This is how you make your own magazine
Do you want to make your own magazine for your company? We understand that it can be difficult to know how to design such a magazine, or how to even get started. But, we can help you! With these tips, you can make a professional magazine in no time!
Choose a theme
We recommend you choose 1 theme for your magazine. For example, you can make a magazine on cooking, fashion, lifestyle, or travel. This makes ready the magazine more fun and makes it easier to make the magazine. To decide what your theme will be, it can be useful to consider who your target audience is and what themes interest them.
Think of your own style
Consistent use of a certain style creates recognizability for your magazine. If you execute this style in the right way, your magazine will automatically have a professional appearance. Having your own style will also set you apart from your competition. Pick certain elements and colors that you then use repeatedly.
Color use
Colors have a certain meaning and can evoke certain emotions in the reader. It is therefore important to consider what message you want to convey with your magazine, or with a certain page. Is your magazine about love? Then the obvious choice would be shades of red and pink. Do you want the page to have a calming effect on the reader? Then you can choose 'natural' colors such as blue and green.
Consider the layout of your pages
When making your magazine, consider the margins. During the production of the magazine, there is the chance that 1mm of your text is cut off. So make sure that you do not place text or important images against the red cutting line. For borderless documents, on the other hand, it is important that de images are placed against the bleed (the red line that is 3mm outside your page). To check if the margins of your document are okay for the final version, you can click 'view'.
Look at other magazines
Do you have no idea yet about what type of design you want? Look at other magazines for inspiration. Especially professional magazines are perfect to get inspired because you will know for sure that this type of design looks good. These magazines can be found on Pinterest, or simply in the supermarket or bookstore. You can make a mood board out of the pages you used to get inspiration.
Also see: 3 websites you can use to make your own magazine
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