Friday, 10 February 2012



this is an update of my contents page quite a lot has changed since before the layout has been edited with only the part displaying the page numbers remaining the same i have increased the size of the picture section to bring more focus to it and chaged the editors note into a column but i do not think there is enough writing in it currently as it looks quite rushed with such a big font in it. i have removed the gradient and removed many of the black lines as they were unneeded and were only there to mark sections. other changes i intend to make are reducing the thickness of the remaining black lines and writing more for the editors note.

front cover

the front cover has had the picture added and so it is much closer to the final product the the rest of the design has largly remained the same from before other then a small test in a diferent but this will be back to the OCR A std. i still need to change some things on the page i believe some more writing is needed detailing about articles inside and also some effects on the picture to improve its look.

Tuesday, 7 February 2012

this is my finished DPS with only a few more tweaks such as the title being slightly wider and also the pictures only being slightly edited and the text checked for mistakes. This DPS has gne very well and i am pleased with the end result.

Friday, 3 February 2012

this is my DPS and is now virtually finished i have inserted the final picture and have used a number of effects on each picture to give it a unique look. i think this helped the poloroid style of the overlapping pictures. the pictures were also before quite bland and gray and by giving them a range of effects it has really improved each picture. some of the effects including  i used include changing the saturation, the curves and the levels. this has given me a good range of effects. i have also inserted the quote and re-arranged the writing slightly making the title the original font and streching taller as well as putting it in line with the text. i have also made more space so it seems less squashed then before.

Thursday, 2 February 2012

This is an update on my progress so far with my DPS. the layout has not changed much but a lot more has been added to it. i have almost finished adding the pictures to the DPS and i am happy with the way it looks. the article has been added to the product on the right.i have removed the yellow borders and the black background which i think has greatly improved the quality of my DPS. i have also changed the font slightly but i may change it back to the origianl i also gave a progressivly brighter blue colour in each letter. I have added my article but i still need to pull out a quote i have also changed where i will place my quote as were it was impractical in the place before. i will probably move the the text and the pictures again slightly to see what looks best.

DPS so far

This is my Double page spread so far, Overall i have followed the same layout as one of my flat plans but i decided swap a single picture on left hand side of the page with multiple overlapping pictures. I have also given borders for each photo so it will have an effect that they have been taken by a poloroid camera. i think several overlapping pictures will add a unique effect to my magazine. i am not sure about tyhe black background and the yellow borders around where i will put the text. i will change the background to a plain white and then get rid of the yellow borders all together. i have yet to insert the text into the design put i have chosen an area for a quote to be put. the layout is too close together so i will try to add some extra space for the text area and give the title and pictures more room by making them smaller. so far i am pleased with the structure of my DPS but I am keen to remove the colours i have used.