Creating Front Page Of Magazine

To make my magazine front cover I first needed to start by inserting grid lines so that I knew my magazine would be structured well and clearly, it would mean that i was then able to add small details around the grids so that things i added are straight and easily seen by the audience to make them want to buy the magazine. By adding the grid lines it meant that I was able to place things where I wanted them to go so that I could make my front cover more professional.

After I had added my grid-lines I added the image that I had chosen for the front cover. I matched the picture up with my grid-lines, whilst putting the photo onto the page i edited the photo on pixlr to make the photo better quality by changing the effects of the photo to make the photo brighter and pop out more. On the photo i changed the colour of Sophie's skin colour getting rid of any red marks that she had on her face as well as brightening up her lips and eyes slightly. 

once i had finished changing the picture i zoomed in on the face and set it as the background picture for my front cover. i put it on the right hand side of the page as then i was able to add the masthead in the left hand corner along with cover lines underneath and smaller details on the left hand side of the page to show the things that were included in the magazine. 

After this I inserted my masthead, making sure that it stood out on the page and didn't overlap any of the picture. By doing this I made sure that all of the models face was seen by the audience. With the masthead I trimmed it so that it was behind Sophie's head so that her face isn't covered by anything on the page.

Once I had added the masthead I was able to start adding my texts to the areas that I had put grid lines this meant that all my writing would be in structured columns. When the writing was in place I was able to move it around to where I thought that it looked best. I also moved the picture to put more things around the image and to make sure that the models face was the biggest thing on the page. Aswell as the main big image I also inserted another image (of Temi on the left hand side) so that the audience is able to see what else is included inside the magazine.

I made the moto of the magazine company stand out by adding a white box behind the black writing.

Once i had done all this i decided to try different images and made all the writing on the page in capitals so that the writing was bold and could be clearly read on the page. 

After creating and changing things such as the colour and fonts on my front page i chose different images and tried them to see what things looked best. Once i had finished deciding what images and fonts that i liked the most i decided that i wanted (the magazine front cover above) to be my front cover, however i then looked at different ideas that i could do and changed things around once again and created: