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• Deadlines – Slide 3• Post Production Skills – Slide 4• Safe Working Practices – Slide 5 - 6• Colour - Slide 7• Fonts – Slide 8• Changes – Slide 9 – 14• LO4 Conclusion – Slide 15

DeadlinesI have met all of the deadlines for each piece of work which had been assigned to a specific launch date. Although, when feedback was given at first I was able to complete the corrections quickly, however my speed at doing the corrections slowed down but I was able to do them but not as quickly as I would have liked to have done. I was able to complete the magazine to the set deadline which was the Monday of the 4th week in the month. On the barcode of the magazine it will show the month which the magazine has been released as there is only one copy per month. These are screen grabs from my other documents where the deadlines have always stayed the same.

Post Production SkillsThe main software I used for editing the final front cover was Adobe Photoshop CS5.1. I used this because I had lots of the features which I needed to be able to create the magazine front page but for it to also look professional, smooth and conventional. For example, after I had taken the photos of my model John Allen, I needed to edit him. The tools on Photoshop allowed me to get rid of the background, with the quick selection tool and allow me at add another one background, make his hair more detailed and less chunky after I had used the quick selection tool to remove the back ground quickly. The rubber tool also got rid of the sharp edges which were also left over from the quick selection process around his body. I also used the hardening tool which I thought made the johns clothes look more detailed. With all these features I was able to create a very good front cover and double page spread which could have only be done with Photoshop as with other photo editing software doesn’t have all of these features available to use.

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Safe Working PracticesIt was important for me to remove the background from John as the photo was taken inside school property, so I needed to make sure that it didn’t seem like it was. By removing the background using the quick selection tool I was able to just have the image of john and there was no relationship between the photo and the school.I also have to make the interview and picture of John accurately as this is part of the Editors Code of practice which means I have to abide by there rules. The only type of change which I made to the picture of John was that I used the clone stamp tool to remove my self from his reflective sunglasses. This did not change his physical appearance or features so it is within the guidelines set by the IPSO. I also changed the lighting to the photo to improve the pictures quality and the look of John. This again didn’t change any physical features of john so it was an accurate representation of john.

I also cannot manipulate the picture of John too much to make him look a lot more different as this will go against the Editors Codes of practice because this isn’t 100% accurate to what he looks like.

Colour

I was able to keep a consistent house style throughout my magazine as I was able to use the eye dropper tool. On my mood board I had the two colour which I wanted to use on my gradient background. So I used the eye dropper tool to select that for my canvas background on my front cover. Then when I was using the colour for my strokes and cover story boxes I used the ‘eye dropper’ again from the colour in the background. When I was making my double page spread and needed to use the same colours. Instead I saved the two colours from my mood board and was able to easily select them instead of having to use the eye dropper tool.

FontsTo find the fonts which I was going to use in my magazine I used the www.dafonts.com as they had a huge variety of different fonts which I could use in my website. I was inspired from the Mixmag magazine to use a big and thick text which would stand out as a masthead. I also used font from the website which I used for the strapline as I though it also fitted with my magazine style. This font is free for personal use so I am able to use it although if I was to profit from the magazine, I would have to contact the author of the font.

ChangesBefore After

Before there were multiple problems with the magazine.Firstly; John in the first picture was very unconventional as he wasn’t looking at the camera and he still had his school bag on. Also there were a lot of sharp edges around his body from the quick selection tool and I needed to improve the look of his hair. So I took another picture of john and made it conventional by him looking at the camera with no bag on. I also was able to edit his body and hair to look better.Also the text which I had used wasn’t bright and too hard to see. So I had the text bigger and bolder with colourful boxes behind it which made the front cover look much more interesting. Then I changed the Masthead as it wasn’t big and engaging because it wasn’t big and thick so I changed this by changing the font and added a colour stroke. This was similar for my headline as it was dull and thin. I again made it more colourful and thicker. I changed the position as well.

The strapline connotations is festival like atmosphere where the crowd will be very energetic and will be ‘jumping’.

The connotations in the masthead suggests that ‘Jump’ magazine is like a experience as it is exciting and significant to the people who read it.

The ‘Plus’ is a verbal code which connotes the reader has more information compared to other magazines and people.

The ‘Big question’ connotes that there is something very important which is being discussed and everyone has their own opinion of it.

ChangesBefore

After

The pink of the drop capital ‘signifies’ (De Saussure) a summer feel of flowers or a sunset.

The blue also follows my colour scheme and it connotes a summer sky.

The changes which I made to the double page spread were:I changed the quotations marks to be pink to further the constituency and improve my use of my magazines house styles. I also, included a background onto the second page of the double page spread to make the picture more related to his career as a DJ. As I changed the background I also had to change the text of the quote to white to make it visible.

LO4 - Conclusion

The final learning outcome includes an overview of the magazine after it has been completed. It highlights the colours, fonts, post production and the deadlines which have been met throughout the magazines production time.