Third magazine cover Design

12 years 9 months ago - 12 years 9 months ago #109890 by Rob pix4u2
Still working out the kinks to get a good idea of design from a graphics standpoint. Flying by the seat of my pants- thanks for all the help from the Graphics folks !

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12 years 9 months ago - 12 years 9 months ago #109897 by Baydream
This one does not work nearly as well as the prior one. Having the title and edition together is very important. This one gets a bit jumbled.
Try using a black outline on the title font to make it stand out in mixed dark & light backgrounds.

Not sure about including the "ad" so prominently on a cover. Watch that background.

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12 years 9 months ago - 12 years 9 months ago #110011 by Shadowfixer1
The magazine title gets lost. The add is a lot more prominent than the magazine title. It needs something to set it apart. This could be an outline with a color, a different font, a drop shadow or a different font color. The title has to pop.
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12 years 9 months ago #110012 by kyclover237
:agree: Have to search for the magazine name. I like the last one best so far

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12 years 9 months ago #110053 by photobod
The title definately gets lost in that bill board the last one worked for me.

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12 years 9 months ago #110184 by Joiemagic
:agree: :agree: :agree:
Title is definitely lost in the ad on the sideboards. Would say to enlarge the fond and add a border around it. Also make it jump out with a drop shadow. Maybe even add some blur to the ad on the sideboards.

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12 years 9 months ago #110233 by icepics
Hard sometimes to avoid those dasher ads when you don't want them; even though I haven't purposely photographed them for sponsors/marketing in a long time I still notice them (and the backlit signs, etc.) LOL I suppose a magazine cover wouldn't want them in the picture, although it's not easy when the player is along the side of the rink and close to the dasher boards.

Nice photo of the goalie.They never 'pose' where you want them on the ice!! - in this case not right in front of that ad! I was just wondering if you get The Hockey News, I'd maybe look at some publications like that and see what they typically use. Or maybe you have. I don't know anything about graphics etc.

Sharon
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12 years 9 months ago #110280 by DestinDave
Like others said, this would be a great image if it wasn't for the signage everywhere competing for attention.. usually not much you can do about that but you could "erase" it in post-processing and simplify the image.. and the magazine title still needs to really POP.. I wouldn't do this without asking first (which I did) and Rob okay'ed it.. I didn't do anything with the rest of the subtitles but I personally think they need to be the same font face and size for consistency's sake.. a couple different colors is fine though.. I also moved the edition lines to the top but didn't remove the existing lines.. and for emphasis I added drop shadows and included bevel/emboss on the title..

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12 years 9 months ago #110283 by Rob pix4u2
Fantastic work Dave now if I could learn to do that with Picasa 3 that would help a lot !

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12 years 9 months ago #110302 by DestinDave

Rob pix4u2 wrote: Fantastic work Dave now if I could learn to do that with Picasa 3 that would help a lot !

Whoooops, my bad Rob.. I guess I assumed you had Photoshop or something similar.. I'm not familiar with Picasa-3 or its capabilities.. Have you looked at The Gimp or Paint.net as free alternatives to PS? I used both of them before I got a copy of Photoshop..

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12 years 9 months ago #110306 by fotozone
You could also try Serif's photo plus that is what I use, and they do have a free starter version. I have also seen the older X3advertised for around $20.00. That is what I use and I am very happy with it.
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12 years 9 months ago #110323 by icepics
Those pure white dasher boards just look so weird!!! I say that as a hockey fan more than a photographer. But it does look strange, unless you're at a local amateur rink, and then you'd have puck marks etc., they're never white.

What I think they do now depending on how the photo's used is block out the ads, yellow paint, everything. just have the player against black or some special effects-type background. I'll have to look at some of my issues of The Hockey News, the latest I have handy is the Draft preview which is mostly head shots.

Sharon
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12 years 9 months ago #110328 by Baydream

DestinDave wrote:

Rob pix4u2 wrote: Fantastic work Dave now if I could learn to do that with Picasa 3 that would help a lot !

Whoooops, my bad Rob.. I guess I assumed you had Photoshop or something similar.. I'm not familiar with Picasa-3 or its capabilities.. Have you looked at The Gimp or Paint.net as free alternatives to PS? I used both of them before I got a copy of Photoshop..

Blanking out the ads would be tough with Picasa. The text is a snap.
Corel Paintshop Photo Pro X3 is on sale now for $39.99. You can download a free trial. Has layers,etc. Like Photoshop, takes some learning. :pinch:
www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/ca/en/Pr...ew=tab1&tabview=tab0

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