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Page 1: Magazine Front Cover - Creation Guide
Page 2: Magazine Front Cover - Creation Guide

MASTHEADI got the font for my

masthead from a website called

www.dafont.com. Once I had inserted the font

onto Photoshop, I had to change the colour, as I

didn’t want it to be black.

In order to do this, I had to use the

‘magnetic Lasso Tool’ which would allow me to draw an outline of the letters, which I

could then change the colour by filling it in. It shows opposite the

steps mentioned above, and that I've chosen the correct tool, about go around the outside of

each letter.

Page 3: Magazine Front Cover - Creation Guide

MASTHEADOnce I had selected the different sections of the font using the ‘Magnetic Lasso Tool,’ I then had

to choose the colour that I want my masthead to

be. I knew that I wanted it to be red, but I didn’t

exactly know which kind, e.g. how dark etc. To do this, I clicked on the colour tool on the

left hand side, and experimented with the different types of red they had. Once I had

chosen the one I wanted, I pressed ‘OK’ which got

rid of the box. I then pressed ‘ALT’ and

‘Backspace,’ for the colour to fill the selected

space.

Page 4: Magazine Front Cover - Creation Guide

SELLING LINE

It now shows the final masthead after I used the

same method for each letter in order to change

the colour. Furthermore, it shows that I created a shape above the masthead, which will be for the

selling line of the magazine. I filled the

colour with yellow, as I think this is an

appropriate colour to use for the selling line,

because its eye catching and bold, and will also go with the colour scheme of

the magazine.

Page 5: Magazine Front Cover - Creation Guide

SELLING LINE

I decided to have the date of the issue for

the magazine, as well as the website, as I

thought this convention is

necessary, and also, it gives the reader more information

about the magazine. I used the ‘Horizontal

Type Tool’ to create a textbox, which I then

inserted this information in to. I

made it all in capital letters so that it

stands out. The final font that I used for

this was ‘Estrangelo Edessa.’

Page 6: Magazine Front Cover - Creation Guide

SELLING LINE

I then used the same technique to insert text for the selling line, which is at the top of the magazine.

It shows opposite the final positions for both texts. For

the date of the issue, I placed it alongside the

masthead, so that it stands out, and easy to find by the reader. I chose the selling

line to be ‘THE UK’S LEADING R’N’B

MAGAZINE’ as it makes the magazine seem unique and

different from others.The font for both texts are

different so that they distinctive in their own way.

Furthermore, the colour black seemed to be the

most appropriate colour to use for both texts.

Page 7: Magazine Front Cover - Creation Guide
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SELLING LINE

Once I had finished the format of the selling line, I wasn’t exactly pleased with it, as I

thought that bringing yellow into the colour scheme would make

the front cover look a bit busy. Therefore, I

decided to change it to black, which I thought

would be the best colour as the front

cover would have other elements to it which

consist of black, which would make the front cover consistent in its

colours. It shows opposite that I changed the colour to

black from yellow.

Page 9: Magazine Front Cover - Creation Guide

SELLING LINE

It now shows the final format of the selling line, after I

changed the fill colour from

yellow to black, and the font

colour from black to white. I thought that white would

be the most suitable colour to use, as it stands

out, and differentiates itself from the

rest of the magazine.

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SELLING LINE

I then highlighted the text that was

inside the text box, as it was hidden due to

the fact that the previous colour

was black, therefore, it was hidden with the

background. Once

highlighted, I changed the font colour to white.