Production of Front Cover Rob Clarke – AS Media

I started by writing in the magazine name. I then duplicated this and filled it in to give the magazine name a background. I then drew in three boxes which I will use for text, and gave them gradient effects. I used the colours blue and green as they were two of the most popular in my questionnaire.

I then changed the colours of the header and the background to the title. I redrew the two boxes next to the title because I thought it originally looked extremely tacky. I also drew in a box underneath this. I also added in a few lines, which I had created by copying the top part of the writing in the magazine name. This was to achieve consistency.

I again changed the colours, and I deleted the red box at the side because it decreased the quality of my cover. I also stretched out the name and the background, as it looked slightly squashed, then I changed the colour of the actual text for my title (but not the outline), and I again changed the background colour. After this, I added a box along the bottom, and again used the line I had created using the title, and I wrote in a barcode using a barcode font. I have made sure all of the colours I have used were popular in my questionnaire.

I again chose to change the colours, and I also added a gradient and texture to the title of my magazine. I added a box along the side, similar to the one I had originally included but I made it more fitting and in a better shape, as well as with reduced transparency. I added in the main cover line and its caption after this, before removing the part of the side-bar around the text.

I added in the three smaller cover-lines. I also moved the barcode so it was in a more appropriate place.

I then took my photos for the cover, and added this into the cover. I used a layer mask and a hue/saturation adjustment layer to add a yellow box around the cover-line. I also added a separate layer and gave it another layer mask, allowing me to convert the background to grayscale.

I changed the text to the titles which I had already decided.

I made adjustments to the images and some of the text, to make the cover stand out more. I also added final bits of text along the top and the bottom. These were decided using my questionnaire.

I changed the banner along the bottom to make it look a small bit better, and also so it matched the colour scheme of my magazine. I feel that my front cover has been successful but I could do better. The masthead is rather poor, but that is my only key point for improvement.