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Follow this video to discover how to make a great magazine cover design.
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Designing a magazine cover can be tricky as there are many different approaches. An effective cover includes many different elements, and the challenge lies in making all of them work like a fine-tuned orchestra. In this video, Laura Keung will show you how to make the best magazine cover design possible. She’ll go through the different elements that exist on this important page—so you’ll learn some magazine front cover terminology—and their impact on your design and the reader. She’ll also talk about some famous cover designs throughout history.

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• Talk Lifestyle Magazine: https://elements.envato.com/talk-lifestyle-magazine-NVDFRT?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_o0AxPJVTkWI&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description
• Kontesa Display Typeface: https://elements.envato.com/kontesa-display-typeface-D6MLGYD?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_o0AxPJVTkWI&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description
• Voyager Magazine: https://elements.envato.com/voyager-magazine-7B68D9?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_o0AxPJVTkWI&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description
• Magazine Template 1: https://elements.envato.com/magazine-GT2EPUA?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_o0AxPJVTkWI&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description
• Magazine Template 2: https://elements.envato.com/magazine-YK7YXTK?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_o0AxPJVTkWI&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description
• Magazine Template 3: https://elements.envato.com/magazine-G5HNEVS?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_o0AxPJVTkWI&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description
• Hipster Magazine: https://elements.envato.com/hipster-magazine-XB8DYF?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_o0AxPJVTkWI&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description
• Photographer: https://elements.envato.com/novice-photographer-at-a-photo-shoot-in-a-studio-w-4G2GN2U?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_o0AxPJVTkWI&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description
• Woman Portrait: https://elements.envato.com/top-view-cropped-photo-of-young-woman-fashion-illu-PS8ABFE?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_o0AxPJVTkWI&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description
• Baper Co Magazine: https://elements.envato.com/baper-co-magazine-template-GGU3J36?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_o0AxPJVTkWI&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description
• Kindle Magazine: https://elements.envato.com/kindle-magazine-VFYJU5?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_o0AxPJVTkWI&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description
• Homura Magazine: https://elements.envato.com/homura-magazine-template-indesign-U4CEA9T?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_o0AxPJVTkWI&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description
• Magazine Cover Template: https://elements.envato.com/magazine-cover-HC34RJH?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_o0AxPJVTkWI&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description
• 3 Magazine Covers: https://elements.envato.com/3-magazine-covers-WWHW9H?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_o0AxPJVTkWI&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description
• Vogue Magazine Cover: https://www.ebid.net/ie/for-sale/kate-moss-vogue-magazine-2011-romantic-wedding-of-the-year-758-pgs-fashion-205535600.htm
• World Trade Center: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks#/mediaFile:WTC_smoking_on_9-11.jpeg
• Ambient Music: https://elements.envato.com/soft-minimal-ambient-QGJ68RL?utm_campaign=yt_tutsplus_o0AxPJVTkWI&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=youtube.com&utm_content=description

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:48 Anatomy of a Magazine
05:01 Famous Magazine Covers
07:07 Conclusion

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