Download - Cover layout decisions and photoshop
Cover layout decisions
& Photoshop
Front Cover Flat plan vs Final Product
I began the production of my front cover by getting
my mast head the right size and in the right place going across the top of the page. I used a horizontal guideline to position the two words perfectly in line with each
other. As these words were taken from ‘dafont’ I had to
delete the blank white section around the words leaving just the letters in
black. Initially the masthead was quite big.
Here you can see that after I added my main image the
white areas around the words were visible. After realising this I used the
magic wand tool to select these small areas to delete.
Here you can see how I have manipulated the
image to make it brighter and more visually appealing
to the audience. I used a tool called ‘levels’ to do this
(Ctrl+L). I adjusted the amount of darkness and
light as well as the contrast to balance the image as a
whole. This wasn’t the final image that I used however, I
did initially use this one.
I decided to change my image and as you can see from the bottom image that it has been adjusted. At first I tried to cut out the background of the image as you can see in
the first picture. I used the magic wand tool to select the areas before deleting them.
However, it didn’t turn out how it was supposed to and so I decided to leave that and simply adjust the levels of the whole image. This created an even background without having to cut the model out and
making it look unrealistic. I also moved the image and masthead apart slightly.
light
dark
contrast
I decided to change the colour of the word ‘pop’ as I
wanted it to stand out to my target audience. This
also immediately indicates that it’s a pop magazine. I
double clicked on the layer so I could adjust the layer style. I changed the colour overlay and selected the pink colour from the top
that the model was wearing. I decided that this pink would also be one of
my feature colours.
Following my flat plan, I added the name of my
artist along with the quote to go underneath it. I
double clicked to change the layer style. I changed
the colour to blue and also added a bevel and emboss to give it more dimension. I added an inner shadow too.
I didn’t think that the other font suited a pop magazine
very well because in pop magazines simple, bold
fonts are used. I used the same font as ‘pop’ in the masthead but this time I didn’t delete the white
areas on the inner part of the letters. I added a blue
and pink drop shadow.
Again I changed the main image of the model as I felt that this one better suited a pop magazine. This is because the pose is quite girly and fun and relates better to my target audience. I have used a vertical guide to make sure that the image is centred perfectly. I then adjusted the levels as you can see in the image on the right. I changed the
darkness and contrast.