Editing the front cover of my school based magazine

Done by Eman Shah

This is the front cover of my magazine that I have made using Photoshop. I will now start to edit the front cover, using some editing techniques that are available on Photoshop.

As you can see here I have clicked on ‘Image’ on the top which has then brought me to a drop down menu where I can edit the picture.

I have edited the brightness and the contrast of the photograph. I turned up the brightness and contrast because when I took the photograph the exposure seemed inaccurate and this can result my photograph being too dark or too light. So I automatically improved the picture by correcting the brightness and the contrast

I have changed the vibrance because I wanted to adjust the saturation on the photograph so the colours approach full saturation. I also used vibrance because I wanted to make sure that the girl’s skin tone does not become oversaturated, as this could affect the whole photograph from being dark.

BEFOREAFTER- This is how my school based magazine looks.

Annotations of the front coverThis is the mast head of the magazine. I chose to call the magazine ‘SALTS ALERT’ because when the reader looks at it, it will automatically make them think what is yet to come from the school.

These are the cover lines of the school based magazine. The cover lines use interpellation to entice the audience and show them what is to come inside. ‘Have your voices heard’ uses direct mode of address to grab the audience and make as if the cover line is talking to them personally.

The website and the date line is known as the small print. I have put the website there to make the readers aware of the salts website, without them actually having to read the magazine. The date line is there to inform what issue of the magazine it is.

This is the slogan at the bottom. The slogan is in black and is bold which stands out. The slogan is short which makes it unique and easy to remember, which also means it will lure the audience to get their attention and allow them to remember the slogan for a long time.

This is the main image of the magazine of the two girls. They are dressed smart and are wearing their lanyards which show they are students from the school. Their gesture codes draw attention, in which they are directly doing their work together showing a friendly environment. This will entice the audience and draw them in.