I began the production of my magazine by selecting my main image and starting to cut the image

out, I took the photograph on the back of a green screen so this made it easier to cut her out and

change the background colour to white.

I then feathered the image so the cut out edges didn’t look as blunt. This will make the image look

more realistic and fit on the new background better.

This is the final cut out of the main image for my front cover. I added a filter over the image to make

her look more realistic as the original image had a green glow from the green screen.

I began to look for fonts for my mast head and I used www.dafont.com . I used the section

‘distorted’ as it connotes the genre of indie music which is my main genre and will appeal to my

target audience.

Here I added a white background and masthead to the top of the page.

I added the barcode which is a typical convention of a magazine and my slogan.

I started to add coverlines and added effects to make them stand out more against the background.

I added a puff and other coverlines and a banner at the bottom to add extra details. I also added a

price and a main coverline.

In this screenshot I started to search for fonts for my contents page using dafont.com.

I started to add images and the title for the page.

I used effects to make the background have more detail so it’s not a plain colour and too boring. This

will attract the target audience.

I added effects to the images to give them borders.

I changed the colour of the backgrounds to make it stand out on the page.

I decided to change the images shown on my contents page as I wanted to use one for my double

page spread.

I began to add subheadings to start the text on my page. I also added a date and issue number.

Here I added the article names and page number to ensure that the page does its job.

I added effects to the text and puff to create a certain aesthetic to attract my target audience.

Here I completely changed the right hand side of my page to add more images and make the layout

more suited for the genre.

For my double page spread, first I added the background image and opened it into Photoshop to

make the space between the people bigger, this allowed me to add more text in-between. I then

inserted my text and added the headline and byline. I also added my masthead and cut around the

images of the artists and let the text flow around them so it was clear and easy to read.