Task 12 - Photoshop Introduction

Unlike a lot of people on this course, I have actually used Photoshop before so it isn't really that hard for me to  pick it up and go. Although the iMacs that we are using in school infuriate me to all hell because a lot of the shortcuts aren't what they should be. He is some thing I created to show what Photoshop can be used for.

I have combined these two images...

To create...

Task 11 - Music Magazine Cover Analysis

This is my analysis of a music magazine cover.

Task 11 - Magazine Terminology

Masthead: This would be the name of the magazine

Banner: This would be text that is placed on a coloured background in order for it to stand out

Strap line: This is usually the motto by the company which can be associated with the company

Lead: These are usually written in bold as it is the opening paragraph of the magazine

Buzz Words: These are typical words that are used to get the readers attention such as "Wow" "Exclusive"

Pugs: These are usually placed at the corners of the page, these can be either price tags or bar codes

Copy: This would be the main text

Puffs: These are colourful words or boxes that advertise the exclusive features inside

House Style: This is the general distinctive design of the magazine which is unique to that brand

Caption: This is a description of an image

Headline: This would be the main story in the magazine

Sell Lines: Text on the cover of the magazine that helps it to sell the magazine to the audience

Drop Capitals: Larger letters on the opening sentence of an article

Tast 10 - Contents Page for College Magazine

This is how I would set out my college magazines contents page, the couloured boxes represent the surface area the text/pictures would take up. The text down the side is the contents list.

Task 10 - College Magazine Cover

I am going to be creating my very own college magazine to show, what I believe is the optimum way to set out a college magazine using this as my image...

I will be editing this image and applying text and other images to turn it into a cover to be reckoned with. I will be using the program GIMP Image Manipulator to do this since that is the program I have installed on my PC at home, where I am doing this.

I have added a funky header that matches with the school colour's too the top.

Next the logo was placed in the top right hand corner. Please note that this is a draft of how I would do it, the real thing would be much more refined. I also made the black sidebar larger to border the image. I also added a title/Masthead to the newsletter as well as a date.

This is my final cover, I re-did it all because the resolution was ruined. I have re-invisioned the title/masthead and am happy with the results. I made the page wider and added text.