Double Page Spread

I did most of the work on the double page spread using InDesign as opposed to Photoshop. This is due to the extra opportunities that InDesign gives to enhance the appearance of professional looking readable materials. The main features of InDesign that I utilized were text wrap and columns. When I first created the document I used an option to make the page A3, landscape and with 6 columns, this set up the pages as a nice template to begin to create the piece. I used the text wrap to wrap the text around the pictures and the 'pulled' quote.

The images on the double page spread were pre-constructed near the beginning of the project in preparation for when I created the double page spread, so I had them ready to import into InDesign when I needed them. The double page spread proved fairly easy to finish and edit to a good standard. After creating a final draft for the script, I copied and pasted it from MS Word into the columns and resized it to fit. I added a drop cap on the first letter of the main article to make it look professional and emboldened the introductory paragraph, highlighting the important word 'exclusive' in red. After the main text was finished, I moved on to adding the title. I chose to have the title running from one end of the double page spread to the other to make it look epic and fitting of the main story of the magazine. To make room for it I had to reduce the column size and resize the text again. After I was happy with the title, I moved on to the photos and the pulled quote. These were dealt with in much the same way, after choosing aesthetics of the text in photoshop I converted the quote with a black background into a picture so that I could import it with my other photos easily. Once they were all imported, I moved them into position and did a text wrap to create the effect of the text curving around them. Lastly, I put the whole image into photoshop for some finishing touches and for the addition of the page number in the lower right corner.