The changes made to these drafts are –
Front Cover –
- Background from grey to black
- Image pushed more centrally
- Colour of coverline text
- Outline colour of main coverline
- Colour change of main coverline
- Barcode moved to the right side
- Price added
- Date of issue added
Contents Page –
- Font of heading/title
- Font in the pug
- Removed orange text
- Yellow borders applied on all photos
- Outer glow effect applied to all photo borders
- Page number added
Double Page Spread –
- Background colour to blue
- Added orange effects to brighten up the page a bit, attract more attention
- Made the weight of text even on both smaller photo captions
- Added text to the main image
- Explained who the people in the photos are
- Shortened the intro
Below is a screen castify of my teachers review of my DPS, Front cover and Contents page –
To summarize the review, the changes and issues are –
Front Cover –
- sharpen image on photoshop
- make hat and glasses stand out
- en biggen image
- change pug
- revert to old font
- re-position barn
- get text off his face
- make a coverline yellow
- move main cover line to stand out
- get some continuity with fonts
Contents Page –
- add a pic of barn maybe
- get alignment back
- 3 pictures of the same people is weird
- add some blue, orange or grey
- sort the fonts
- make sure on the pug
- align text with photo border
- contents page = page 3
Double Page Spread –
- need a stand first
- unusual to read across
- different fonts?
Overall a bit all over the place, confusing, needs some consistencies and conventions.