My Double Page Spread, Version 1

On my first version of my double page magazine spread I began by creating my title. I simply began by using the text add tool, and then decided on the colouring of my words. I added drop shadow onto my title to make it appear like there is dimension to my double page spread. I chose to have each page with three columns of writing as the target audience of my double page spread would be ABC1 and therefore stereotypically would have a longer attention span.

 I then found three relevant images to have on the top left hand side of my double page spread. I used the square button to create a frame and then placed in each image. I used three images along the top left hand side of my double page spread to follow the rule of three.To create the Polaroid effect I drew another box around my image but slightly larger so that there would be a small boarder around my image. I sent the newly drawn box to the back and set the colour as white. Once I’d done this I grouped the image and box together so that I was able to move them around together. I rotated them slightly to make the page seem less boring and added a slight drop shadow at about 40% to complete the Polaroid effect. I overlapped my three images to create a more professional appearance.

I added page numbers and a reference title to the bottom of each page on my double page spread to make it look more realistic. To add my text I used a similar technique as I do for placing an image, by placing the chosen text into the columns. I made sure that my text was set to no larger than 10pt. Once I had added my text I found another picture and placed it onto my page the same way as I had done the others and again created the Polaroid effect, however this time I placed the image in the middle of the text and used the text wrap tool to make the writing shape around the image. I did this by clicking window and text wrap, I could then use this tool to choose the spacing between the edges of the image and the words.

I created the background by using the box tool and drawing a large box at the same size of the double page spread. I then placed the image ensuring the content fits the frame and the used the ‘arrange’ option to send it to the back which then created the background.

At this point of creating my double page spread I had added an image to use as my breakout box, in the same way as inserting all of my images.

-For an unknown reason there is a very heavy line beneath the drop shadowing of the title.