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Making CONTACT mag – Part 10 – taking a dive into some tricky words

23/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1463 Views 0 Comments

Even though the magazine is now published – Issue 62 available here – I still want to edit these videos,

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Making CONTACT mag – Part 9 – a quick dip into a big spread

17/06/201923/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1358 Views 0 Comments

Putting CONTACT magazine together is a 12 to 14-day task, which can get quite taxing on the brain. So when

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Making CONTACT mag – Part 8 – big seas and a little story

05/06/201916/06/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1562 Views 0 Comments

CONTACT magazine was published on 1 June – I hope you read it and enjoyed it. I still have some

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Making CONTACT mag – Part 7 – GOT to get some therapy

30/05/201930/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1652 Views 0 Comments

Just two days to go before CONTACT is supposed to be published – and Mrs H insists on some ‘retail

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Making CONTACT mag – Part 6 – Editor has a rant

29/05/201929/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1786 Views 0 Comments

You had one little job to do!!! But, thanks to someone else’s laziness – and several other someones’ not checking

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How CONTACT magazine is made – Part 5 – funny how stories are found

26/05/201929/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1730 Views 0 Comments

Hey – it’s Sunday, I’m allowed to pop out to the gym (although, being totally honest – the gym sequence

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How CONTACT magazine is made – Part 4 – a wee chat over a wee story layout

25/05/201929/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1841 Views 0 Comments

I’m about half-way through laying out issue 62 of CONTACT magazine – though these videos are a bit behind. This

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How CONTACT magazine is made – Part 3 – starting a layout with photos

22/05/201929/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1740 Views 0 Comments

In part 3, I make a good start on laying out a seven-page spread, using just the photos – because

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How CONTACT magazine is made – Part 2 – the first pages layout

16/05/201929/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1703 Views 0 Comments

In Part 2, I lay out the first four pages of CONTACT issue number 62. These are the same four

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How CONTACT magazine is made – Part 1 – preparing the template

15/05/201929/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2211 Views 0 Comments

I’ve wanted to do this series of videos for a long time, and now I’ve finally made a start. Hopefully

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Have you ever wondered how the CONTACT newsletter is compiled?

12/03/201929/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3080 Views 0 Comments

Have you ever wondered how the CONTACT newsletter is compiled? Let me give you a quick run-through…   If you

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