Evaluation

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NOISE - Final Double Page Spread

The main problem with my draft dps, was that the font was FAR too big, so I made that much smaller and then rearranged the text boxes so they fitted the new font sizes. After I had adsjusted my font, I found that my article was too short, so I also lengthened that. I had more space now on the 2nd page, therefore I could use more images. I manipulated them first using paint.NET, and then inserted them into publisher. I put borders around them too. I used the quote in the middle of the article because this is a convention often used in music magazines, and I think it makes my dps look more authentic. The additional space also allowed me to add in more of the text boxes containing questions answered by Adam and Jake, which again just adds to the authenticity of the magazine. Overall I am pretty happy with my dps.

NOISE - Final Front Cover

The first thing I did to my front cover was cut out the main image from the bad background I had before. I did this using paint.NET and saving it as a PNG file. I then inserted it into my publisher file and decided the white background was boring, so I changed it to a really dark grey because black was too dense. I also re-did my masthead because it was slightly wonky, so I straightened it out and made a red one for my front cover. I gave it a white border too, and made it smaller than my draft, because I felt it was too big. I also made Jake and Adam cover the masthead, which follows the conventions of a Rock magazine like K! or Rock Sound. I also edited the 'posters' and cut out the backgrounds on 'Travey' and 'Catch Fire'. I think it looks much better now. I completely scrapped the puff because it looked un-realistic and too overcrowded with one.

NOISE - Final Contents

The main thing I needed to change on my contents was the font size. Before I did anything, I changed my font size and made sure everything fitted. I then realised I had plenty of space to add in another column, (which I couldn't fit in on my draft). I then added in the NOISE quiz page, and a competition, which I will put at the puff on the front cover. I also had space for images, so I manipulated the picture of 'Dave' on paint.NET and removed him from the background. I used him as the artist for the NOISE quiz. I still had space, which meant I could also do an advertisement, which I wanted to do first time round but had no space. Looking through magazines like Kerrang! and Rock Sound, they have advertisements for the monthly prescriptions, so I thought it would be fitting to do one of these too. I also changed the masthead, because it was slightly out of proportion on both my Front Cover and my Contents, so I have re-done that and inserted it back onto my contents. Kerrang! has mainly inspired this contents page, with the large image at the top and the columns at the bottom, so I know it is definately of the Rock genre, and therefore aimed at Rock listening people. I am very happy with my contents!

Image manipulation

I've been editing the other pictures that I will be using in the magazine. This image is of one of the 'posters' on the front, and I have removed the background on it because it looks un-realistic.
This is my image;

This will look much better on my front cover as one of the posters.

This is another image I have cut away from the background. I will be using this on my contents page.

Image Editing cont...

After cutting out and feathering my original front cover image, I decided to paste it into my front cover to see what it would look like.
This is what I first did;

I thought the white space at the back looked rubbish, so I made the picture bigger and had it covering the masthead more, just to see what it looked like.

This is what that looked like;

Image Editing

FRONT COVER IMAGE:
I wanted to cut out my models and remove them from their background completely. I have now done this using paint.NET.
This is the image before I had feathered the edges.

This is the feathered image: