Time Lapse Cover Design For Macworld Magazine

Time Lapse Cover Design For Macworld Magazine

On 08.25.09, In Inspiration, by SloDive Admin

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Time Lapse Cover Design For Macworld Magazine

After working on the latest cover for Macworld Magazine, Peter Belanger decided to show what is involved in making a cover, focusing on the three main areas: photography, photoshop and design.

Photographer Peter Belanger captured his work for a Macworld cover design by using time lapse and the finished video is remarkable. The amount of camera equipment used to get what appears to be a fairly simply shot is surprising. Photography is not an area I work with very often so maybe this is normal but it makes me want to explore it some more.

Along with Peter is Rob Schultz who does all of the Photoshop work in the video and I believe does the layout design as well. He uses a favorite software of mine Indesign but I would have guessed Quark for the layout of an Apple related product. Anyway, check out the video below.

Make sure to stop by Peters portfolio site and check out his amazing photography.
www.peterbelanger.com

Tech Specs: Time lapse video was shot on a Canon 5D Mark II with a 24mm-70mm zoom. The actual Macworld cover was taken with a Phase One P65+ digital back attached to a 4×5 Sinar X camera with a 65mm lens.

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Rob Whelan

I found most interesting how much trial & error is involved, in all of these different processes.
A lot of the work is just fiddling around with things until they "look right"... and obviously expertise comes through in the ability to know what to try next (and know how to execute it!) but I guess I wasn't expecting the large portion of "just mess with it until the best idea shines through."

Then again, I'm a developer (not a designer), so my approach to elegant solutions is necessarily different....

michael_the_assistant

Thanks for posting the video and all the comments everyone! I am Peter's assistant and we are glad you enjoyed the video. FYI, in the video, Peter did the Photoshop and Rob Schultz of Macworld designed the layout.

Ardin

Very impressive. So much work goes into creation/production that most people take for granted.

huggingthecoast.com

Truly fascinating! I do a lot of food photography for my blog, so it was great to see how professionals put together their images.

Leisa

I only wish the video could have included the printing process. It just goes to show you how vast the field of graphic design and production is, and how many subspecialties are involved.

Richard

Brilliant, really interesting to find out how this is all done.

Alexander Bickov

Beautiful case study

aneesuddin

I like the fact that they went to the effort of bringing out the decal on the iPhone. This is one to share with the bosses who say "it should take that long".

SloDive

Thanks for your replies. We are glad you like it.

rainy1

Klasse- gefällt mir !
Grüsse vom DJ aus Bayern

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Bariski

Awesome video.

Wes

Great video! It's revealing to see just how much work goes into a simple cover shot. It looks like a ton of fun, thanks for sharing!!!

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Wes Mitchell
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Naeem Nur

Kewl!

johnsonkoh

Totally impressed!

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