HOW I CREATED MY MUSIC MAGAZINE

HOW I CREATED MY MUSIC MAGAZINE

PHOTOSHOP EDITS

I first took several photos and came to the conclusion of picking this individual as my front cover page.I used Photoshop to enhance the darkness and background of the image. This was then placed on my front cover as the main picture.

I adjusted the background and added layers to the back darkening it so the background of the photo would just be completely black

Several photos I took:

These photos are the ones I was considering to use for my front cover

Picture I have used for my front cover:

This is the photo I used for my front cover I did not edit the photo that much as the camera quality was very effective in making it look ideal for the front cover and professional.

CONTENTS PAGE EDITSWith my contents page I did not use Photoshop as the photos I haven taken had good lighting and camera quality making it look more professional. Although I enhanced the lighting to make my artist stand out.

For my final piece of the contents page I cropped half his arm so that his face stood out more. Also this makes it more professional looking .Several photos I took:

Picture I used from my contents page:

This is the picture I picked out for my contents page. This photo as well as my front cover did not need that much photo shop edits as the camera was very effective in making it look ideal for the front cover and professional.Photoshop edits

I first took several photos and came to the conclusion of picking this individual as my front double page spread.I used Photoshop to enhance the darkness and as they were two different individual photos that I had put together I had to crop and cut around the photo and then darken the background so they looked equal. This was then placed on my double page spread as the two main background picture.

I adjusted the background and added layers to the back darkening it so the background of the photo would just be completely black Several photos I took:

Picture I used from my double page spread:

These are the two pictures I picked out for my double page spread. The photo I used were two individual photos which I had to edit, cut around and darken for effect although overall camera was very effective in making it look ideal for the double page spread and professional when I put the two photos together.

FINISHED COVER & CONTENTSUSE OF QUARK FOR MY FRONT COVEROnce having completed my log and finished the work on my photographs I needed to put my front page together. I did this on Quark which is a design program.

I first had to get the image I had chosen for my front cover onto the quark layout page. After this I started playing around with the text boxes.The layout I used was with the Piano so the writing got bigger after each name of the artists or band with a small hint on whats the magazine about.The main colors I used were RED and WHITE standing out on a black backgroundGills sand ultra bold is the font I used for the writing where as the main band name I used Engravers MT as it stands out drawing the readers in.At the top I have all the genres involved in the magazine which are RnB and Hip-HopThe barcode is on the top right hand corner with the date and price below it showing the readers how much the magazine will cost but also looking professional at the same time.Below the barcode I have the date of when the magazine will be released and issue below that.QUARK FOR FRONT COVER

I also used modify then drop shadow to make the writing stand out more. After changing it to the color I wanted I would press apply drop shadow and the percentage of shade.USE OF QUARK ON MY CONTENTS PAGE

Once having completed my log and finished the work on my photographs I needed to put my CONTENTS page together. I did this on Quark which is a design program.I first had to get the image I had chosen for my contents onto the quark layout page. After this I started playing around with the text boxes. Going around the image but not on top or over itThe layout I used was with writing around the picture and each name of the artists or band with a a better explanation on what the magazine is about.I also made it look professional by added the page numbers of the information next to the artists and bands I had chosen indicating what page to go to if wanting to look at a particular thing.The main colors I used were RED and WHITE standing out on a shadowed background of the artistGills sand ultra bold and Gills sand ultra bold italic is the font I used for the writing where as the main band name I used Engravers MT as it stands out drawing the readers in.I had to create my logo again in order to fit it into my contents page with a different colour of Black and White and a Red box around it making it extremely professional and standing out.I have the date of when the magazine will be released FINISHED DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD:

Once having completed my log and finished the work on my photographs I needed to put my front page together. I did this on Quark which is a design program.I first had to get the images I had chosen for my double page spread doe the quark layout page. I wrote both the two artists names so that people know who they are in a bigger font than the text.I had to create my logo again on order to fit it into my double page spread with a different colour of white and red and a Red box around it making it extremely professional and standing out.The main colors I used were RED and WHITE standing out on a background of my two main artists.The layout I used was pictures on both the right and left sides for the main artists and the text in the middle with the name standing out.Gills sand ultra bold and Gills sand ultra bold italic is the font I used for the writing where as the main band name I used Engravers MT as it stands out drawing the readers in.I have the date of when the magazine will be released I also made it look professional by added the page numbers in my double page spread.I also put a quote for one of my artists in a bigger bold writing making it look even more professional.