How to design a magazine cover

How to design a magazine cover Adobe

 Intro

After designing over 100 magazine covers for a variety of creative and big brand publications, graphic designer Johann Chan has learned that the best way to make printed publication stand out is to use special finishes artfully – adding much to the overall effect of a cover, from luxury to vibrancy to pure beauty.

Here he takes you through his creative process and shows how to design a magazine cover, add Pantone colours and spot UV varnishes.

Time to complete

2 hours

Software needed

InDesign CS5 or later

Step 1

  Open InDesign. Set your document size to A4 (210 x 250mm) and uncheck Facing pages to ensure you’re designing on a singular page, rather than a spread.

Type 10mm into one of the Margins boxes and click on the ‘link’ button, so all margins are equidistant.

Step 2 

We'll start designing the cover with the masthead. Choose a typeface for your magazine’s masthead. The magazine I’m creating here – Ignite – is a lifestyle title, so I’ve chosen a simple, elegant font.

An easily legible masthead is a great boon for the future, as it’s flexible. Across future issues, we can use it against many different types of background and place different elements over parts of it.
Now, create your masthead.

Pick an image for your cover – one with a single central focal point usually works best.
When working with layered artworks, I find it best to save each layer as a separate file. You can work with layered artworks within InDesign, but I find it easiest to use separate files for fitting coverlines and tweaking positions later.

Place the images into your InDesign document (File > Place or Cmd/Ctrl + D). Label the layers with an intuitive labelling system, the coverlines are at the top and the background is tucked away at the bottom.
Here I’ve place the model overlapping the masthead for a more dynamic effect.

The most visible – and arguably important – part of a magazine cover is the top left. This is because magazines are generally stacked either vertically (called waterfalling) or horizontally (curtain racking). Whether your magazine is on the newsstand or on stands at exhibitions, if you want to maximise your chance of catching a potential reader’s attention, this is the area to concentrate on.
This is the most conventional area to put your main coverline – which is what I’ve done

To double check your coverline is now in Pantone, open you separations preview window. Go to Window>Output>Separations Preview, and click on the visibility icons of each plate to check which object has which colour assigned. If all your steps have been correct, if only the Pantone plate is visible, the only graphic visible will be the coverline.

Now create a spot varnish plate for your model and masthead. A spot varnish is a nice way to give your cover some extra depth and a subtle tactile finish. To create a spot varnish plate which lets your printer know which areas you'd like varnished. Create a new page by clicking on the flyout menu on your Pages panel and selecting Insert Page.

Select the items you want to be spot varnished. Copy from the first page, and then paste in place on the second page, using Edit > Paste in Place then colour these in 100 percent black. And now you have a separate page with objects coloured in black which you want varnished.

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SSC previous year questions solved paper

SSC previous year questions solved paper

SSC Complete Solved paper Book by Tutorial gang 


SSC CGL download

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Latest General knowledge India, May 2014

Latest General knowledge India, May 2014

What was India's rank as the world's largest economy in 2011 from being 10th largest in 2005?
- Third

Where is India and China troops going to hold joint exercises this year?
- At Bathinda, less than 100Km from Pakistan.


Who was conferred the prestigious Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) by President Pranab Mukherjee?
- Lt. Gen. Sanjiv Chachra, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief.


Who was given the Dadasaheb Phalke Award?
- Gulzar, noted lyricist, poet and film maker.


Which controversial ingredient is still being used in some flavoursof Fanta and Fresca, as well as several citrus flavoured fountain drinks?
- Brominated vegetable oil (BVO).


Which city according to the UN agency's latest pollution data tops the list of most polluted cities in the world?
- Delhi (Among the world's 20 most polluted cities in the world, 13 are in India.)


Who will be new Army Chief from 31st July?
- Lt. Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag (will succeed General Bikram Singh)


Recently The Great Himalayan National Park of Himachal Pradesh has been nominated for which prestigious status?
- UNESCO approved World Heritage Site status

Who has emerged as the richest person in UK?

- The Hinduja brother's (Srichand Hinduja and Gopichand Hinduja, have a fortune of 11.9 billion pounds)


Name the Haryana boy who has developed an extraordinary anti hacking software?
- Virender Raika


Who has produced a narrative short film "Istifa"( resignation) which has been nominated for the Student Academy Awards given by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in the US?
- Rahat Mahajan from Himachal Pradesh.


