Whilst creating my double page spread, I learnt that photographs work best together in rule of three, so I have included three photos at the top of my double page spread, to attract the readers eye immediately, all of these photographs include the Polaroid effect and are framed with back shadowing to create a 3D effect on the page, this gave a retro feel to the photographs and made them interesting, to create a frame I had to create a square around the photograph using the Rectangle frame tool, fill it in white and send it to the back, this then created a frame around the photograph, I then had to group the photograph with the frame by using the short cut (ctrl+G), after grouping the photograph and frame I was then able to rotate and move them together, to rotate my photographs I used the shortcut (R). I over lapped my three photographs on the page, which then also created a 3D effect on the page and created layers within the spread, this makes the page feel more dynamic and jumps out at you. I decided to remain a rule of three colour theme throughout my double page spread, using only white, red and black which gives a hard hitting edge and makes it eye catching. When placing my photographs into my double page spread I rotated them, making them have diagonal points within the page this then drags the reader’s eyes into the text, and keeps them interesting and intrigued in the article. For my double page spread I used a black and white background, which were subtle and had a crumpled paper like texture to them which made the spread more exciting and lively, to place the backgrounds and photographs into the double page spread I had to create a box using the rectangle frame tool and then go on, file, place and place the image in, I then went onto fitting, and choose the option, fit image proportionally in frame, I then made the images larger and smaller by using the shift key and arrows around image to make sure it didn’t become pixelated. To import a title to my magazine double page spread I had to use Photoshop to create the titles itself, by using Photoshop I was then able to make the title with a graphic and bold element, making it eye catching and attractive. Once I had design the title I then made sure its background was selected as transparent and cropped it. I then saved it as a PNG to retain the transparent background and placed it into my Indesign. To create my torn paper break out box, I selected a lined paper image and placed it in Photoshop, I then used the eraser tool to create the size of the break out box and used the burn tool to create a burnt and jiggered edge around the paper. I cropped around the image and saved it as PNG, once I had done that I was able to place it into my double page spread and create the text I wanted to place on top. I had to select, object, text frame options (CTRL+B) and then select ignore text wrap so that I was able to see the text placed on top of the paper without it being hidden behind the paper image. When moving images and text around on the page I had to use the black arrow tool. I used basic text wrap and advanced text wrap effects on my page. To create the basic text wrap I had to go on the window option, and make sure text wrap was selected. I then used the text wrap box tool, to select the “wrap around bounding box” tool, making the fit around my image. To create the advance text wrapping I had to use the pen tool (P) and draw around the image which I wished my text to fit around, once doing that I then placed the image behind and the pen line drawing on top and selected the “wrap around object shape” which then made the text fit around the object I had drawn.
