The Process of developing the front and contents page of my college magazine

Selection of possible choices for front and contents page

These are the photos I took with a still camera; I took several photos so I had a range of choice for my front and contents page.

Chosen Front Page Chosen Back Page

These are the images I chose for my front and contents page, I chose these two out of the other options because I thought that they resembled the image of a teenager.

Once I chose my Front Page and Content Page I opened Photoshop up onto a blank ‘International Paper’ layer, then I copied and pasted the photo onto the layer, once I done that I used the ‘Free Transform’ tool to make it to the size I want.

Once I had done that to both I had to cut the person out, I done this by using the ‘Magnetic Lasso’ tool, I had to move around the person carefully as to not cut out her body parts.

Once I had completely cut around the person on both I used the ‘Eraser’ tool to smooth the edges around the person, then I used the ‘Spot Healing’ tool to get rid of their spots and blemishes, and finally I used the ‘Colour Replacement’ tool for adding more red to parts of their hair.

Then I decided to add background colour to both, I used an orange colour because I believe it is in contrast with her hair colour and also it is bright and eye-catching, I also added an image to the background, this made the magazine more attractive.

Once I had done all of the background for the Front Page I had to add text; I included a Masthead, a Main Cover Line, Cover Lines, and a Pull Quote.First I added a Masthead to the Front Page, I got my title from a website called ‘Dafont’ and used the text style called ‘College’. I took a screen-shot and pasted it onto a new layer, then I used the ‘Rectangular Marquee’ tool and went over the text I wanted – which was ‘WOAH!’, my magazine title – and then cut and copied it onto a new layer, then I deleted the layer I didn’t need anymore, then I used the ‘Free Transform’ tool to adjust it to the size I wanted, and once I done that I double-clicked on the Masthead layer and used effects and then selected ‘Multiply’.Then I decided to include a Main Cover Line to my Front Page, I used the ‘Horizontal Type’ tool and ‘Bernard MT Condensed’ text, I decided to call my Main Cover Line ‘WELCOME TO THE GOOD LIFE!’ I used block capitals because it would catch the reader’s attention more. Once I done that I placed it where I wanted it, and then I double-clicked on the Main Cover Line layer and clicked on ‘Outer Glow’ and adjusted it to how intense I wanted the glow.After that I added Cover Lines to my Front Page, once again I used the ‘Horizontal Type’ tool and ‘Bernard MT Condensed’ text, I kept the text the same with what was inside, but with the text sign ‘INSIDE’ and ‘AND MORE’ I decided to add ‘Outer Glow’ and ‘Gradient Overlay’ – which done the same was as I did with the

Main Cover Line – I done this because it made it more eye-catching, which will attract more people to read it.And finally I added a pull quote to my Front Page, and again I used the ‘Horizontal Type’ tool and ‘Bernard MT Condensed’ text, I kept the pull quote near the image of the person because it has been said by that person.

And finally, once I had done all of the background for the Contents Page I had to add text; I included a Masthead, and Cover Lines.First I added a Masthead to the Contents Page, I got my title from a website called ‘Dafont’ and used the text style called ‘College’. I pretty much done the same thing with this Masthead as I did on the Front Page Masthead; I took a screen-shot and then I pasted it onto a new layer, then I used the ‘Rectangular Marquee’ tool and drew a rectangle over the text I wanted – which was ‘CONTENTS!’, my title of my contents Page – and then cut and then copied it onto a new layer, afterwards I deleted the layer I didn’t need any more, then I used the ‘Free Transform’ tool to adjust it to the size I wanted, and once I done that I double-clicked on the Masthead layer and once I had done that I used effects and then selected ‘Multiply’.Finally I added Cover Lines to my Front Page, once again I used the ‘Horizontal Type’ tool and ‘Bernard MT Condensed’ text for all of them, I done the same thing as I had done with the Main Cover Line on the front Page; I placed them where I wanted them to be, and

then I double-clicked on the Cover Line layers and clicked on ‘Outer Glow’ and adjusted it to how intense I wanted the glow – but with the page numbers of the Cover Lines I felt them normal.