Progress So Far (Music Magazine Contents Page) - 11/04/2011

I am still working to complete my music magazine contents page. Before I started modifyign it today, it looked like this:

But by the end of today, it looked like this:

I first created four subheadings reading "NEWS", "FEATURES", "FEEDBACK" and "REVIEWS" in the font Myriad Pro, Bold Condensed, size 30pt, Strong, black in colour and alligned to the left of its text box using the 'Horiztontal Type Tool'. I then used the 'Rectangle Tool' to draw white rectangles and place them behing these subheadings, thus making them stand out from the page. Next, I used the 'Horizontal Type Tool' again to draw text boxes under each subheading and typed the contents into them in the font Myriad Pro, Condensed, size 20pt and alligned to the left of its text box. I made the page numbers yellow, the band names in green and the rest of the text white. The band names needed to stand out and catch the readers interest, so the green help them to do so.

Progress So Far (Music Magazine Contents Page) - 10/04/2011

Now that I've edited the images that are going to be used in my contents page, I can start putting it together. After a few hours, my contents page looked like this:

Firstly, I placed the image of Charlotte Westall and Emily Oakes across the top half of the page and put the "CORE" heading over it in the top right-hand corner, and out the date underneath it so it corresponds to the front cover. I then used the 'Rectangle Tool' to create the black background on the bottom hallf of the page, and further used the 'Line Tool' to draw white lines diving the page up into three columns. I then drew a text box using the 'Horizontal Type Tool' and typed "CONTENTS" in the font Myriad Pro, Bold Condensed, size 100pt, Strong and white in colour and alligned to the left of its text box. Next, I placed the images of Lucy Rimmer-Hall and Conor Wynn into the left and right-hand columns and resized them to fit into the space. To make these pictures stand out more from the page, I drew green rectangles using the 'Rectangle Tool' and placed them behind the images.



Progress So Far (Music Magazine Contents Page) - 09/04/2011

Today, I edited the three images that are going to be used on my contents page using photoshop. My first original images looked like this:

But I transformed it into this:

Firstly, I used the 'Clone Stamp Tool' to cover up a strand of hair that was falling across Emily Oakes' (brunette girl's) cheek, as I felt that it obstructed the full effect of Emily's face in the shot. Next, I used the 'Burn Tool' around both Charlotte Westall and Emily's eyes to give a shadowed effect, and make the medium shot seem more moody and dark. I then placed an image of a star tatoo over the original photo layer on Emily's wrist, and used the 'Dodge Tool' to make it blend in with Emily's skin. Using the 'Sharpen Tool', I made their eyes look sharper and stand out more, and I also used this tool on Emily's thumb wring to give it a shinier look. Next, I used the 'Colour Replacement Tool' over Charlotte's hair to make it brighter and contrast more against Emily's darker hair tone. Lastly, I used the 'Brightness/Contrast' effect to make the image brighter and more contrasting to match with the edited image used on my music magazine front cover.

The second image I edited for my contents page originally looked like this:

But after I finished editing it, my image looked like this:



Firstly, I used the 'Crop Tool' to cut half of the image off and make the remaining half larger. I then used the 'Sharpen Tool' on Conor Wynn to make his eyes sharper and stand out more from the rest of his face. Next, I used the 'Polygonal Lasso Tool' to draw around Conor's body and cut out the background of the image and used the 'Gradient Tool' to replace it with this black and white striped background. Lastly, I used the 'Drop Shadow' effect to give a shadow to Conor.

The last image for my contents page originally looked like this:

But after modifying, it looked like this:

I first used the 'Vibrance' effect to make the image darker, and then drew around the eyes using the 'Polygonal Lasso Tool'. I then used the 'Hue/Saturation' effect to make her eyes green and brighter, therefore causing them to stand out from the rest of the darker image.

Progress So Far (Music Magazine Front Cover) - 27/03/2011

By the end of this 2 hour lesson, I aimed to fully complete the CORE magazine front cover - and I completed this task. Before the lesson, my front cover looked like this:

But after 2 hours, my completed version looked like this:

As you can see, I added on more pugs and a promotion to act as enticing features for the front cover of CORE. Firstly, I used the 'Horizontal Type Tool' and drew text boxes on the right-hand side of the page, writing "GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME/YOU HAVE VOTED, AND NOW WE REVEAL ALL" in the first box, "FOO FIGHTERS/ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS" in the second and "THE PRETTY RECKLESS/ TAYLOR MOMSEN TALKS GUNS, KNIVES AND STRIPPER OUTFITS" into the third. All of this text was in the font Myriad Pro, Bold Condensed, 80pt, Strong and alligned to the left of the text boxes. However, the descriptions underneath the subtubles in each pug was a smaller 65pt and in yellow, to mark a difference between the subtitle and the description. These pugs aim to give an insight into the other articles featured in the magazine, and use emotive language such as "GREATEST" and dangerous/hardcore words such as "GUNS" and "KNIVES" to do so. Next, I decided to use a promotion on the magazine cover to entice the reader into buying CORE for the free gifts it has to offer. I drew a text box using the 'Horizontal Type Tool' and wrote "POSTER SPECIAL/10 POSTERS OF OUR FAVOURITE ROCK BANDS" into it. The main subtitle was in the font Myriad Pro, Bold Condensed, size 100pt, Strong, alligned to the centre of the text box and in the colour green, whilst the description underneath was the same apart from it being in the size 25pt and the colour yellow. Lastly, I used the 'Rectangle Tool' to draw black rectangles and place them behind all of the text I had just created, and make it stand out more from the image of The Blitz.

Progress So Far (Music Magazine Front Cover) - 25/03/2011

I set myself the objective of adding more puffs and a barcode by the end of todays lessons. Before I started editing the front cover, it looked like this:

But by the end of the 2 hour lesson, my front cover of CORE looked like this:

Firstly, I used the 'Ellipse Tool' to draw a circle, and I then clicked on the 'Set Foreground Colour' button to change the colour to yellow (the colour scheme of my text is green, white, yellow and black). I then used the 'Horizontal Type Tool' to draw a text box, and then type "EXCLUSIVE!" into it - I modified the text so it was in the font Myriad Pro, Bold Condensed Italic, size 90 pt, Strong, alligned to the centre of the text box and black in colour. This "EXCLUSIVE!" text acting as a puff shows how the interview with The Blitz is only goign to be seen in my CORE magazine, and therefore entices readers into wanting to read more about this exclusive interview. Next, I again used the 'Horizontal Type Tool' to draw a text box and type "PLUS! BLINK 182, GREEN DAY, EVANESCENCE AND LINKIN PARK" into it. I then editied this text so it was in the font Myriad Pro, Condensed, size 72pt, Strong and white in colour and alligned to the left of the text box. I wanted the "PLUS!" to stand out and attract the eye of the reader, so I used the 'Rectangle Tool' to draw a yellow rectangle and placed it beneath the text. This text acts as a pug, and gives the reader an insight into what other well-known bands will be discussed in my magazine and entice them into reading the whole magazine. Lastly, I went on ww.google.com and found an image of a barcode. I copied this barcode onto my front cover and placed it in the bottom right-hand corner of the page, and used the 'Horizontal Type Tool' to type the magazine price, "£3.99", into it. I then used the 'Rectangle Tool' again to draw a white rectangle, and placed it below the barcode and underneath the price to make it look as though it's attatched to the barcode.