Production - Preliminary Magazine

I first had to take a few pictures to use for my magazine. I ended up taking about 10 pictures all together and choosing the best ones. I then imported them into my work and started editing. I began by using the magnetic lasso to cut nicely around the edges before moving the main image to a new layer. Once on a new layer i removed the old layer and started fine tuning my images with the eraser to remove any unusual edges. Next i had to start creating a background. I picked my colours because they were the school colours and i thought that it was appropriate for a school magazine. I placed this on a new layer to make it easier to edit and alter. Once i had done my background colour i needed to create my title. I chose 'The School Interlectual' because i thought it was a clever and appropriate name for a school student magazine. My 'Mast Head Font' was chosen because i believed it was simple, yet striking and was relaxed, yet sophisticated. I then chose another font for the rest of my article titles.
Once i had finished my front cover i selected another picture for my contents page and began the editing process again just like my magazine cover. Once again i used the same 'Mast Head Font' as my front cover and the same colour scheme to ensure i had consistency.

My main problem with the whole photoshop task was that i had never created a magazine cover or contents page before and i had never used photoshop before, so this was all quite new to me. However i do feel like i have managed to overcome this quite well. Next time i use the software i will definitely spend more time looking at all of the other features because I feel  like i have just stuck to the basic ones this time.

Pre Production - Preliminary Magazine

For this task we were told we had to work on our own. We were given a set of guidlines (rules) to follow. We had to have a mid shot photo on our front cover, we had to use the thirds technique, all the photos we used had to be taken ourselves and we had to have titles on the front cover explaining what articles were inside.

To begin with we had to create a mock-up of both our front cover and contents page. I found this incredibly difficult becuase i'm not used to having to create a plan of what photos i want and how i want them to look. I would usually have a rough idea of what sorts of photos i would like then take them and see which ones i prefer and create my magazine around them. So designing my magazine in my head was quite hard. I also found that i didn't put enough detail into my designs to follow. Next time i will spend alot more time over my mock-ups to ensure that my photoshop work is as good as it can be.

(front cover)

(contents)