LO1 Adobe InDesign Pre-Lim contents page

Desktop publishing program. It is used to layout print based products. e.g magazines and newspapers and posters and books.
I will be using this program for the contents and the DPS of my magazine.

Setting up a InDesign document  

He is a image that represents that shows how I set up the height, width, gutters and margins. The gutter means the space between the columns 


Import images
Rectangle frame tool(box with an x) is used to place images in InDesign
always use big pixel photos



add and edit text

Use the Text tool to make a box for the text
Type in box and use character formatting controls and paragraph to format the style and layout
bassline shift tool to move the text down
use colour palette to change the colour if the text and the box.

add and edit colours

I have used the rectangle tool to create a rectangle block and used the colour tool to change the colour of the shape.  Use RGB or CYMK to colour match the colours used in photoshop to match the ones in InDesign.
Adding solid shapes

I inserted a solid shape with the house style as the rest of the magazine is following the house style. I used the logo from my front cover masthead to show that this contents page is within the magazine. I purposely had too different fonts as it indicates the magazines logo and what is happening this week.

Page Numbers

I followed Kerrangs contents page and added solid rectangles telling the reader what the topic of these certain pages are. I used solid rectangles to highlight the page numbers, making them stand out and innkeeping with the house style.

Graphics

I added a little front cover graphic as I was using Kerrangs contents page as a template and I saw that they use a little graphic of their front cover on their contents page. I put my graphic slightly above the middle rectangle to make it visible but not in the way.

LO1: Pre-lim college magazine front cover

colour: blue and green

Step 1:

• I cut out my model using the quick selection tool. I zoomed in just in case of stray parts off the original background I used the eraser tool to do this.

Step 2:

• I then created a masthead. I used the Stencil font to make my masthead standout at the size of 140 pt. to make the masthead almost fill the hole page but not fully. I then later changed the colour to a light green so it will stand out from my background which was going to be blue, which I got from the internet and used it as my base layer.

Step 3:

• I then created a circle graphic to promote a free gift in the magazine. I used the ellipse tool to create the circle and filled it with the house style of the magazine. I changed the colour and size of the word 'free' I did this as it will appeal to people that there is a free object tin the magazine, and people like free things.

Step 4:

• I Then created to sell lines on top and the bottom of the magazine. I filled the rectangles with the house style colour with the same text style as the masthead. I made sure they were not too big so it did not cover much of my main cover image.

Step 5:

• I created solid green rounded rectangles on the left side of the main cover image I then wrote the main cover writing in the same font at 18 pt. and 12pt.

Finished product

LO1: contents page analysis of a magazine

Kta 2

Tutor feedback: KTA 1 - Front cover analysis of a magazine

different types of lenses

telephoto lenses
normally called portrait lenses as they highlight the forward object and the background objects eventually blur as they proceed backwards.

prime lenses
it has no zoom and has a fixed lense. they have larger apertures. normally used for inside or low light photography.are meant to be more crisp and vivid pictures.

macro lense

it has a intense magnification, picking out the tiniest of details.

LO1: ideas for magazine

interests:

• music
• films
• technology
• exploration
• editing
• sports

Models:

• Squarewave ( Harry Vincent) (Charlie James) (Oliver Credland)

mind map extension:
Target audience

• 12-25 age range, a gender target of male and female as it appeals to both genders

3 features ideas(DPS)

• band specific with consistent house style. large band photos, band content in the form of graphics and writing.

potential house style colours

• black and white and red with san serif links with the genre of music e.g black link with heavy metal music because of musicians wear this colour creating a ideal self image.

3 masthead names.

• ALT - short for alternative which is the genre of music which in most of the magazine. Corner masthead showing more of artists.
• Alternative - a masthead going along the top of the front cover, connoting the genre of the music to the reader increasing income because of the direct exposure to the target audience.
• ALTrock - music genre, capital letters mixed with lower case letters show a rebellious attitude as it is not traditional English.  

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