Print Screen of front cover, developed

With this developed print screen, there has been a few changes to try and move it up a mark. Firstly, I decided to change the large central image, which dominates the whole of the front cover. The old image, was too dark and slightly out of focus, and in order to have a successful front cover, this needed to be changed. I changed it to quite a similar image with the same mise-en-scene as the first image, and the same person who is in the image. The main difference is the focus and crispness of the image which was vital for the front cover.

Secondly, I added a small puff, to catch the reader's eye, and act as an influence for them to buy the magazine aswell as the coverlines. 'Win a FREE electric guitar in this issue' would attract the readers as it is for free, and a chance to win a good prize.

Print Screen from Developed Double Page Spread

For the double page spread I used Quark once again. Quark was good for the structure and layout, because it gave me the guidlines to do the separate columns, the picture and the masthead with the standfirst paragraph. This was very simple to use, with the text box being the most important tool for me as the whole article is predominantly made up of text. As i used Quark for the contents page, by the time it came to the double page spread, it was pretty easy to construct, with organising the drop capital being the most complicated thing to do.

Print Screen from Developed Contents Page

For the contents page I used quark, which was effective in giving me the structure and layout for the contents page. The most commonly used tools for me, was the create a box, text box and picture box tools. This basically made up my whole contents page, with changing the colours as the only thing that I needed to modify. Quark was complicated at the start to use, but the further you got with it, the easier it became to understand and use.

Print Screen for Developed Front Cover

With this front cover I used photoshop. Photoshop was helpful to use because it allowed me to create whatever I wanted and have my magazine however I wanted it. I used the text tool mostly, because there are a lot of coverlines on the front cover, so this was important for me to use. Also I used the create a box tool which was the surrounding bar at the bottom for the text 'FREE!! Soundtrack to Kevin Sampson's Away Days!! & Competitions'. Photoshop was difficult to use at the beginning in the preliminary task, but once you get used to it, it was quite simple to use.