Second and Third Page - Index Page Progress 2

As I had said in my previous post, my step step would be to add some text. I will go on to 1001fonts.com in order to find a font suitable for my prospectus.

After carefully looking through numerous amounts of pages, I finally found a font which I thought would suit the whole look I was going for. I chose the font Reglo Bold which looks like this:

I will now type in the word Index in order to be able to place this upon my prospectus, at first I had typed it in lowercase:

But soon realised I wanted a more bold look for my page titles, so I typed it in uppercase:

And I was much more satisfied with the overall look.

Second and Third Page - Index Page Progress

For my index page, I wanted to follow some of the designs I saw when conducting my research. The idea which stood out to me the most was using an image of the sixth form grounds as a faded out background, I got this idea from Edinburgh University's prospectus.


Firstly I had to choose an image which I wanted to use for my background. Since I had already used photos of the entrances for my front cover I couldn't use those, so I decided using a photo featuring the yard and some buildings would go well as a background.

I then opened up the image with photoshop and positioned it on the left-hand side as I am wanting this to be the second page, as that is usually where it is presented. I had already messed on slightly with the brightness and contrast in-between taking the image and placing it onto photoshop.

As I had now placed the image where I was wanting it, following my flat plans, I could now begin to adjust the opacity.

This is how the image turned out once I had found the level of opacity I had hoped for, my next step will be to add text.

Second and Third Page - Progress 1

The next step was to create a double page, one half is going to include an Index page and the other will be spilt into two sections, a welcome message and an about us section.

I thought that by creating double pages it would not only be more efficient and beneficial, it would be easier for my to keep track of the process it takes. 

Firstly I opened Photoshop and began to create my page, the first step was to type in my measurements. After working out that I wanted the height of my prospectus to be 20.5, I knew that I would have to make the width longer with it being double paged. I tried a few different sizes such as 30.5cm but that did not look long enough:

This is when I worked out that I would have to make it longer so I increased the with by 10cm and made it 40.5cm, this turned out well and I liked the way it looked:

Next step was to add my chosen colour on, this was just the same as colour as the one I had used on my previous page. This colour will be featured throughout my prospectus a lot due to it being apart of my colour scheme.

After that I then added a thin black line so I knew where the middle of the page was, this would help me equally share out the page so when it came to being printed off, it would all fold up symmetrical.

Front Cover - Images Used

 These are the three images which I selected to use on my front cover, I really enjoy how they show three different views of Sixth Form, Main Entrance and Sixth Forms entrance. I will crop each image down to fit within the overall composition I want my my page to look like.

Front Cover Progress 2 - Creation Process

New Subject Page Process

Front Cover Progress - Measurements

Firstly I had to decide what measurements I was going to use for my front cover, they would not only be the measurements for just that page so I had to think what size pages would be more suitable for my prospectus.

When I usually create things using Adobe Photoshop I use the measurements:

These measurements give me normal A4 size piece of paper, this will mean that my prospectus will be quite large which is not something that I want. I decided this during my research when I came to the conclusion that not many prospectuses are printed onto A4 paper.

This is why I changed the measurements slightly and came up with these:

By using the measurements instead it produced a smaller booklet, however the width will remain the same so I am not cramming too much into one page making it look unprofessional. 

After putting the measurements into photoshop I was left with this shape:

I think this is the size page is the perfect size for my prospectus and I will be using these measurements when I begin the development stage of my piece.