Name the most expensive billionaire home in the world according to a Forbes List which also includes Indian origin steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal's house in London?
- Antilia, Ambani's 27 storey and 400,000 square foot sky scraper home in Mumbai Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani's.
Who won the 16th Lok Sabha election?
- BJP under the leadership of Narendra Modi by attaining a comfortable majority of 282 seats on its own and grossed 336 seats with allies in the 543 member House.Who will become Odisha's Chief Minister for the fourth consecutive term?
- Naveen Patnaik

 Recently which class of citizens has been recognised as socially backward by the Supreme Court and has directed the Centre and the state government to take steps to treat them as socially and educationally backward class of citizens and extend all kinds of reservations in cases of admission in educational institutional and for public appointments?

- The transgender community ( third gender recognised as eunuchs)

Who has won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category in New York for his witty and philosophical collection of poems?
- India born poet Vijay Seshadri ( Pulitzer is considered the most prestigious awards in journalism)

Which Hindi film was adjudged the best popular film for providing wholesome entertainment at the 61st National Film Awards?
- Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Which was named the best feature film at the 61st National Film award?
- Anand Gandhi's debut film " Ship of Theseus"

Who won the best actress award at the 61st National Film Award?
- Geetanjali Thapa for Hindi film ' Liar's Dice'

Who won the best actor award?
-Rajkumar Rao and Suraj Venjaramoodu shared the best actor award for their respective performances in Hindi film Shahid and Malayalam film 'Perariyathavar'

PGI laboratory Chandigarh has won which award?
- The Neuroscience Research Laboratory at the Post Graduate Institute for Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) has won Quality Council of India's (QCI) DL Shah Quality National Award. ( It is first in country to have been recognised for voluntarily implementing the international standards of research reserved for the United Nations Food and Drug Administration (USF- DA) approved drug testing facilities.)

Who has been awarded with the " Sikh of the Year Award"in UK?
- SPS Oberoi

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General Awareness, August, 2014- India

General Awareness, August, 2014- India

General Knowledge

 

 1.  Who will be the new Army Chief?
- Lt. General Dalbir Singh Suhag

2. At which place in HP the first school of foreign languages has come up in collaboration with the Young Men Christian Association?
- Shimla

3. Which city has become the world's second most populous city in 2014 after Tokyo?
- Delhi

4. Name the missile recently test fired successfully to give India the capability to hit enemy hidden behind mountains or in a cluster of buildings with "pinpoint accuracy"?
- Advanced version of the 290 Km range Brahmos supersonic cruise missile

5. Who has become the first player of Indian origin to be a part of the National Basketball Association (NBA) after he signed a summer contract with Sacramento Kings, a professional basketball team in the US?
- Sim Bhullar

6. Recently where rare stone sculpture of Lord Hanuman dating back to 9th century?
- At Kralporain,  Central Kashmir ( Experts say the stone sculpture made during Raja Avantivarman's rule is "rare" and the first of its kind excavation)

7. Which country became football world champions after beating Argentina?
- Germany

8. Which country is likely to get BRICS bank presidency first?
- India ( Five member ( Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations will have equal shareholding in the proposed $50 billion BRICS Development Bank whose headquarter will  be in  Shanghai)

9. Name the woman cricketer who  has become the first from Himachal Pradesh to be selected in  national team for the England tour?
- Sushma Verma

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Photoshop Shortcut Keys for Vanishing Point

Photoshop Shortcut Keys for Vanishing Point

Result	Windows	Mac OS
Zoom 2x (temporary)	X	X
Zoom in	Control + + (plus)	Command + + (plus)
Zoom out	Control + - (hyphen)	Command + - (hyphen)
Fit in view	Control + 0 (zero), Double-click Hand tool	Command + 0 (zero), Double-click Hand tool
Zoom to center at 100%	Double-click Zoom tool	Double-click Zoom tool
Increase brush size (Brush, Stamp tools)	]	]
Decrease brush size (Brush, Stamp tools)	[	[
Increase brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools)	Shift + ]	Shift + ]
Decrease brush hardness (Brush, Stamp tools)	Shift + [	Shift + [
Undo last action	Control + Z	Command + Z
Redo last action	Control + Shift + Z	Command + Shift + Z
Deselect all	Control + D	Command + D
Hide selection and planes	Control + H	Command + H
Move selection 1 pixel	Arrow keys	Arrow keys
Move selection 10 pixels	Shift + arrow keys	Shift + arrow keys
Copy	Control + C	Command + C
Paste	Control + V	Command + V
Repeat last duplicate and move	Control + Shift + T	Command + Shift + T
Create a floating selection from the current selection	Control + Alt + T
Fill a selection with image under the pointer	Control-drag	Command-drag
Create a duplicate of the selection as a floating selection	Control + Alt-drag	Command + Option-drag
Constrain selection to a 15° rotation	Alt + Shift to rotate	Option + Shift to rotate
Select a plane under another selected plane	Control-click the plane	Command-click the plane
Create 90 degree plane off parent plane	Control-drag	Command-drag
Delete last node while creating plane	Backspace	Delete
Make a full canvas plane, square to the camera	Double-click the Create Plane tool	Double-click the Create Plane tool
Show/hide measurements (Photoshop Extended only)	Control + Shift + H	Command + Shift + H
Export to a DFX file (Photoshop Extended only)	Control + E	Command + E
Export to a 3DS file (Photoshop Extended only)	Control + Shift + E	Command + Shift + E

