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.