magazine front cover - creation guide
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MASTHEADI got the font for my
masthead from a website called
www.dafont.com. Once I had inserted the font
onto Photoshop, I had to change the colour, as I
didn’t want it to be black.
In order to do this, I had to use the
‘magnetic Lasso Tool’ which would allow me to draw an outline of the letters, which I
could then change the colour by filling it in. It shows opposite the
steps mentioned above, and that I've chosen the correct tool, about go around the outside of
each letter.
MASTHEADOnce I had selected the different sections of the font using the ‘Magnetic Lasso Tool,’ I then had
to choose the colour that I want my masthead to
be. I knew that I wanted it to be red, but I didn’t
exactly know which kind, e.g. how dark etc. To do this, I clicked on the colour tool on the
left hand side, and experimented with the different types of red they had. Once I had
chosen the one I wanted, I pressed ‘OK’ which got
rid of the box. I then pressed ‘ALT’ and
‘Backspace,’ for the colour to fill the selected
space.
SELLING LINE
It now shows the final masthead after I used the
same method for each letter in order to change
the colour. Furthermore, it shows that I created a shape above the masthead, which will be for the
selling line of the magazine. I filled the
colour with yellow, as I think this is an
appropriate colour to use for the selling line,
because its eye catching and bold, and will also go with the colour scheme of
the magazine.
SELLING LINE
I decided to have the date of the issue for
the magazine, as well as the website, as I
thought this convention is
necessary, and also, it gives the reader more information
about the magazine. I used the ‘Horizontal
Type Tool’ to create a textbox, which I then
inserted this information in to. I
made it all in capital letters so that it
stands out. The final font that I used for
this was ‘Estrangelo Edessa.’
SELLING LINE
I then used the same technique to insert text for the selling line, which is at the top of the magazine.
It shows opposite the final positions for both texts. For
the date of the issue, I placed it alongside the
masthead, so that it stands out, and easy to find by the reader. I chose the selling
line to be ‘THE UK’S LEADING R’N’B
MAGAZINE’ as it makes the magazine seem unique and
different from others.The font for both texts are
different so that they distinctive in their own way.
Furthermore, the colour black seemed to be the
most appropriate colour to use for both texts.
SELLING LINE
Once I had finished the format of the selling line, I wasn’t exactly pleased with it, as I
thought that bringing yellow into the colour scheme would make
the front cover look a bit busy. Therefore, I
decided to change it to black, which I thought
would be the best colour as the front
cover would have other elements to it which
consist of black, which would make the front cover consistent in its
colours. It shows opposite that I changed the colour to
black from yellow.
SELLING LINE
It now shows the final format of the selling line, after I
changed the fill colour from
yellow to black, and the font
colour from black to white. I thought that white would
be the most suitable colour to use, as it stands
out, and differentiates itself from the
rest of the magazine.
SELLING LINE
I then highlighted the text that was
inside the text box, as it was hidden due to
the fact that the previous colour
was black, therefore, it was hidden with the
background. Once
highlighted, I changed the font colour to white.