College Magazine Cover

Rectangle Frame Tool

This is my first proper attempt at making a magazine cover on InDesign. I used many different techniques and tools to make my cover the way it is now. Firstly, I used the rectangle frame tool, to make the frame for the outside of the A4 page so that I could fit my main image to the frame. I had a problem with this though, as when I fit the image to the page it became slightly blurry, even when I set the image to 'high quality'. So, because this didn't work I found a way of making the picture no longer blurry by putting it on 'Overprint Preview,' which showed me how the picture would look if I were to print it.

I then started to add the text. I first started with the Masthead - 'College Days' as the Masthead is one of the most important parts of a magazine as it's how the target audience recognise the magazine. I decided to make my title Blue and Black as blue is a bright colour and the black contrasts with the blue and makes the heading stand out. To make the inner part of the picture blue and the outer black I used colour flip. This is where I add the colour of the inside of the shape, I then click on the icon with the 'T' and it flips it to the shape of the T but it's only outlined. I then just pick the colour I want and it's different the the inner colour. 

I then went on the do the rest of the text, using a colour scheme which complimented the blue of the title, but also went with the colours of the picture. I made sure I added the main elements of a magazine to make it look like it's supposed to be a magazine and not just a poster.

After the main text was done, I then decided to add Puffs/Plugs to make the cover more visually appealing. I did this by using shapes to make the outer box, then adding text which would draw the reader in and make them want to do. For example, adding a competition at the bottom like I have done. I also messed about with some of the tools a little bit to see some of the affects I could do to make the Puffs/Plugs become eye-catching.