The main tool in which I used the create my contents page was Photo shop because I understood that it was necessary to use if I wanted to produce a professional looking page. My skills at first were very limited but after doing research and practise I learned the main tools needed. I started by looking at my initial flat plans and creating a layout similar so I set the page to A4 and added the black background. The next step was to add the logo, the masthead and the issue date. I simply had to copy and paste these from my front cover as they are part of my house style however I did have to change the writing. I then added the main subheadings of 'cover stories', 'features' and 'reviews' and placed them in suitable positions. The next challenge was thinking of suitable articles that would appeal to the target audience, once i had thought of one I played around with font styles and colours and asked my peers what their opinions would be. The next step is to add the images, for this i used the site PIXLR.
This is a print screen of Pixlr, which is the site which I primarily used to edit all of the photos on my magazine. I like this website because the possibiltys are endless and you can completly change an image with a few simple clicks. For my images on this page I brightened it and made a few other little adjustments such as saturation, I then added a Vignette overlay which created the black blurred effect around the edges of the image. I then added a vintage effect which created the yellow tone on the whole image. After this the image was saved and inserted onto my contents page. I played around with its positioning and felt it looked most effective in the top right corner. The next step was to follow the same procedure with my other image.
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