1. Screen grabs – front cover

2. This is the picture I chose to be the main image for the front cover of my Indie
music magazine. As you can see the image has direct address and is also very
striking and unusual so attracts the target audiences attention straight away.

3. I chose the title AIM (All Indie Music) and put it on my background image by using
the text tool on Photoshop.

4. I then selected the title and clicked on the
‘Fx’ button below where the layers of my
production are situated.

5. I then chose the ‘Bevel and Emboss’ effect for my magazine title, as it
stands out when you first look at my front cover.

6. After choosing the Bevel and Emboss effect I had to decide the depth and size of
the effect on the title.

7. After adding the effects to my title this is what it finally looked like when it
was finished.

8. By using the text tool on
Photoshop I added my
Positioning Statement
underneath my
Masthead. I made the
text all in capital letters
to make it clear and
standout.

9. Here, I again used the text tool on After I had positioned my Main
Photoshop to add the Main Coverline Coverline, underneath I added the
to my front cover. I chose the colour Coverline for that specific article. I
red so that it would stand out against again used the text tool on Photoshop
the main image and it also anchored to do this.
to the same colour as the masthead.

10. Then added the smaller cover
I then added each of the cover lines with extra information
lines to my front cover in the about the article underneath
same red that I had used for the other cover lines. These
my main cover line. are in white so they are
different to the above cover
line.

11. I repeated this step for all of the 5 cover lines that are on my front cover.

15. To add the Issue number, date and
price to my front cover. To do this I
used the text tool in Photoshop
and to turn it upright used the
rotation button that’s found on the
frame around the text.

16. To make this circle on my front cover I used the shape tool on Photoshop,
then I positioned it where it was meant to be on the cover and filled it in
the colour black.

17. After I had created the black circle
on my front cover. I used the text
tool again to add the word
‘Exclusive’ and chose the red
because it stands out against the
black background and follows the
colour scheme of my magazine.

18. After I added the word ‘Exclusive’ for
the rest of the title for the article I
added ‘Florence and the Machine’
this is what the article is about. To
make it look original I used white as
the font colour and it also so stood
out on the black background jus like
the red font.

19. To import the barcode
onto my work I had to
first open the picture
into a separate
Photoshop document,
crop it and then save it
as a JPEG so that I
would be able to
import it

20. This is the final look of the
Front cover to the Indie Music
magazine I created.