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Reliance New Free Internet Trick Jan 2015

This trick can be used with two different plans. On both it will work 100% without any difference. You will experience "high download" & browsing speed as before. This is tweaked with "Facebook host" which is still working. Check the screenshot of speed which I got in day time.

Steps On How To Setup Reliance 3g Proxifier Trick:

I am sharing Reliance Proxifier trick. All you need to do is just follow below mentioned steps carefully. I will tell in such a way that even newbie can use this trick without any problem.

• Download Reliance Proxifier From This Link - http://bit.ly/relianceproxifier
• Install it and use this registration key to unlock full version for it.

Key :- KFZUS-F3JGV-T95Y7-BXGAS-5NHHP

• After that download this Proxifier Config which is the main part of this trick - http://bit.ly/proxifierconfig OR http://bit.ly/whatsapphost
• Now in Proxifier, click on File -> Import Profile... 

Now select / choose the Proxifier Config which you downloaded in third point.

Needs For Reliance 3G Trick To Work:

• Reliance 3G Activated Sim. You can choose any plan between these two - 

1. 3G MobileNet 97 + Facebook Plan Of Rs. 16 (In some states Facebook Plan is of Rs. 49)

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Also Activate: Facebook Plan (Rs. 16) - > ACT FB to 53739

OR

2. Rs. 177 3G Plan | 2GB +Unlimited FB,Twitter,Whatsapp+Jadoo Benefit:

Activation: *777*177#

APN:- smartwap or rcomwap

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Free Recharge Earning Android Apps

List Of All Free Recharge Earning Android Apps Websites 

Listing all working free recharge earning android apps which are paying high amount on downloading and referring friends. Through these apps you can earn around Rs. 50 - Rs. 100 per day just by giving 30 minutes or even less depend on your net speed. Many of these apps are already posted on our blog but many users find difficult to search them so we are combining all of them in a single post for your ease. We will also post free recharge tricks for all apps by which you can create multiple accounts on your own and earn huge amount. :D

Free Recharge Index:

• Earntalktime - Free Unlimited Talktime.
• Ladooo - Get Free Recharge For Life.
• mCent - Earn Rs. 50 - Rs. 100 Per Refer.
• Pokkt Earning App - Get Rs. 10 Per Refer
• Coming Soon...

Tips One

Earntalktime - Free Unlimited Recharge:

Introduction: Introducing the all new experience of earning while you are engaged on your mobile with various brands. Earn FREE Talktime for various activities on your mobile. All you need to start earning FREE Talktime is an android phone for downloading 'Earn Talktime' app.
Summary: Earntalktime is free recharge earning Android app that pays high amount of reward on downloading apps. It also pays Rs. 25 per refer which is really a good amount. You can earn daily Rs. 50 - 100 just by sharing and downloading apps through this application. You can also earn if you refer your friends to download a particular app.

Ladooo - Get Free Recharge For Life:

Introduction: Ladooo is sweet & simple! Earn free mobile recharge for just checking out ads and completing simple offers. With ladooo, you will get INSTANT free talktime and recharge in minutes!
Summary: Ladooo is also similar to Earntalktime, you will earn recharge for downloading android apps, and you can also earn Rs. 10 per referral, just share on Facebook, Whatsapp, etc to earn unlimited.

 

mCent - Earn Rs. 50 - Rs. 100 Per Referral:

Introduction: mCent is an awesome way to discover great free Android apps and get rewarded with free airtime right on your mobile phone.

