Once I had used a mix of Photoshop and Indesign to alter my images for the magazine in ways i thought were really effective, I decided to make four example pages of what my magazine could look like and then print them to see if there was anything i wanted to alter. Once printing the images, a lot of changes i wanted to make on reflection were to the colour as i found the image lost quality once printed due to my printer to begin able to deal with the high saturation, of course i know that my printer is not of a high quality that will be like the ones of that used when i send off for my magazine to be professionally printed however since i did not want to take any risks i knew that it was best to edit them down slightly just to ensure i would not need to re print or waste money.
Before evaluating this page, i feel it should be acknowledged that yes, the print quality is poor; i'm a student, i cant afford new ink! Anyway, this is one of my photography pages in which the title is one side and image the other, overall this is my favourite of the pages printed out, i cant fault the image itself as i believe that the colouring will withstand printing, however i believe i will need to change the colour of this text box as it is grey toned here and i do not think it will look that great with the theme of the photos. Another dislike for this page is the thick lined boarder around the outside of the image, i believe i will removed this as i do not think it allows the image to flow nicely altogether. I didn't add page numbers to this mock up and i do not believe i will either, i am too concerned i will mess the counting around and end up numbering the pages incorrectly! On top of this do not think that i have enough pages (24) for my magazine to require it needing page numbers therefore i do not think i will be including them as i do not want them to distract from the image for example.
This mock up section of my magazine is the content pages, overall i also really like this. My image on the right hand side will be the on the of images i will need to re edit to dull down as my printer could not handle the high qualities of editing tone, which is fine. Other than that my only other draw back is the contents page itself, i really like the layout as it ties the two pages in together nicely but my only issue is that i feel like the purple section is too distracting for a reader to look at and read when the contents is therefore i will need to play around with this page more and see if there is any other way of laying the images out correctly. Other than this i am happy with this layout page, i like how the text box over laps into the text page also giving the page a tie in, i like it!
Overall, i am really happy that i decided to print pages out before sending my magazine to print professionally as it means i can nit pick the areas i do not like of my magazine and really give them the finale touches or re do their layout to ensure no issues. Printing these pages out has given me a better vision of how i would like my magazine to be styled, i have been able to see which of my colour selections do not work when printed so now i can change their opacity amongst other editing features as well as allowing me to do alternations to areas such as text positioning which i am glad i have given myself the opportunity to do. In doing this process i can leak up my previous research and experimentation process into my current production allowing myself to be self critical and analyse what i have done and how i can improve.
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