AS Media - Jessie Plant - 6087: Stages in Production

In Photoshop

On this photo, I used Contrast to make the photo stand out more and allow Alice's features to be clearer. As well as this, I used the Clone Stamp to fade out the grass a little so that the writing would stand out once it had been put on.

To this photo, I needed to sort out the background above Alice's head. Therefore, I used the Clone Stamp to add trees behind. This was so that her hair would not be washed out by the brightness of the sky.

Into InDesign

In order to create a double page spread, there needs to be different settings to the Front cover and Contents page. Therefore I changed the settings to be an A3 paged and in Landscape .

After using the Place tool to put the photo-shopped photo of Alice as the background, I decided to create the 'Exclusive Banner' that is shown in my Research and Sketching. The sizes of the rectangle are shown above.

To ensure that the sign of 'Exclusive' stood out, I wanted to make sure the font was a bold font so therefore, I choose to use STENCIL ST.

Knowing that the colour of the backing for 'Exclusive' should be RED, I set the dials as shown in the shot above using Colour Picker.

Using the Group tool, I was then able to put the 'Exclusive' on top of the RED rectangle. This meant that it would stay in place and I would be able to put effects on it if I wanted to later on.

Next, I wanted to Insert the photos onto my page. I did this using the Place tool. At first, I tried them out placing them on the bottom left hand side of the page.

The next stage was to insert the text. I started to use the Guitar on the page to see if it looked effective. I wrote out the article in full before inserting it onto the page. I decided to use an Interview for my writing. Here, is the use of Three columns. I kept the font BLACK to ensure professionalism and made sure the writing was clear.

A feature I have noticed on many different articles is the use of the first letter of the article being larger font then everything else. This is what is shown here.

I put the font as ERAS DEMI IT, as it is a font that stands out and became clear with my background.

To ensure the questions of the article stand out more, I made the the font of ERAS BOLD ITC. This was so it stood out from the other writing but still stayed as a similar font.

Shown above is the Quote I want to enlarge and use on my page. I will need to change the design in order to find where the quote looks the best.

At first, this is how my page was set out.

I changed the positioning of the photographs to correspond with my design of magazine. I Placed the photos on the left hand side of the page like shown.