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REFLECTION

Me and a partner were dedicated a magazine cover, in this case I has to copy MOJO’s Nick Cave magazine. We had to recreate a magazine cover, we used the app Adobe InDesign to do this task. I had to find a photo of Nick that was as similar as the original to represent the main cover star. I then had to find an inset that is similar and insert it into the right hand corner. In the original his skin is a lot more smooth and the lighting is bright so that his eyes stand out, whereas in the one I recreated the image is dark and gloomy. His skin in the recreated image shows his wrinkles, which proves that the original is photoshopped.

THINGS I HAD TO CHANGE

• I had to get a different main cover photo because the original wasn’t locatable.
• I had to change the color font of ‘SOMETHING MONSTROUS’ this is because if I had kept it in black the font wouldn’t be visible as it would blend in with his jacket.
• I had to replace the font with ‘x’ in the grey sticker as it wasn’t readable from the original image.

I found specific tasks easier than others, for example;

• I found it simple to insert an image as all I had to do was draw a box with the rectangle tool and then go to file, place and pick the image and insert.
• I found it straight forward to add text and adjust its size and color, because I knew exactly where the icons were.
• I found it easy to re size all my headings/captions and images so that the layout is the same.

I found specific tasks harder than others, for example;

• I struggled to find the exact fonts that matched up with the original, I tried to get as similar as possible but there are some that aren’t exact.
• I found it hard to get all my captions all right aligned and all exactly below one another, this task took me the longest.
• I found it difficult to get the text ‘The Music Magazine’ visible in front of the mast head.

FOCUS FORWARD

I now know my way around InDesign so know now how to navigate around to make my magazine the best it can be. I’ve also realized how everything needs to be accurate for my magazine to catch peoples eyes. I also have now realized that the positioning of text and images is so important.