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Final Cover Revisions and Edits

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FINAL COVER CONTENT CHOICES                                                                         02/08/2022 In this post I will be finalizing my cover for my specific sports magazine. Throughout the blog you will find all of my content choices and my reasoning behind each of them. Furthermore, I will also be explaining the colors, fonts, and placements of each particular aspect of my magazine cover as well as my desired outcome for the magazine cover along with how my cover relates to the conventions of my specific genre. Once again I want to let everyone know that I used the editing software Canva for all of my covers, including this one.   Desired Outcome for Cover: I, for one, want my sports magazine cover and main image to combine in a way that is captivating...

Cover Photo Editing and Selection

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OVERVIEW OF COVER PHOTOS                                                                                     02/06/2022 This blog acts as a continuation of blog #6 as this blog will go further in depth into the editing of my cover photos that will act as my main image or background. The actual editing will be done through the editing tool Canva which I have utilized before and I will thoroughly explain all of the steps that I took during the editing process. I will be choosing 4 images from my folder to edit and I will think about how they fit into my magazine cover and my magazine genre. Editing Tools: Canva:  Before I begin, I want to briefly mention Canva. Canva is a digital design tool that can be used by people worldwide, from stud...

Digital Cover Mockups

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CONTENT CHOICES FOR THE COVER                                                                       02/02/2022 This post will be the beginning of my production of certain parts for my final product, starting with the cover. In the last post I made 5 different drafts of possible covers for my magazine where I experimented with different layouts, colors, and fonts. In the end I selected 2 drafts that I thought were the best and that I would now start to work on improving and making into mockups. This post will include both of my mockups and I will explain why I made decisions on font, color, and placement for all aspects of my magazine cover from the text to the main image. For your information I used the design tool Canvas for my mockups and I will explain what I did to my images u...