Beginning production of my product

In Photoshop I have developed my skills by using different tools for my front cover page for my DPS. I haven’t had my photo-shoot yet so I haven’t been able to use tools such as the retouch too and the dodge burn tool. However I have been able to use text control. This is my first attempt at making a front cover, however I didn’t really use any skills to try and make my skills look better and therefore it looked very basic, the only skill I have used in my first attempt was text tool. I downloaded various different fonts, however I have only use one type on my first attempt.

On my second attempt of creating a magazine front cover, I added more sell lines to make my Photoshop design look more realistic, I used different fronts for effect which I downloaded from websites such as www.dafont.com. I also was able to add fillers around my text, this is effective because it makes my text stand out and injects energy into my product, it is bright and therefore one of the first things my readers will see first, this is effective because it will catch the target audiences attention and draw them into my story. I did this by using the marquee tools, selecting it around my text, making a new layer and using the paint bucket tool to fill into the marquee. It is a simple effect however looks very effective and complex on my product. 

I also have developed my skills by being able to create a sell button, by creating a sell button I was able to use some opacity skills such as drop shadow, stroke, colour overlay etc. these skills are effective because they develop the look of my text even further, they make my text look professional and also makes it stand out on the page. I am able to create drop shadows on my text and my sell buttons. This makes the text look like it is jumping off the page and is very effective because it grabs the reader attention and drags them into the story. In photoshop I have also learned the skills of layers, at first I didn’t understand that you had to make different layers for each object you added onto the page, this is why my first attempt looks very basic and all my objects on my page were on the same layer so when I tried to move one object they all moved. Therefore I started again and made different layers for every piece of different text and objects that are on my page, if I didn’t do this then it would be difficult to move the objects I needed to and this would become very stressful.

This was my first attempt of my DPS on InDesign, the skills that i have used in InDesign is margin and column guide creation, I used measurements from different magazines so that my magazine columns and margins will be around the same size as normal magazines. This is effective because again, this makes my DPS look more realistic and professional. The skills I also used for InDesign is inserting text on InDesign, you cannot copy and paste text into InDesgin and therefore you have to place it in, you have to create different text boxes before you add the text in so then you know where it is going to be placed. I also used skills such as text manipulation, this is resizing and rotating the fonts, I created a drop cap at the start of both my introductory paragraphs and I also used different fonts and sizes to create my header and kickers. My first InDesign attempt my DPS was too text heavy, this means that I won't have enough room for pictures, quote inserts and break out boxes. Therefore on my second attempt I have redrafted my article, however I need to write more because my article only fills up one out of two pages for my DPS.

I also was able to add in drop cap insert into both my articles, this is effective because it shows the reader where to start reading the text.