Production Tips

In class we were given a list of prodcution tips by our teacher to help us with our preliminary and coursework task. The list given looked at key design principals.

1. Separate the most imporatnt asprct on the page from the rest.
2. Spend time cropping and resizing images.
3. Use clipping paths to work on an image but not the background.
4. Experiment with filtering and other effects to create impressions of motion of soften focus - only use an effect if it is essential.
5. Use a range of fonts and sizes. Most magazines tend to use two or three different fonts.
6. Remember to consider contrast between fonts and their purpose, for example one front would be used for titles and headings, and another for main text
7. Use a pyramid approach for margins.
8. Use DTP (desktop publisher) software guidelines to keep both text and images neatly arranged
9. Experiment with colour, Black on White, White on Black for contrast.