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MAGAZINE
COVER
OBJECTIVE:
Student will create
a realistic magazine cover using:
CONTENT:
The magazine cover
will contain the following:
- The magazine
cover design will be an actual PUBLISHED periodical and
be appropriate for the classroom
- Students will
identify themselves on the magazine cover by first and
last name and tell why they are featured on the cover of
the magazine in a teaser
- Student will
write a minimum of four magazine story teasers using a
complete sentence for each teaser
STEP
1. Magazine
Cover Dummy
Select a magazine
title and individual photo of yourself and draw a "Dummy" or
blue-print plan on an 8.5 X 11 inch plain white paper. Refer
to the linked handout references above for selecting your
layout format, type style, and color application. Use
colored pencils or markers to color in your magazine dummy.
Turn in your magazine dummy to Mr. Parr for approval and
present your approved magazine dummy to check out equipment
to create your magazine cover.
STEP 2.
Import
Image
If you have a photo
print you want to use for your cover without a
negative:
- Use the flatbed
scanner to capture your image and import it to a
computer.
If you have a black
& white or color negative you want to use for your
cover:
- Use the Nikon
LS-2000 Scanner connected to the "Oscar" G-3
computer.
If you don't have
an image of yourself you can use for your cover:
- Use the Canon
D-30 Digital camera and the studio area to shot an image.
Down-load the image to either the "Emmy" or "Toni" iMac
computers.
STEP
3. Photoshop
Design
Using the Adobe
Photoshop software create and print your magazine
cover:
- Go to the Apple
Menu and open Adobe Photoshop. Under the File Menu click
on "New." Create an 8.5 X 11 inch canvas at 260 dpi
resolution. Fill the canvas with background
color.
- Open your
individual image. Make any adjustments: Levels, Size,
Erasing, etc. Select (Apple key-A) Copy (Apple key-C) and
Paste (Apple key-V) your image onto the magazine cover
background.
- Select the "T"
in the toolbox and type in your titles and teasers. To
move the text, select the arrow in the top right box of
the toolbox.
- Go to "File-
Print." Be sure that you are in Portrait Format, and that
1,440 "quality", Color Printing and Photo Quality Glossy
Paper are selected. Insert Glossy Photo paper in printer
and press "Print." Get an 8X10 photo sleeve and label
your project with your first and last name and "Magazine
Cover." Turn the project into Mr. Parr for
evaluation.
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