I will keep this as my final double page spread as I think it has a very professional look to it and there isn't anything I want to change about the magazine. I like the large title I have used and the different fonts I have used in the title. I think it makes them stand out and look good. the main picture I think has been taken very well. It is conventional to have one main image in one page of the double page spread and i like the setting as well as the position I have put my main model in. 

This how I have changed my front cover. I'm still not happy with picture I used in the front cover so I think I will take the picture again as the resolution is not good and the way it is put onto the magazine makes it look unprofessional. another thing I am not happy with is my masthead. Although I like what I have done with the font and how I have edited it, the masthead doesn't stand out or look good and I think changing it to a different font which goes across the page will suit the magazine better. As well as this the page also looks quite empty so I will add some more cover lines to fill in the page and make it look more professional. 

There is a lot that I want to change with the contents page. I like the picture at the bottom which I have cropped out of the real picture and the way the words fit around the end of the guitar. I also like the picture at the top right of the page however the shadow of the foot has bee cut off and this makes the picture look unprofessional. I think in my final version of the magazine I will remove this picture and add a new one of a different person. I will have one main image in my contents page and include the smaller image of Jordan in the bottom left corner. 

I will follow the conventions of a magazine contents page more by giving the information at the side a better layout and I think I will also remove the grey background I have included and replace it with a plain white background however I will still use the same colour of font to keep up the colour scheme. 

I plan to change the masthead at the top of the page I believe the layout I have given it doesn't look very professional and not what would be expected of a normal magazine I will replace this with the new masthead I will be putting on the front cover of the magazine and I will keep the 'contents' but I will remove the white colour surrounding it. 

the final problem I have with the magazine is the picture and article in the middle of the left side of the page. it stands out and looks out of place and this also gives the magazine an unprofessional image. I will get rid of this and replace it with one main image which takes up around a quarter of the space of the page.

This is my first attempt at making the front page of the music magazine. I had a lot of trouble to start with and so I decided to try again. firstly I do not like the picture I have taken. around some of the edges it has not been cut out properly. I have now improved my Photoshop skills so I wont make the same mistakes again with this. the main problem I had which caused me to start again is the size of the page. It is not a perfect A4 sized picture which is major problem as the image would have to be stretched and squashed in different areas to make the image perfectly fit the page which would distort the size the of the image and make it look less professional. I came to the decision to restart the magazine before I was able to insert the masthead although there would have been limited space for it and I would most likely have to squash it making much too small. I like the background I used in the cover and the way the lighting is brighter in one place and gets darker around the bottom. This is something I will try to use in my final front page.

Another problem I have with the front cover is the picture and the way the guitar is cut off at the end. In my final page I don't think I will be able to use a picture of a guitar unless it is in a vertical position because otherwise it would be hard to fit in the picture.