Below I have showed the progression of the creation of the front cover of my magazine, which I made via the software; Photoshop. Alongside each screenshot I will explain the procedure of how I created the page, including Photoshop tools and creative techniques.
The first thing I did was create an A4 'New Document' with a white background because I want a plain landscape to start my front cover. At the bottom of the page I created a black strip because my image will be placed just above this so it makes it easier to construct the page.
This image is one taken from my main photoshoot which I have used because I think it looks interesting and will comply with the theme of the magazine. On a different window on Photoshop I placed this image on a 'Transparent' background and edited around it using the 'Eraser tool' and 'Magic Eraser tool' so the image did not have a background. This made it easy to copy and paste onto my font cover window.
In the screenshot above I put some text in the strip 'Win tickets to Reading and Leeds festivals!' because this is a feature of many famous magazines. Also, I created a barcode on a different window on Photoshop by getting an image of a barcode from the search engine 'Google' and adding my unique price, date and web address; 'www.RPMAG.co.uk', 'February 2016' and '£3.25'.
At this point, I thought I would have a plain white background for the front cover of my magazine but then I thought this would be too boring. I decided I would have to add something to the page to make it stand out and also look unique. I searched 'club background' into google and I scrolled through many images but could not find one I liked until I came across a smokey feature. I continued looking through 'smoke' looking images and found the one I have placed on the left (and below, right) side of my model. I like this because it adds a mysterious vibe to the page and as this is my first issue of the magazine, this symbolises that the reader is unsure of what they will be encountering when they purchase the magazine. Also the black effect adds more character to the page whilst also sticking to my theme.
I was able to rotate the smoke my copying and pasting the image and then using 'Free Transform' (Ctrl-T) to rotate it 180 degrees clockwise, this is so it is opposite to the other image and creates an interesting effect.
I then added my logo to the top left hand corner of the page (on a previous post I showed how I made my magazine logo on Photoshop).
Once I had the image, barcode and logo on the page I started to add cover lines etc to make it more similar to published magazines. I added a puff to the top right hand corner; I made it purple using the eyedropper tool (to make it the exact same colour as the purple on the jacket) and the fill tool.
I added the date and issue number alongside the logo because these are the sort of credentials that are included at the top of the page on most magazines.
The screenshot above shows the main cover line. I used the 'Horizontal Type tool' to insert text. I typed in 'Olivia Ashley' in a bold, purple font on the top half of the vinyl and on the bottom half I used a pull quote in white to make clear the purpose of the article to intrigue the audience.
The final step in the process was to add the finishing touches. I added cover lines to both sides of the model. They are short and punctual because the page is busy enough with the large image, colours and background. The cover lines vary in colour and font to add versatility to the page.
I altered my magazine after this point, I gathered opinions from people and also took a step back for a day or two to see if there was anything I wanted to change and below is the final product:
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