Friday, 29 January 2016

Contents and DPS Guideline

Contents Page

Multiple images
Elements
Subscription feature
Contents divided into sections eg gigs, albums, features
Number of pages - at least 60 - half = adverts (weekly)
page number
contents should reflect cover stories
not all contents is on the contents page
largest feature is cover star
main story towards the end of the magazine

DPS
use photoshop for the photographs + graphics
use publisher for the text
300dpi A3 RGB
magazine branding (logo and colours) are the same across all 3 products
all text must be in columns
no less than 6 words per line
no more than 12
design elements (drop cap, pull out quotes)
margins and borders