Screen Caps For FC

Screen Caps of Front Cover

After looking through the photographs I took of Francesca in my photo shoot. I decided after my research and planning to include a photo that would be of a close up of the ‘musicians’ face that whole fill the whole A4 page. As I found in my research the image of Florence Welsh on the Q magazine gave me the inspiration as her eyes really captured the eye of the viewer when looking at the photo and I wanted to capture that same effect.

I then chose this photo and opened it into Photoshop, this way I was able to save the picture that is edited.

First in my editing process I used the tools to enhance the saturation so the contrast in the photo was darker. I secondly used the brightness tool to make the photograph lighter and more natural. After that I finished off by using the colour balance tool making Fran have a natural tan. The edits all together produce a photo that will grab the audience attention as girls would be envious.


After I edited and saved my photo from photoshop I opened up an InDesign document A4 size. To help me make my magazine look professional and neat I used a document grid. This you can do by clicking ‘view’ then ‘grids & guides’ and lastly ‘show document grid’.

This is a screenshot of the document after the grid has been placed into the page.

To start my front cover off I wanted to make my image fill the whole page. After saving my edited image as a JPEG file I was able to easily transfer the image into the InDesign document. This is done by ‘File’, ‘Place..’ and then after selecting the photo you wish to paste in click ‘ok’.

The image then appears on to the A4 document however by clicking ‘Ctrl’ on the keyboard and dragging the corners of the image you are able to place the image in the exact positioning of the front cover and where you’d like it to go.

After this the image may be a little pixelated therefore by clicking right click and ‘Display Performance’ then ‘High Quality Display’ it evens out the image giving it a professional finish.

After my image was complete I had to start on the font. To do this I used my research are selected the font the target audience thought was most appropriate for the genre of magazine I was looking to do.

I remembered the name of this particular font and looked it back up on ‘dafonts.com’.


I then took a screenshot of this font and pasted it into the programme ‘Paint’ where I cropped out the rest of the image so just the font was left.

I then cut this into a new paint program this was then easier for me to save the font as its own individual JPEG file.

After this was saved I couldn’t just place this into my InDesign document otherwise it would have a white background when I wanted a clear one so the main image was still visible. Therefore I copied this picture into a word document and used the ‘Delete Background’ tool in able to get the images just on their own.

After this I couldn’t paste this masthead onto my InDesign document as the black would fade into the image and wouldn’t stand out on the page. I used the editing tools in Microsoft Word and made the font white, this will be perfect when placing on top of the image so it will be visible to the audience.


I then right clicked on the masthead and clicked ‘Copy’.

After it was pasted onto the page I held down ‘Ctrl’ and while dragging the corners of the image I fitted it to the top of the page and placed it exactly where I wanted it.

After my masthead I placed on an issue date and year this would let the audience know that the magazine they are reading is not out of date and the information is new news.

On InDesign I then right clicked and ‘Paste’ this pasted my masthead onto my document for me.


I then inserted in an ‘EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW’ this puff lets the audience know what is the main article inside the magazine. The buzzword makes the interview sound unique and special as though the audience can’t read it anywhere else.

I then used the colour tools to make this font yellow as this is my house style , it is inspired by the yellow and white summer theme of the official Reading Festival logo and as my magazine genre is based on Indie Rock is would be perfect for the target audience.

After this I added in the name of the person that the interview was about and chose a popular artist that fits in perfectly with the genre of my magazine. Even though the photograph is not of that actual celebrity I am pretending it is.

I then added in an information detail underneath as though a catchy phrase to draw in the audience as to what the audience are going to be reading about.


I then added in another article underneath as another title and information and this article about the bands means that the target audience get all the details they want to know about the bands they like in this genre of music.

After this I added in another detail article about what else would be in the magazine, this is under the interview text so the audience know it is a different subject but also in the magazine. I used capitals to difference the title of the article from the information about the article which is underneath.

This article about festival clothing is what would able to the target audience boys as well as girls as they all love going to festivals and want to always look their best.

I then used the italics tools to slant the text to make it different from the others in order to stand out from the page and make it different to the other text on the front.

I then had to insert a barcode to make the magazine look realistic. For this I typed barcode in on Google images found the best one that looked appropriate. I then copied and pasted this onto my front cover and placed it by dragging it to the right size and making it fit perfectly in the right bottom corner of the page.


I then added a price of £2.50 which is what the audience suggested after my questionnaire results. And I also added a $ dollar price as all the magazines in store have them.

After this I added in my final article I wanted to place on the front cover which was an official line up of a festival. I decided to choose Reading and Leeds as it is extremely popular in the genre of music my article is featuring.

Therefore I took the logo off of Google Images and then copied and pasted this into the document.


I then took wanted to see what the magazine looked like without all the text boxes and grids so I selected view and then overprint preview. This takes away all the textboxes in order for me to see the whole magazine without all the lines and what it would look like if it was printed.

After pasting this and dragging it into place so it looks perfect and in the right place for the audiences’ eye.

This is the screenshot with the boxes taken away but the grids still there. I kept them so I was able to move things around but still able to keep things neat and straight therefore it will be the perfect magazine which will look very professional.


As this whole coursework magazine project will be finished at the end of April I decided to change the date of the issue to May which would seem more appropriate.

This is a screenshot of me moving different bits of text and things around to make it look the best it can look.

This is my final magazine; however I made some changes to it. For example the masthead was to pixelated as it was an image. Therefore I found a font that was extremely similar and then I made 2 full stops a big font and placed them in the same places as the other font had. I then added ‘Issue One’ under the date so that the audience can keep up with each issue. I then stuck to the colours of yellow and white and making the titles of the articles have yellow text. I then also changed the name of the celebrity to the name of the model I used; this is because even though she isn’t famous the magazine gives the illusion that she is; making the magazine more realistic.


After about a week I decided there was something not quite right with my front cover therefore decided I needed to change it. Therefore I decided the ‘EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW’ needed to stand out more. I created a black box and placed this behind the writing to make the yellow stand out a lot more. I then made the ‘FRANKIE SHAW’ a lot bigger to make my target audience able to see the artist name even more therefore wanting to buy the magazine as she is a popular artist. After that I made the cover lines bigger with large font therefore making it easier for the audience to know exactly what’s in the issue. I made the price a little smaller to make it look in more proportion and then I made the issue date and number smaller to make the whole cover fit better together in the end. I am very happy now with my final result.

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