School Magazine Front Cover

Samantha Collier

• Firstly, I opened one of the images I took into Photoshop. I changed the curves and contrast to make the image feel warmer overall. Then, I reversed the image as I felt it made the composition stronger, although there where some ‘scars’ on the image from the editing, that I would avoid in the main task.

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Next, I added my masthead and added my first cover lines and subheadings. I created a new layer of the image to layer it over my masthead, following examples of many other school magazines. It also avoided putting text over my main image.

• I then added some more cover lines and subheadings, following my chosen colour scheme of black and purple. Moreover, I then added a barcode, and used the buzzword of “plus”. I also added an issue number, date and price on release.

• Finically, I added my main cover line in a unique font, and then added a puff for the plus section. I also added a subheading to the main cover line.