Summary: mCent is the most trusted earning app from a long time. mCent gives many opportunities to earn by sharing / referring friends and downloading apps with high reward amount. Recently they have increased referral earning for there new users. Now you will get around Rs. 50 - Rs. 100 per referral

Pokkt Earning App - Get Rs. 10 Per Refer:

Introduction: Just complete some offers and get your Pocket Money as a reward. All you will be required to do is download application and Fill up Surveys to get your reward.
Summary: Pokkt is a free recharge earning Android app which pays reward / recharge for downloading Android apps and filling surveys. You can earn upto Rs. 10 for downloading apps and Rs. 10 for referring friends and more than Rs. 10 for filling up surveys given on Pokkt app.

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Paytm Coupon: 100% Cashback For New Users

Paytm Coupon: 100% Cashback For New Users  Dec 2014 Trick n Tips

Paytm is offering 100% cashback for new users. You can get up to maximum of Rs. 50 cashback. This offers can be availed on Paytm Android app.

Steps To Get Up to Rs. 50 Cashback:

• Download Paytm Android App.
• Create new account.
• Recharge with any amount up to Rs. 50
• Apply this coupon - 

Pay for the amount and you will get 100% cashback of that amount in your account within 1 hour.

Few more coupon for Rs. 50 cashback for new users -

FREE50, RADIO50, 
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Vodafone Working VPN Trick 2014 OPENLY POSTED Dec 2014 Jan 2015

Vodafone 3g Working VPN Trick 2014 OPENLY POSTED Dec 2014- Jan 2015

Features of  Vodafone 3G New VPN Trick :

• Use the APN : "portalnmms"
• Working in Both 2G and 3G Mode.
• USE on the APN mobile
• No registration required.
• Based on the Voda Ports
• Download Resume and "torrent" support.
• Speed is average
• No SIM Blocking
• Works at "Zero Balance"

How to Configure Vodafone "VPN Config"

• At first you Must download the NMD VPN and the "config files".

• OK After downloading this config and NMD VPN just Install the VPN.

• Now replace the downloaded config file in the NMD VPN : Program Files folder.

• Run the "NMD VPN"
  Windows 7 and 8 Users : Make sure you have run the Program as the Administrator.

• Just connect the with any of the two servers, if you are experiencing the disconnection problem then try the second config.

• The connection will be established instantaneously.

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Tutorial: Soft selecting a heart shape from a plane

Tutorial: Soft selecting a heart shape from a plane

Modeling Basics 3ds max Chapter wise

All the editable modeling types offer the ability to work with subobjects. Subobjects are the
elements that make up the model and can include vertices, edges, faces, polygons, and elements.
These individual subobjects can be selected and transformed just like normal objects
using the transformation tools located on the main toolbar. But, before you can transform
these subobjects, you need to select them. You can select subobjects only when you’re in a
particular subobject mode. Each editable object type has a different set of subobjects.
If you expand the object’s hierarchy in the Modifier Stack (by clicking the small plus sign to
the left of the object’s name), all subobjects for an object are displayed, as shown in Figure 12-2.
Selecting a subobject in the Modifier Stack places you in subobject mode for that subobject
type. You can also enter subobject mode by clicking on the subobject icons located at the top
of the Selection rollout or by pressing the 1 through 5 keys on the keyboard. When you’re in
subobject mode, the subobject title and the icon in the Selection rollout are highlighted yellow.
You can only work with the selected subobjects while in subobject mode. To transform the
entire object again, you need to exit subobject mode, which you can do by clicking either the
subobject title or the subobject icon, or by pressing one of the keyboard shortcuts, 1–5.

 

 

Subobject selections can be locked with the Selection Lock Toggle (spacebar) and be made into a Selection Set by typing a name into the Named Selection Set drop-down list on the main toolbar. After a Selection Set is created, you can recall it anytime you are in that same subobject mode. Named Selection Sets can then be copied and pasted between objects using the Copy and Paste buttons found in the Selection rollout for most editable objects. Using Soft Selection When working with editable mesh, poly, patches, or splines, the Soft Selection rollout, shown in Figure 12-3, becomes available in subobject mode. Soft Selection selects all the subobjects surrounding the current selection and applies transformations to them to a lesser extent. For example, if a face is selected and moved a distance of 2, then with linear Soft Selection, the neighboring faces within the soft selection range move a distance of 1. The overall effect is a smoother transition.

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