front cover step by step
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How I created my front cover
Model-Tianesha
Firstly I opened InDesign. This came up and I decided whether I wanted a
document, book or library. I chose document.
It then asked me how many pages I wanted. As I am creating my front cover I
only typed in 1.
So here we begin with a blank A4 sheet
I then used the rectangle tool with the x in to draw a box over the whole of the two pages. This is so I can place
an image on top.
So now I am going to place my Image. I am going to do
this by going to file then place.
Here you can see that this is the foundation of my
magazine.
I then created a text box and chose an appropriate font for the title of the
magazine. I chose for the title to be white as it stands out against the image and
contrast wit the background.
Close up of font and what the font is
The tool I used to create spaces between the letters
I then placed another underlay box so I could place
an image
So here the barcode has been placed. I decided to leave it landscape and placed at the right bottom corner of
the page.
Next I began placing text. I placed a text box and wrote the word
exclusive. I chose the font consolas, size 80 and colour white.
I then placed another text box and positioned it directly underneath the other one as they are
linked. The font I chose was minion pro, the size was 36 and the colour was white. I chose white as it contrasted with the background nicely so it
stood out.
I then created another text box and placed the word plus and the artists names. I chose the colour white as it was placed on top of the image
which is black.
I created another text box and wrote 40 in font consolas, size 50 and colours black and red. I chose for the “40” to be in red so it stood out
more and so it would catch the readers attention. The textbox was aligned to the right . I
then wrote “greatest hits” in font minion pro, size 24 and colour black so it contrasted.
The next piece of text was an artists name and about his new album. I chose for the artists
name to be in white and of a much bigger font than the rest of the text. I also decided that the name of the album should be in red so it stood out but still the same font as the line before.
Finally I placed the models singing name on the bottom left of the page in font
minion pro and size 100. I put the name of the artist in red so it stood out and the
rest of the text black and a slightly smaller font of x as it less relevant.