Magazine Cover 3: File Set Up, Masthead and Cover Image
1. Lesson Goals
SWBAT:
1...Set up files
2...Design a Masthead
3...Add/Create an original cover Image
4...Edit color to create a unified color scheme
5...Make design choices that appeal to a target audience
2. Delete Preferences
1. Delete Photoshop preferences to reset Character and Paragraph setting to the default.
Quit PS and reload with Command, Option, Shift3. Create File
1. File Menu > New
2. Copy File Set Up window sample shown left but include your own name
4. Choose a Font for your Masthead
1. Review Magazine Covers again.
2. Notice that 95% of the fonts chosen are very simple serif or sans serif fonts
Sans serif = more modern, technology, younger audience
Serif = more traditional, older audience
Decorative fonts are often hard to read create too specific a feeling
5. Format & Position Masthead
1. Review Magazine Covers again
2. Notice that the Masthead stands apart from the other text because the Masthead is...
• Large - often width of magazine and about 2 inches in height
• Separate - positioned at the top allowing for a barrier of space between it and other text elements
3. Use Point type and center align just as you did with the Digital Masthead
6. Cover Image
BEFORE
AFTER
1. Review Magazine Covers again
2. Notice that the cover images usually...
• Go with the cover headline
• Are strong and singular
Allow for an easy to read text strategy (negative space / unified areas of color)
3. Choices:
Make original art out of 3 or more Internet images, drawing, or painting
Use someone else's art (include credit)
4. Image Quality:
2400 x 3150 pixels are needed for 300 dpi at 8" x 10.5"
7. Assessment:
8. Submit
9. Extension
NB Do Now 4/3/19
How can this masthead be made wider without changing pt size?
Is the font a good choice for the target audience and purpose of the Magazine?
NB Do Now 4/3/19
This masthead can be made wider without changing pt size by either changing tracking, horizontal scale, or both.
The HelloTimber font is better suited for a younger audience and for something like a children's book cover.
NYC Visual Arts Benchmarks
• Art Making
• Developing Art Literacy
• Making Connections Through Visual Arts
• Community and Cultural Resources
• Exploring Careers and Lifelong Learning
Differentiation / Lesson Extension
...Students with different abilities can seek assistance from teacher, paraprofessional, or another student
...The students who finish early can ask a classmate if they need help or review
NYC VISUAL ARTS BENCHMARKS
• Developing Art Literacy
• Community and Cultural Resources
• Exploring Careers and Lifelong Learning